Re: Graphic Distortion and Afterburner Javascript

[John Croteau]

Hi evilsteven,


Re: http://www.zoecom.com


> I've been noticing some weird graphic artifacting in my SWF

> files (It's used for the Menu).

It's the curse of using JPEG that when using bitmaps in Flash with jpeg

compression they mat be distotrted.

Convert your to vector drawn elements and you will see perfection. Your

graphics can easily be recreate in Flash.  This may take some

imagination to get the same look and feel but it should be worth it

since it will display perfectly in or out of a button and no matter what

the screen size.


> is there another way to get the GIF files to look better?

Gifs created from full color bitmaps (in Flash, Aftershock or any

program) are almost always going to turn out poorly. If you are going to

use bitmaps then use the originals as your alternate content (not ones

imported and then recreated in Flash or Aftershock). Gifs created from

vector images created in Flash usually look quite good. 


> I don't really want to use cookies

To remember whether or not a browser is Flash capable or not, when

switching from page to page you need to use a cookie. The exception is,

if you create a Frameset you can establish a global variable that can be

referenced from any page opened up in the frame or frames created from

that original frameset.

Another alternative is to detect the Flash capability at an entrypage

then direct browsers to different sets of pages ones with Flash and ones

without. The advantage to this system is that no scripting is required

on any of the content pages, all Flash capable browsers can get Flash

even if thet have JavaScript disabled. The disadvantage is that separate

alternate content pages need to be created for the Flash impared

browsers. If your alternate content already has to be created separately

or you require Flash then this is not a problem.


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