Can I replace an Object in Flash MX?

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Comp. 792 - 04 Jul 2008 09:24 GMT

I am using Flash MX 2004.

1) Can I export a white font from Illustrator as a .gif file and then use it
in Flash on a black background? I understand you can use the type in Flash, but
I have a hand drawn font I created in Illustrator. How can I use this as a
white font on a black background in Flash?

2) How would I "replace" an animated object. For e.g. I iimported a .jpg into
Flash, then I made it into a symbol graphic and animated it. Now the artwork
has changed and I need to replace it. Do I have to animate the new image all
over again in Flash or can I somehow just replace the image and keep the
animation? I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

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Noelbaland - 05 Jul 2008 03:48 GMT

Hello there,

1) Go into editing mode for your graphic symbol. Click on the JPG image you
used, then in the Properties panel, click on the Swap button and change the
image.

2) Import it into Flash as an Illustrator file(.ai). It'll keep it's
transparency and won't compress like a GIF file would.

Hope that helps

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Comp. 792 - 05 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT

Wow thanks Noel I will give that a try.. I hope it works in MX 2004 too!

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Comp. 792 - 05 Jul 2008 18:11 GMT

Noel, I am doing something wrong. Here's what I did.

1) I exported my type from Illustrator as a .png.
2) I then imported the .png into the Flash Library.
3) I then selected the keyframe in the Flash movie and then selected the .jpg
on flash stage. I then see in the "Properties" inspector that the "SWAP" option
is availavble.
4) I then look in the SWAP list of images and the .png I imported to the
Library is not in the list but the .png is in the Library.

What am I doing wrong? Can I not swap a .jpg for a .png file?

Thanks

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Noelbaland - 06 Jul 2008 03:37 GMT

Hello again,

No. You can't swap a JPG for a PNG. They have to be the same type. But what
you can do is turn all your Bitmaps(jpg,png,gif,etc) into Graphic symbols and
swap those out.

1) Go into editing mode for your graphic symbol and convert your JPG into a
graphic symbol (hit F8).

2) Drag your PNG image onto the stage and hit F8 to turn it into graphic
symbol. Delete it off the stage.

3) Double click your symbol on the stage and then do the same as above and
swap out the graphic symbols instead.

Hope that helps

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