Flash :: LoadMovie Into A Blend Mode

Blend Mode
Hi,
I am new to Flash. After going over tutorials, I was able to create a swf file and it appear fine in html page. In this flash animation, I have layer with a movie clip. I placed this movie clip with Blend mode: Multiply, so the white background disappear over bitmap image while it moves around. And it works as I intended when it published. However when I place this same swf file in a slide panel in a presentation, Blend mode is not working and unwanted white background appears. Can anyone tell me what I should do? Thank you for your help.

. . . After I post this question, I learned I needed to copy frames from the first flash document, and paste those frames in the presentation document. Yes, now it is working perfectly. ... Thank you for having place to post my question, anyway.

Edited: 12/05/2006 at 11:57:09 PM by rakuenblue

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Blend Mode, Please Help
hi

i have a platform game.
two people putting bomb and trying to blow up each other.
i want that when the bombs explode, it creates a hole in the ground.

how can i do that?
i've heard about blend mode but i'm not sure it will work for that, and i don't know how to use it

anyone can help?

thanks for answers

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Blend Mode
Hello,

I have been modifying the "Carousel" from Lee Brimelow's great tutorial.

I want to set the tooltips blend mode to "add".

I should be able to use this: home.tooltip.blendMode = 8;

But it dosen't look any different. I CAN however, change the mode to multiply, invert, etc... but the add refuses to work.

One other question...

Does anyone know how to change the blend mode on the individual icons in the carousel? (So one is add, one is screen, etc...)

Help!

Thank you!!

Dave

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Hello,

Hopefully some of you gurus can help me!

I have some icons loading from an XML script. I want to change some of the icons blend mode to additive while others stay normal.

When I simply add this to the script:

blendMode = "add";

Then the additive works properly but all the icons are affected.

But when I single out an icon to be additive, the "add" effect does not work. Other effects however do work such as invert and subtract so I know I am affecting just the one icon.

I am assuming that for some reason, when I single out one icon, it does not recognize the background image so that any blend that interacts with the background does not appear to work..

Anyone know whats going on and how to fix it?

Thank you!

Dave

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Blend Mode Weirdness
Hello,

Hopefully some of you gurus can help me!

I have some icons loading from an XML script. I want to change some of the icons blend mode to additive while others stay normal.

When I simply add this to the script:

blendMode = "add";

Then the additive works properly but all the icons are affected.

But when I single out an icon to be additive, the "add" effect does not work. Other effects however do work such as invert and subtract so I know I am affecting just one icon.

The only thing I can figure is that when I single out one icon, it does not recognize the background image.

Anyone know whats going on and how to fix it?

Thank you!

Dave

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Coded Blend Mode?
I know how to select blend mode when in the flash authoring environment... but what if i want to make a drop down box with the different blend modes and dynamically change the blend mode @ run-time on a movieclip.

to give the user a way to change it.

is that possible?

ty in advance!

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Blend Mode Over Buttons Bug?
I am having a serious bug as i believe it to be.

When i make a button that has a shape that's set to a blend mode above, when hovering over the button it seems to have a serious bug.

When hovering above the blended shape (upper half) it does not select the action script. I have tried separating and moving to different layers with no success.

Please see attached 7kb

Any Ideas?

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I noticed that the blend mode option is offered only to movieclips, and not BitmapData's...and even then it's extremely slow if you're working with gradient fills, and trying to render 100's of them in real time. My question was if there are other options in doing this, preferably with BitmapData, and not requiring to use a movieclip, fast? Corel Photopaint does the "If Lighter" operation very fast, so why can't Flash?

Thanks,

CL

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Blend Mode At Runtime
Hello,

Can i apply a blend mode to the movieclip at runtime..I mean through actionscript coding.

Is there any way?
If yes please give details.

Thanks in advance

- Smita

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Blend Mode While Dynamically Attaching?
I know that I can make a container that has a blend mode of let's say "multiply", thats set on the stage and load things into it.

But is there are way to set the blend mode in actionscript while attaching movieclips?

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How Work This Blend Mode Mathematically ?
hi all

i need to know how work this Blend Mode :
Layer, Overlay, Hard light, Add, Subtract, Difference, Invert, Alpha & Erase . Mathematically ?

Regards
Crimson

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What Use Does The Alpha And Erase Blend Mode Have?
I'm not seeing how to use these blend modes. They both just seem to make the clip totally invisible. You can't tween it like you can the Alpha color mode. So what good is it? Why'd they bother to add it? Maybe I'm missing something here. I looked at the explaination in the help docs and got these convoluted description:

Quote:

Alpha applies an alpha mask.

NOTE

Alpha blend mode requires that a Layer blend mode be applied to the parent movie clip. You cannot change the background clip to Alpha and apply it because the object would appear invisible.

Erase removes all base color pixels, including those in the background image.

NOTE

Erase blend mode requires that a Layer blend mode be applied to the parent movie clip. You cannot change the background clip to Erase and apply it because the object would appear invisible.

Can someone maybe show me a quick example of something useful the alpha or erase blend mode can be used for? Or an effect it can do that can't be done with a alpha color mode modification?

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BitmapData Blend Mode Problem
Hello,

I just found this function on gotoandlearn to tile a background image.

ActionScript Code:
import flash.display.BitmapData;

var tile:BitmapData = BitmapData.loadBitmap("tile");

function fillBG() {
this.beginBitmapFill(tile);
this.moveTo(0,0);
this.lineTo(Stage.width,0);
this.lineTo(Stage.width,Stage.height);
this.lineTo(0,Stage.height);
this.lineTo(0,0);
this.endFill();
}

fillBG();

This works great. But my problem is, i want to change this bitmap's blend mode to overlay. I think that i must use draw function but im not really sure.

I hope someone can help out.

K.

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hi,

i need to know how work this Blend Mode :
Layer, Overlay, Hard light, Add, Subtract, Difference, Invert, Alpha & Erase . Mathematically ?

Regards
Crimson

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I was curious if anyone had knowledge of how to apply a Blend Mode to a 3D object (or it's material) in Papervision. I've attempted to apply a blendMode property to a MovieMaterial and the MovieClip (in the MovieMaterial) but neither works. Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason Villmer
jason@villmer.com

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Here's the URL: www.visualsonicpro.com/autogen

I'm getting strange artifacting for the flash transition effect. Anybody know how one might be able to calm that down a bit?

Thanks and happy action scripting!

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Alpha Blend Mode Just Won't Work [file Example]
Update: I've solved it, for some reason the mask MUST be bitmaped cached (does anyone know why)? It's weird because Erase doesn't need to be that.

This is driving me nuts, how on earth does the alpha blend mode work?
I have finecombed all of the entire internet after info but I can't find the magic answer.

I have set up a test-scene (attached) where I've set it up EXACTLY like described in the manual, so could someone please open it and:
1) See what I've done wrong, or:
2) See if maybe it's working perfectly for you (without modifications), which in that case means something is wrong with my flash.

It's a movie clip set to Layer blend mode, which has 2 children: one green box (no blendmode) and one smaller box (blendmode Alpha).
When running the movie, that smaller box should work as the mask for the green, but it doesn't!
If I change that into Erase instead, it works perfectly, but I need the alpha blendmode to work as well!

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Remove Video Background With Blend Mode?
Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to remove a white (or black, or specific colour) background from video using blend modes (or anything else!) in flash 8?

Thanks in advance,
Douglas

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Blend Mode & Dynamic Loading MC Issue
Greetings,
I don't know if anyone has encountered this before...or if I am doing something incorrectly.

I have an XML file which I have parsed into an array named "imageArr".

I am attempting to load the images into "current_movie" and then have current movie load each image over time while using _alpha property to fade in and out during unload/load movie commands.

During all this...I wanted to use the belndMode multiply for the "current_movie" clip, because I have a simple black and white background I want to show through the white of the images which are loaded into "current_movie".

I have been getting very inconsistent reactions from the use of the current_movie.blendMode = 3. I have placed the code everywhere....even in multiple places, and I still cannot get "current_movie" to retain and consistently apply the blendMode through all the transitions.

If anyone has some suggestions or tips I would greatly appreciate it.

Here is the code I have been using:

Quote:

stop();

var current_movie:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip( "current_movie" , this.getNextHighestDepth() );
current_movie._alpha = 0;
current_movie.blendMode = 3;
current_movie._x = 41;
current_movie._y = 15;
var index:Number = 0;
var interval_handle:Number = 0;
var fade_level:Number = 0;

function start_load_image()
{
clearInterval( interval_handle );
var url:String = imageArr[index];
current_movie.unloadMovie();
current_movie.loadMovie(url);
current_movie.blendMode = 3;

index += 1;

if( imageArr.length == index )
{
index = 0;
}

interval_handle = setInterval( check_image_loaded , 10 );

}

function check_image_loaded()
{
if( current_movie.getBytesLoaded() == current_movie.getBytesTotal() )
{
clearInterval( interval_handle );
interval_handle = setInterval( fade_in , 10 );
}
}

function fade_in()
{
current_movie._alpha = fade_level;

if( 100 <= fade_level )
{
fade_level = 0;
clearInterval( interval_handle );
interval_handle = setInterval( end_show_image , 3000 );
current_movie.blendMode = 3;
}
else
{
fade_level += 1;

}
}

function end_show_image()
{
clearInterval( interval_handle );
interval_handle = setInterval( fade_out , 10 );
current_movie.blendMode = 3;
}

function fade_out()
{
current_movie._alpha = 100 - fade_level;
current_movie.blendMode = 3;

if( 100 <= fade_level )
{
fade_level = 0;
clearInterval( interval_handle );
interval_handle = setInterval( start_load_image , 1 );
current_movie.blendMode = 3;
}
else
{
fade_level += 1;
current_movie.blendMode = 3;
}

}

interval_handle = setInterval( start_load_image , 1 );

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Apply Blend Mode To Image Loaded From URL?
Right now I have a section of my code that looks like this.

Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("two",this.getNextHighestDepth());
two.loadMovie(someURL);
var blend:Array = ["multiply", "screen", "overlay", "hardlight"];
var randblend:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*blend.length);
two.blendMode = blend[randblend];
trace(two.blendMode);
The trace works fine and shows a random blend mode, but the blend mode isn't actually applied visibly. I apply the blend mode in the same way to an image loaded from the library, and it works perfectly. I don't know why this isn't working... Is there any way to have the blend mode actually apply?

I figured out a way around this problem. I just added a movie clip inside of "two" and loaded the image into that, still applying the blend mode to two.

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in photoshop.. im working on a blend mode from a file a client gave me to flash out...

can flash do blending modes.... i have a red square that is multiplied on a photo...

am i just going to have to settle on turning the opacity of a red box... or can i multiply the color of the red box in flash?

-thanks A MILLION in advance...

-manny

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Bitmapdata + ColorTransform / Blend Mode / Filter Problem
I'm making a worms / leiro type game..

And I'm trying to make the ground change color around the "explosions" so it looks like the ground is burnt.

this is what i have so far:

Code:
public function blastCircle(x:int,y:int,r:uint):void{
//make temp circle to cut hole
var c:Sprite = new Sprite();

c.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
c.graphics.drawCircle(x, y, r+1);
c.graphics.endFill();
//make a black circle that only affects opaque pixels
draw(c, null, new ColorTransform(1,1,1,0.5,0,0,0,0));

c.graphics.clear();
c.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
c.graphics.drawCircle(x, y, r);
c.graphics.endFill();
draw(c, null, null, "erase");

//resetPalette();

}
You can see what i've got so far (without the black ring code).

I cant seem to find the correct blend mode or color transformation etc to make it affect only opaque pixels. so i end up with the burnt area also affecting the "air".

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How To Override Parent Display Properties Such As Brightness Or Blend Mode?
Hi,

I'm building one of my first websites and currently i stumbled into a problem i can't seem to go around..
It should be a very simple solution, but I can't seem to find it.

My problem is that the child always inherit the parent & grandparent properties such as alpha, brightness and blendmode...
And even when i declare the properties for the child, the parent properties override them..

this is my code..

ActionScript Code:
addChild(caixaN);
caixaN.addChild(noticiasBox1);

....

var loadit = new Loader();
noticiasBox1.addChild(loadit);
loadit.name="loadit";
loadit.load(new URLRequest($parsedObject.Noticia[0].img));
loadit.x=-102;
loadit.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;
loadit.alpha=1;

I would like that the loadit var wouldnt have any transparency and neither any brightness properties inherited from its parents and grandparents... but since i couldnt find a code for it, i tried stating the alpha value .. but it doesnt affect it : It seems that the parents properties override whatever properties i set for the loadit var....

can anyone point me out what can i do to get the result i intend, or what am I doing wrong?

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- A layer with the object I want to mask;
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- These two layers inside a parent movieclip with LAYER blend mode.

The transparency effect does work fine. But, if I set the movie with a transparent background, it will work correctly on Mac, but not on Windows. Both in Firefox and Explorer 7, it will slightly alter the background color of the html page, showing the rectangle I have used as mask.

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Greetings,

CS3 - action script 2

I have two images that I am loading dynamically into movie clips on the stage using:

_root.zodiac.loadMovie("zodiac.jpg")
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The image / mc on top of the stack, zodiac.jpg, needs to have the BLEND MODE of multiply.

I have manually tried but it doesn't appear when loaded. I can see the place holder box change blending mode. The image, when loaded, is however un-effected.

Any help would be a life saver.

Thanks!

etherbend

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Bug With The "erase" Blend Mode ?
It seems that the "erase" blend mode doesn't work when applied directely with a BitmapData (it has to be encapsulated into a clip).

Look at this :

PHP Code:

import flash.geom.*;
import flash.filters.*;
import flash.display.*;

var TESTTHEBUG:Boolean=true;

var src:BitmapData=new BitmapData(100,100,true,0xff000000);
var eraser:BitmapData=new BitmapData(50,50,true,0xffffffff);

if(TESTTHEBUG){
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}else{
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}

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Is it a bug ? If not, could you explain this strange behaviour ?

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Hi,

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