Re: FLASH: Full screen - whats best?

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Glenn,

	Unless you are using bitmap images in you Flash movie, the actual pixel

size of your movie is not really important. What is important is the

proportions of the stage. Flash is vector based and therefore scalable.

So it doesn't matter if a movie canvas size is 575 by 310 pixels or 1150

by 620 pixels. If you set either of the above examples to play at 100%

both will look the same on the same computer.

	If you are using bitmap images in your movie and it is important to 

have the bitmaps look crisp and non-pixelated, then it is wise to set an

absolute size in pixels in the parameters settings for the web. 

	As to smoothness of animation, it is not so important what the size of

the movie canvas is. What does matter is, first the complexity of the

animated elements, second the percentage of the canvas involved in the

animation and third how extensively you use such effects as alpha

channels, special lines, etc. For example,  a small circle bouncing in

one corner of the screen is going to play more smoothly than a cartoon

of a persons head that fills the canvas and has a lot of facial

expression changes on all the features simultaneously. I am not saying

not to use these effects only to be aware of their cost and plan

trade-offs as much as you can.


Dorian


Glenn Folkvord wrote:

> 

> Hi guys,

> 

> I am about to make a full screen Flash3 page. For streaming and smooth animation, what is best: Create the original movie is big as possible up until the minimum screen sizes or will any movie size do as long as I check "percentage of window" in Aftershock?

> 

> What is the recommended pixel width and height of a movie that will be played back as full-screen  size?

> 

> kind regards,

> glenn

> 

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