Byte Array to BitmapData and BitmapData to Byte array in Flex 3.

In the code below I am initially getting the byte array of my canvas with the increased size. Converting it into Bitmap data.And again converting that Bitmap data into ByteArray. So that you can use the particular step which one you require.

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">

<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;

import mx.graphics.ImageSnapshot;
import mx.graphics.codec.JPEGEncoder;

private var imageSnapshot:ImageSnapshot
private function inLargeImage():void
{
var jPEGEncoder:JPEGEncoder = new JPEGEncoder(90);
imageSnapshot = ImageSnapshot.captureImage(imgCanvas,500, jPEGEncoder,true);

//imageSnapshot.data is ByteArray.
byteArrayToBitmapData(imageSnapshot.data);
}

private var loader : Loader = new Loader();
private function byteArrayToBitmapData(byteArray : ByteArray):void
{
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, getBitmapData);
loader.loadBytes(byteArray);
}
private var bitmapData:BitmapData
private function getBitmapData(e:Event):void {
var content:* = loader.content;
bitmapData = new BitmapData(content.width,content.height,true,0x00000000);

var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
bitmapData.draw(content, matrix,null,null,null,true);
targetImage.source = new Bitmap( bitmapData );

}

private function saveInLargeImage() : void
{
if(bitmapData == null)
{
Alert.show("InLarge Image first,and then try again.")
return;
}

var encoder:JPEGEncoder = new JPEGEncoder(90);
var byteArray:ByteArray = encoder.encode(bitmapData);
var fr : FileReference= new FileReference();
fr.save(byteArray,'abcd.jpg');
}

]]>
</mx:Script>

<mx:VBox horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle" width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:VBox id="imgCanvas" width="600" height="450" horizontalAlign="center"
verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="0x0000FF">
<mx:Image source="image1.jpg"/>
</mx:VBox>

<mx:Image id="targetImage"/>

<mx:Button click="inLargeImage()" label="Inlarge Image"/>
<mx:Button label="Save To Your Computer" click="saveInLargeImage()"/>
</mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>
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