how to capture a image of a specified MovieClip

[swf123]

hi ,in our project ,we need to capture a image for a specified MovieClip.I have noticed the Image.CaptureMovie method ,but this method dosen't accept a parameter. it capture
the _root MovieClip. we can't set other MovieClip's visible property to false because the capture operation call by program in a interval.
thanks.

[arikd]

hi,

you can check out this interesting project... http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000572.php

Ariel.

[swf123]

hi thanks.
I have read the post .but the encode in the flash side is a little slow.we need more effective way to capture a MovieClip and save it to a accesss DataBase included in the exe file produced by swfkit.

[SWFKit]

You will have to specify the coordinates of the movieClip when using the Image.captureMovie method.

[swf123]

I know I can specify a area to capture. but it is not what i need . because if the MovieClip I want to capture have transparent area it will capture the background.what i need is just capture a MovieClip.
May be I can use BitmapData to capture Image .then encode it to ByteArray.But how can I send ByteArray to FFish and save it to hard drive or database.Can FFish handle ByteArray from Actionscript ?

[SWFKit]

Yes, the following sample shows how to save a bitmap file

http://www.topcmm.com/forum/index.ph...c=1721.0;id=89

[little_johny]

will this project only work in flash 9.
as the the flash file throws some errors when exporting from flash 8
and i m using flash8 only

[SWFKit]

Yes, the code is in as3. However, it should also work in as2, please just copy the actionscript function to a flash 8 movie.

[little_johny]

no its not working

[SWFKit]

It does work. The following is the actionscript 2 code that works well

stop();

import flash.external.*;
import flash.display.BitmapData;

// calling a ffish script function
function saveBitmap(width, height, data)
{
	return ExternalInterface.call("saveBitmap", width, height, data);
}

function onSave()
{
	var bitmapData = new BitmapData(myImage._width, myImage._height, false);
	bitmapData.draw(myImage);
	var dr:Array = new Array();
	var w, h;
	
	for (h = bitmapData.height - 1; h >= 0; h--)
	{
		for (w = 0; w < bitmapData.width; w++)
		{
			var color = bitmapData.getPixel(w, h);
			dr.push(color);
		}
	}
	
	trace(dr);
	saveBitmap(bitmapData.width, bitmapData.height, dr.toString());
}

saveBtn.addEventListener("click", onSave);