Transparent background on images...

[volta]

I am trying to modify the HScroller I purchased through FlashDen and I am getting a strange problem with the images that are being loaded into the scroller. I have attached one of the images. As you can see, it has a pattern along the edges that show a small bit of background through if loaded on a dark background.

My question : When I load the image, the transparent parts of the image are loaded as WHITE. Can I change this to stay transparent?

Thanks for your help. It is a great piece of work and this is the only hiccup I have encountered while using it.

[Adrian]

Hello,
Try this - open Thumbnail.as file, line 243:

var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(iw, ih);

- change this line to:

var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(iw, ih, true, 0x000000);

- open HScroller.fla and republish the swf to see the results.

Please let me know if it works.

All the best,
Adrian

[volta]

Adrian,

Works great! Thanks for the help.

Cheers.

[unata]

I am trying to do the same thing for the vertical scroller with no results. I have changed the following line (#245 in Thumbnail.as)

var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(ow, oh);

to

var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(ow, oh, true, 0x000000);

republished the VScroller.fla - the white background is still showing. Any ideas?

BTW, I am using version 2 of the scroller, with fading.

[unata]

I've now tried changing


Bground._width = w-2*(bw+margin);
Bground._height = h-2*bw;

to

Bground._width = w-2*(bw+margin);
Bground._height = h-2*bw;
Bground._alpha = 0;

The space around the image changes to grey instead of white and on rollover becomes purplish. I am taking it's the colour of the "border" movie clip. I'll try to play with it next.

I strongly suggest to make a variable at the top of the script turning the border and background on or off. Transparent pngs load fine in Flash, so when this function disappears in an add-on like horisontal or vertical scroller, it's a very unpleasant surprise. My thumbnails are in a shape of a little folder with a tab, so I need the transparency, or I can't use the script.

I also recommend to take any colour customization out of the variable settings and put them in VScroller.fla movie clips so people can modify them easier.