How to apply smoothing to dynamically placed JPGs 1

[carmenMiranda]

Hi,

I have a SWF which imports JPGs at runtime, using references imported from an XML file. Consequently, the JPGs themselves are not in the library of the FLA.

Ordinarily, when a JPG is present in the library, you can select it's properties and check the box 'allow smoothing' to make scaling transitions look, well, smoother ;-)

Is it possible to apply this smoothing effect (using AS2) to the JPGs that are imported at runtime? If so, how?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

[tt]MovieClip.attachBitmap(bmp:BitmapData, depth:Number, [pixelSnapping:String], [smoothing:Boolean])[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[carmenMiranda]

Thanks for that, but I'm not sure how I would make that work with my existing code. Here's the line I'm currently using to import my JPG:

inner_mc.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);

((nodes.attributes.image) imports the JPG filename from the XML file)

I've tried writing this:

image1 = nodes[i].attributes.image;
inner_mc.attachBitmap(image1, 1, "auto", true);

but it doesn't work. Do you have any idea why?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

What you need to do is to use MovieClipLoader to load the JPEG into a MovieClip, then on load create a BitmapData and draw the MovieClip, then attach the BitmapData to a MovieClip with smoothing on.

Explained in details here:

http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/12/dynamically-loading-bitmaps-with.html

(I'd move to AS3 if I were you - this same thing is done in very little code in AS3

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[carmenMiranda]

That's really helpful, thank you very much. I've been a bit slow to think about transitioning to AS3, but this is the kind of thing that makes me think it's long overdue...