How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}?
That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit?
>
> From: "Jolyon Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT
> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps
>
> 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
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