Delete Transparency in Flash!?

[BlueSin]

Okay I have here a gif that I edited in photoshop, I used the magic wand to 'delete' all except for the curve. I imported it into flash, and it looks fine. However it treats the image as a square, with the transparent part part of the image, not deleted. I don't want the transparency to interfere with hittests, so how do I delete it for good?

Thanks. Plus rep to anyone who can help.

 

[Jindo]

It works fine with .PNG format I believe, try converting to .PNG, removing the areas you want transparent, and it should work from there .

 

[BlueSin]

Yeah once again they appear transparent, but the transparent areas are part of the image, which screws up hittest...

 

[w/e]

Well, put that square onto another layer and then lock the layer. Now you can't select it. When you do select it, you have to unlock the layer it's on.

 

[BlueSin]

Okay I managed to get it just by using the lasso tool with wand helper (didn't knew it existed. )

Well, put that square onto another layer and then lock the layer. Now you can't select it. When you do select it, you have to unlock the layer it's on.

Not to be rude, but I know how locking layers work. How would that relate to this though?

I had a curved shape, with transparency in the top right part that I wanted deleted, but it was treating the transparency as part of the curve, making a square shape. But now it's fixed I was just clarifying problem.

 

[Jindo]

Yeah once again they appear transparent, but the transparent areas are part of the image, which screws up hittest...

Am I the only one who shapeflags my hittests? .

if (platform.hitTest(something._x, something._y, true)) {

Say something was Sonic, and the x and y coordinates were centered at his feet, then it would hittest between the platform and sonic's feet, instead of his entire body.

That usually helps in these situations, certainly helped me make Cursor Challenge .

 

[BlueSin]

I used to do that, but I prefer to have a few embedded mc tiny squares and just hittest with them.

 

[Jindo]

Shapeflag is much quicker and less time-consuming, trust me .

 

[BlueSin]

I guess it's just me, but from my experience, using shapeflag is a pain in the ass when making sonic rotate and move accordingly when on a curve or other non-flat object.