PNGs are jagged in Flash MX

Question

Hello, I am creating a layout for a website using Flash MX (I
know, I need to upgrade). I basically wanted to use a loader to
load external SWF to make the pages transition smoothly. I have
created a hollow frame and I am using buttons for navigation which
are PNGs.
I am having 2 issues:
1 - The PNG buttons (on my second page, not doing this on the
home page) are showing up jagged. They are images with text created
in PS. I have read some fixes but none seem to work. I need the
images to be transparent so I can't use a jpg.
2 - When I try to load a swf (attaching AS to the button) it
works however it always shows over all my other layers. I have of
course sent this layer to the back but I am still having this
issue.
Any help would be great.
Thanks.

Answer 1

el pescado wrote:
> Hello, I am creating a layout for a website using Flash
MX (I know, I need to
> upgrade). I basically wanted to use a loader to load
external SWF to make the
> pages transition smoothly. I have created a hollow frame
and I am using
> buttons for navigation which are PNGs.
>
> I am having 2 issues:
>
> 1 - The PNG buttons (on my second page, not doing this
on the home page) are
> showing up jagged. They are images with text created in
PS. I have read some
> fixes but none seem to work. I need the images to be
transparent so I can't use
> a jpg.
Few things to know:
Do not animated raster images, do not scale up or down and do
not rotate on stage.
Import the image you want 1:1 in position it will be
displayed. Also change the quality
setting in library. Open library CTRL L - right click the
image and go to Properties.
Play around with quality to find most satisfactory output,
take note tho, the better
the quality the larger the SWF files is going to be.
> 2 - When I try to load a swf (attaching AS to the
button) it works however it
> always shows over all my other layers. I have of course
sent this layer to the
> back but I am still having this issue.
Levels are not related to layers. Your movie is level 0 and
whatever you load will always
come on top of the current level regardless what layer is
loading the movie.
To control the depth you will need to load the swf into movie
clip holder, not layer.
You can then place that movie clip anywhere you want, to
control the over and under content.
Best Regards
Urami
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