Getting the RGB value of a MovieClip in as3


Its pretty annoying when something changes, and you cannot do the things you could previously the way you know. But some things change for the better :)

Its pretty common to wanting to know the RGB value of a movie clip at runtime. This could be for a coloring program that you are building or a game or something better yet. It seems like the previous method of extracting RGB information in as2 with Color class is gone in as3. But there is a better method i suppose with as3.

As2 Version:

var cl:Color = new Color(this.instance);
trace(cl.getRGB().toString(16));

As3 Version:

import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Transform;
trace(instance.transform.colorTransform.color.toString(16));
Note: RGB information will be available only if you have tinted the movieclip. if you want the true color, better try snapshotting it with BitmapData class “draw” method and querying for В pixel colors using “getPixel” etc:

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October 13, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Actionscript 3.0, General

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