I was searching this morning to try and find a solution for an image resizing problem. Basically I’m looking for a way to import and replace and existing image in Flash. Using the same solution I use for my ContentGenerator.net applications I can easily import and replace images, but the problem comes if the new image is a different size from the original one. My idea is to somehow track / read the image properties and then get Flash to resize the new image accordingly.
Anyway
I couldn’t find much to help, but I did come across a Flash site that I’d never seen before – Oddhammer.com. The page I initially arrived at was about resizing the Flash stage with a feature that appeared in Flash 6. As I explored the site further I found some really great ideas and suggestions – and lots that is closely linked to things I experiment with in Flash. The site is great!
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The Actionscript performance tests are quite interesting – shows why scripts slow up when working with complex arrays. They also demonstrate that the newer versions of the Flash player seem to take longer to work with arrays – I had thought that things had become quicker. Then again, the improvements in other, more significant areas, are much more useful. Pleasingly the array.sort command that I use to randomize an array has a massive performance boost with the new Flash 8.5 player. This bodes very well for the next version of Flash.
One thing I’ve been delighted to find is a Flash extension that automatically backs up your Flash file within a specified time limit – the Auto Snapshot extension Diary of the Dead video
. This is a great tool. Up until now I keep saving my Flash files with file01.fla, file02.fla, file03.fla – and it becomes a bit of a hassle to keep remembering to do this. It is also always the way that just when I need to go back and recode something it is the one time that I haven’t bothered to save it. So, I’m going to download this extension and give it a try. I’ll certainly be donating if it works 
So, have a look at Oddhammer.com.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Andrew Field // Dec 29, 2005 at 5:12 pm
Unfortunately it seems that the Auto Snapshot extension doesn’t work with Flash 8. When I try to select it from the Window menu it triggers a different extension that I’ve got installed.
Not sure if it is a conflict with that specific extension (the Vocalise TTS extension) or whether it is a Flash 8 issue.
Still a great site though.
2 mike lyda // Mar 15, 2006 at 4:24 am
hey, I just noticed your post.. thanks!
The problem you saw (one windowSWF or panel opening instead of the one you expected) is actually a bug in the Flash IDE that was around long ago, fixed, and has shown up again in the Flash 8 IDE.
here’s info on it..
I just tested the AutoSnapshot extension with Flash 8 IDE and it works.. still not on mac though, but maybe I’ll get a mac soon and get around to adding that feature.
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