Change Image Color in Flash

Learn how to change the color, hue or tint of a bitmap image in Flash
This tutorial is done for Flash 8.

1. Open a new Flash document and import an image to the stage by clicking on File > Import > Import to Stage.
2. Choose the Bitmap Image and convert it to a symbol by clicking on Modify > Convert to Symbol.
3. Now choose the symbol on the stage and click on the Filters tab (next to the Properties tab) and using the plus (+) symbol choose Adjust Color. Here you can drag the Hue pointer to the left and right to get different colors. Notice you still retain the shades of colors (See below).

Hints

•  If you want more exact colors or solid colors, you can change the values of Brightness, Contrast and Saturation.
• You can tween these images to get a cool image color change animation effect - see example below!

Example

Aimated adjust color filter

Bitmap image to vector format in Flash

Learn how to convert a bitmap image to vector format in Flash using the Trace Bitmap Command

Instead of drawing and recreating a bitmap file in Flash, you can use the trace bitmap command in Flash to convert a bitmap image in vector one.

When This is useful ?

•  minimize your file size
•  to animate certain parts of an image.
• or change colors or outlines of parts of an image.
•  You can also use this to get some cool looking effects.
• Or let`s your talent talk.

1. Import an image in Flash by opening a Flash document and clicking on File > Import > Import to Stage. Choose the image and click on ok.
2. Select the bitmap image on the stage and click on Modify > Bitmap > Trace Bitmap.
3. Try different values to get different trace effects
4. You can now choose the different parts of the vector and change colors, create special effects etc!

For cool effects
Whith high threshold ex 100 and  high value of min area 100 pixels with the curve fit and corner threshold Normal.

you can get trace without very detailed but it makes for a cool effect.

Conclusion
High values give less color detail.

Low values in the color threshold and minimum area and put very tight curve fit and many corners for the corner threshold, you can see that there is more color and curve detail.

Exercise

We have the previous image of two bears as jpg
we want to recolor the jpg image.

So you should preserve eye,nose, ear details .this can be acheived by

Threshold color 10 , min area 10, then you can select the required area (press shift key to select multi areas)

The result

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Photo Masking Effects

How to create simple photo masking effects with Flash?




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Class : Basics of Flash animation and effects.
Compatible Versions of Flash for this Tutorial
Flash CS4 Professional | Flash CS5 Professional
Note: or uses of lower versions of Flash some visual interface images would differ.

1. Import (Ctrl + R) any color photo to be masked and its black & white version onto the stage.
2. Now add a new Layer and move the Color picture into it. Make sure both pictures are perfectly on top of each other.
3. Add a new Layer above the color picture layer and name it as 'Image Mask'.
4. Draw any vector, say a rectangle with a height more than the picture height and width say 100. Convert the vector to a graphic symbol (so we can tween and move it later )(select and press F8).
5. Right-click the Layer named 'Image Mask' and select Mask from the pop-up menu. This command will make the current 'Image Mask' layer to mask the layer below it (containing the color photo), resulting in the color photo being shown only the area specified by the mask layer.

Now

Advanced effects can be created by using Motion Tweened animation as a mask on an object in Flash.

1. Create Motion Tween for the rectangle graphic and make the mask slide .

The result



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