Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Anthony Pace

Hi Paul,

No one else uses Xara, and it lacks a lot of photo editing and brush 
customization features; however, it does look neat for vectors.


The situation is, the flash IDE doesn't work the way I would like, so I 
have decided to make my own little application that outputs to pdf.  I 
might also make an extension, as that would be useful to more people 
than just me; yet, I would need to put aside a little time to mess around.


Thanks,
Anthony

Paul Andrews wrote:

- Original Message - From: "Taka Kojima" 
To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I believe he is trying to export as a PDF from FlashPlayer, not from
Flash itself


You could be right, but Antony has been going on about the IDE and 
illustrator, so for such a simple subject, I'm a bit confused what 
exactly he's up to..


On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Paul Andrews  
wrote:
If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do 
yourself a
favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) 
- it

has native PDF export and is far more
capable than flash for illustration..

Paul
- Original Message - From: "Anthony Pace" 


To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
printing bugs

-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very 
large

files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from 
the

flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
using livepaint. I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, 
the

effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and 
then
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or 
printing

it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), 
and it
will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't 
have to

program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and 
much much

better file conversion.

Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
illustrator and photoshop would be best.


Glen Pike wrote:


Hi,

I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

Are you doing screenshots for the client?
It might not be helpful, but I just do Test Movie then Alt+Print
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...

Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
might help.

Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
fonts should have been rasterised.

HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:


I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have 
placed on
MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, 
because

flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
required.

Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its 
file

conversion methods suck, my current process is:

I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to 
indicate high

resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that
allows you to convert to a pdf.

Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - 
From: "Anthony Pace" 

To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



Hi Paul,

No one else uses Xara, and it lacks a lot of photo editing and brush 
customization features; however, it does look neat for vectors.


Xara is Vector programme with a bit of photoediting. Your comment is a bit 
like criticising Flash for not being as good as photoshop for playing with 
pixels. Xara is way ahead of flash in terms of vector illustration. As for 
nobody else using Xara, well the Xara community know it's a well kept 
secret. They keep churning out great artwork and use it in preference to 
illustrator. Anyway..


The situation is, the flash IDE doesn't work the way I would like, so I 
have decided to make my own little application that outputs to pdf.


I think you're trying to say that the IDE should export to PDF. Is that 
right? At first I thought you were talking about flash at runtime, not the 
IDE. I use flash for motion work and really a PDF export would be pointless 
since most of my motion work doesn't use the timeline.


Anyway, I've finally twigged what you're up to. Have fun.

Paul

 I might also make an extension, as that would be useful to more people 
than just me; yet, I would need to put aside a little time to mess around.


Thanks,
Anthony

Paul Andrews wrote:

- Original Message - From: "Taka Kojima" 
To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I believe he is trying to export as a PDF from FlashPlayer, not from
Flash itself


You could be right, but Antony has been going on about the IDE and 
illustrator, so for such a simple subject, I'm a bit confused what 
exactly he's up to..


On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Paul Andrews  
wrote:
If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do 
yourself a
favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) - 
it

has native PDF export and is far more
capable than flash for illustration..

Paul
- Original Message - From: "Anthony Pace" 


To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
printing bugs

-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very 
large

files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from 
the

flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
using livepaint. I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, 
the

effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and 
then
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or 
printing

it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), 
and it
will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't have 
to

program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and much 
much

better file conversion.

Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
illustrator and photoshop would be best.


Glen Pike wrote:


Hi,

I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

Are you doing screenshots for the client?
It might not be helpful, but I just do Test Movie then Alt+Print
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...

Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
might help.

Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
fonts should have been rasterised.

HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:


I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed 
on
MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, 
because

flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
required.

Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its 
file

conversion methods suck, my current process is:

I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate 
high

resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
avoid the AR

Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - 
From: "Taka Kojima" 

To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I believe he is trying to export as a PDF from FlashPlayer, not from
Flash itself


You could be right, but Antony has been going on about the IDE and 
illustrator, so for such a simple subject, I'm a bit confused what exactly 
he's up to..



On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Paul Andrews  wrote:
If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do yourself 
a

favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) - it
has native PDF export and is far more
capable than flash for illustration..

Paul
- Original Message - From: "Anthony Pace" 


To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
printing bugs

-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very 
large

files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from the
flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
using livepaint. I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, the
effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and then
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or 
printing

it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), and 
it

will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't have to
program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and much 
much

better file conversion.

Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
illustrator and photoshop would be best.


Glen Pike wrote:


Hi,

I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

Are you doing screenshots for the client?
It might not be helpful, but I just do Test Movie then Alt+Print
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...

Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
might help.

Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
fonts should have been rasterised.

HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:


I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed 
on

MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, because
flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
required.

Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its file
conversion methods suck, my current process is:

I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate 
high

resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that
allows you to convert to a pdf.

Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Taka Kojima
I believe he is trying to export as a PDF from FlashPlayer, not from
Flash itself

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Paul Andrews  wrote:
> If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do yourself a
> favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) - it
> has native PDF export and is far more
> capable than flash for illustration..
>
> Paul
> - Original Message - From: "Anthony Pace" 
> To: "Flash Coders List" 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?
>
>
>> I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
>> printing bugs
>>
>> -screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very large
>> files
>> -I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from the
>> flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
>> -I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
>> capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
>> using livepaint.  I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, the
>> effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
>> quality of some of the illustrator effects.
>> -I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and then
>> either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or printing
>> it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
>> less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
>> bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), and it
>> will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't have to
>> program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
>> along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and much much
>> better file conversion.
>>
>> Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
>> illustrator and photoshop would be best.
>>
>>
>> Glen Pike wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?
>>>
>>>   Are you doing screenshots for the client?
>>>     It might not be helpful, but I just do  Test Movie then Alt+Print
>>> Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...
>>>
>>>   Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
>>> might help.
>>>
>>>   Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
>>> first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
>>> fonts should have been rasterised.
>>>
>>>   HTH - might have misunderstood your request...
>>>
>>>   Glen
>>>
>>> Anthony Pace wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed on
>>>> MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, because
>>>> flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
>>>> required.
>>>>
>>>> Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its file
>>>> conversion methods suck, my current process is:
>>>>
>>>> I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
>>>> I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate high
>>>> resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
>>>> avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
>>>> I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that
>>>> allows you to convert to a pdf.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Paul Andrews

If you're using Flash as some high end illustration program, do yourself a
favour and use Xara Xtreme (http://www.xara.com/uk/products/xtreme/) - it 
has native PDF export and is far more

capable than flash for illustration..

Paul
- Original Message - 
From: "Anthony Pace" 

To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?



I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same
printing bugs

-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very large
files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from the
flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or
using livepaint.  I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, the
effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and then
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or printing
it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel count is
less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that need a
bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 pixels), and it
will be the direction I am going in; however, I really shouldn't have to
program this myself, as it should already be a capability of the ide,
along with better integration with photoshop and illustrator and much much
better file conversion.

Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with
illustrator and photoshop would be best.


Glen Pike wrote:

Hi,

   I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

   Are you doing screenshots for the client?
 It might not be helpful, but I just do  Test Movie then Alt+Print
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...

   Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that
might help.

   Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters &
fonts should have been rasterised.

   HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

   Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:

I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed on
MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, because
flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I use is
required.

Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its file
conversion methods suck, my current process is:

I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate high
resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order to
avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that
allows you to convert to a pdf.

Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Anthony Pace
I was referring to the ide; yet, even the flashplayer has the the same 
printing bugs


-screenshots are out of the question; as I usually am printing very 
large files
-I have already tried printing directly to a PDF print server, from the 
flash IDE; however, the effects I place on MCs don't seem to stay.
-I would use illustrator; yet, it just doesn't have a lot of flash's 
capabilities, and vise versa when doing extrusions for illustration or 
using livepaint.  I know I can export the paths to illustrator; yet, the 
effects don't transfer well, if at all, and I am not a fan of the poor 
quality of some of the illustrator effects.
-I know that I could convert the movie clip to a bitmap in as3 and then 
either convert it to a pdf or png/jpg using a decent library, or 
printing it as a converted bitmap to a pdf server(as long as the pixel 
count is less than 16,775,168, a problem when converting to posters that 
need a bare minimum quality of 300 dpi at 27" x 41" or 99,630,000 
pixels), and it will be the direction I am going in; however, I really 
shouldn't have to program this myself, as it should already be a 
capability of the ide, along with better integration with photoshop and 
illustrator and much much better file conversion.


Printing from the flash IDE or a much better form of integration with 
illustrator and photoshop would be best.



Glen Pike wrote:

Hi,

   I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

   Are you doing screenshots for the client?
 It might not be helpful, but I just do  Test Movie then Alt+Print 
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...


   Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers 
that might help.


   Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a 
bitmap first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your 
filters & fonts should have been rasterised.


   HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

   Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:
I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed 
on MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, 
because flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I 
use is required.


Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its 
file conversion methods suck, my current process is:


I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate 
high resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order 
to avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that 
allows you to convert to a pdf.


Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Karl DeSaulniers

You can print what you have inside a MovieClip if you want.
just put a label on the first frame of the MC that holds all the  
things you want printed and put a "#p"
then place a "#b" on a frame in the MC that holds the other MC that  
has the "#p" and the print button.

Then on the button use this script to trigger:

on (press) {
printAsBitmap("(MC that everything is loaded in)", "bmax");
}

There are other options to this that you can google, this worked for  
me, but I use "bmax" to get the max area of what I'm printing.
I just haven't figured out how to get it to ignore a mask if there is  
one over the image. Oh and I'm programing in AS2. Don't know if that  
would matter with this code.
It does not print a PDF but once your in the dialog box you should  
have a "save as PDF" button
(I think you have this PDF button on PCs but not sure, I'm on a MAC  
and we have one)
Then you can make a PDF from the bitmapData. or if you have a "create- 
a-PDF class",

you could format the bitmapData into that.
Just a thought. :)
HTH

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com

On May 13, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Glen Pike wrote:


Hi,

   I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

   Are you doing screenshots for the client?
 It might not be helpful, but I just do  Test Movie then Alt 
+Print Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics  
program...


   Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers  
that might help.


   Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a  
bitmap first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your  
filters & fonts should have been rasterised.


   HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

   Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:
I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have  
placed on MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a  
problem, because flash will screw up the file header when a custom  
font that I use is required.


Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its  
file conversion methods suck, my current process is:


I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to  
indicate high resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha  
channel, in order to avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for  
flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator  
that allows you to convert to a pdf.


Is there a better way?
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Re: [Flashcoders] best way to save as pdf from flash?

2009-05-13 Thread Glen Pike

Hi,

   I am assuming you are talking about the IDE?

   Are you doing screenshots for the client?
  
   It might not be helpful, but I just do  Test Movie then Alt+Print 
Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen and paste into my graphics program...


   Alternatively look at CutePDF or one of the "free" PDF printers that 
might help.


   Printing from SWF's with the FP Printer - you can draw into a bitmap 
first, then print the MC with that in - this means all your filters & 
fonts should have been rasterised.


   HTH - might have misunderstood your request...

   Glen

Anthony Pace wrote:
I would print directly to pdf; yet, I lose the effects I have placed 
on MCs; as well, saving it to illustrator directly is a problem, 
because flash will screw up the file header when a custom font that I 
use is required.


Thus, because flash doesn't have a decent printer driver, and its file 
conversion methods suck, my current process is:


I create an swf of the dimensions I want in inches (e.g. 8.5 x 11)
I convert to png and choose a DPI of something like 300 to indicate 
high resolution, and I select 24 bit, with no alpha channel, in order 
to avoid the ARGB conversion that is screwed for flash.
I open that png and I open something like photoshop/illustrator that 
allows you to convert to a pdf.


Is there a better way?
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