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::[FSdesigners]:: Skewing and resizing bitmaps

::[FSdesigners]:: Skewing and resizing bitmaps

2006-07-07       - By Peter Cutler

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Hi, all.
I?m using Flash MX and finding that skewing and resizing bitmap images in
Flash gives me some pretty horrible results.  If I go back to PhotoShop and
do all the skewing and resizing there, they look great.
I?m also saving as .png files as I need the transparent backgrounds for
multiple layers.  The .gif files don?t look good enough.  It would be easier
to resize and skew the images in Flash, and resizing a bitmap symbol would
let me use one image instead of four, but the resized bitmaps have artifacts
in them, even when resizing smaller and much smaller.
Any advice about this.
Thanks,
Peter




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           <p>Hi, all.<br>
I?m using Flash MX and finding that skewing and resizing bitmap images in<br>
Flash gives me some pretty horrible results.  If I go back to PhotoShop and<br>
do all the skewing and resizing there, they look great.<br>
I?m also saving as .png files as I need the transparent backgrounds for<br>
multiple layers.  The .gif files don?t look good enough.  It would be easier<br>
to resize and skew the images in Flash, and resizing a bitmap symbol would<br>
let me use one image instead of four, but the resized bitmaps have artifacts<br>
in them, even when resizing smaller and much smaller.<br>
Any advice about this.<br>
Thanks,<br>
Peter<br>
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