Re: FLASH: Movie building considerations... (file size)

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 05:56 AM 4/19/00 , you wrote:


>In efforts these days to keep .swf files at an absolute minimum, I am

>curious... Does making an animated graphic into a movie clip increase file

>size


Not sure. Why don't you experiment and let us know the results? Try it both 

ways. When exporting the movie, check the box "Generate Size Report" and 

you'll get a text file (same folder as the movie) that gives all the 

details on file size.



>and/or does making objects that just appear once in a movie into a

>symbol increase file size?


Yes, creating a symbol does add a little size, depending on the type of 

symbol; in the realm of a couple of dozen bytes or less.




Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media

http://www.dartfrogmedia.com



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