screenshots, pissing me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi

Here is my problem, I am designing a flash 5 movie. Basically I have taken loads of screenshots from a website. After I take these screenshots I use image composer to change the shape/size of these screenshots,save them as jpegs as to be able to import them. In order to fit my movie dimentions.

When I do this though the pictures are all blurred and fuzzy and not clear at all.
Is there a way to change the size of bitmaps without ruining the quality of the screenshot

Can you turn a bitmap into a vector image, would this help, if so how would I do it. I have not got a clue

thanxx for the response
drico

this is all going to depend on exactly what these are screenshots of. It might be better to get flash to export them a Gif's rather than JPEG's.

The reason the JPEG's are going blurry is probably the compression settings. I'm presuming that you are using a global setting (50%) ?? You would be better of giving an individual compression setting to each image.

TO do this double click on the bitmap in the library, and an option obx will appear. At the bottom is a check box 'use document default quality'. You dont want this checked. You then change the format that the bitmap will be exported as, and or give it its own gompression setting.

experiment with this, and if thwe quality still isnt as you desired give me a shout and we'll look at some other options.

P

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this is all going to depend on exactly what these are screenshots of. It might be better to get flash to export them a Gif's rather than JPEG's.

The reason the JPEG's are going blurry is probably the compression settings. I'm presuming that you are using a global setting (50%) ?? You would be better of giving an individual compression setting to each image.

TO do this double click on the bitmap in the library, and an option obx will appear. At the bottom is a check box 'use document default quality'. You dont want this checked. You then change the format that the bitmap will be exported as, and or give it its own gompression setting.

experiment with this, and if thwe quality still isnt as you desired give me a shout and we'll look at some other options.

P

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Thanx for the response
I tried what you said, I changed the setting to 80, 100 but it did not seem to make a difference. Where I think its getting all messed up is whhen for example(I take a screenshot/dumpload of a page on a website(HTML page)with the dimetions of 600pixels x500pixels, paste them into image composer and change the dimentions to 400pixels x 350 pixels, save as jpeg and then import them into my movie, I am als o using alpha on these which seems to be effecting the timing/speed of my movie(slow performance)

what else do you recommend
thanx in advance
drico

If your grabbing screen shots of HTML pages then you best bet is to do the following.

1) When re-scalling in you image edtiing package, set the resampling to 'nearest negihbour' [not sure if you can do this in image composser ... I'm a photoshop man myself]. This stops the furring effect when you re-scale.

2) Bring the file into Flash as a PNG. I've founf that this is by far the best format to import into flash with. [again not usre if image composer can save as PNG - use 24bit if u can]

3) Dont export as a JPEG in flash. Use the instructions as I descirbe in my first post, and set the export to lossless GIF/PNG.

The Alpha stting you talk about will slow the playback down. Use this sparingly

Hopefully this will help. Let me know

P

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If your grabbing screen shots of HTML pages then you best bet is to do the following.

1) When re-scalling in you image edtiing package, set the resampling to 'nearest negihbour' [not sure if you can do this in image composser ... I'm a photoshop man myself]. This stops the furring effect when you re-scale.

2) Bring the file into Flash as a PNG. I've founf that this is by far the best format to import into flash with. [again not usre if image composer can save as PNG - use 24bit if u can]

3) Dont export as a JPEG in flash. Use the instructions as I descirbe in my first post, and set the export to lossless GIF/PNG.

The Alpha stting you talk about will slow the playback down. Use this sparingly

I can get photoshop installed but I have never used it, can you give a brief summation of what I will need to do(if that is not to much bother, I don't want to be taking up to muchof your time)

again thanx
drico

Hopefully this will help. Let me know

P

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its cool ... I'm not that busy .. glad to help :)

Once you taken your screen grab, open up a new file 800x600 in photoshop and bring in your screen grab [not sure how your doing it but the best way is to CTRL-PRNT screen on a PC or APPLE F3 on a MAC] ... then goto

Image > Image Size

type in your desired dimensions 400x350 and set the resample image option [at the very bottom] to 'Nearest Neighbour' - it will probably be on Bicubic by default.

Hit OK.

Then goto File > Save for Web. This will bring up an export box. In the top right hand corner there is a settings box with some options in a drop down box. Select PNG-24 from this.

Hit ok. GIve the file a name, and save.

You can then import this ionto FLash.

hope this is clear. If you get stuck just give me another shout.

P

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its cool ... I'm not that busy .. glad to help :)

Once you taken your screen grab, open up a new file 800x600 in photoshop and bring in your screen grab [not sure how your doing it but the best way is to CTRL-PRNT screen on a PC or APPLE F3 on a MAC] ... then goto

Image > Image Size

type in your desired dimensions 400x350 and set the resample image option [at the very bottom] to 'Nearest Neighbour' - it will probably be on Bicubic by default.

Hit OK.

Then goto File > Save for Web. This will bring up an export box. In the top right hand corner there is a settings box with some options in a drop down box. Select PNG-24 from this.

I don't seem to have a save for web option
On first impressions this looks to worse, it is reail blurry and poor resolution when I first paste it in
Is this normal?
Hit ok. GIve the file a name, and save.

You can then import this ionto FLash.

hope this is clear. If you get stuck just give me another shout.

P

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what version of photoshop do you have ?

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what version of photoshop do you have ?

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Adobe photoshop, but it is only a sample

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Adobe photoshop, but it is only a sample

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this might be why ... can your nomral bitmap package save as a PNG ?

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Adobe photoshop, but it is only a sample

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this might be why ... can your nomral bitmap package save as a PNG ?

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It seems to work now thanx so much, i realy appreciate it

drico

You also might check the property of the image in flash, go to your libary and right click on the image, open properties... see if unchecking allow smoothing helps.

Peace

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what version of photoshop do you have ?

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Adobe photoshop, but it is only a sample

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this might be why ... can your nomral bitmap package save as a PNG ?

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Another little dilema if you could help at all
Is it possible to have to fla./swf files interact with each other

what I am trying to do is have my movie playing away on one file and on the other file is just 6 buttons, these buttons however have actions relating to the main movie
Can you help.
Be as detailed as you could please, it would realy help
i will buy you pint some day
thanx again
drico