Color effects

Can someone explain how the advanced color effects work on symbols in CS4?
Can't figure what the two columns mean.
Is there a manual that explains everything about Flash anywhere or does Adobe just expect you to know everything somehow?
Thanks

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Is there a way to change a button's color effect using actionscript 3?

I have an array of buttons that are just text and I would like to change the color effect to a blueish color when clicked/active. I can obviously do this in the property inspector, but I would like to change it programatically. Is there a class I can use to accomplish this? Thanks!
Jesse

You could try setting the buttons 'opaqueBackground' property. If you assign it a color in hex, like 0x00FF00, it should color the button.
myButton:Button = new Button();
myButton.opaqueBackground = 0x00FF00;

Flash CS5 doesn't save advanced color effects on symbols

In CS4 I'm used to inverting instances of my symbols by using a color effect:
Style: Advanced
Red: -100% xR +255
Green: -100% xG +255
Blue: -100% xB +255
However, everytime I save these settings in a CS5 file, upon opening the settings have changed to:
Red: 0% xR +255
Green: 0% xG +255
Blue: 0% xB +255
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm on mac OSX with the 10.0.2 update installed.

Had a couple students encounter the same issue.
They had complex animations of graphic forms made from overlapping white and black pieces. Setting the blending mode to multiply allowed them to overlap the animation on top of imagery. Alternately some people needed to invert the black to white and blendmode:screen it onto darker textures and colors.
This is easily accomplished through advanced color effect by multiplying everything by -100% and then offsetting by 255.
Unfortunately these values aren't saved...
You can use some code to do it, but this will get in the way of any timeline tweening. Our workaround was to drop any secondary animations of the graphic animation in a container and use code to modify _that_ clip.
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
var ct = new ColorTransform();
ct.redMultiplier = -1;
ct.greenMultiplier = -1;
ct.blueMultiplier = -1;
ct.redOffset = 255;
ct.greenOffset = 255;
ct.blueOffset = 255;
myClip.transform.colorTransform = ct;
There might be another way around this that I missed, but it's a bummer that user entered values with observable and useful results aren't saved.

How to change color effect

hey to everybody..
i am trying to change color effect of a image in different condition such as when mouse move on image or click on image. the thing is that how to get color effects such as dim ....
bright of images...
help plz..............

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ImageDimmer
    private BufferedImage getRGBImage(BufferedImage in)
        BufferedImage out = new BufferedImage(in.getWidth(), in.getHeight(),
                                              BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        Graphics2D g2 = out.createGraphics();
        g2.drawImage(in, 0, 0, null);
        g2.dispose();
        return out;
    private JPanel getContent(BufferedImage image)
        BufferedImage[] buffImages = new BufferedImage[2];
        buffImages[0] = getRGBImage(image);
        BufferedImageOp rescaleOp = new RescaleOp(0.65f, 0, null);
        buffImages[1] = rescaleOp.filter(buffImages[0], null);
        DimmerPanel left = new DimmerPanel(buffImages);
        Image[] images = new Image[2];
        images[0] = image;
        boolean brighter = true;
        int percent = 5;
        GrayFilter filter = new GrayFilter(brighter, percent);
        ImageProducer prod = new FilteredImageSource(image.getSource(), filter);
        images[1] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(prod);
        DimmerPanel right = new DimmerPanel(images);
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.insets = new Insets(5,5,5,5);
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        panel.add(left, gbc);
        panel.add(right, gbc);
        return panel;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
        String path = "images/redfox.jpg";
        File file = new File(path);
        BufferedImage bi = ImageIO.read(ImageIO.createImageInputStream(file));
        ImageDimmer imageDimmer = new ImageDimmer();
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(imageDimmer.getContent(bi));
        f.pack();
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
class DimmerPanel extends JPanel
    Image image;
    Image disabledImage;
    Rectangle frame;
    boolean isDisabled;
    public DimmerPanel(Image[] images)
        image = images[0];
        disabledImage = images[1];
        frame = new Rectangle(image.getWidth(this), image.getHeight(this));
        isDisabled = false;
        addMouseListener(scanner);
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
        super.paintComponent(g);
        int w = getWidth();
        int h = getHeight();
        frame.x = (w - frame.width)/2;
        frame.y = (h - frame.height)/2;
        if(isDisabled)
            g.drawImage(disabledImage, frame.x, frame.y, this);
        else
            g.drawImage(image, frame.x, frame.y, this);
    public Dimension getPreferredSize()
        return frame.getSize();
    private MouseListener scanner = new MouseAdapter()
        public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
            isDisabled = true;
            repaint();
        public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
            isDisabled = false;
            repaint();
}

Leave Color effect: Can Leave More Than One Color?

Hello everyone,
could you tell me if its possible to set more than one specific color to leave in the Leave Color effect?
Thank you!
Dimitri Vorontzov

Hi Ann,
really really really appreciated this tutorial !!
I hope you do more ! , maybe sometime we will be honored with your voice also :-)
I never knew that within Premiere Pro that you could achieve an effect like this.
Please post more tutorials when you have the time, and if you feel like sharing your know-how. I appreciate somebody
who wishes to share with others, it's very kind.
David
Ann Bens wrote:
OK here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXiJPUQS2bE

How to make a color effect

hey,
how can I make in adobe premiere pro this color effect? (looks like x-ray)
thank you!!

It might be a tad complicated.
Because the hands stay pretty much the same, a simple invert might not work.
It might require that the highlights and shadows be inverted individually, leaving the midtones alone.
First try inverting the lightness, and try the luminance. Once of those might be sufficient.

Water color effect does not work with solid fills?

I have a solid color and apply the water color effect, though it doesn't do anything to the solid fill? I am applying the effect that is under Photoshop filters. Is this only meant to be applied to bitmaps?
Thanks.

It works bvut you relly cannot appreciate it since it has no tonal range it is fr more obvious with an image but if the image is like all one color and one tone it will not make it look like you painted it by hand.
You can definitely see it much as it is inteded to work on an image.
This is a gradient filled rectangle with a feather and drop shadow and the watercolor effect.
Here it is without being rasterized and withthe watercolor effect.
Here it is withopt the watercolor effect and without being rasterize you can see the effect does little in the way of what you might expect it is even less obvious as a solid filled closed path.
But on an image with has a larger tonal range you can see it much better.

Analog for 'Change Color' effect

Hi everyone.
All my digital photovideo gadgets incorrectly reproduce blue and relatives colors - they become lighter.
This problem is solved by 'Change Color' effect (in a Photoshop the similar filter works the same way).
But painfully slowly it works without any acceleration. I didn't find any other solution for adjustment of specific color (to make blue with shades more darkly in this case).
Perhaps somebody has any experience or any thoughts in this respect?
Perhaps the single way is the fast processor?
Thanks.

Here's another way:
Apply the effect to an adjustment layer, and create a mask on the adjustment layer to define the area that the effect should affect.
Since you're new to After Effects, I strongly recommend that you begin here and work your way through the basic learning resources first.

How to enable COLOR EFFECT, DISPLAY, etc. panels for the custom components?

POSITION AND SIZE and COMPONENT PARMETERS are the only panels available for the custom components. Is there a way to configure the custom components or the Flash Pro itself to enable other panels (COLOR EFFECT, DISPLAY, etc.) that available for the Adobe UI components?

In Flash CS6, you'll need to place your component(compiled clips) inside a Movieclip symbol to apply these settings. In Flash CC, you may do so directly from the Properties panel like for any other movieclip symbol.
Let me know if you face issues.
-Nipun

Fade to color effect on a Title

I can't get a satisfactory Fade to color effect on a title. I tried various "Midpoint" and "Hold" settings but no one can let me get a slow fade in of the title. Any suggestion? Myabe this is not the right way to obtain what I'm searching for?

So it could be just the Basic Title. Just do a slow cross dissolve, which will fade out the title to black. Put the next title adjacent to it, but not touching it and cross disssolve to fade that up from black.

I need badly to keyframe Color effect parameters. I don't see the way to do it in FCPx. Will I ever be able to do it?

A very common situation is a lighting change within a single clip. In previous versions of FCP it could be easily handled by keyframing exposition and color effects. There is no such feature in FCPx. I need it, and I need it badly! Blading the clip and adding cross-disolve, as it is advised, gives disgusting result - leave that for iMovie users. I would also appreciate if the following features will be added to color effect: 1. The possibility to edit not only using color board, but also numerical input. 2. The color pickers for neutral colors. 3. The possibility to fine-tune the automatic color balance parameters and saving them to use for other clips.

I believe we are expected to use Effects for things like your lighting change. There are several in the Effects browser under Lighting that may accomplish what you are after; Bloom, Glow, Aura, etc. I presume the theory is that these should give you greater control and a richer effect than a simple exposure control.
And if they don't do what you need, it is not difficult to whip up your own in Motion. Creating a simple exposure control should be ... simple. That is, if you are into Motion. Which with Final Cut Pro X seems to be an increasingly valuable skill.
Regarding requests 2 and 3, they do not seem approachable in Motion.

Auto Color Effect Issue

When I put the Auto Color effect onto a clip, it does an extremely good job of correcting colour but the movie clip (1080p from a Canon dSLR) then appears to flicker, even after rendering? Does anybody know what I need to do to correct this?
Thanks.

Most of the "Auto" Effects suffer from what you describe. They really only work so long as everything, the exposure, the lighting, everything, is uniform for the whole Clip.
Most use one of the Color Correction Effects, and not Auto Color, Auto Levels, etc.
About the only way to get the Auto Color to function, when the Clip is not uniform, is to Razor the Clip, when there are change in lighting, or exposure, but that is tedious.
Good luck,
Hunt

Can't Find Color Effect

In this tutorial : http://www.kirupa.com/flash/introduction_animation_flash.htm it is said about something for color effect in properties pane. I can see the property pane but I can't find Color Effect. I'm using Flash Professional CS5.5.
P.S.- This was my first Flash Tutorial (and that's really first one.)

First, be sure select the object to which you want to apply the effect so that its properties are being displayed in the Properties panel. Then be sure to have the panel completely visible. You should find the ColorEffect section to be third in the expandable groups...

Color Effect Styles?

Hi
How can get Color Effect Styles for Movie clips using AS3?
How can remove tint for movieclip in AS3?
Thanks
Regards
Balasubramaniyan.S

Basically Tint is coloring a movieclip. Which you can do like this:
var ct:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
ct.color = 0x123456;
_mc.transform.colorTransform =ct;
But if you want to specifically manipulate Tint parameters, you can customize the colorTransform properties:
var ct:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
ct.redMultiplier = ----something---;
ct.alhpaMultiplier = ----something---;
_mc.transform.colorTransform =ct;
You need to read more on the ColorTransform class from AS3 LangRef.

Dip to color effect in 16:9

Can anyone help? I am editing in widescreen, but when I add the dip to color (I'm using white as the color), the black areas above and below the video dip to white also. (Perhaps the problem is that I need to change the "canvas size" to 16:9??? I don't know much about this). Is there a way to have the effects apply only to the actual video portion, and not to the black areas above and below the video?
Note: When I'm editing, I generally see the video as widescreen, with black bars at top and bottom. Maybe I need to change something in the settings???
Thanks!

Okay, Tom. I'm learning as I go here. I've never even thought about any "properties" of either items or sequences before. I just manage to get it into the computer and edit. Thanks for enlightening me! I just checked:
The sequence properties are:
Vid rate: 29.97 fps
Frame size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO-NTSC
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601
Field Dominance: lower (even)
Audio Rate: 48.0 KHz
Audio Format: 32-bit Floating Point
The item properties are:
HDD:AVCHD
Vid Rate: 29.97 fps
Frame size: 1920 x 1080
Compressor: Apple Intermediate Codec
Data Rate: 15.5 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: square
Field Dominance: upper (odd)
Audio Rate: 48.0 KHz
Audio Format: 16-bit integer
My options for "Preset Sequence Settings" (as you likely already know) are:
Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50
Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60
Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30
DV NTSC 32 kHz
DV NTSC 32 kHz Anamorphic
DV NTSC 48 kHz
DV NTSC 48 kHz Anamorphic
(the rest are PAL, which I know aren't what I want/need)
Is there a best setting for me (from the list above)? Or, do I need to make several changes to my system settings? Any advice you can offer will be reeeeeally appreciated!
Thanks Tom!

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