Hello, I'm trying to do the following: Load an image and zoom into one area (rectangle within that image) automatically when the user clicks a button. Initially I thought I would achieve this by using bitmapData.copyPixels(...) by specifying a smaller and smaller rectangle with each FRAME_ENTERed event. So if I have an image that is 1024x1000 pixels and I display it in a viewport of 800x600 pixels say. Then I use copyPixels and copy pixels from a little way in (starting at 5, 5 say) and specifying the rectangle width to be 790, 590 and forcing this (smaller) rectangle to occupy the same space as the earlier bigger rectangle.
But then I realized that since I'm copying pixels, the image will get pixelated. (Haven't tried it yet, but I'm guessing based on the Javadoc of the copyPixels method). So how can I get a zoom effect, so that it looks like I'm zooming into a part of an image *without* having the image pixelate. Note that if I use scaleX, scaleY, it will not "crop" the image which is necessary to get the impression of zooming in. Changing scaleX and scaleY will only make the *whole* image smaller/bigger. I want a true zoom effect, where the outer edges of the image fall away. A code snippet will really help! Thanks in advance, Pankaj
