1. Flash CS3: Images look jagged when rotating, scaling, etc…

    Posted on: June 12, 2008

    Problem:

    Bitmap images in Flash look like crap when animated to rotate or scale.

    Solution:

    Right-click on the image in the library, select Properties and check Allow Smoothing

    Here’s a screenshot:

    Flash CS3 Allow Smoothing for Bitmaps

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  2. Actionscript 3: Event.target returns children of movieclip

    Posted on: June 11, 2008

    Problem:

    You’ve added a listener to a movieclip, but the target returned is another movieclip or sprite within that movieclip.

    Solution: 

    myMovieclip.mouseChildren = false;
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    Category: Actionscript, FlashComments (3)

  3. If I were on Wheel of Fortune…

    Posted on: June 3, 2008

    Ryan: I’d like to buy a vowel… a “B” please…

    Pat Sajak: “B” isn’t a vowel.

    Ryan: Oh really? Well why don’t you just go ahead and give that to me then Pat?

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  4. Resizing bitmap images with Actionscript 3.0

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    Hey, I just did a quick experiment with bitmaps in AS3. Nothing fancy, I just loaded in an external JPEG, resized it into 3 different sizes and then drew them to stage. I’m sure someone can use this. For now, everything is hard-coded and the code is right in the .FLA. Maybe I’ll try and make a nice class out of this, although I’m sure there’s already one out there. Anyway, check out the code or download the FLA. 

    var mediaLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var bmFullsize:Bitmap;
var bmHalfsize:Bitmap;
var bmThumbsize:Bitmap;
 
mediaLoader.load(new URLRequest("ostrich.jpg"));
mediaLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, resizeImages);
 
function resizeImages(e:Event):void
{
	bmFullsize = new Bitmap(e.target.content.bitmapData.clone());
	bmHalfsize = new Bitmap(e.target.content.bitmapData.clone());
	bmThumbsize = new Bitmap(e.target.content.bitmapData.clone());
	bmFullsize.width = 300;
	bmFullsize.height = 300;
	bmFullsize.smoothing = true;
	bmHalfsize.width = 150;
	bmHalfsize.height = 150;
	bmHalfsize.x = bmFullsize.width;
	bmHalfsize.smoothing = true;
	bmThumbsize.width = 75;
	bmThumbsize.height = 75;
	bmThumbsize.x = (bmFullsize.width + bmHalfsize.width);
	bmThumbsize.smoothing = true;
	showImages();
}
 
function showImages():void
{
	addChild(bmFullsize);
	addChild(bmHalfsize);
	addChild(bmThumbsize);
}

    Category: Actionscript, FlashComments (0)