RE: FLASH: OT: Flashkiller

[Branden Hall]

If you are using LM for non-web animation, thats perfectly cool... and what

LM is good for. But for web production I honestly can not see using LM since

it is so web-unfriendly.  Yes, it can do some cool things, but at what size

cost?  I can't even say since there is no way to find out!!  You are right

in saying that LM is a tool, that it is. I personally put it in the ranks

with Swift3D and that Swifty program... they are add-ons to Flash... they

can help yes, but only in limited ways.  The biggest problem is the inabilty

to share SOURCE files between those programs and Flash...  If there was an

intermediate format to bring from outside programs into Flash, them LM would

stand much higher in my eyes. But for now, LM is good for cool looking

animation where bandwidth is not much of an issue.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"


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Subject: RE: FLASH: OT: Flashkiller



Hi Branden,


I love using Flash and agree with all you say.  But not all my output goes

to web, so it's not entirely relevant.  Obviously, as I get more experience

with LM I'll find where it works and where it doesn't.  My point is simply

to use a little ingenuity to develop your OWN production processes, and

keep your mind open as to what tools might help you out. What's flawed

about that theory?


>From what I can see right now, LM looks to be a nice addition to the

toolbox.  Opinions will be formed and clarified through experience.


Hal


>Good points, but the theory behind it is flawed.

>

>Live motion does provide for some cool effects and does makes some things

>easier to do, but in doing so it very often takes you into bitmap land, and

>hence huge file sizes.  Livemotion was not made with the way the web is now

>in mind, period. Flash was, again, period. Flash has a better way of

>organizing the objects you use (the library, and no Adobe's isn't the same

>if you are wondering), Flash includes the ability to look at the stats for

>each SWF you make, and Flash has the bandwidth profiler which is by far one

>of the most powerful and cool tools for making something "web ready" that I

>have ever seen.

>

>

>

>>"Kristin K. Rule" wrote:

>>

>>> <snip> Live Motion is a

>>> perfectly good product made by a great company that will only help make

>>> Flash more widespread.

>>>

>>> k

>>

>>That just might happen when they can articulate just where LiveMotion fits

>>into the production process.

>>

>

>I think the two tools might complement each other very well....(snip!)


Hal Medrano

New Media Group

U S WEST Creative Services


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