heres my image: http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/bin/images/kubrickheader_mask.png
i'm loading it in externally though. it works at the first url but does not work in the second url: http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/bin/header.html http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/ code: <mx:String id="mImage"> http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/bin/images/kubrickheader_mask.png </mx:String> <!-- Create the mask. --> <mx:Image id="headerImage2" source="{mImage}" width="100%" height="100%" scaleContent="false" autoLoad="true" x="0" y="0"/> and if you need to know this, here are the application creation complete events: <!-- Effects --> <!-- These effects run one after another --> <mx:Sequence id="headerEffects"> <!-- Add all the elements that need to be hidden when the app starts --> <!-- Add them manually so that we can set the visibility to false in the frame before it is shown --> <!-- Still flickers visible for one second ??? --> <mx:AddChildAction target="{headerLabel}" effectStart=" headerLabel.visible = false"/> <mx:AddChildAction target="{searchBox}" effectStart=" searchBox.visible = false"/> <mx:AddChildAction target="{headerImage}" effectStart=" headerImage.visible = false"/> <mx:SetPropertyAction targets="{[headerLabel,searchBox,headerImage]}" name="visible" value="false"/> <!-- Pause for 200ms --> <mx:Pause duration="400"/> <!-- Move fake mask up to reveal headerImage --> <mx:Move id="moveUp" yTo="-400" duration="6500" target="{headerImage2}" yFrom="0" easingFunction="Linear.easeNone" /> On 2/1/07, ben.clinkinbeard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/png/assets/user.png --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Open it in Fireworks, he's the master of PNG's. If yall don't have > it, fire it my way. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:28 AM, ben.clinkinbeard wrote: > > It seems to me like there is something funky going on with the PNG > itself. Like I said, Photoshop doesn't even recognize the > transparency, and that makes me uber-suspicious. Is the mime type or > something along those lines jacked up? > > Ben > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Chotin" <mchotin@> wrote: > > > > Please file a bug too if you haven't already. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Doug McCune > > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:29 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed? > > > > > > > > Just to follow up, here's my post that explains the issue and my > > workaround: > > http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/31/problem-with-transparent- > pngs-in-f > > lex-using-embed/ > > <http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/31/problem-with-transparent- > pngs-in- > > flex-using-embed/> > > > > Doug > > > > Pan Troglodytes wrote: > > > > Doug, > > > > Very cool that you tracked it down in SWFLoader. Right now I > > can get by with using GIF, but it's great to know if I absolutely > have > > to have more than 256 colors I can use your code. Hopefully Adobe is > > following this thread. Either that, or they already tracked it > down and > > have it fixed internally but just never read my posts. ;) > > > > > > > > On 1/31/07, Doug McCune <dmccune@ > > <mailto:dmccune@> > wrote: > > > > You're definitely right, that's a clear bug in how SWFLoader > > works. I have a solution that involves duplicating the code for > > SWFLoader and modifying it a little bit. What's interesting is > that in > > the Design view of FB, the PNG has perfect transparency in both > cases. > > But in the published SWF, the transparency is not preserved when > using > > @Embed. > > > > I will be writing up a blog post and my solution later today. > > > > For now, here's a sample of the problem with a working solution. > > I'll be writing up the description of what I had to do (obviously > it's > > not much since it didn't take very long). So if you want to check out > > the code before I write up the post, the important part has to do > with > > setting the mimeType of the embedded asset, and then in the modified > > SWFLoader code, check out around line 1217 in the loadContent > method. It > > uses loadBytes of the Loader class to load the bytes of the embedded > > asset. > > > > http://dougmccune.com/flex/png_test/ > > <http://dougmccune.com/flex/png_test/> > > (right click to View Source) > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > Pan Troglodytes wrote: > > > > Could you clarify what you mean by "works for me"? Do you mean > > you are getting transparency on the PNG? > > > > I uploaded my full code for an example: > > > > http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/png/PNGBug.html > > <http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/png/PNGBug.html> > > > > Just right-click to view the source. > > > > They both use the same png file. The first one renders with an > > olive background (the original background color of the image). The > > second renders the transparency properly. > > > > Does this work differently under Flex/Flash Player for you? > > > > > > > > On 1/31/07, ben.clinkinbeard <ben.clinkinbeard@ > > <mailto:ben.clinkinbeard@> > wrote: > > > > <mx:Image source="@Embed(source='plusSymbol.png')"/> orks for > > me... > > > > Not sure what else to recommend. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Pan Troglodytes" > > <chimpathetic@> wrote: > > > > > > Sadly, no. It also doesn't work if you declare a variable like > > > > > > [Embed(source="/assets/user-big.png")] private var > > userIcon:Class; > > > > > > > > > FYI, from the docs: > > > > > > About the source parameter > > > > > > In almost all cases, you must specify the source parameter or > > nothing is > > > embedded. > > > > > > The source parameter is the default parameter of the [Embed] > > metadata tag; > > > therefore, if you are not specifying any other parameters, you > > can just > > > supply its value without explicitly including the parameter > > name or > > > assigning it the desired value > > > > > > > > > On 1/31/07, ben.clinkinbeard <ben.clinkinbeard@> wrote: > > > > > > > > According to the docs, the correct syntax is: > > > > > > > > <mx:Image source="@Embed(source='assets/user-big.png')"/> > > > > > > > > Does that work? > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Pan > > > > > > > > Troglodytes" > > > > <chimpathetic@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is still a problem. I couldn't remember if I entered > > it in the > > > > Adobe > > > > > bug page, so I just went ahead and did it. This is a bit > > of a > > pain as > > > > > transparent icons are very important in GUIs. GIF works > > fine but is > > > > limited > > > > > to 256 colors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/6/06, Pan Troglodytes <chimpathetic@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I've run into a situation where the exact same PNG file > > will show > > > > up as > > > > > > transparent only when it's not embedded. Here is the > > mxml: > > > > > > > > > > > > <mx:Image source="@Embed('assets/user-big.png')"/> > > > > > > <mx:Image source="assets/user- big.png"/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Including both images on the page, the first is missing > > the > > > > transparent > > > > > > background. The second is fine. I have manually checked > > the > > > > images, both > > > > > > in the dev directory and bin directory. In fact, I have > > manually > > > > copied the > > > > > > dev ones over the top of the bin ones to make sure. If I > > drag the > > > > images to > > > > > > Firefox, both appear with no background. The background > > color is > > > > teal, so I > > > > > > would definitely notice. > > > > > > > > > > > > Near as I can tell, the embed is causing the background > > > > transparency to > > > > > > not be processed. I can't find anything in the docs > > saying this > > > > is expected > > > > > > behavior. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jason > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
