SWF to PNG with Actionscript 3.0 - ByteArray class

[robinhavoc]

does any one of you is able to export the png as transparent. if so please let me know.

[ashdude]

The above post does work with changing the flag inside the main .as file to true and republishing the main swf file.

The reason why you guys might not see the transparent effect is because IE6 doesn't display transparency in PNG files without the help of a filter. Firefox displays the transparency fine.

So my suggestion for noobs is, change:

var encoding:PNGEncoder;
                bitmap_data=new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight,false,0xDEDEDE);
                bitmap_data.draw(clip);
                byte_array=PNGEncoder.encode(bitmap_data);

to

var encoding:PNGEncoder;
                bitmap_data=new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight,true,0xDEDEDE);
                bitmap_data.draw(clip);
                byte_array=PNGEncoder.encode(bitmap_data);

and save it

republish the swf file to something with a different filename like main_eng_trans.swf

embed this new movie into a new html page and run it.

After the final image is displayed, right click it and "save file as" to the desktop and hey presto the image has transparency.

To get IE6 to display it properly is harder but check this post:

A List Apart: Articles: Cross-Browser Variable Opacity with PNG: A Real Solution

Cheers!

[alexnechifor]

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[maximillion]

flep,

i am new to AS3 and i need some help with this.. heres what i am trying to do.
i have a an swf that upon the user finishing and clicking a button to move on i can "screenshot" the entire app and send it over in a PNG to a location on my server.

I still havent started working with classes yet, so i am confused as to how i can apply this to my app. can you help? I have been searching for a solution to this for days now and i need to get this done ASAP.

thanks in advance.


max

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Really, this is Very helpfull tutorial

[velraj]

hi flep,

i need a solution to for my personal website just like as scribd, and gazhoo functionality.

I have created a community website which allows the registered user to upload documents, and the webadmin converts the such documents to .swf files. for this i m using print2flash trial edition and i will upload this swf to my server once it converted to swf.

Now i want to convert these swf files located in a folder to png format images in another folder?

can you help me

[gofornet]

A very good guide. Your solution is that I need. But when I download your source, I can't extract it. There may be a problem in your souce. Is't possible to send me a copy by email? My email is: goingtoknow#gmail.com. Thanks so much for your help.