Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

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Figure 5.10 Using symbols to add texture Figure 5.11 Keeping the file size small using symbols
Chapter 5: Background art Using computer graphic packages to create the background art Figure 5.12 Using a computer graphic background Another very effective way to create background art for your games is to use a computer graphic package. The image in Figure 5.12 shows a simple set created in the Lightwave 3D package. The image is pre-rendered to the correct size for the game then imported as a bitmap file. 3D packages are great for putting together background designs or buttons. You can very quickly create detailed environments using just a few interesting textures and some simple meshes. If you are regularly creating artwork for games then you are advised to spend some time learning a 3D package. After meddling with a few different packages we settled on Lightwave, which provides the best combination of modelling tools, animation and rendering at a reasonable price. Using tiled backgrounds If your background uses repeating elements then consider creating the background as sections, importing each section as a ‘png’ bitmap. The advantage of the ‘png’ format is that it is lossless and can incorporate an alpha channel. Bitmaps come in many different file formats. A Flash developer is likely to use jpeg, bmp, gif and png. The ‘eps’ format is not a bitmap, instead it is a vector format, but an eps image can contain a bitmap; this is not recommended because the bitmap image is resolution dependent while the eps is regarded as resolution independent. Remember that an eps is only truly resolution 69
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Contents at a glance Introduction x
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Introduction: Learn to write Action
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1 Your first game Rather alarmingly
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Chapter 15: Mazes The strategy used
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Section 4 Flash for mobiles The mob
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20 Using Flash on a PocketPC Pocket
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Bibliography Art The Illusion of Li
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Index 3D Studio Max animations, 54
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Buttons: concepts, 6, 113-15, 126-8
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fashions, 60 simplicity benefits, 3
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Floats: bugs, 96 concepts, 95-7 Flu
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Lightwave modeller, 46-54, 69, 226,
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Set Score button, 340-2 Set-top box
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outline, 17 sections, 17, 21-8 usag
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