Bitmap quality issue in flash V6 vs V7

programming flash
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I’m gettting the very old bitmap blurring or shifting problem. I’ve covered all the bases and it still won’t display correctly.

This doesn’t happen so much when I publish in V7, but mostly happens when I publish in V6. (see images below)

BTW, the reason I’m using bitmap text (imported GIFs) is because the size is a lot smaller than embedding the font or using vector outlines. I also NEED to publish in V6 for the widest compatibility.

I’ve:

  • Made sure the images are on exact pixel coordinates (12.0)
  • Made sure all movieclips that the images exist in are on exact corrdinates
  • Tried fading from 1% to 99% instead of 0-100
  • Tried doing “break apart” on the image (inside a graphic symbol)
  • Quality is set to “best”
  • The problem happens even when I place this on the main timeline at coordinates 0,0, so I know the positioning isn’t the issue.

Original: (from the flash stage)

Published in V7:

Published in V6:

Any ideas? Driving me crazy.

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Anyone?

I did figure out that it has something to with the fact that the GIFs are inside a button. When I place the GIFs directly on the stage they display fine. But as they are currently on the button states Flash insists on stretching them. Uggg!

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I’m still having this problem. I’ve even converted all my buttons into Movieclips, and it still messes up my GIFs.

4

This is finally solved. I ended up making all buttons movieclips, using actionscript to animate their rollover states. Then I had to convert each GIF into a graphic symbol.

So whats up with Flash and bitmaps in button states?