FLASH: Re: Scenes Bad?

[Hal Medrano]

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>Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:03:18 -0400

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From: Matt Spiegler <mspieglerlightbulbpress [dot] com>

>Subject: Re: Scenes Bad? (Was: FLASH: If Frame Is Loaded question)

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>I can't give you another one, to be honest. I asked purely out of curiosity

>because

>I was surprised that Flash would even mangle scenes like it apparently

>does.

>However, given that this is clearly a dead horse and I'm the one beating

>it, I'll

>stop prolonging the thread and keep my questions offline :)

>

>Michael Greenberg wrote:

>

>> Matt,

>> This has been a topic that has been thrown around on this list for at

>least 2

>> years or so maybe longer.

>>

>> So I will say this in a positive fashion. Other than organizational

>issues give

>> me another good reason to use scenes because in all honesty I have not

>found any.

>>

>> Enlighten me if I am missing another value of scenes here please.

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Scenes are bad because they reset movie clips and audio.  Those are really

the main reasons.  If you have an MC in one scene, and it has played to

perhaps frame 30 of its own timeline, when you switch to another scene, the

MC will automatically revert to frame 1.  Ditto with Sound FX.  I also find

pieces that have a lot of interactivity are just plain easier to work with

when you use MCs,  once Tell-Targeting becomes second-nature.


If you 're not using MCs or sound FX, I suppose scenes are fine for linear

pieces, such as business presentations.  But I would still avoid them if

you're jumping the player head all over the timeline with a highly

interactive piece (eg a website), or using any MCs.


John Croteau wrote an article some time ago that is relevant to this

discussion:


http://www.FlashBible.com/members/MovieClips/AsScenes.htm


Good luck and happy flashing.


Hal


Hal Medrano

New Media Group

U S WEST Creative Services


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