Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-16 Thread Michael Stuhr
Zárate schrieb: Hello, Macromedia says: "To understand how Flash screen content maps to the printed page, it helps to understand screen and print units of measure. Pixels are a screen measurement and points are a print measurement. Both pixels and points equal 1/72 of an inch. *A twip is 1/20 o

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-16 Thread Zárate
Hello, Macromedia says: "To understand how Flash screen content maps to the printed page, it helps to understand screen and print units of measure. Pixels are a screen measurement and points are a print measurement. Both pixels and points equal 1/72 of an inch. *A twip is 1/20 of a point and pixe

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-15 Thread Michael Stuhr
Ryan Matsikas schrieb: its actually 15 twips per pixel.. but the 1440/inch is correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twip function twipsToPixel(p_twips:Number):Number { return (p_twips / 15); } function pixelsToTwips(p_pixels:Number):Number { return p_pixels * 15; } Although this isnt always acc

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-14 Thread pixelassembly
ot;Ryan Matsikas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS its actually 15 twips per pixel.. but the 1440/inch is correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twip function twipsToPixel(p_twips:Numb

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-14 Thread Ryan Matsikas
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "flashcoders" > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:48 AM > Subject: [Flashcoders] TWIPS > > > > > Hi, > > i need to convert twips to pixels. > There are 1140 twips per inch. > Do i now need to divide

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-14 Thread pixelassembly
Hi, I'm sure you meant 1440 twips per inch :) anyway, there are 20 twips per pixel (do divide by 20 to get the pixels) cheers, glenn - Original Message - From: "Dan Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "flashcoders" Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:48

[Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-14 Thread Dan Wade
Hi, i need to convert twips to pixels. There are 1140 twips per inch. Do i now need to divide 1440 by DPI (72 or 96) to get ratio. Do I need to establish a target DPI please help TIA -Dan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figle