FLASH: Question about bitmaps

[Shari Basch]

I've imported a bitmap in different formats (JPEG, PICT) and when I look


at the properites of the bitmap, I see that it says the bitmap is 32

bits/pixel and the bitmap comes in at over 1 MB. when after saving it in


Photoshop, is only 43KB. Why does this happen? I can't use the export

JPEG option since there are subtle gradients in the bitmap and exporting


to JPEG creates banding in the image. However, when I export as

lossless, the image looks great but the file size jumps up dramatically.


The size does go down from 1 MB. to 234KB. but that's still A LOT higher


than the original 43KB. that it was when I imported the bitmap. I need

the lossless quality of the image but not at the price of a large file

size. Any ideas?


-- Shari Basch



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