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Posted by SpaceGirl on 11/13/20 11:35
Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
> We're talkin shit for precision alignment:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/_Scraps/Flash_Limitations.png
Flash does have some quirks when it comes to alignment of bitmaps, but
given the power it delivers to the end user and the developer it's not
worth crying over and hardly warrants your tabloid post title. Before
you completely spit out your dummy over something pretty
straight-forwards to resolve, perhaps you should take some time to look
how Flash actually works.
> Even when you max out all the quality settings, even when you set it
> to align with nothing but pixels (apparently Flash doesn't quite
> comprehend pixels) and even when you MANUALLY ENTER VALUES based on
Flash really isn't pixel based, that's why. It's a vector based system
that has some support for bitmaps and excellent support for video.
> the EXACT POSITIONING you got from whatever graphics proggie you
> like...yeah...any possible file savings, techniques or custom effects
> that require split form images...yer pretty much fucked.
If you're a n00b to Flash, maybe. Given the "fucked" nature of flash,
perhaps explain how a site like www.eight8.jp exists? Perhaps it's the
user rather than Flash ;)
> And it's not like I'm usin JPGs here, the source split forms are 8 bit
> PNGs with a single color transparency...there shouldn't be any room
> for guess work, but somehow Flash still finds a way to fuck it all up.
Flash is really weird to work with, and I seriously hate it's authoring
tool - even in Flash 8 it's super-sucky. But once you start to "think"
like Macromedia - I mean, Adobe ;) - it does sort of make sense. You
really have to plan well before you start a Flash project, and it DOES
handle bitmaps just fine if you are careful.
> Oh well, so much for my nifty loader idea...Unless I make it a
> Javascript/CSS/HTML loader for the Flash content...but then I lose out
> on the whole point of Flash which is greater cross compatibility.
Well before you give up, why not send me your FLA file and I'll take a
look. I know how frustrating Flash was when I started out. I spend a LOT
of time with it now working on interactive videos and other scary stuff
with my clients. Even now I get completely lost in it fairly regularly!
JS is not really an alternative for this sort of thing. In *theory* more
people have Flash enabled than JS enabled.
Something else to keep in mind is next year is really THE year for this
sort of technology. With Flash 8.5 and Microsofts Metro technology we're
going to see broadband internet sites change dramatically, and user
expectations will sky-rocket along with this new technology. Now is the
time to get good with Flash/ActionScript, XAML/Metro!
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