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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> > -- > > Glen Pike > 01326 218440 > www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

