Re: FLASH: Objects outside of the canvas

[John Croteau]

Hi Jose,


> Anyone knows if the objects outside of the visible flash movie animation

> costs  for the frame rate in slower machines??

> My example: I have a large zoom out animation, and of course, my objects in

> the beginning are outside the visible area, so they can be zoomed out. I

> tried to make it in different steps (just for don't move the entire

> ilustration at the same time), but it's not enough. Too slow. I tried to run

> it at low quality, but just in a few moments it's "fair" for the animation.

> My crazy idea: if I export this movie and then import the swf again,

> deleting frame by frame all objects outside my canvas area, can my animation

> run faster? Will the movie size decrease?

> Is there any tip about how can i make it better?

> I've been looking Rooney's Zooming Holiday card, and it's very fast. And I'm

> sure I have about the same amount of objects.


The answer is Optimize, Optimize and Optimize.

If you look at the Rooney animation you will see no unneeded details.

Curves are not overly complex. No or at least very few mistaken lines or

fills are left over from previous versions of the drawing. The picture

in the picture in the picture in the Rooney animation is a low res

version, sometimes just a filled rectangle or circle until it is large

enough to be seen while in motion.


Don't bring in any picture on or off the screen until needed. 

Optimize each and every Symbol to make it as small as possible.

Keep things simple.


Does this sound like a lot of work?

Ask P. Rooney.

Is it worth it?


It's not that I couldn't reduce the file size of Rooney's animation but

the large percentages I usually get while optimizing other designer's

work is not very likely.


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