User blog:Daithí.cp/How to Obtain Transparent, high quality images for the Wiki!

Hey friends! Today I have a tutorial for you on something that I think is crucial if you want to be a wiki editor, and that's obtaining SWF's, and rendering them into clear, high quality images!

So, what is an SWF? .SWF files are the file type that flash games are written in and stand for ShockWave flash. They're essentially a video format, but can be interacted with (like pressing buttons in-game). There's 2 key differences between .SWF files and .MP4 files (the most common video file type and the one that, say, Youtube videos would use).

The first difference is that .SWF files aren't made up of pixels. Unlike .MP4 files. which have a defined resolution (meaning the more you zoom in, the lower the quality becomes and the same for zooming out), .SWF files are made up of mathematical equations that make it so that no matter how far you zoom in/out the quality will ALWAYS stay the same. They have, essentially, perfect resolution.

The second difference is that .SWF files are made up of ''parts. ''Unlike .MP4 files which are made of frames (series of individual images), .SWF files are made up of individual moving parts,which themselves can be exported to .SWF files. This means that if we wanted to get to get an SWF of a penguin in a catalog, we would download the catalog SWF, open it and would be able to get the penguin.

Everything in Club Penguin Rewritten is made up of .SWF files. Clothes, igloo furniture, catalogs, everything. They're all made up of them.

To download .SWF files from the game is simple. You can either go to The Club Penguin Rewritten Archives Wiki (https://rewrittenarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page) where User:Russellthedog will have most likely archived it OR, if it's not there, then there's a simple way of doing it.


 * 1) You must login.
 * 1) You must get ready to use/wear/open/go to whatever you want to download. If you want to download a rooms file, get ready to enter it. If you want to download an item's sprite, wear nothing and get ready to wear it. If you want to download a book/catalog/newspaper, get ready to open it.
 * 2) Next right click (or press the f12 key on Windows) and open "inspect element".
 * 3) Go to Network.
 * 4) Next use/wear/open/ go to whatever it is to you want to download. This may entail wearing the item, entering the room or opening the book/catalog/newspaper (make sure inspect element is still open). Then, you should see it appear on the inspect element.
 * 5) Double click on the desired SWF to download it.

Now that you have obtained the SWF, you will need a way to open it and view all the parts. You must download JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler to do this. (https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler). Don't worry, it's 100% safe. Next, you must find the desired part and right click. Next click "Export" and then "Export as SWF" and choose a place to save it.

Once it's saved, you will need to render it into a clean, transparent image. To do this you will need Kurst SWF Renderer. You may get the trial. The free trial offers the exact same functionality but there's a watermark. Don't worry though it can be deleted. You can go into the files directory and find an SWF. Open it in JPEXS and replace the watermark with a fully transparent image of the same size.

Then, you're free to go!