[osflash] SWF to image convertor

[Martin Wood-Mitrovski]

> Not for want of demand! I think the way this should be done is to run
> the swf in a browser (or standalone player) and then take a screenshot (*).

> *: This would do what you need, but would also have so many other uses.
> E.g. being able to take daily or hourly screenshots of how your site
> looks in firefox (either to check against a known good screenshot to
> detect breakages, or just for record keeping). E.g. unit testing of
> actionscript that does drawing.
> By taking screenshots there is no need to understand the swf format, and
> any future player upgrades will work identically.

Here's a couple of links that may take you closer to your goal.

http://www.boutell.com/webthumb/

http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/xvfb-firefox.html

This is actually something im going to implement for a project sometime over the 
next couple of months so I would be interested to hear of any success / failure 
stories.

actually, maybe i'll have a try this week now that you're talking about it :)

martin.