This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter (not tried w/filters).
I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are applied at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library symbols without any of this information. Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files, Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your problem, sadly. Jolyon PS. First reply so :-P On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any recommendations for a good decompiler or technique? On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash > IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made > use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down > for file size and speed purposes. > > Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the > IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support > it. > > Lee > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason > Wendell > Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps > > Hey all, > > I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and > bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it > out > to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since > everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. > > My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and > open > that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter > data in > this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export > those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the > pdf > settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. > > Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not > trying to > export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? > > This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't > found > any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any > feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. > > -=Mason > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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