Re: Scale problem (i insist, sorry)

[John Croteau]

Hi Christian and all,


   I am working on a Tech note (preliminary and partial version below)

to explain all this, but it is very complicated to explain.

   Your main problem is you are using an aspect ratio that is smaller

than the average browser window with chrome open. I call this the Aspect

Ratio Fit.


>  Specially when i see a site like http://www.eye4u.com,

>  where i think they also have animated elements that are off stage.

This site does indeed have elements that extend past the the borders of

the canvas, but the look of the site and its animation varies greatly

depending on the aspect ratio of the viewer's browser window. Different

parts of the extended picture aoppear on different browser set-ups based

on the aspect ratio of the browser window which varies by browser type

and what user options are set.


At Flash Central (Flash 3 version), we are using a canvas of 1150 by 620

which is a fairly good compromise. We insure the complete image is shown

(on all monitor sizes, no matter how much or how little chrome is shown)

with minimum borders by using a single Frame FRAMESET, plus we also turn

off the scrollbar.


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             Filling the Frame with Flash

                   by John Croteau


   By setting the height and width to 100% you can fill a frame with

Flash. But there are some complications or side effects that may give

results different than you expect.

   There are three SCALE parameters NOBORDER, EXACTFIT and SHOWALL (the

default). 

NOBORDER scales the movie so the entire frame is filled, the aspect

ratio is maintained but unless the aspect ratio of the movie is exactly

the same as the window, parts of the movie on one or two edges will be

cut off.

EXACTFIT fits the movie into the full frame by stretching it either

horizontally or vertically unless the aspect ratio of the movie is

exactly the same as frame it is put in.

SHOWALL (the default) fits the movie into the frame while maintaining

the image proportions (so your circles remain round, etc.). If SHOWALL

is used with 100% specified for height and width then the Flash movie

will fill the window (frame) it is in, but unless that window is exactly

the same aspect ratio (ratio of width compared to height) as that of the

canvas specified in the authoring environment then items originally off

canvas as shown in the editor may actually be seen. In other words the

canvas expands to fill the window.  There are several factors that

determine how this will work in a particular case.


SALIGN determines which edge(s) the Flash movie canvas (as set in the

editor) will butt up against the frame edge. You can specify T (top), B

(bottom, L (left), R (right) or a combination of L or R with T or B. If

you have objects off canvas in the direction of an SALIGN side(s) then

those off canvas objects will not appear regardless of the aspect ratio

fit.


ASPECT RATIO FIT - If the frame has a larger aspect ratio (more relative

width compared to height) than the Flash Movie then the Flash movie will

fill the window top to bottom and be centered left to right leaving a

margin on the left and right unless a SALIGN parameter (L, R, TL, TR, BR

or BL) is set. If SALIGN is set to L (for instance) then all the margin

will be on the right. The margin created here will be filled with

whatever objects (if any) that were in that area that was originally was

off-canvas in the editor. If the frame has a smaller aspect ratio (less

relative width compared to height) than the Flash Movie then the Flash

movie will fill the window left to right and be centered between top and

bottom leaving a margin on the top and bottom unless a SALIGN parameter

(T, TR, TL, B, BR or BL) is set.


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