online basic graphics editor inital theory

[matski]

Hello All,

Is it possible to create an online flash page that can do the following fuctions.

1) upload graphics files, tiff, gif, bmp, jpeg for size rescaling, rotation and x,y placement,


2) User also can imput basic text, which they can choose from say 20 different font choices, and them size and position that text on the canvas,.
In essence this is to create a basic editor enabling users online to create finished artwork.


If somebody could point me in the right direction,
It would be greatly appreciated,.

Thanx in advance

matski

[Jesse]

This sort of thing is very hard to do with Flash. Uploading local files is stil lbest done using HTML forms as Flash has no 'browse' method and would simply act as a front end anyway. then you'd have to use MING or a similar server-side program to convert the graphic from whatever format into a SWF and import it. Once it's imported (loaded using loadMovie into an MC) you can do the rotation and resizing easily enough. The font thing would again cause problems. I think you'd be much better off using Generator for such a project. Something like the flashTyper at FlashKit ( http://www.flashkit.com/textfx/start.shtml ) does a similar thing with fonts.
You may want to checkout http://www.99dogs.com which (I think) uses Flash to to allow youto customize placement of graphics you upload (it's an online shirt creation thing). But don't be fooled. Rasheed is a bloody genious, and he makes it look easier than it is :)

[matski]

jesse,

Thankyou, I have been searching for a while for something like that t-shirt page,.

I believe using flash would have it advantages over html, primarily in its speed, giving it maximum usability
All the resizings can be done without refreshing the page,,.
Hopefully......

I believe it would be possible to have say a html uploader, just for the graphic,.
Then get flash to load the movie once the graphic is positioned on the server properly,.
Is this possible?


Jesse,
If you know of any more sites maybee dealing with this, it would be more than appreciated,.

matski

[Jesse]

I think you will find that 99dogs in fact does just that - html upload and then flash placement and configuration. I'm afraid it is the only example I know of which uses Flash for such a purpose but others might know of other such sites...

anyone?

[lepixel]

Hi there!

I don't know why this solution is working and nobody is mentioning it... Never seen it anywhere.
Try it; it might work perfectly for what you need.

Pierre

[Jesse]

This post is old: before Flash MX with its JPG load feature was around.