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Subject: Re: FLASH: cross platform flash development
From: >>Dustin Krysak<<
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 19:09:24 +0100

thanks for the pointers... I will give it a shot.


dk



----- Original Message -----
From: "Till Steinmetz" <listmailathandlanger [dot] de>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: July 8, 2000 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: FLASH: cross platform flash development


> Hi,
>
> >Has anyone tried this application? It runs on a Mac, and it is for
opening
> >flash files created on a Wintel machine.....
> >
> >http://www.hillberg.nu/flash/
> >
> >Also... any tips on working cross platform with flash? I have had nothing
> >but troubles so far opening FLA files both ways...
>
>
> I don't really get what this tool should be for. The only thing you have
to
> do on a mac is to change the "Show Files" dropdown to "Show All Files"
then
> you can open PC *.FLAs on a mac.
>
> The biggest problem when working cross platform (besides the usual
problems
> like different gamma values) is working with fonts. If you dont have the
> fonts available on both platforms, i'd do all type stuff either on the mac
> or on the pc (when it comes to fonts i'd prefer mac though). from my
> experience it does NOT work to convert a typeface with a program like
> fontographer because kerning and baseline values a sometimes not
> transformed correctly.
>
> Besides that, there is no problem working cross platform.
>
> Till
>
>
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