Making a PICTURE TRANSPARENT

[Martin Lynnerup]

Hey Newsgroup.
I Just bought Studio MX 2004 - så maybe it's a standard question in some
way!?
It's short and precise questions, and i hope precise answars is possible ;-)

1. Is i possible to make a bitmap (jpg, gif or bmp)transparent?
2. Is i possible to make a object (created in flash) transparent?


TANK YOU

Martin L.
Jutland, Denmark

[Vögeli Martin \(Vom\)]

"Martin Lynnerup" <Martin@funtime.dk> wrote:

> Hey Newsgroup.
> I Just bought Studio MX 2004 - så maybe it's a standard question
> in some way!? It's short and precise questions, and i hope
> precise answars is possible ;-)
>
> 1. Is i possible to make a bitmap (jpg, gif or bmp)transparent?
> 2. Is i possible to make a object (created in flash) transparent?
>
> TANK YOU
>
> Martin L.
> Jutland, Denmark

1. One can make images transparent. But one can only apply transparency
to GIFs and PNGs and has to make them transparent in e. g. Photo
Shop or Photo Editor first. JPGs won't work (no transparency possible).

2. I still use Macromedia Flash MX and there one can do it like this:
[url]http://groups.google.ch/groups?selm=3F44516D.8E6E3E0F%40gmx.ch[/url]
[url]http://groups.google.ch/groups?selm=3FC61948.EAF27331%40gmx.ch[/url]

Best wishes, Martin ;) * [url]http://birdy1976.com/[/url] * ICQ# 237743398

[Jeckyl]

>> 1. Is i possible to make a bitmap (jpg, gif or bmp)transparent?

> 1. One can make images transparent. But one can only apply transparency
> to GIFs and PNGs and has to make them transparent in e. g. Photo
> Shop or Photo Editor first. JPGs won't work (no transparency possible).

In a SWF file, any image can have transparency (JPEG or not). However,
Flash itself is limited in what you can do with images. Other SWF authoring
tools give you more control, so you can do things like set the transparency
color(s) for an image (JPEG or not).

With external PNG and GIF file (assuming you have a decent paint/photo
application that supports transparency), the transparency info can be kept
in the original image itself, so you don't need Flash to set up the
transparency. PNG also allows for partial transparency in an image (GIF
only allows for a paritcular color to be rendered as fully transparent).

NOTE: GIF, BMP, PNG etc format don't exist as such in a SWF file .. there is
only zipped bitmap image (with alpha) and jpeg compressed image (with
alpha). The imported format is lost on export (except that you can
optionally directly copy non-progressive jpeg image date from imported file
to the swf)

>> 2. Is i possible to make a object (created in flash) transparent?

Yes .. just change its alpha value (in script or in the timeline). This is
very easy to do. NOTE: the alpha changes for the whole object in this case.
--
All the best,
Jeckyl

[Martin Lynnerup]

All right.. thank you... i needed that too..
but maybe my question wasn't precise enough..

I want to make pictures and objects transparent in "Flash MX 2004"
- Not in Dreamweaver... but now i found that out too... hehe

Tank you... Happy New Year

--
Martin Lynnerup
Northjutland, Denmark

[Carl]

Wow, these answers have been pretty longwinded for such a simple question.

Martin, you can make any object, picture, whatever transparent by first
clicking Insert: Convert to symbol. Convert to a graphic, button, or movie
clip. Then click on the object and look at the properties window. There is
a pulldown called 'color.' Click on "alpha" and adjust as needed.


"Martin Lynnerup" <Martin@funtime.dk> wrote in message
news:41d2dba2$0$33692$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.d k...

> Hey Newsgroup.
> I Just bought Studio MX 2004 - så maybe it's a standard question in some
> way!?
> It's short and precise questions, and i hope precise answars is possible
> ;-)
>
> 1. Is i possible to make a bitmap (jpg, gif or bmp)transparent?
> 2. Is i possible to make a object (created in flash) transparent?
>
>
> TANK YOU
>
> Martin L.
> Jutland, Denmark

[Martin Lynnerup]

Then it is possible to make it understandable for a dane like me ;-)

Tank you very much Carl.


--
Martin Lynnerup
FUNTIMEproduction
soon - [url]www.funtime.dk[/url] ;-)

Northjutland, Denmark