Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

[donaldgg]

Let's see if I can explain this simply...

When my project initializes, a Flash movie plays. When the Flash movie stops, I want it to be replaced by a jpeg that is exactly the same as the last frame of the movie.

I've tried to do that by first making the jpeg using Photoshop. I then made the Flash movie by using elements of that jpeg. MY PROBLEM IS that I can't find a way to perfectly align objects in each document (Flash and Photoshop) so that the transition is seamless.

Is there an easier way to do this? Did I explain this clearly enough? Thanks for any help that comes my way!

[Corey]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

If you take a screencap of your Flash and use it, lets say as a page background behind your flash, and then hide the flash object as it finishesd playing, it will align perfectly...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[donaldgg]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

I tried publishing as a jpeg and .png in Flash. However, even at a quality setting of '100', the jpeg is blurry in parts. And the .png presents an incomplete picture (what is .png anyway?).

So, in a phrase, I'm still stuck.

[Corey]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

OK, so you chose not to take a screencap of your Flash then? Then I'm not sure, works fine over here...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[donaldgg]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Actually I posted my reply just after you posted your advice, so, no, I haven't tried to take a screencap.

Now...how do I take a screencap? Thanks for the instruction.

[Corey]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Press CTRL + PRNTSCRN to put a screencap in the clipboard and then CTRL + V to paste it into Photoshop or any other image editor...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[yoni]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

or just printscreen without control. I think. have i been missing out on something by not hitting control while screencapping?

[Corey]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Oh cool, on my old 98SE box you had to press CTRL too, maybe it was the wireless Logitech keyboard, but you're right... Cool. Now to get out of the habit of pressing CTRL when I screencap. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

OK so I stand corrected yet again, PRINTSCREEN is all you need. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[yoni]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Where ever someone is using unnecessary keystrokes, I'll be there. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

But since we are sort of on the topic, I've been playing with dissolving between AMS pages with flash and I've got the concept down (i.e all the page jumps work fine and what not) but I've been having trouble getting the AMS page and the flash movie to line up just right.

Basically, I just screencapped each page and used that as the opening and closing image of the flash movie. with time and experamenting I'm sure i'll be able to eventually line the two images up pixel to pixel, but i wanted to know if there is another way to do this that is more exact and less time consuming that I don't know of.

[TJ_Tigger]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

By using Ctrl + Prnt Screen, you only get the active window. Which is good for capturing the active dialog vs the entire screen. Can be helpful if you don't want to do a lot of cropping.

[yoni]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

ctrl-PS doesn't do that on my computer. but I guess it does on some and that's a good thing to know

[Derek]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Yoni,

Generally, thats the way it works. Note that some applications interfere with that tho, by keeping the app gui 'focused' even when there is a dialog showing. That means you get the whole screen and not just the 'active' dialog.
Maybe that has something to do with it?

[Lorne]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

Pssst...TJ: It's Alt+PrintScreen to capture the current window. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[yoni]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

cool that works. and i could see how that would make my dissolving thing easier to be percise. you live you learn
Does shift printscreen do anything special?

[Corey]

Re: Matching jpeg with Flash .swf in APM

OK here you go guys, an example of one way to do this, as you can see it's seamless, and it took me less than 5 minutes to set up. http://www.indigorose.com/temp_web/flashexample.zip

That being said this is not a technique I'd really ever use personally...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software