John: I just played around with this. Unfortunately it flattens all the layers to screen resolution and I need to blow it up for print. It also flattens it to the background, and Ideally I'm looking for a more flexible solution.
Joylon: That's a good point about the pdf writer only having the ability to pull the library assets, and not the runtime alterations. I hadn't put that together. It explains why I had no luck with different pdf settings. I'm downloading some decompiler trials, and hopefully I'll have more luck with one of those. On 6/30/06, John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How about trying to print the _root as a pdf using {printAsBitmap: true}? That's supposed to play well with transparency, innit? > > From: "Jolyon Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/30 Fri AM 10:39:24 CDT > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps > > This is a method used a lot by Joshua Davis, I took his FITC boot camp > course and no, you can't retain the alpha values and presumably filter (not > tried w/filters). > > I think you'll find that because the alpha and filter properties are applied > at run-time the pdf you output will only embed the standard library symbols > without any of this information. > > Also, you might find you get better result printing as .ps files, > Illustrator will like them more than pdf but it still won't solve your > problem, sadly. > > Jolyon > > PS. First reply so :-P > > On 6/30/06, Mason Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot. I haven't explored decompilers. I'll check some out and see > > what my options are. Has anyone else tried this method? Any > > recommendations > > for a good decompiler or technique? > > > > On 6/30/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think the issue you'll find here is that, the work area of the Flash > > > IDE is not the Flash player. Any content created in the IDE can be made > > > use of however Adobe see fit as it's an IDE, but the player is cut down > > > for file size and speed purposes. > > > > > > Your best bet is to either look up exporting frames from an SWF in the > > > IDE itself, or lookup other IDE's / decompilers and see if they support > > > it. > > > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mason > > > Wendell > > > Sent: 30 June 2006 15:36 > > > To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] exporting dynamic swf art to other apps > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I'm generating art in actionscript that I need to export from my swf and > > > bring into Illustrator or Photoshop for final tweaks before sending it > > > out > > > to a large format printer. I know you can export from the IDE but since > > > everything I'm using is dynamic I can't use those functions. > > > > > > My current best method is to print the swf to a pdf from the player and > > > open > > > that pdf in Illustrator. Unfortunatly I lose all my alpha and filter > > > data in > > > this process, and since I might have 1000 or more instances in my export > > > those values are nearly impossible to recreate. I've tried adjusting the > > > pdf > > > settings but I haven't found the right combo yet. > > > > > > Does anybody here know of a method to export still frames (I'm not > > > trying to > > > export video or motion here) from the swf in a vector format? > > > > > > This issue has been nagging me for quite a while now, and I haven't > > > found > > > any tutorials or tips online on how to do it. I'd really appreciate any > > > feedback from this forum. Thanks a lot. > > > > > > -=Mason > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > > http://www.figleaf.com > > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > > http://www.figleaf.com > > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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