# Buttons **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890 "2002-11-30T14:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![darthpingu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@darthpingu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darthpingu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/1 "2002-11-30T14:35:58Z")
I made a few buttons in Photoshop that I want to use for my flash site. I placed them in and lined them up using the X and Y co-rds and my eye. When I go to publish, the buttons appear distorted, one kind of like it has been stretched 1px upwards, another on mouseover looks like it was stretched 1px horizontally. What do you think is wrong? I checked my images and they are not stuffed, and the dimensions match up in MX. [http://www.briony.cc/flash/](http://www.briony.cc/flash/) The history button just seems wrong, and if you put your mouse over the stats you see it kind of stretch. I also un-checked that allow smoothing button and its on Lossness PNG/GIF for compression. Cheers - darthy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/2 "2002-11-30T16:01:36Z")
the way I see it is that the height of the hstory button is a bit too big and the k9 stats button is fine but when I rollover it then the s (“k9 **s** tats”) width decreases and the button’s width decreases too! :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/3 "2002-11-30T16:09:28Z")
well, i dont think its flash on the history button, thats too big of an increase i think. you might want to go back and look to make sure its not a pixel off in the height of that instance. on the other button when it shrinks, ive been having that same problem and i cant seem to find a fix? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/4 "2002-12-01T02:24:48Z")
I double checked every size with that of the images, and I double checked the images are ok on their own. I just don’t get it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/5 "2002-12-01T03:41:44Z")
Try this, in photoshop, give your button images a 3-5 pixel transparent margin all around. The buttons will still look the same, but now has a transparent border which will help it from being distorted when you bring them into flash. I had this problem too and that was how i solved it. Hope it helps. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/6 "2002-12-01T03:52:49Z")
thanks i’ll try it and let you know ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/7 "2002-12-01T04:07:50Z")
didnt work for me ☹ /pulls out hair ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/8 "2002-12-01T04:10:58Z")
hmm…ok try this then, in flash set all of your button images to a alpha of 97, see if that works. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/9 "2002-12-01T22:12:22Z")
nope but i have narrowed it down to this. They are fine UNTIL I convert them to symbols. As symbols, they get as stuffed up. But I want them to be links. Any way around it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/10 "2002-12-01T22:27:41Z")
Well i dont know how you can apply a link to them if they’re not symbols, not that i know of. Could you post a fla containing your buttons so i could play around with them, maybe i could help. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/11 "2002-12-01T22:39:36Z")
[http://www.briony.cc/flash/loki.fla](http://www.briony.cc/flash/loki.fla) and in case images are not there [http://www.briony.cc/flash/images.zip](http://www.briony.cc/flash/images.zip) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/12 "2002-12-01T23:29:44Z")
Here you go darthpingu, I fixed it for you, the problem was that your images need a width and height of a odd number, it cant be an even number. For example, your original history button has a width=91 height=30, I adjusted the canvas height=33 and left the width=91 since its already a odd number. I did it to the rest of the buttons in the your fla so now it works fine. Flash tends to stretch things by 1 pixel sometimes. Now all you gotta do is change the canvas size to the rest of your images. Here is the fixed fla. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/13 "2002-12-01T23:30:25Z")
oops, i forgot the fla. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/14 "2002-12-01T23:40:48Z")
thats weird… thanks for your help though! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons/8890/15 "2002-12-01T23:42:09Z")
did you look at the zip i attached? works now right?