Scale and Crop .fla file?

So I have an animated logo .fla file, there some some AS 2.0 in it. I basically need to scale and crop the entire file (just like you'd scale and crop an image in photoshop). Any easy way to do this in flash?

There isn't any one click method for doing it if that's what you're looking for. There is no cropping tool so that becomes a matter of resizing the stage by entering new dimension for it... similarly so to scale the stage. As for the content, that all needs to be manually scaled as well.
If you have all vector content, then you can always try scaling at the swf level. Visually it should not be impacted. Still, if you needed cropping for different stage dimensions, that would need to be done manually.

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As a workaround, you might want to look into my workflow of using Still Images.
Now, I must start by saying that I nearly always create my slideshow in PrPro, and do not normally use the SlideShow feature in En.
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Maybe others will have some tips on using the features in En, to perhaps save you from using the workaround.
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-Jason

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I'm working on animating some screen capture footage. I'm trying to crop out part of the screen and replace it with my own background, and then do some moves. However, when I zoom in to the footage, it throws off my crop - the crop moves with the zoom instead of staying stationary like I want it to. In other words, I want my custom background to stay the same size and for the box that the screen capture is in to stay the same size (crop the clip). What it's doing instead is cropping the image itself, so that if I scale the image up, the crop moves along with it.
How do I apply the crop on top of the scale, as part of the clip itself rather than just cropping the image? I'd rather mess with compound clips.
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Compound clips are nothing more than "groups". In order to supercede clip level edits, sometimes it's necessary to edit the group instead.
Crop is part of the media, as is scaling. Scaling the media scales the crop.
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1)
Select your clip and type Option-G (make compound ["group"])
Add the cropping you need to the compound level and not the clip itself
2)
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3)
Place a Generator > Elements > Shapes at the top level (over the clip you want cropped)
[Select Square and use Video > Transform > Scale to alter the "aspect"]
Set the Video > Compositing > Blend Mode to Stencil Alpha
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You can have a master image on the right hand page in the layout pane,
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I'm attempting to apply the code for selecting, cropping and saving image data (.jpg, .png) as shown on the web site:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/filereference_class_as3.html#articlecontentAd obe_numberedheader_1
The sample application is contained within a class called Crop contained in the action script file Crop.as which begins as follows:
package
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    import flash.display.DisplayObject;
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Scott,
#1
that error is because "fx:Script" (or mx:Script) are intended to include part of Actionscript code - but not class defitions or blocks.
So if you are trying to include e.g. such class:
package
     import flash.display.Sprite;
     public class Crop extends Sprite
          public function Crop()
               super();
          public function processImage():void
               trace("processImage()");
compiler will immediately complain as you are trying to incorporate nested class within your application code.
#2
here is correct way (I think) to incorporate some class via mxml tags (here using fx:Script):
Using class sample above:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
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                  xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
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               import mx.events.FlexEvent;
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          ]]>
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</s:Application>
But note that you could simply create instance of your class by direct import in fx:Script:
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          <![CDATA[
               import mx.events.FlexEvent;
               private var cropUtil:Crop = null;
               protected function completeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
                    cropUtil = new Crop();
                    cropUtil.processImage();
          ]]>
     </fx:Script>
hth,
kind regards,
Peter Blazejewicz

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Hi,
Im new to flash. I have some templates (in FLA format with all supporting files...xml; html; and the swf file). When using html templates, I can modify the content easily by simply adding or changing the text <p>original text</p> to <p>steve custom text</p> and so on.
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hmm..so if the template ive downloaded depicts a green ball bouncing across an orange background(swf file). The objects (green ball) and the background (simply overlay colored orange) is embedded into the FLA AS3 code?
not necessarily. they could be created with code, they could be created with the tools in the fla and they could be loaded bitmaps.
To be clear these objects (in my example: ball and background) are not external jpegs (or similar file type like png) which I can open, edit, then allow the code to access and utilize the new object. For example, change the ball into a square and changes it color to purple and then change the background to pink via PS or illstr.
In short, Im having trouble trying to find the objects which are being manipulated by the code. My current perspective with templates is to modify the image or text by accessing the files delivered with the template. If the .html commands to place image221.jpeg in certain div, I would just open the images files, find image221.jpeg, modifiy the image and then save it as image221.jpeg. Of course I can create a new image save it as steve123.jpeg, save it to the images folder and then modify the code to access the new file by using its new name.
This is what Im trying to accomplish with my flash template but cant find the source objects .
Im getting the impression this cant be done.
that's almost certainly incorrect.
My final question is then, where are source images or text or movie files stored?
noone can say without direct inspection.
Is it possible they are on third party servers on the web?
no
Are they imbedded in the code?
maybe yes, maybe no.
I can only assume if they are stored on my drives (in an external format) that I would be able to access them.
correct. more specifically, they would have to be in the directory with your embedding html and swf or a subdirectory.
If however, they are on a a third part web site or embedded into the code, then I may be in way over my head.
you can assume this is not the case.
so, open the fla in flash. click control/test. click view and make sure bandwidth profiler and streaming graph are checked. you should then be able to see the main timeline as the swf plays. note the main timeline frame where you see the object(s) you want to edit.
close the test environment and go to that main timeline frame and start sleuthing to see if the objects were created in flash. you can also click on the first object in the library and arrow down looking for the object(s) you want to edit to see if they were created without code. if you find them, note their library name and possibly linkage id or class. use movie explorer to search for those names.
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Scale and Crop .fla file?

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