[Flashr] Help with correct language.

Mon May 4 07:23:22 PDT 2009

You might want to have a look at this: 
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000407.php, but AFAIK even in AS2 it 
is not necessary anymore to proxy the image as long as you load the 
crossdomain.xml files from each flickr farm into your security context: 
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000650.php

Cheers
Mario

Jørund Skarvang Olsen schrieb:
> Hi again Kelvin.
>
> LoaderContext doesn't work in AS2 i'm afraid, but your second 
> suggestion got me thinking, so i'm gonna go with that concept for now :)
> Thanks for all the help, for now..
> The threat that i may bug you with silly questions again is always 
> present..
>
> Big thanks, Jørund.
>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:12:45 -0700
> > To: flashr at osflash.org
> > From: kelvin at kelvinluck.com
> > Subject: Re: [Flashr] Help with correct language.
> >
> > Hi Jørund (not Ty!),
> >
> > afaik the images hosted by flickr are all jpeg, gif or png and all of
> > these formats can be directly loaded in flash. I think the reason Mario
> > would have passed the images via his server is because of security
> > restrictions in flash that prevent you from accessing the BitmapData of
> > images that have been loaded cross domain. In as3 you can get around 
> this
> > using a LoaderContext - it's been a long time since I've written any 
> as2
> > so I'm not sure if they added something similar to as2. I would suggest
> > searching for this.
> >
> > Alternatively all you need to do is write a simple proxy script for 
> your
> > server which will take the URL to a flickr photo and pass the image 
> file
> > through to the requestor. Then edit Photo.as from flashr and change the
> > _urlStart getter to point to the proxy script on your server passing 
> the
> > photo URL rather than pointing directly to the image on Flickr.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> >
> > Kelvin :)
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:33:49 -0700, Jørund Skarvang Olsen
> > <jor_s_olsen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Thank you for the response..
> > >
> > > Well yes it's a serverside script, and i'm gonna convert the 
> images from
> > > whatever format they come in, to BMP for example.
> > > But the thing is, i need it to happen in Flash, the actual viewing of
> > > the images, but as far as i know (which ain't very far) AS2 don't 
> have
> > > any image converting abilities..?
> > > I need to retrive images to a serverside script, convert them to BMP,
> > > and send them into a slideshow in Flash, which is going go on for 
> many
> > > weeks of the time.
> > > In the background it will from time to time refresh the array of 
> images
> > > that will be retrived by tag, and send the new ones in to the 
> slideshow.
> > > So, can i retrive the images with Flashr, send them out to for 
> example a
> > > PHP script converting them, and the send them back in?
> > > Or would it be easier if i retrive them with the PHP, then send it 
> in to
> > > flashr afterwards?
> > >
> > > To sum up, i need to retrive and convert images to BMP and show 
> them in
> > > Flashr, in some way.
> > > The people that i'm working with spoke with Mario Klingemann, and he
> > > does this, converting the images before sending them into Flashr, 
> as BMP
> > > is much easier to apply effects on etc, much easier to fuck around 
> with,
> > > to put it straight.
> > > He didn't specify anything tho, so now i'm asking here.
> > >
> > > I don't really know if this made it any clearer.
> > >
> > > ~Jørund Skarvang Olsen.
> > >
> > > PS: The "Ty" was just a short for thank you :)
> > >
> > >> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:45:59 -0700
> > >> To: flashr at osflash.org
> > >> From: kelvin at kelvinluck.com
> > >> Subject: Re: [Flashr] Help with correct language.
> > >>
> > >> Hi Ty,
> > >>
> > >> Sorry for the slow response...
> > >>
> > >> I'm not I understand exactly what you are trying to do... You 
> want to
> > >> have
> > >> a serverside script which grabs some images from Flickr and 
> manipulates
> > >> them and then sends them to flash? If so then it seems like your
> > >> interactions with the Flickr API will happen in whichever serverside
> > >> language you are programming in.
> > >>
> > >> What kind of manipulations are you intending to do to the images? 
> You
> > >> can
> > >> do quite a lot of stuff in Flash itself these days. But if you 
> must do
> > >> it
> > >> serverside then Image Magick or the GD libraries built into PHP 
> should
> > >> help you (depending on your serverside programming language). And 
> on the
> > >> flash side you will be communicating directly with your own 
> serverside
> > >> scripts so you won't need to use Flashr at all. There are Flickr API
> > >> wrappers available in a number of serverside languages - you can 
> find
> > >> them
> > >> listed on Flickrs site.
> > >>
> > >> Unless I misunderstand exactly what it is you are trying to do?
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Kelvin :)
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:38:17 -0700, Jørund Skarvang Olsen
> > >> <jor_s_olsen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm not after detailed answers or anyting like that, but if i 
> could
> > >> get
> > >> > a push in the right direction it would be nice..
> > >> >
> > >> > I want to retrive photos from Flickr and convert them before 
> sending
> > >> > them into my flashdocument, sending them in with XML.
> > >> > But what language or software will be best to do so? The 
> retriving of
> > >> > the images and the converting.
> > >> >
> > >> > I found this: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
> > >> > May this be a good solution?
> > >> > Implementing it into a XML script that retrives the photos, and
> > >> sending
> > >> > it back into another that forwards it into the flash file?
> > >> >
> > >> > Kinda new at this, so don't kill me.
> > >> >
> > >> > Ty.
> > >> >
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