BitmapData.draw( clipRect )

[cayennecode]

Why oh why doesn't the BitmapData's draw (clipRect) parameter adjust the clipped rectangle's x,y to 0,0? Is there syntax for this that I'm missing? It seems logical that if I am going to selectively clip the drawn region with a rectangle, parameter, that I'd ONLY want that area drawn...

Though I also see how it could be useful to keep the original coordinates, but shouldn't that be an optional parameter tacked onto the draw method?



var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(100, 100, W, H);
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(W, H, false, 0xFFFFFF);
bitmapData.draw(DisplayObject, null, null, null, rect );


to compensate for this, I suppose you just have to do


var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(100, 100, W, H);
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(W+ 100, H+ 100, false, 0xFFFFFF);
bitmapData.draw(DisplayObject, null, null, null, rect );

and then in some other way adjust for that additional 100pixels when adding to the display list....

any have any better idea? I'm hoping I'm just not seeing something here.

[cayennecode]

Ahhh got it, for what I'm trying to do here, it's better off to use the Matrix tx & ty properties.