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Subject:	Re: FLASH: JPEG
From:	Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media
Date:	Wed, 12 Apr 2000 20:25:12 +0100

At 04:10 AM 4/12/00 , you wrote:

>At 04:54 PM 4/11/00 -0500, John Graham wrote:>
> >Not sure what you mean by distorted, but Just bring them in as JPG's,
>
>No, importiing as .jpg, and then "Publish" as .jpg will apply JPEG
>compression TWICE, and definitely make the image quality worse.
>
>Instead, import your original into Flash using a lossless format, bitmap or
>PNG.
>When you "Publish" your .swf use the JPEG compression offered by Flash
>

Or, import as jpeg but export as "lossless" (keep original compression)
will work fine too. As has been mentioned, you need to avoid scaling the
image larger, or changing the width-to-height ratio. Scaling smaller, or a
bit larger, is usually not a problem but the best bet when using bitmaps in
Flash is to start by determining a fixed size for the movie, then (prior to
image import) prepare your images to be exactly the size you want them to
display.

Marc Hoffman

Poison Dart Frog Media
http://www.dartfrogmedia.com

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