FLASH: Several optimization questions.

[Kevin Jackson]

Posted this on the weekend and got a reply to one post but nothing to this.


A few questions

1) I'm still unsure as to what Flash writer does? Is it for export of a

static drawing? How would this be an improvement over wmf for instance? If

it's for animated content why? Just curious, it would be nice to have an

actual FLA

type graphic as an export, but unless I am not getting it it doesn't sound

like a big deal.


2) Had another question as well after working on a project with lots of

screen captures. If you were to us PNG's with the transparency (or GIFs if

that's possible) what happens to the bytes consumed by the transparency? Is

file size the same or lowered? and if lowered would a rectangle of the

transparency as a background done in Flash yield smaller sizes? Or any other

great suggeestions on screenshots??


3) Have a LARGE file 3,000 frames or so and a few hundred levels. (YES, I

already know it could/should have been in Targets)  Question is. Is there a

way to select a level and see if there is anything on it without scrubbing

the whole timeline? Also, Is there a way to select all levels top to bottom

in one fell swoop? If there isn't there should be.


Kevin Jackson

Triskelian Design

kjacksontriskelian [dot] com

If at first you don�t succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence

already.-Laurence J. Peter





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