RE: FLASH: 45 min. Presentation - in flash?

[James]

I guess what I'm looking for is what will flash do for me that powerpoint 

can't - the latest powerpoint allows for animations, mouseovers, sounds, 

etc.


Where I'm concerned is, what if (and it always happens) one of the execs 

says "Can you go back to that third slide..."  How is that going to easily 

happen in flash without some type of navigation built in?  Or, is there 

some sort of "goto frame/page" menu command I'm not aware of.


Also, how do you go about printing a flash movie?  Do you have to take 

screen shots?


I'm just trying to address some of the real world issues that I know I'll 

run into when dealing with flash.  I really would like to use flash for 

this type of work, but you can understand my concerns.


Any opinions/thoughts are appreciated.



James



-----Original Message-----

From:	Hal Medrano [SMTP:

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Sent:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 11:43 AM

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Subject:	Re: FLASH: 45 min. Presentation - in flash?


Part of my job involves doing exactly this.  There're a number of business

executives bored to tears with Powerpoint who're just wowed when they see

what they can do with Flash.  I've done 30+ minute presentations with no

probs.  Make sure your playback computer is fast enough to smoothly handle

any transitions you want to create.  Otherwise, it's all fairly simple

Flash work...and believe me,there's a market for it.


I've got several examples, all between 800k. and 2.5 mb in size.  If you

want me to send you one, email me directly, I'll be happy to.


Hal






>Ok, am I crazy in thinking that Flash would be a great tool for a 45 

minute

>presentation?  It's not something users will use over the web, but

>something I'd load locally and present.

>

>So, you'd click, something *neat* (technical term) would happen when the

>"page" loads, then I talk for 5 minutes and maybe show some things on that

>page (with mouseovers).  Then, move on to the next.  Maybe each slide 

would

>fire off a sound track.  Again, this will be local so the flash file could

>be 100mb for all I care.

>

>Is this a good use of flash or do you recommend another tool?   Is it 

going

>to crash after 20 minutes and I'll have to start the presentation all over

>again?  Or, is this just too much for flash to handle - as this will

>replace a boring powerpoint presentation probably with 50 slides or more.

>

>Let me know your thoughts.  If anyone has a lengthy sample of a

>presentation done in flash, I'd sure like to see it.  Thanks!

>

>

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