Draw Plus animation problems (not CTA related)


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By esanpostilaatikko - 8 Years Ago
Have any one experienced these problems on Draw Plus
1. Draw Plus sometimes changes the color of the pictures, usually first or last frame (changes color to lighter)
2. Preview Window show animation correctly but when exporting animation out, animation wont work as it should.

If anyone could share Draw Plus tips for animating.
There's no forum or support anymore for this product, so asiking if anyone has experienced the same.
By lesdodds - 8 Years Ago
esanpostilaatikko (4/12/2017)
Have any one experienced these problems on Draw Plus
1. Draw Plus sometimes changes the color of the pictures, usually first or last frame (changes color to lighter)
2. Preview Window show animation correctly but when exporting animation out, animation wont work as it should.

If anyone could share Draw Plus tips for animating.
There's no forum or support anymore for this product, so asiking if anyone has experienced the same.

Post link to dpa & swf file,
By esanpostilaatikko - 8 Years Ago
Any suggestion where I should upload ? 
I found solution for 1st problem. I described a bit better this second problem below.

I found solution for this first part.
"1. Draw Plus sometimes changes the color of the pictures, usually first or last frame (changes color to lighter)"
Solution: Just delete first and last frame

"2. Preview Window show animation correctly but when exporting animation out, animation wont work as it should."
If color is bright red on Draw Plus and when I export it as .SWF then I will open my .SWF and color is suddenly much darker red.
By esanpostilaatikko - 8 Years Ago
Any suggestion where I should upload ? 
I found solution for 1st problem. I described a bit better this second problem below.

I found solution for this first part.
"1. Draw Plus sometimes changes the color of the pictures, usually first or last frame (changes color to lighter)"
Solution: Just delete first and last frame

"2. Preview Window show animation correctly but when exporting animation out, animation wont work as it should."
If color is bright red on Draw Plus and when I export it as .SWF then I will open my .SWF and color is suddenly much darker red.
By lesdodds - 8 Years Ago
esanpostilaatikko (4/12/2017)
Any suggestion where I should upload ? 
I found solution for 1st problem. I described a bit better this second problem below.

I found solution for this first part.
"1. Draw Plus sometimes changes the color of the pictures, usually first or last frame (changes color to lighter)"
Solution: Just delete first and last frame

"2. Preview Window show animation correctly but when exporting animation out, animation wont work as it should."
If color is bright red on Draw Plus and when I export it as .SWF then I will open my .SWF and color is suddenly much darker red.

Get DropBox it's free...We all use it.

Changing color shades can be a lot of variables. 
By esanpostilaatikko - 8 Years Ago
I will ask here one more question.

How to add idle/still image to .swf animation before animation launches ?
I'm trying to achieve this -> Idle picture and animation conversion will be less noticeable.

I have tried:
1. to copy frame 1 picture from Draw Plus to CTA animation idle sprite.
2. take screenshot from CTA stage fireexit and try matching it to animation idle sprite.
3. tried to take screenshot from fireexit composer screen to try match with animation idle sprite.
Image get somehow manipulated when uploading to CTA and it is very hard to match.

Hopefully this is understadable ? here is .GIF http://imgur.com/a/pp43r
How do you CTA users do this ? 
By esanpostilaatikko - 8 Years Ago
This thread is now fully solved.
Answer for all questions in this thread is, do not use .png or .jpg formats with CTA.
Use only .SWF file format for everything.