If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do yourself a
favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) - it
has native PDF export and is far more
capable than flash for illustration..
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Pace" <anthony.p...@utoronto.ca>
To: "Flash Coders List" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?
I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
printing bugs
-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very large
files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from the
flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
using livepaint. I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, the
effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and then
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or printing
it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), and it
will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't have to
program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and much much
better file conversion.
Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
illustrator and photoshop would be best.
Glen Pike wrote:
Hi,
I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?
Are you doing screenshots for the client?
It might not be helpful, but I just do Test Movie then Alt+Print
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...
Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
might help.
Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
fonts should have been rasterised.
HTH - might have misunderstood your request...
Glen
Anthony Pace wrote:
I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed on
MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, because
flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
required.
Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its file
conversion methods suck, my current process is:
I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate high
resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that
allows you to convert to a pdf.
Is there a better way?
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