Comments on: An alternative to bitmap transparency in Flash http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/ Development and Design in Flash and Actionscript Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: samBrown http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 samBrown Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:16:30 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=609#comment-3121 interesting..nice work... interesting..nice work…

]]> By: Will http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 Will Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:52:18 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=609#comment-3079 Nicolas, Yes you are correct. This method probably won't replace using PNG's in 99% of cases. To be honest I haven't needed to use it in any projects as of yet. This method would probably only be used when needing to load your transparent image at runtime vs using an embedded pre-jpegified bitmap. Thanks for your comment. Nicolas,
Yes you are correct. This method probably won’t replace using PNG’s in 99% of cases. To be honest I haven’t needed to use it in any projects as of yet. This method would probably only be used when needing to load your transparent image at runtime vs using an embedded pre-jpegified bitmap. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Will http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Will Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:47:27 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=609#comment-3078 Amy, the example image shown is exported as a 24bit PNG using Photoshop's save for web feature. Amy, the example image shown is exported as a 24bit PNG using Photoshop’s save for web feature.

]]> By: Nicolas http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 Nicolas Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:33:59 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=609#comment-3075 Good insight Will. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this has been a feature of the Flash IDE for quite some time (Flash MX could do it). In Flash Pro, you can import a PNG into the library and set the compression to JPEG. The image will keep its transparency. This feature was supposedly also implemented in <a href="http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-18954" rel="nofollow">a recent version of Flex</a>, but I have not yet tested it. Good insight Will. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this has been a feature of the Flash IDE for quite some time (Flash MX could do it). In Flash Pro, you can import a PNG into the library and set the compression to JPEG. The image will keep its transparency.

This feature was supposedly also implemented in a recent version of Flex, but I have not yet tested it.

]]> By: Amy http://www.ahrooga.com/2009/12/an-alternative-to-bitmap-transparency-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Amy Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:21:56 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=609#comment-3074 Make your transparent pngs in Fireworks by exporting the png rather than saving the native png format in Fireworks or making any sort of png in Photoshop. You'll find that your file size is not significantly different than a jpg. Make your transparent pngs in Fireworks by exporting the png rather than saving the native png format in Fireworks or making any sort of png in Photoshop. You’ll find that your file size is not significantly different than a jpg.

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