Try using swftools (http://www.swftools.org). They have executables that convert jpegs, gifs, and bmps to a swf. You can create your image in any drawing tool and then convert it to a Flash 9 compatible swf.
Joseph Breuer On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:01 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to both you and Ken for responding. I figured I was going to have > to end up buying CS3. It's hard to justify the cost when all I want is a > single frame swf image, they should consider a scaled down version of flash > for people like me. As for other products like SwishMax, going through all > the red tape for approval is not worth it. > > I'm using swf images for their vector properties. I put in a zoom in/out > feature on my flex app and the swf image objects are the only ones that keep > a clean line. > > As for the SWFLoader, I never considered using it. I built a class that > inherited from the Image class and point it's source to the swf image file > location. I assume the SWFLoader is more for swf files that have an actual > timeline? All my images are single frame although we might consider an > image with action later on. > > > *Tommy Geist* > *United Parcel Service* > *Program Management Group (PMG)* > *Atlas : 5 - 490 - 6418* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Leif Wells > *Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2008 12:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Flash 4 .swf vs. Flash 9 .swf Mystery > > Tommy, > Loading non-Flash Player 9 SWF files into a Flex 2/3 application is often > very wonky because the Flash 8 or lower file gets loaded into a different > virtual machine (AVM1) than the VM that Flash 9 content is loading (AVM2). > Generally speaking, those two VMs do not speak to one another. > > If all you are doing is converting the images to Flash 9 SWFs then you > could follow Ken's advice. > > My question to you: Why SWF? Why not keep the files as JPEG files? > > Also, how are you loading these files? Are you using Loader? SWFLoader? > > Leif > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Ken T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I would think that some functionality would more than likely be >> missing within the swf provided by Corel not only because it was created by >> Corel (non-adobe) , but because Flash added much more functionality then >> what is stored in flash 4 with its most recent version of flash player >> (flash 9). You may want to consider buying Flash CS3 or downloading >> SwishMax2 it also offers a trial download and I believe it uses the most >> recent version of flash player. >> -Ken >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:01 -0400 >> >> Subject: RE: [AFFUG Discuss] Flash 4 .swf vs. Flash 9 .swf Mystery >> >> I'm sorry, I wasn't clear enough. My flex app compiles into a swf app >> that uses flex 9. In the app I have a stick figure person image that is >> also a swf. There are two different stick figure swf's, an original version >> that according to the properties requires flash 9, and a Corel Draw stick >> figure swf person whose properties says that it requires flash 4. Both >> stick figure swf images display correctly when I run my flex app and the >> context menu I built for those images displays fine as well. The problem is >> that the original stick figure (flash 9) fires the context menu events >> correctly but the Corel stick figure person (flash 4) does not and I can't >> figure out why. I'm attaching the two swf images. The Person.swf is the >> Corel Draw (Flash 4) swf and the PersonBlue.swf is the original (Flash 9) >> swf. Is there prehaps some kind of setting that we need to adjust for the >> Corel Draw image? >> >> >> >> *Tommy Geist* >> *United Parcel Service* >> *Program Management Group (PMG)* >> *Atlas : 5 - 490 - 6418* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ken T >> *Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2008 9:16 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: [AFFUG Discuss] Flash 4 .swf vs. Flash 9 .swf Mystery >> >> If I'm not mistaken flex will only work with flash player 9 and that >> could be part of your problem. >> -Ken >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:36:48 -0400 >> Subject: [AFFUG Discuss] Flash 4 .swf vs. Flash 9 .swf Mystery >> >> Here's one for you Flash guru's out there. I'm building an interactive >> map in flex and I'm using .swf images. I built a few .swf images by >> downloading a flash trial, importing the image into CS3 Flash Professional >> and then exporting the image as a .swf object. I don't have any timelines, >> it's only a simple 1 frame image. Now my trial version has expired and we >> are using Corel to export a .swf image. The absolute only difference >> between the original swf and the corel swf is that the original swf requires >> flash player 9, the corel swf requires flash player 4. The problem is that >> when I change the context menu items for the image in flex, the context menu >> comes up correctly for the corel image but the context menu event doesn't >> fire. It never gets to my handle event function. The original swf worked >> fine. 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