Re: FLASH: a few questions

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Danny,

1. In the Windows drop down menu click on Inspectors and then Scene.

Select the scene name you wish to change and select properties. The

Scene Properties palette pops up and you can type in the name you want.


2. Yes. Include in the actionscript that loads your new movie unto a

level another action (Go to) that sends you main movie to a frame that

does not contain active buttons. You should label this non active frame

"park" so no matter how you edit the frames of this main movie the

command will always send the play head to that frame.  Have a stop

action in the park frame. When returning to the main movie and unloading

the loaded movie (or parking that one too) be sure to include an action

that sends the play head back to a spot on the main timeline that

contains active buttons again.


3. All the effects you mentioned can enlarge the file size but I must

say 950K seems very large even with a lot of buttons. It is difficult to

say what is enlarging your file without seeing it. Do you have many

bitmaps, streaming sound/music, are you tweening with alpha effects over

a large area of the canvas, a lot of frame by frame animation? 


4. When I export for print, I use Flash/export image/bitmap and set the

resolution at 300 ppi. Always select allow smoothing. This has worked

very well for me, especially if I do not need to drastically increase

the size of the image. 

 Hope this helps.


Dorian


Danny Wilson wrote:

> 

> I think this got lost in another thread, so I'll just repeat it.

> Just a few things I've been wondering about,

> 

> 1. Is it possible to rename scenes? It sure would make it easier to find

> the one I want.

> 

> 2. When a movie is loaded onto a new level, is it possible to disable

> the buttons on the movie below?

> 

> 3. How much can effects such as translating, scaling and alpha effects

> affect the actual size of the .swf file? I have a main file that loads a

> number of other movies, it has less objects than the other movies,

> exports noticably quicker, but is 3-4 time bigger? Right now it's about

> 950k, The only other thing really different is that this main movie uses

> more buttons.

>   Any ideas on what might be making the size blowout would be

> appreciated.

> 

> 4. What's the best option for exporting an image for print, I've tried

> EPS and the colour seems to become really muted. I can make do, but I

> was wondering if anybody had any proven methods.

> 

> thanks in advance,

> danny.

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