Re: FLASH: perspective distortion

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 06:53 AM 2/11/00 , you wrote:


>Thanks. I have Photoshop but I need to do it in Flash. This project is a 

>little like a fly through where the bitmap is seen in the distance (in 

>perspective) and as it comes closer it straightens out. Does this make sense?


Since Flash doesn't perform perspective transforms, you will have to fake 

it. Keep in mind that it's an *illusion* you need, not photo-realism. While 

things are moving, realism is less important to the eye than when they are 

still. You could split (or mask) the image into left and right halves and 

use the skew feature (select Rotation tool but grab a side handle rather 

than a corner handle) to make each side lean inward toward the background.


If this object is large, chances are it won't tween very smoothly on many 

user machines. So consider whether it's worth doing at all.


If the object is small, you don't need a lot of detail and bitmap tracing 

(auto or by hand) might be the way to go.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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