Apologies for complete 'idiot' question..

Been sort of thrown in at the deep end with this app really, but hey ho..
I have a nice crisp company vector logo that I wish to import into FCP.
Saved it as a .ai file and it comes in with the white page background & logo in the middle - no good!
Plonked it into a photoshop file, saved it as a .psd, imported into FCP. This time I get the psd layers showing in the timeline BUT with a nice black box round the vector info - again not good.
Am I presuming too much here and hoping for a simple answer?
I completed a 3 day Apple course yesterday and we never got onto this subject, and subsequent google searches haven't really unearthed much.
Cheers in advance,
Andy

Yeah, this is one of those things - as you tell by the range of suggestions - where there is no simple, single workflow.
If you need to maintain the scalable nature of the vector artwork, drop your .ai file into Motion and work on it there. Once you've corrected things in Reveal Source Media - press Shift-F after you've dropped your file in and uncheck the Fixed Resolution box in the Media tab of the Inspector - you will be able to grow/shrink the file as necessary without the nasty pixelation.
But since you're new to Final Cut Studio and are probably just looking to keep things as simple as possible for a while, next time try a File > Save for Web and Devices out of Illustrator using the PNG-24 preset (transparency should be toggled on by default). It'll be all good when you import the .png file into FCP.

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Hello folks,
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my component skinned using CSS to link the component with the
reference to my custom class.
However what about those cases when you are completely
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selector.
So far so good and it's clear what I want to achieve. I
actually know how to do most of the stuff here but I have one
single problem.
Here is my question, where should I put my custom drawing
logic? If I do it in the updateDisplayList inside the class
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could provide different skin themes for my component set.
The problem is that I can't make the programmatic work in
this scenario. I tried instantiating the custom programmatic skin
during the updateDisplayList of the LiteButton component and adding
it to my display object via addChild but that didn't do anything. I
also tried creating a "default.css" stylesheet and tried to use
ClassReference as I would normally do to skin an already existing
component (or composite component as well) but that didn't do
anything either.
So how do I apply programmatic skins for completely custom
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I could do it inside the updateDisplayList of the LiteButton
class extending UIComponent but again I would like to provide
different theme sets for my components so it makes sense using
programmatic skins.

"jbucaran" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello folks,
>
> I am looking for best practices advice when (1) creating
custom components
> and
> (2) styling and skinning.
>
> I already know how to skin a component part of the Flex
framework. I can
> make
> a class extending ProgrammaticSkin and have my component
skinned using CSS
> to
> link the component with the reference to my custom
class.
>
> However what about those cases when you are completely
creating a
> component
> from scratch?
>
> Imagine a "Freehand Drawing Canvas" component that
allows the user to draw
> on
> it and has some buttons to set color styles, line
styles, etc., or imagine
> a
> "Screen Flow Gallery" component that displays visual
objects in a fashion
> similar to Cover Flow in the Mac.
>
> In many components I am aware you may reuse other
components part of the
> Flex
> framework but I am trying to picture an scenario where
you would need to
> draw
> everything yourself because there just isn't something
to base it upon so
> you
> will end up drawing it from scratch.
This may help with that
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=skinstyle_3.html
> To learn how instead of building one of those components
I mentioned
> previously I decided to start with something simple that
would illustrate
> this
> like a LiteButton component that will behave just like
the Flex
> mx.controls.Button but will extend UIComponent and be
completely custom
> drawn.
>
> The component will have a default look and will also be
style-able and
> skin-able. I will provide styles for users of the
component to modify and
> regarding skinning anyone can create a custom
ProgrammaticSkin adding its
> own
> drawing logic and link it to the component via CSS with
the ClassReference
> applied to the skin selector.
>
> So far so good and it's clear what I want to achieve.
Actually after
> playing
> with the weekend and today I know how to do most of the
stuff but I have
> one
> single problem. So here is my question, where should I
provide my custom
> drawing logic? If I do it in the updateDisplayList
inside the class
> extending
> UIComponent it works, however I thought that it would be
a better practice
> to
> do it using programmatic skins, that way I could provide
different skin
> themes
> for my component set.
These aren't mutually exclusive. When you provide a skin with
a
TypeSelector, you have to add it to the display list
somewhere, and this is
typically done in updateDisplayList or addChildren. I prefer
to do it in
updateDisplayList, because you can then change it if the
style changes.
> The problem is that I can't make the programmatic work
in this scenario. I
> tried instantiating the custom programmatic skin during
the
> updateDisplayList
> of the LiteButton component and adding it to my display
object via
> addChild but
> that didn't do anything.
Exactly what did you do?
> I also tried creating a "default.css" stylesheet and
> tried to use ClassReference as I would normally do to
skin an already
> existing
> component (or composite component as well) but that
didn't do anything
> either.
I've never had any problem using an approach similar to
this...but I will
say that I couldn't see any advantage in creating a
default.css style sheet,
since it's not really default in the way that the one that
comes with Flex
is. It's much more obvious to anyone using your component
what's going on
there if you create a style sheet where they're likely to
spot it.
> So how do I apply programmatic skins with the default
look for custom
> drawn
> components?
It seems like your approach is fine, but maybe you've made a
mistake in your
implementation.
> I could do it inside the updateDisplayList of the
LiteButton class
> extending
> UIComponent but again I would like to provide different
theme sets for my
> components so it makes sense using programmatic skins.
You might want to consider also adding an instance of
HaloBorder to your
component. That brings a lot of functionality with it.
HTH;
Amy

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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Waiting for responses.
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Thank you for update. I suggest we try the steps below to narrow down the cause:
1. Open elevated CMD, run "net stop vss && net start vss", press Enter. If there is prompt that VSS service is not started, try "net start vss && net stop vss" press Enter. Run " vssadmin list writers" again, does the same issue occur?
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i have requirement where i want to group invoice which are complete and assign an output type for it to get invoice list in the print.
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Hello Siva,
In order to create an invoice list, it is mandatory to maintain the field "InvoicingListDates" must be filled in the Customer Master.
Regards,
Raghavendra

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You need to ask Apple to reset your security questions; ways of contacting them include clicking here and picking a method for your country, phoning AppleCare and asking for the Account Security team, and filling out and submitting this form.
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