Check this out for a nice way to extract color from an image.

http://blog.soulwire.co.uk/flash/actionscript-3/colourutils-bitmapdata-extract-colour-palette/
Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano


2009/3/29 Glen Pike <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
>   Wordpress has the "monotone" theme which sets your CSS colours based on
> the image colouring.  I am not sure if this is done in Flash or not, but I
> am guessing there will be some code in there somewhere to work out the
> colour or the image which you might be able to adapt...
>
>   http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/monotone
>
>   You might also want to look at some of Mario Klingemann's blog posts /
> tutorials / lectures.  I think he has done some useful stuff on images and
> his lecture at FOTB 2007 sort of touched on what you want to do, but in a
> slightly different way. - www.quasimondo.com
>
>   Hope this helps
>
>   Glen
>
>
> Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>
>> I was wondering is there a way to recognize the density of pixels in flash
>> AS2 or AS3? The darkness or lightness.
>>
>> For instance, say I have a loader that is dynamically loaded and normally
>> it would be, say, white.
>> But lets say I want it to have a script that detects the pixel density of
>> the MC behind it so as to let the loader mc know to play on frame 1 or frame
>> 2.
>> Frame 1 having a white loader and frame 2 having a black or grey loader.
>> That way when the loader is dynamically placed over a MC with a picture in
>> it,
>> it will detect if there is a white picture (placing a black loader) or if
>> its a color picture (placing the white loader on top)?
>>
>> Usage would be for say a photo gallery and while one picture is being
>> displayed, and the user clicks a new photo,
>> the previous photo does not remove until the new one is loaded.
>> Thus if I have a white loader and the previous photo was white under the
>> loader,
>> the loader is hard to see and the user sometimes does not know that
>> anything is happening.
>>
>> I basically think it would just take a script that would map out the x and
>> y of the loader
>> and read the pixel density of the MC directly behind the Loader (reason
>> for the x and y theory)
>> then switch so the user will always see a loader. Either grey or white
>> depending.
>>
>> Sounds good in my head, may not be too good (or easy) in code though.
>> Any thoughts would be great,
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Karl DeSaulniers
>> Design Drumm
>> http://designdrumm.com
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