[Flashcoders] Load order
Hi, I am debugging a strange problem with nested Sprites that are linked to classes. In my classes for my parent and child Sprites, I have ADDED_TO_STAGE handlers which setup the controls. The child Sprites are placed at Author-time in the IDE. For my SWF, my load order is set to Bottom Up. If I trace from the ADDED_TO_STAGE handlers I am seeing the parent clip's handler being called first. Am I wrong in assuming that my ADDED_TO_STAGE handler for the child sprites should be called before the parent clip? I thought that this was something that was guaranteed in AS3, or am I getting mixed up with my Load order and adding to the stage? Thanks Glen ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Load order
Hi, Okay, I kind of see that Load Order is really to do with Layering per clip and what gets loaded first, so not sure if this is a red-herring, I do remember seeing a blog post somewhere a while back explaining the event cycle, but this was a flex thing. I have been googling, but not having much luck finding answers. Does anyone have any pointers to information about the order in which things are added to stage, etc.? BTW, using CS3 for this and also loading SWF's into a shell application. It's the child SWF's causing issues. Thanks Glen Glen Pike wrote: Hi, I am debugging a strange problem with nested Sprites that are linked to classes. In my classes for my parent and child Sprites, I have ADDED_TO_STAGE handlers which setup the controls. The child Sprites are placed at Author-time in the IDE. For my SWF, my load order is set to Bottom Up. If I trace from the ADDED_TO_STAGE handlers I am seeing the parent clip's handler being called first. Am I wrong in assuming that my ADDED_TO_STAGE handler for the child sprites should be called before the parent clip? I thought that this was something that was guaranteed in AS3, or am I getting mixed up with my Load order and adding to the stage? Thanks Glen ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Wild Idea. Possible?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:28 PM, David Hunter davehunte...@hotmail.comwrote: maybe look at Processing.org its a great language based on java that i imagine can do what you're after. there are lots of libraries written for it like blob detection (which might be useful for detecting you on a stage) or QR code recognition that might be helpful. Noted. Thanks ;) beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Wild Idea. Possible?
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Soeren.Meyer-Eppler soeren.meyer-epp...@buschnick.net wrote: Check out the art installations of Zachary Booth Simpson. Totally awesome ideas IMHO, he's been doing this for years and it requires lots of the same techniques you'll need. http://www.mine-control.com/ Very cool! Thanks! Also, there are some papers available for masking the speaker from the projected image. This is useful for presentations if you walk around in front of the projected image and don't want the image projected onto yourself. Any links? TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] A Simple Problem
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: beno - wrote: What did I do wrong? Colon instead of semicolon at the end of one of the lines. The python has bitten me ;) Thanks, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
Hi; Please look at this: http://angrynates.com/cart/main.swf It's by no means complete. I'd just like you to look at the hand that tweens infinitely. What I did was simply take one position of the hand and move a few nodes that had been created with the pen (and tweak a few of the balancing bars, or whatever they're called). I didn't add or delete points. But the tween looks ugly because of the black color interfering. Please advise. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
if you're doing shape tweens you need to start playing with shape hints. These give you a point which you snap to a point at the start of the tween and then there's a matching one where you'd like that point to finish at the end of the tween. I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like the results duplicate the timeline to keep a backup and keep on working like that because shape tweens get really out of hand, really quickly good luck a On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi; Please look at this: http://angrynates.com/cart/main.swf It's by no means complete. I'd just like you to look at the hand that tweens infinitely. What I did was simply take one position of the hand and move a few nodes that had been created with the pen (and tweak a few of the balancing bars, or whatever they're called). I didn't add or delete points. But the tween looks ugly because of the black color interfering. Please advise. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
Hello :) you want an engine like it ? : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/bone/index.html The problem in the previous link.. NO SOURCE :( For me you must search a framework who implements bones in AS. EKA+ :) 2010/1/25 Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
No - I am after an AS3 implementation of marching path I think. Like marching ants selection (in photoshop), but in rules at any angle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, ekameleon ekamel...@gmail.com wrote: Hello :) you want an engine like it ? : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/bone/index.html The problem in the previous link.. NO SOURCE :( For me you must search a framework who implements bones in AS. EKA+ :) 2010/1/25 Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
i second this. shape tweens rarely do what you want but shape hints can help. you might need to chop it up into lots of layers. sometimes i wonder if after all the effort it wouldn't have been simpler to do it by hand- frame by frame. hope it works out ok. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:31:26 + Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly From: alla...@gmail.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com if you're doing shape tweens you need to start playing with shape hints. These give you a point which you snap to a point at the start of the tween and then there's a matching one where you'd like that point to finish at the end of the tween. I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like the results duplicate the timeline to keep a backup and keep on working like that because shape tweens get really out of hand, really quickly good luck a On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi; Please look at this: http://angrynates.com/cart/main.swf It's by no means complete. I'd just like you to look at the hand that tweens infinitely. What I did was simply take one position of the hand and move a few nodes that had been created with the pen (and tweak a few of the balancing bars, or whatever they're called). I didn't add or delete points. But the tween looks ugly because of the black color interfering. Please advise. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
Quasimondo demonstrated how to do marching ants in his FOTB 2008 presentation. It was part of the work he was doing on the Aviary tools. I think essentially he calculated a mask which looked like a selection area 1px thick and used that over the top of animated stripes.. Eric E. Dolecki wrote: No - I am after an AS3 implementation of marching path I think. Like marching ants selection (in photoshop), but in rules at any angle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, ekameleon ekamel...@gmail.com wrote: Hello :) you want an engine like it ? : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/bone/index.html The problem in the previous link.. NO SOURCE :( For me you must search a framework who implements bones in AS. EKA+ :) 2010/1/25 Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: if you're doing shape tweens you need to start playing with shape hints. These give you a point which you snap to a point at the start of the tween and then there's a matching one where you'd like that point to finish at the end of the tween. k I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like the results duplicate the timeline to keep a backup and keep on working like that because shape tweens get really out of hand, really quickly k. I'll try to remember! beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
Damn, sent before I posted the link: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000571.php Eric E. Dolecki wrote: No - I am after an AS3 implementation of marching path I think. Like marching ants selection (in photoshop), but in rules at any angle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, ekameleon ekamel...@gmail.com wrote: Hello :) you want an engine like it ? : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/bone/index.html The problem in the previous link.. NO SOURCE :( For me you must search a framework who implements bones in AS. EKA+ :) 2010/1/25 Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like the results duplicate the timeline How do I do that? TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 connecting objects
Thanks guys. This is sort of what I'm after: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000573.php I guess I'll have to translate it and see about trying to make it work for lines thicker than 1pixel, etc. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote: Damn, sent before I posted the link: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000571.php Eric E. Dolecki wrote: No - I am after an AS3 implementation of marching path I think. Like marching ants selection (in photoshop), but in rules at any angle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, ekameleon ekamel...@gmail.com wrote: Hello :) you want an engine like it ? : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/bone/index.html The problem in the previous link.. NO SOURCE :( For me you must search a framework who implements bones in AS. EKA+ :) 2010/1/25 Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com I'm looking for a class whereby I can visually connect elements (say Sprites) with thin rules... kind of like marching ants but in both directions, dynamically. Animation inside the rules. Has anyone seen anything like that? -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:59 AM, David Hunter davehunte...@hotmail.comwrote: i second this. shape tweens rarely do what you want but shape hints can help. you might need to chop it up into lots of layers. sometimes i wonder if after all the effort it wouldn't have been simpler to do it by hand- frame by frame. hope it works out ok. Thanks. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Quick Question?
Hello List, Penny for your thoughts. I recently got the H.O.T. Actionscript 3.0 by Todd Perkins book. Is this a good resource for migrating from AS2 to AS3? Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Wild Idea. Possible?
This could be done nicely with free WiiFlash server, a bluetooth dongle, Papervision3d, and a Nintendo Wiimote (which you would have on you somewhere) to act as the infared camera. You'd use some of Johnny Chung Lee's methods, seen here: http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/ I would incorporate Papervision3d to change the camera perspective on the scene, based on the Wiimote's location. Use WiiFlash to communicate between Flash and the Wiimote and Bluetooth dongle. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Quick Question?
Hi, I have not used that book, but this is a really useful pocket guide: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/as3_migration_cookbook/as3_migration_cookbook.pdf Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hello List, Penny for your thoughts. I recently got the H.O.T. Actionscript 3.0 by Todd Perkins book. Is this a good resource for migrating from AS2 to AS3? Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Wild Idea. Possible?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: This could be done nicely with free WiiFlash server, a bluetooth dongle, Papervision3d, and a Nintendo Wiimote (which you would have on you somewhere) to act as the infared camera. Cool. Logged it. Thanks! beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Quick Question?
Beautiful... Thanks Glen, Best, Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, I have not used that book, but this is a really useful pocket guide: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/ as3_migration_cookbook/as3_migration_cookbook.pdf Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hello List, Penny for your thoughts. I recently got the H.O.T. Actionscript 3.0 by Todd Perkins book. Is this a good resource for migrating from AS2 to AS3? Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
I've played with the 9-scale, moved everything to a new relationship with the registration point and shape hints to no avail. It all looks the same :( It's like it compresses the entire hand as the thumb comes down. I just want the thumb to come down, not to compress the whole hand: http://angrynates.com/cart/main.swf Please advise. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] AddEventListener
Hi;
I have the following line of code in the init:
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
and this code further on:
public function checkFrame3(e:Event):void
{
if (e.target.currentFrame == 10)
{
e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
picLoader.addEventListener(PictureLoader.ALL_PICS_LOADED, createParticles);
picLoader.loadPics(picURLString);
}
}
I copied a bunch of code from flashandmath.com. The above is my own
addition. It doesn't do anything. What I'd like it to do is, when the movie
enters frame 10, activate the code I copied from flashandmath. If I pull out
and replace my above-quoted line of code in the init with the same,
everything works. But I'd like to delay this action for so many frames.
Please advise. All code follows.
TIA,
beno
package
{
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.utils.getTimer;
import com.dangries.loaders.*;
import com.dangries.bitmapUtilities.PictureAtomizer;
import com.dangries.objects.Particle3D;
import com.dangries.geom3D.*;
import com.dangries.display.*;
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
//Import Library Assests
public var picURLString:Array;
public var picLoader:PictureLoader;
public var pic:Array;
public var atomizer:PictureAtomizer;
public var particles:Array;
public var blur:BlurFilter;
public var darken:ColorTransform;
public var board:RotatingParticleBoard;
public var boardRect:Rectangle;
public var filterPoint:Point;
public var p:Particle3D;
public var param:Number;
public var head:HatAndFace;
public var leftEye:Eyeball;
public var rightEye:Eyeball;
public var leftHand:Hand;
public var rightHand:Hand;
public var myPic:picture;
public var myThumb:CloseThumb;
public function Main()
{
init();
}
public function init():void
{
hatAndFace();
eyeball1();
eyeball2();
myRightHand();
myLeftHand();
thePic();
theThumb();
picURLString= [beno.jpg];
picLoader = new PictureLoader();
board = new RotatingParticleBoard(420,340,true, 0x, 160);
board.setDepthDarken(-10,-80, 1.5);
board.makeFrame(2,0x44,1);
board.holder.x = stage.stageWidth/2 - board.width/2;
board.holder.y = stage.stageHeight/2 - board.height/2;
//set the initial rotation:
board.currentQ = new Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/12),
Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2),0,-Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2));
//set the automatic rotation to use while mouse is not dragging:
board.autoQuaternion = new
Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/300),0,Math.sin(Math.PI/300),0);
blur = new BlurFilter(3,3);
darken = new ColorTransform(1,1,1,0.8);
boardRect = new Rectangle(0,0,board.width,board.height);
filterPoint = new Point(0,0);
//add following code to see arcball silhouette:
/*
var ballOutline:Shape = new Shape();
ballOutline.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x88);
ballOutline.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,board.arcballRad);
ballOutline.x = board.width/2;
ballOutline.y = board.height/2;
board.holder.addChild(ballOutline);
*/
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
}
//Place Head and Hat on stage and fade in
public function hatAndFace():void
{
head = new HatAndFace();
head.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
head.y = stage.stageHeight/4;
head.alpha = 0;
addChild(head);
TweenLite.to(head, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place left eye on stage and fade in
public function eyeball1():void
{
leftEye = new Eyeball();
leftEye.x = head.x - 30;
leftEye.y = head.y + 15;
leftEye.alpha = 0;
addChild(leftEye);
TweenLite.to(leftEye, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place right eye on stage and fade in
public function eyeball2():void
{
rightEye = new Eyeball();
rightEye.x = head.x + 30;
rightEye.y = head.y + 15;
rightEye.alpha = 0;
addChild(rightEye);
TweenLite.to(rightEye, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place right hand on stage and fade in
public function myRightHand():void
{
rightHand = new Hand();
rightHand.x = head.x + 480;
rightHand.y = head.y + 50;
addChild(rightHand);
rightHand.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
}
//Place left hand on stage and fade in
public function myLeftHand():void
{
leftHand = new Hand();
leftHand.x = head.x - 30;
leftHand.y = head.y + 50;
addChild(leftHand);
// leftHand.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
// TweenMax.fromTo(leftHand, leftHand.totalFrames - 1,
{frame:leftHand.totalFrames}, {frame:1});
TweenMax.fromTo(leftHand, leftHand.totalFrames - 1,
{frame:leftHand.totalFrames},
Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: You may have to break your thumb and hand into two separate things to tween. Might be easier. Yeah, good point. Thanks, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener
Have you tried tracing to see if that function you added is firing?
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of beno -
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:57 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener
Hi;
I have the following line of code in the init:
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
and this code further on:
public function checkFrame3(e:Event):void
{
if (e.target.currentFrame == 10)
{
e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
picLoader.addEventListener(PictureLoader.ALL_PICS_LOADED, createParticles);
picLoader.loadPics(picURLString);
}
}
I copied a bunch of code from flashandmath.com. The above is my own
addition. It doesn't do anything. What I'd like it to do is, when the movie
enters frame 10, activate the code I copied from flashandmath. If I pull out
and replace my above-quoted line of code in the init with the same,
everything works. But I'd like to delay this action for so many frames.
Please advise. All code follows.
TIA,
beno
package
{
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.utils.getTimer;
import com.dangries.loaders.*;
import com.dangries.bitmapUtilities.PictureAtomizer;
import com.dangries.objects.Particle3D;
import com.dangries.geom3D.*;
import com.dangries.display.*;
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
//Import Library Assests
public var picURLString:Array;
public var picLoader:PictureLoader;
public var pic:Array;
public var atomizer:PictureAtomizer;
public var particles:Array;
public var blur:BlurFilter;
public var darken:ColorTransform;
public var board:RotatingParticleBoard;
public var boardRect:Rectangle;
public var filterPoint:Point;
public var p:Particle3D;
public var param:Number;
public var head:HatAndFace;
public var leftEye:Eyeball;
public var rightEye:Eyeball;
public var leftHand:Hand;
public var rightHand:Hand;
public var myPic:picture;
public var myThumb:CloseThumb;
public function Main()
{
init();
}
public function init():void
{
hatAndFace();
eyeball1();
eyeball2();
myRightHand();
myLeftHand();
thePic();
theThumb();
picURLString= [beno.jpg];
picLoader = new PictureLoader();
board = new RotatingParticleBoard(420,340,true, 0x, 160);
board.setDepthDarken(-10,-80, 1.5);
board.makeFrame(2,0x44,1);
board.holder.x = stage.stageWidth/2 - board.width/2;
board.holder.y = stage.stageHeight/2 - board.height/2;
//set the initial rotation:
board.currentQ = new Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/12),
Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2),0,-Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2));
//set the automatic rotation to use while mouse is not dragging:
board.autoQuaternion = new
Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/300),0,Math.sin(Math.PI/300),0);
blur = new BlurFilter(3,3);
darken = new ColorTransform(1,1,1,0.8);
boardRect = new Rectangle(0,0,board.width,board.height);
filterPoint = new Point(0,0);
//add following code to see arcball silhouette:
/*
var ballOutline:Shape = new Shape();
ballOutline.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x88);
ballOutline.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,board.arcballRad);
ballOutline.x = board.width/2;
ballOutline.y = board.height/2;
board.holder.addChild(ballOutline);
*/
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
}
//Place Head and Hat on stage and fade in
public function hatAndFace():void
{
head = new HatAndFace();
head.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
head.y = stage.stageHeight/4;
head.alpha = 0;
addChild(head);
TweenLite.to(head, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place left eye on stage and fade in
public function eyeball1():void
{
leftEye = new Eyeball();
leftEye.x = head.x - 30;
leftEye.y = head.y + 15;
leftEye.alpha = 0;
addChild(leftEye);
TweenLite.to(leftEye, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place right eye on stage and fade in
public function eyeball2():void
{
rightEye = new Eyeball();
rightEye.x = head.x + 30;
rightEye.y = head.y + 15;
rightEye.alpha = 0;
addChild(rightEye);
TweenLite.to(rightEye, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place right hand on stage and fade in
public function myRightHand():void
{
rightHand = new Hand();
rightHand.x = head.x + 480;
rightHand.y = head.y + 50;
addChild(rightHand);
rightHand.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
}
//Place left hand on stage and fade in
public function myLeftHand():void
{
leftHand = new Hand();
leftHand.x = head.x - 30;
Re: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.comwrote:
Have you tried tracing to see if that function you added is firing?
Thank you. I added one at the top of that function and it didn't fire. So
that tells us the problem must be in calling the function:
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
The only things I changed here when I copied and pasted this function call
were changing from checkFrame to checkFrame3, and editing the variable
calling the function; namely picLoader. Therefore I presume it must be the
latter that is causing the problem. Why? After all, I but replaced an
addEventListener (which I then put in checkFrame3):
picLoader.addEventListener(PictureLoader.ALL_PICS_LOADED, createParticles);
Please advise.
TIA,
beno
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:57 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] AddEventListener
Hi;
I have the following line of code in the init:
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
and this code further on:
public function checkFrame3(e:Event):void
{
if (e.target.currentFrame == 10)
{
e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
picLoader.addEventListener(PictureLoader.ALL_PICS_LOADED, createParticles);
picLoader.loadPics(picURLString);
}
}
I copied a bunch of code from flashandmath.com. The above is my own
addition. It doesn't do anything. What I'd like it to do is, when the movie
enters frame 10, activate the code I copied from flashandmath. If I pull
out
and replace my above-quoted line of code in the init with the same,
everything works. But I'd like to delay this action for so many frames.
Please advise. All code follows.
TIA,
beno
package
{
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.utils.getTimer;
import com.dangries.loaders.*;
import com.dangries.bitmapUtilities.PictureAtomizer;
import com.dangries.objects.Particle3D;
import com.dangries.geom3D.*;
import com.dangries.display.*;
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
//Import Library Assests
public var picURLString:Array;
public var picLoader:PictureLoader;
public var pic:Array;
public var atomizer:PictureAtomizer;
public var particles:Array;
public var blur:BlurFilter;
public var darken:ColorTransform;
public var board:RotatingParticleBoard;
public var boardRect:Rectangle;
public var filterPoint:Point;
public var p:Particle3D;
public var param:Number;
public var head:HatAndFace;
public var leftEye:Eyeball;
public var rightEye:Eyeball;
public var leftHand:Hand;
public var rightHand:Hand;
public var myPic:picture;
public var myThumb:CloseThumb;
public function Main()
{
init();
}
public function init():void
{
hatAndFace();
eyeball1();
eyeball2();
myRightHand();
myLeftHand();
thePic();
theThumb();
picURLString= [beno.jpg];
picLoader = new PictureLoader();
board = new RotatingParticleBoard(420,340,true, 0x, 160);
board.setDepthDarken(-10,-80, 1.5);
board.makeFrame(2,0x44,1);
board.holder.x = stage.stageWidth/2 - board.width/2;
board.holder.y = stage.stageHeight/2 - board.height/2;
//set the initial rotation:
board.currentQ = new Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/12),
Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2),0,-Math.sin(Math.PI/12)/Math.sqrt(2));
//set the automatic rotation to use while mouse is not dragging:
board.autoQuaternion = new
Quaternion(Math.cos(Math.PI/300),0,Math.sin(Math.PI/300),0);
blur = new BlurFilter(3,3);
darken = new ColorTransform(1,1,1,0.8);
boardRect = new Rectangle(0,0,board.width,board.height);
filterPoint = new Point(0,0);
//add following code to see arcball silhouette:
/*
var ballOutline:Shape = new Shape();
ballOutline.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x88);
ballOutline.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,board.arcballRad);
ballOutline.x = board.width/2;
ballOutline.y = board.height/2;
board.holder.addChild(ballOutline);
*/
picLoader.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame3);
}
//Place Head and Hat on stage and fade in
public function hatAndFace():void
{
head = new HatAndFace();
head.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
head.y = stage.stageHeight/4;
head.alpha = 0;
addChild(head);
TweenLite.to(head, 2, {autoAlpha:1});
}
//Place left eye on stage and fade in
public function eyeball1():void
[Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
I have a menu bar component
mx:MenuBar id=mainMenu labelField=@label
click={MenuEvent(event)}
itemClick={MenuItemEvent(event)}
Everytime I create a handler like this:
private function MenuItemEvent(e:MenuEvent):void
I get a Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MenuEvent
But, I've explicitly imported this event:
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
Am I going mad? What am I doing wrong? I'm using standalone Flex Builder
3.0.2.214193 on Windows XP- not the Eclipse plug-in.
Please help,
William Chadwick
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Chadwick
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:01 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
I have a menu bar component
mx:MenuBar id=mainMenu labelField=@label
click={MenuEvent(event)}
itemClick={MenuItemEvent(event)}
Everytime I create a handler like this:
private function MenuItemEvent(e:MenuEvent):void
I get a Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant:
MenuEvent
But, I've explicitly imported this event:
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
Am I going mad? What am I doing wrong? I'm using standalone Flex Builder
3.0.2.214193 on Windows XP- not the Eclipse plug-in.
Please help,
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Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths
Hi everyone, thanks for all the advice and suggestions. I'm going to try John's replacement suggestion, as this seems very promising! Thanks! Sebastian. John McCormack wrote: Sorry, In my application the scores file would have the same name as the SWF program, and so progam.swf becomes progamscores.txt temp=this.loaderInfo.url;// Use the SWF path as a source temp=temp.replace(.swf,scores.txt); // for the scores text file John John McCormack wrote: If I understand this correctly: html is in directory1 SWF in directory2/flash SWF is trying to load the XML from directory2/flash/xml/ A SWF knows the directory it was loaded from and so can find the xml directory. For example I use this... var temp:String; temp=this.loaderInfo.url;// Use the SWF path as a source temp=temp.replace(.swf,scores.txt); // for the scores text file Also, you could email back to yourself the directories that you find. If they were prepared to run it, they could help by running Charles' web proxy from www.xk72.com/charles That would help them identify failed loading of files. John sebastian wrote: Thanks Nathan and Dave, The leading slash was just a typo in my email, but the code doesn't start with a leading slash, so that can't be the problem. It's on an intranet, so an internal website that people like me, who are external, can't see or access [and they won't grant me access either]. We can't just tell them sorry because they are some huge multinational company, and we are a small local agency... They sent me the path names of where they put the file, and where it is being loaded from, so I tried hardcoding the exact path into my AS file for the XML file, but it still wont load it. I know that if I make them test my HTML file that I used, which sits in the same folder as the resources, it works for them JUST FINE... So it is when they try and load it from a different directory on the same server that it doesn't. Something like: http://theirsite.com/flash Is being read from: http://theirsite.com/someotherplace/somesubfolder Is there something else I need to set, it loads the SWF from: http://theirsite.com/flash just fine, but it won't load the XML from: http://theirsite.com/flash/xml/data.xml Any other ideas? Thanks! Seb. Nathan Mynarcik wrote: Is it published on the web? Or is the intranet on a shared drive on an internal network? If it is the ladder, your path has to be longer than it would be for a webserver. Best bet would be to trace your butt off until you find the exact string you need for the path. Go back and forth about 20 to 30 times with them on file versions until they get fed up. Having you do it without being able to test is like having you code blindfolded with yours hands tied. --Original Message-- From: sebastian Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] problem with paths Sent: Jan 22, 2010 2:16 PM Hello flash coders, Simple question I believe, but I'm having problems with a delivery of a flash file. My flash file loads an external XML and then from the external XML it loads images, videos text etc. It works fine locally and on our test server, however at the client's server, which is on an intranet so I can't test or see what they see, it doesn't load the XML... I tried hard coding the paths that they tell me the XML resides in, and they promise me that they have kept the file structure intact, and they have also informed me that there is no cross domain going on... meaning that the flash is being loaded from the same domain where the data is being kept. My question is: how could this not be working? My only guess is that the file is being embeded in an HTML file that is NOT in the path of where the files are being kept, but then my hardcoded full-paths should (?) have resolved this...? Am I right that I can replace: the load /xml/data.xml with http://domainname.com/flash/xml/data.xml; and then load the SWF from a directory like: http://domainname.com/somsubdirectory/index.html; and get it all to load correctly? Thanks for any insight or thoughts you can offer! Best, Seb. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Rotation
Hi; Can someone please give me the general parameters for doing the following: 1) Rotate a hand on its axis; 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
Put your thumb graphic in one mc and your hand in another and put both those into another mc. Go inside the mc that holds both and select each mc individually and set its transform pivot point to the same destination as the other or I think you can do this to figure out what the coordinates are to apply to your as. Not sure of the AS equivalent for the transform axis point is. May have to google that one. GL Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 12:21 PM, beno - wrote: Hi; Can someone please give me the general parameters for doing the following: 1) Rotate a hand on its axis; 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
I have a menu bar component
mx:MenuBar id=mainMenu labelField=@label
click={MenuEvent(event)}
itemClick={MenuItemEvent(event)}
Everytime I create a handler like this:
private function MenuItemEvent(e:MenuEvent):void
I get a Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MenuEvent
But, I've explicitly imported this event:
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
Am I going mad? What am I doing wrong? I'm using standalone Flex Builder
3.0.2.214193 on Windows XP- not the Eclipse plug-in.
You appear to also have an event handler called MenuEvent assigned to
the click handler of the MenuBar. Also, you don't need bindings for
event handler values. You only need bindings to use AS expressions in
non-event attributes of MXML elements. Finally, it's arguably bad form
to name things other than classes in title case - the convention is to
use camel case for variables and functions.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
Look at that fla I sent you. Choose the transform tool and look at the axis points. HTH Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Put your thumb graphic in one mc and your hand in another and put both those into another mc. Go inside the mc that holds both and select each mc individually and set its transform pivot point to the same destination as the other or I think you can do this to figure out what the coordinates are to apply to your as. Not sure of the AS equivalent for the transform axis point is. May have to google that one. GL Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 12:21 PM, beno - wrote: Hi; Can someone please give me the general parameters for doing the following: 1) Rotate a hand on its axis; 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
Dave,
I'm following the example here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/MenuBar.html
which has almost identical code:
// Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void {
mx:MenuBar labelField=@label itemClick=menuHandler(event);
Although I always use just plain e for my parameter variable in event
handlers.
Bindings: yeah, you're right.
About the function name- I am following my company's C# standard which has
uppercase names for functions since my company does not have a Flex/AS3
coding standard. What is the convention you refer to called?
But none of your comments seem to get at my real problem, I want to access
the label the user clicks on when they use the menu bar, but I can't use it
because why? My installation is corrupt? I don't understand...
William Chadwick
On 1/25/10, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote:
I have a menu bar component
mx:MenuBar id=mainMenu labelField=@label
click={MenuEvent(event)}
itemClick={MenuItemEvent(event)}
Everytime I create a handler like this:
private function MenuItemEvent(e:MenuEvent):void
I get a Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant:
MenuEvent
But, I've explicitly imported this event:
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
Am I going mad? What am I doing wrong? I'm using standalone Flex Builder
3.0.2.214193 on Windows XP- not the Eclipse plug-in.
You appear to also have an event handler called MenuEvent assigned to
the click handler of the MenuBar. Also, you don't need bindings for
event handler values. You only need bindings to use AS expressions in
non-event attributes of MXML elements. Finally, it's arguably bad form
to name things other than classes in title case - the convention is to
use camel case for variables and functions.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
http://training.figleaf.com/
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GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
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RE: [Flashcoders] Rotation
1) Rotate a hand on its axis; What axis? 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. Just make another graphic of the hand with the object in it. Then rotate it. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of beno - Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:21 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Rotation Hi; Can someone please give me the general parameters for doing the following: 1) Rotate a hand on its axis; 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: Look at that fla I sent you. Where did you send this? Can you re-send it, please? Thanks, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
I suggest you buy a few books and start learning - basic - stuff rather than shooting emails to the list every 5 minutes. - Original Message - From: beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:21 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Rotation Hi; Can someone please give me the general parameters for doing the following: 1) Rotate a hand on its axis; 2) Attach another graphic so that it rotates with the hand as if it were held by the same. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: I suggest you buy a few books and start learning - basic - stuff rather than shooting emails to the list every 5 minutes. My first book is on its way. I'll still be asking questions, sorry. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
It was a file so I sent it to your email. Off list Karl Check your junk folder maybe? On Jan 25, 2010, at 1:20 PM, beno - wrote: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: Look at that fla I sent you. Where did you send this? Can you re-send it, please? Thanks, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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beno - wrote: My first book is on its way. I'll still be asking questions, sorry. Second book, you always have the manual. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: beno - wrote: My first book is on its way. I'll still be asking questions, sorry. Second book, you always have the manual. Right. My problem is limited time in front of my computer. Long story, but finally actually bought a computer (went broke in the Dominican Republic, etc.). But it's at a friend's office (I live on a boat and haven't been able to afford a wind generator yet). So I maximize my time online when I have the chance. Can't very well print out the manual. But a book I can take and read. I'll be out of this hole as soon as I develop two Flash sites, then I can cook with gas. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: It was a file so I sent it to your email. Off list Got it. Thanks :) beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
I'm following the example here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/MenuBar.html
which has almost identical code:
// Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void {
mx:MenuBar labelField=@label itemClick=menuHandler(event);
Although I always use just plain e for my parameter variable in event
handlers.
In your code, you have a click handler bound to a MenuEvent function.
There is a MenuEvent event object as well. There can be only one.
Remove the click handler if you simply want to respond to the
itemClick event, which has its own handler.
About the function name- I am following my company's C# standard which has
uppercase names for functions since my company does not have a Flex/AS3
coding standard. What is the convention you refer to called?
I don't know if it has a name, other than the convention followed by
most AS3, Java and C# programmers. Since it's a convention, I'm not
going to waste my time telling you it's the right way to do things, or
that you're doing things the wrong way, but in my own opinion it does
make things easier to follow.
But none of your comments seem to get at my real problem, I want to access
the label the user clicks on when they use the menu bar, but I can't use it
because why? My installation is corrupt? I don't understand...
Again, I'm pretty certain that the cause of your problem is the click
handler attached to your MenuBar.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
By and large if you have something that has movable parts, put the parts in their own MC and then all of them together in one and control separately. As far as I know. There may be another way suggested. Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 1:49 PM, beno - wrote: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: It was a file so I sent it to your email. Off list Got it. Thanks :) beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: By and large if you have something that has movable parts, put the parts in their own MC and then all of them together in one and control separately. As far as I know. Makes sense. Stick 'em together like Legos. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
Dave,
Thanks!
Not sure what I was thinkin' when I used the Adobe class name MenuEvent as a
custom method name but that was the problem. An embarrassing problem to have
so publicly. But, hey, it's Monday morning!
About the coding conventions, thanks for your comments. I work for a medium
sized corporation that does software development. We have no official
Flex/ActionScript standards, but I am following my company's published C#
standard. You may have the better standard, but you don't write my paycheck.
My apologies to those of you who didn't want to see MXML in the ActionScript
forum. Technically, my issue was on the AS3 side of things.
Thanks again,
William Chadwick
On 1/25/10, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote:
I'm following the example here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/MenuBar.html
which has almost identical code:
// Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void {
mx:MenuBar labelField=@label
itemClick=menuHandler(event);
Although I always use just plain e for my parameter variable in event
handlers.
In your code, you have a click handler bound to a MenuEvent function.
There is a MenuEvent event object as well. There can be only one.
Remove the click handler if you simply want to respond to the
itemClick event, which has its own handler.
About the function name- I am following my company's C# standard which
has
uppercase names for functions since my company does not have a Flex/AS3
coding standard. What is the convention you refer to called?
I don't know if it has a name, other than the convention followed by
most AS3, Java and C# programmers. Since it's a convention, I'm not
going to waste my time telling you it's the right way to do things, or
that you're doing things the wrong way, but in my own opinion it does
make things easier to follow.
But none of your comments seem to get at my real problem, I want to
access
the label the user clicks on when they use the menu bar, but I can't use
it
because why? My installation is corrupt? I don't understand...
Again, I'm pretty certain that the cause of your problem is the click
handler attached to your MenuBar.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Rotation
Right. My problem is limited time in front of my computer. Long story, but finally actually bought a computer (went broke in the Dominican Republic, etc.). But it's at a friend's office (I live on a boat and haven't been able to afford a wind generator yet). So I maximize my time online when I have the chance. Can't very well print out the manual. But a book I can take and read. I'll be out of this hole as soon as I develop two Flash sites, then I can cook with gas. Wow. Let me quote that last line again: I'll be out of this hole as soon as I develop two Flash sites, then I can cook with gas. You sure you're not just some long time list guru messing with us? If not, I do feel bad for your situation, but you need to be realistic. You can't rely on this list to teach you everything, especially when you keep posting questions every few minutes without doing research and trying things in-between. We're here to help, but we're not here to help someone crowd source their project. Last time, we recommended you make use of the trace() function liberally, which is basic Flash skills 101, and again, someone had to remind you to use that again today, which you then did, and you found out some things as to why your code wasn't working. Sorry, I'm just saying please be more considerate of the good members of this list who are trying to help you, you need to do your part as well. You asked 2 questions Saturday, then four questions today - one of them was for a project you're not even working on. I guess I'm still a bit annoyed from the last time you peppered the list with all your code and questions and people raised a stink then. Personally, I don't like to help people who aren't trying all that hard to help themselves. I copied a bunch of code from flashandmath.com. The above is my own addition. It doesn't do anything. What I'd like it to do is, when the movie enters frame 10, activate the code I copied from flashandmath. If I pull out and replace my above-quoted line of code in the init with the same, everything works. But I'd like to delay this action for so many frames. That's a perfect example where, you're trying to copy work others have done, without understanding the underlying principles. Really, you need some more basic help understanding how Flash works first. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
More like advanced legos, but yeah. Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:06 PM, beno - wrote: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: By and large if you have something that has movable parts, put the parts in their own MC and then all of them together in one and control separately. As far as I know. Makes sense. Stick 'em together like Legos. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
Not sure what I was thinkin' when I used the Adobe class name MenuEvent as a custom method name but that was the problem. An embarrassing problem to have so publicly. But, hey, it's Monday morning! No need to be embarrassed, people make that kind of mistake all the time. About the coding conventions, thanks for your comments. I work for a medium sized corporation that does software development. We have no official Flex/ActionScript standards, but I am following my company's published C# standard. You may have the better standard, but you don't write my paycheck. My comments on conventions are nothing more than that - comments. By all means, follow whatever conventions your company wants you to. Feel free to tell them that some guy on the internet thinks they're dumb, though. My apologies to those of you who didn't want to see MXML in the ActionScript forum. Technically, my issue was on the AS3 side of things. No need to apologize about that, either. However, most of the people here are Flash folks, rather than Flex. So, you might not find this list as helpful overall with Flex-specific questions as you would the Flexcoders list Jason mentioned. Don't let that stop you from posting questions here, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] progressBar component question
Hi, I was wondering how can I use the progressbar component to load the entire movie instead of a movie loaded inside a movie clip. Anyone knows or at least knows about a tutorial to point me in? because I want to use it to check the progress of loading the entire movie, I can do it in as2, but it seems very obscure to do in as3. I'de appreciate greatly your help friends. Gustavo ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error
William Chadwick wrote: My apologies to those of you who didn't want to see MXML in the ActionScript forum. Technically, my issue was on the AS3 side of things. I am more bothered by the fact that you called it a forum instead of a mailinglist. And I am not very bothered by that either. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] progressBar component question
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stop();
import flash.display.*;
root.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
plLoading);
function plLoading(event:ProgressEvent) :void {
if(event.bytesLoaded == event.bytesTotal){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
this is what I got , how can I set the source to root.loaderInfo
thanks
Gustavo
On Jan 25, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote:
Set the source property to root.loaderInfo.
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[Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
if you are using AS3, the alpha value range is 0-1 in AS2 its 0-100 -- Pedro Taranto Paul Andrews wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
Paul Andrews wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. To clarify - it's full on at 0.05 ! Clearly it's not what we would expect, so I guess there's something else going on. Just wondered if anyone else had seen this behaviour. Paul Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
1. How much is any other alpha? 2. What is the content of the sprite? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
Zeh Fernando wrote: 1. How much is any other alpha? 0.05 - it's not the AS2 alpha 1 error. 2. What is the content of the sprite? A coloured rectangle - it's not a problem with non-embedded text. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] progressBar component question
I've solved the issue, thanks
now is working
On Jan 25, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Gustavo Duenas wrote:
stop();
import flash.display.*;
root.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
plLoading);
function plLoading(event:ProgressEvent) :void {
if(event.bytesLoaded == event.bytesTotal){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
this is what I got , how can I set the source to root.loaderInfo
thanks
Gustavo
On Jan 25, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote:
Set the source property to root.loaderInfo.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Zeh Fernando wrote: 1. How much is any other alpha? 0.05 - it's not the AS2 alpha 1 error. 2. What is the content of the sprite? A coloured rectangle - it's not a problem with non-embedded text. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is amongst a load of other stuff and I can live without the alpha for the moment. If nobody else has seen odd behaviour with Sprite alphas, then I have some stupidity in my code and I'll return to it later. If you haven't see odd alpha behaviour then no worries. When life is a little less frantic, I'll check it out with some more tests. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation
Beno, there's a list on here called 'flash newbies' or something - despite the name there are great resources. The level of questions you're asking are definitely pointed more to that list, please start posting there I think you and everyone else will have a better experience. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: More like advanced legos, but yeah. Karl On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:06 PM, beno - wrote: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: By and large if you have something that has movable parts, put the parts in their own MC and then all of them together in one and control separately. As far as I know. Makes sense. Stick 'em together like Legos. beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Matrix + BitmapData - what exactly happens?
Hey list - I have been trying to get the dominant pixel color of an image.
I received this solution from someone, but I'm still not exactly sure what
flash is doing with this:
public static function GetColor(_bmd:BitmapData):uint{
var m: Matrix = new Matrix();
m.scale( 1 / _bmd.width, 1 / _bmd.height);
var colorBmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(1, 1);
colorBmd.draw(_bmd, m);
var color:uint = colorBmd.getPixel(0,0);
//trace(color)
return color;
}
- the matrix is scaling down _bmd to a fraction
- a 1x1 pixel BitmapData is created
- the draw() method is drawing a scaled version of the bitmap, 1pixel by
1 pixel
- the pixel at 0,0 is selected
My question is how is that color determined? Basically the whole image gets
simplified down to one color by flash, how is that determined?
Ultimately I'm curious as I'd like to be able to get the dominant color and
the average color of an image separately.
Thanks!
Jared
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Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. hth jared On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is amongst a load of other stuff and I can live without the alpha for the moment. If nobody else has seen odd behaviour with Sprite alphas, then I have some stupidity in my code and I'll return to it later. If you haven't see odd alpha behaviour then no worries. When life is a little less frantic, I'll check it out with some more tests. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
jared stanley wrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. LOL, it is frantic and I don't think I did something stupid, though you're probably right.. hth jared On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is amongst a load of other stuff and I can live without the alpha for the moment. If nobody else has seen odd behaviour with Sprite alphas, then I have some stupidity in my code and I'll return to it later. If you haven't see odd alpha behaviour then no worries. When life is a little less frantic, I'll check it out with some more tests. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
What's the content of the sprite? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:30 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.comwrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. hth jared On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is amongst a load of other stuff and I can live without the alpha for the moment. If nobody else has seen odd behaviour with Sprite alphas, then I have some stupidity in my code and I'll return to it later. If you haven't see odd alpha behaviour then no worries. When life is a little less frantic, I'll check it out with some more tests. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
Zeh Fernando wrote: What's the content of the sprite? A rectangle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:30 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.comwrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. hth jared On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is amongst a load of other stuff and I can live without the alpha for the moment. If nobody else has seen odd behaviour with Sprite alphas, then I have some stupidity in my code and I'll return to it later. If you haven't see odd alpha behaviour then no worries. When life is a little less frantic, I'll check it out with some more tests. Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha
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[Flashcoders] Re: Matrix + BitmapData - what exactly happens?
here are some examples of the
previous block of code.
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/revival.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/heman.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/thundercats.html
it appears that the dominant color is showing, but it is inconsistent(look
at the end frame of the heman vid as an example)
thanks to anyone who can help shed some light on this.
Jared
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.comwrote:
Hey list - I have been trying to get the dominant pixel color of an image.
I received this solution from someone, but I'm still not exactly sure what
flash is doing with this:
public static function GetColor(_bmd:BitmapData):uint{
var m: Matrix = new Matrix();
m.scale( 1 / _bmd.width, 1 / _bmd.height);
var colorBmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(1, 1);
colorBmd.draw(_bmd, m);
var color:uint = colorBmd.getPixel(0,0);
//trace(color)
return color;
}
- the matrix is scaling down _bmd to a fraction
- a 1x1 pixel BitmapData is created
- the draw() method is drawing a scaled version of the bitmap, 1pixel
by 1 pixel
- the pixel at 0,0 is selected
My question is how is that color determined? Basically the whole image gets
simplified down to one color by flash, how is that determined?
Ultimately I'm curious as I'd like to be able to get the dominant color and
the average color of an image separately.
Thanks!
Jared
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Matrix + BitmapData - what exactly happens?
Maybe it's not exactly what you're after, but here's a good method for
extracting a color palette from an image. You could possibly adapt it to
suit your needs or at least get some pointers.
http://blog.soulwire.co.uk/flash/actionscript-3/colourutils-bitmapdata-extract-colour-palette/
Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano
2010/1/25 jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.com
here are some examples of the
previous block of code.
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/revival.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/heman.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/thundercats.html
it appears that the dominant color is showing, but it is inconsistent(look
at the end frame of the heman vid as an example)
thanks to anyone who can help shed some light on this.
Jared
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey list - I have been trying to get the dominant pixel color of an
image.
I received this solution from someone, but I'm still not exactly sure
what
flash is doing with this:
public static function GetColor(_bmd:BitmapData):uint{
var m: Matrix = new Matrix();
m.scale( 1 / _bmd.width, 1 / _bmd.height);
var colorBmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(1, 1);
colorBmd.draw(_bmd, m);
var color:uint = colorBmd.getPixel(0,0);
//trace(color)
return color;
}
- the matrix is scaling down _bmd to a fraction
- a 1x1 pixel BitmapData is created
- the draw() method is drawing a scaled version of the bitmap, 1pixel
by 1 pixel
- the pixel at 0,0 is selected
My question is how is that color determined? Basically the whole image
gets
simplified down to one color by flash, how is that determined?
Ultimately I'm curious as I'd like to be able to get the dominant color
and
the average color of an image separately.
Thanks!
Jared
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Matrix + BitmapData - what exactly happens?
awesome Juan, I think that post has what I'm looking for. thanks for the
reference!
Jared
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Juan Pablo Califano
califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe it's not exactly what you're after, but here's a good method for
extracting a color palette from an image. You could possibly adapt it to
suit your needs or at least get some pointers.
http://blog.soulwire.co.uk/flash/actionscript-3/colourutils-bitmapdata-extract-colour-palette/
Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano
2010/1/25 jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.com
here are some examples of the
previous block of code.
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/revival.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/heman.html
http://lab.freestyleinteractive.com/jared/bitmap/thundercats.html
it appears that the dominant color is showing, but it is
inconsistent(look
at the end frame of the heman vid as an example)
thanks to anyone who can help shed some light on this.
Jared
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey list - I have been trying to get the dominant pixel color of an
image.
I received this solution from someone, but I'm still not exactly sure
what
flash is doing with this:
public static function GetColor(_bmd:BitmapData):uint{
var m: Matrix = new Matrix();
m.scale( 1 / _bmd.width, 1 / _bmd.height);
var colorBmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(1, 1);
colorBmd.draw(_bmd, m);
var color:uint = colorBmd.getPixel(0,0);
//trace(color)
return color;
}
- the matrix is scaling down _bmd to a fraction
- a 1x1 pixel BitmapData is created
- the draw() method is drawing a scaled version of the bitmap,
1pixel
by 1 pixel
- the pixel at 0,0 is selected
My question is how is that color determined? Basically the whole image
gets
simplified down to one color by flash, how is that determined?
Ultimately I'm curious as I'd like to be able to get the dominant color
and
the average color of an image separately.
Thanks!
Jared
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