Monday, October 6, 2008
Photoshop Express: Layers? Possible.
Monday, October 6, 2008 
I have been playing a bunch with BitmapData lately, just so I can get my head around it more. Admittedly a lot of it has been trial and error, but I am making solid progress.
One of the things I recently whipped up was the implementation of layers, like you're accustomed to in Photoshop.
Using copyPixels on layered displayObjects( Sprites), you can easily take all of those Sprites, copyPixels from each of them to a master BitmapData object, then pump out a consolidated image. Stuff those Sprite sausages with whatever you want: text, photos, etc. It all gets boiled down to a single bitmap in the end. This would be a good task when saving the image only (there is no need to do this at any other time really).
I understand that Adobe doesn't want Photoshop.com to cannibalize Elements or the full product, but in essence they definitely could in a way by offering some layers (limit them to conserve memory) & image generation based on those layers.
I'd be willing to bet (a little) that somewhere in an Adobe office someplace there is a pretty swank Photoshop Express+ floating around that allows for all kinds of things, including layer support. Heck, blendModes FTW too. We've got Pixel Bender too, so tons of Photoshop filters could be deployed, on top of the tweaks available to the current online application.
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Mario Klingemann said...“Sorry for the plug, but I just have to: if you are looking for layers and blendmodes you might want to have a look at Aviary Phoenix: http://a.viary.com”
