Re: FLASH: Wierd Flash quirks

[ifx]

Your idea of converting the bottom image to symbol then breaking apart on

the stage worked. Originally I didn't think of converting the graphic to a

symbol because I only planned to use it one time in my movie. I'm still not

sure how come your solution worked... I just know that it did.


For the problem of distortion in the downstates of the buttons... I wasn't

as lucky with your solution of unchecking "smoothing" in the properties box.

I tried that, plus converting to symbol and breaking apart and noticed

subtle differences yet they were still distorting. My next test would be to

try a different format than GIF..like maybe PNG. Or import pict file (Mac)

and let Flash dither them down.


I hope Macromedia is addressing this problem in Flash 5! It's a serious

limitation of the program and needs to looked at seriously if they want to

keep all developers happy.... as I'm not the first or only one to experience

this. The manager of this project is so frustrated with how Flash is

behaving that he is thinking of continuing the development in Director.

Macromedia still wins since it's also their product, however, I'm sure they

don't want any negativity surrounding their product.


So Macromedia, is this "bug" fixed in version 5?? Or just what are the

workarounds to gain better control over bitmaps?


Alan

 

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From: "Stephen" <stephencellnetwork [dot] com [dot] my>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:29:25 +0800

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To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Wierd Flash quirks

> 

> I have done numerous emulators but they're all for simulating WAP phones...

> also encountered the problems you're having either directly or indirectly.

> So, here's a few tips...

> 

> When you import graphics, right click on the image icon in the library and

> uncheck "Allow smoothing". Also, if you're using a screen shot has a

> background (or someparts of it), create a new graphic symbol, drag the jpeg

> into the stage, select it, break it (Ctrl+B, then put the symbol into the

> main (main timeline) stage... this should get rid of the shifting 1 pixels.

> 

> And yes, they tend to shift a little when you zoom while editing, but

> everything should be fine when published... just align them numerically

> (using Windows > Inspector > Object)... another tip is to work at actual

> size (Ctrl+1 or View > 100%).

> 

> Stephen

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