Re: [Flashcoders] Large Images with Alpha Channel

2012-02-11 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
Hi Ben, I am not 100% sure what exactly you wnat to achieve. But why don't you use 2 jpg's with one as a masc where transperency is black. You can generate an alpha channel form this. Check this: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/optimize_transparent_images.html Greatings ||

Re: [Flashcoders] Large Images with Alpha Channel

2012-02-11 Thread Kevin Newman
If you have access to Flash Pro, you can import a PNG-32 into the library, and use the Flash to apply the JPEG compression. Flash will retain the alpha mask. There may be other programs that can output a jpeg with an alpha channel in a swf format like that, but I can't think of any off the

Re: [Flashcoders] Large Images with Alpha Channel

2012-02-11 Thread Ross Sclafani
Well, you could load them all into flash pro, export a swf and import that at runtime, no? You could even put them all in frames on the main timeline to somewhat automate the sequencing and layout of your walk cycle. Ross P. Sclafani Owner / Creative Director Neuromantic Industries

[Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash

2012-02-11 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Has anyone heard of or has done this before? I have a client that wants a Flash app and one of the requirements is to be able to pull PDF's into the interface. There are some 80 different PDFs and he use to have a app built in Director using the PDF Xtra from Integration. I loves the