Bad png files

[Punisher33]

When i export a png or any file for that fact the quality comes out looking like crap and i don't know why. is it resolution issues?

[nameistaken1]

At 4/9/12 04:47 AM, Punisher33 wrote: When i export a png or any file for that fact the quality comes out looking like crap and i don't know why. is it resolution issues?

Try setting your resolution as high as possible, or match the screen. Set your colors to 24-bpc with Alpha.
Note: This will make your file size significantly larger.

[Checkerszero]

At 4/9/12 04:47 AM, Punisher33 wrote: When i export a png or any file for that fact the quality comes out looking like crap and i don't know why. is it resolution issues?

Note the fact that there are some very subtle and inexplicable differences with the exported picture to your project's drawings + entities on stage. I don't know why this happens but it's Flash, exporting everything but swfs is seemingly half a chore for it. Keep the smooth box ticked, pretty sure that toggles anti-aliasing with text etc.
Also, does anyone know what the 'interlaced' option does?

[angryshroom]

At 4/9/12 11:31 PM, Checkerszero wrote:

At 4/9/12 04:47 AM, Punisher33 wrote: When i export a png or any file for that fact the quality comes out looking like crap and i don't know why. is it resolution issues?

Note the fact that there are some very subtle and inexplicable differences with the exported picture to your project's drawings + entities on stage. I don't know why this happens but it's Flash, exporting everything but swfs is seemingly half a chore for it. Keep the smooth box ticked, pretty sure that toggles anti-aliasing with text etc.
Also, does anyone know what the 'interlaced' option does?

Interlacing refers to the structure of the .png in terms of how the bulk of the data is organized, which controls how the image is loaded. Wikipedia has a good explanation of it, and also shows how a png interlaced (with the Adam7 algorithm) is loaded in the top right corner.

Check here for a better example of what interlacing with the Adam7 algorithm means exactly and how it looks to the user.

Basically the image becomes progressively clearer. If you notice wikipedia mentions this as something relatively inefficient for this day and age, so for the most part stick to non-interlaced images. Its less efficient, has a larger file size and really doesn't make much of a visible difference at this point. It did make a difference, however, when the internet was slower and when seeing a half-loaded image was okay and even useful.

Ahhh the good old days...