Re: Suggestion: On how to reduce file size.

[Lane Allen]

At 04:00 PM 4/17/98 +0200, you wrote:

>Kumusta Everyone !

>

>I have currently finishing work on a site ( non commercial ) and for

>navigational purpose I have chosen to use Flash.  As a rule of thumb I

>have tried to keep all files small, less than 20K.  And I have almost

>succeeded, 3 html pages is greater than  20K.  But my navigation menu is

>my main concern, this file is 29.8K.


I really don't see a problem with the file sizes. 29.8KB is 

very nice. Once you start getting closer to the 100-80KB mark,

then I would worry.


>When using a T1 line as I do ? this is no problem.  But since I

>will add some more sub menus ? the file will grow to more than 30K, and

>this is what I am trying to avoid.  Does anyone have any suggestion on

>how to achieve this?  - Any comments are welcome !


If you are talking about a Flash file, then you should optimize

your vector art (under the Modify menu). Try optimizing 

to bring down the file sizes, and try to stick with one font.


>I have with great luck used Fireworks. Before I used

>Adobe Photoshop 3.0.  But I found out that if I scanned

>an image and saved it to a .tif format I could then use it direct from

>Fireworks ? and by doing so, the files become smaller than if i went via

>Adobe Pothoshop.


Adobe is about to release a program called ImageReady 

that looks/feels/acts like Photoshop but purely for

outputting Web images. It has animating features and

a lot of other wonderful things. I like Macromedia products,

but I am an Adobe *freak*, especially Photoshop, and

ImageReady is just my style.


>An other example on how I have used macromedia products successfully is

>for my banner.  Originally I created an image using Adobe Photoshop -

>610 * 80 pixels, and the size ended at 9K.  Hmmm... small I thought -

>WRONG !

>I decided on trying to create the same image using Flash ? 610 * 80

>pixels.  BINGO...new size = 3K


Well, if you are using vector art compared to bitmapped images,

I should hope so. It all comes down to preference, I like Fireworks

if I am working with vector style artwork, but I will use Photoshop

and ImageReady most of the time for other things.


Lane


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