Comments on: DistortImage 2.0, the fastest way to freely distort image with Flash in actionscript

By: Kairos

Kairos — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:43:40 +0000

Hi there, first i want to thank you for this awesome class, but could you help me make the distorted image smooth? Even with lots of vertical and horizontal precision I end with pixelized pictures.

By: mcarey

mcarey — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:25:17 +0000

I have the same question as a few others here about the creative commons license. Are there any conditions under which this class code could be used for a project for which a flash developer (such as myself) was being paid? If so, what are they?

I am also wondering about how this effect treats text, as far as readability/crispness in perspective distortion.

Thanks!

By: James Mason

James Mason — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:03:02 +0000

This class is totally awesome, thanks bigtime!

By: Sentinel

Sentinel — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:08:38 +0000

Txs for this class, soz about my english , if any day I use it in a real-project, sure I do a donation!!!

By: Kingoman

Kingoman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:34:03 +0000

I tried distorting an image but the image looks very jaggy and not smooth at all when I distort the it. How do I fix that?

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:43 +0000

I’m been having a lot of success with this class. It’s works wonderfully. However, ss there anyway I can prevent A DistorImage object from covering a foregound image?

By: ajitpal singh

ajitpal singh — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:59:52 +0000

thax!!! it is a nice example…. well i was trying with bitmap using mask.. i got a problem can we find which layer is having mask or not just by coding and getting that layer name????

By: Max

Max — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:58:03 +0000

I’m completely stuck with this… =o((

First I downloaded the Sandy-AS2-package (1.2), and extracted it into a folder. Then I adjusted my AS2-settings in Flash CS3, so that it points to this additional folder. Afterwards I created a new Flash-File (AS2), and added “import DistortImage;” into the first line of my Actionscriptlayer. But what next?

Everything I read was much too complex for my needs: all I need is to distort one image, and fill it into an empty MovieClip I positioned on my stage. It will later be shown as the “program” on a TV-screen which is slightly distorted, so I need to adjust the image as well. I know I could easily distort the image in Photoshop before, but I wanna know the way it’s done in AS.

Any proposals, any help?

Thanks bunches, and best regards from Germany

By: Robb

Robb — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:44:20 +0000

Try using the onLoadInit method. I have found in the past that the onLoadInit method is more reliable than the onLoadComplete. Also, you are inside a different scope when the onLoadInit is called. Try accessing those mc’s from within the scope of the handler.

import DistortImage;

var loadListener:Object = new Object();

loadListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip):Void {

var d:DistortImage = new DistortImage(target_mc._parent.cover, target_mc, 9, 9);
d.setTransform(-219,-325,271,-333,242,330,-275,261);
};

var mc_t:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(”cover”, this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mc_b:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(”image”, this.getNextHighestDepth());

var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mcLoader.addListener(loadListener);
mcLoader.loadClip(”Current-Editon-Sample.jpg”,mc_b);

These are all just suggestions I am not sure if it will work but it’s worth a shot. If that doesn’t work try putting the d:Distort.. etc in a function external from the handler, and pass the target_mc to it. Just a suggestion.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:28:56 +0000

I have the same question as Ricky. I am doing almost the exact same thing. I’m listening for the load, then onLoadComplete, running a function to distort the image. I’ve even tried gotoAndStop(5), putting in the extra frames (not using a function call), but can’t get the distortImage class to run on the MC that loads the external image.

If somebody understands this, can you please pass the information along, so that those who find this post later after we’ve documented well how to do this can find the information helpful as well?

Thanks!

By The Way: Awesome class!