Re: FLASH: light out

[John Croteau]

Hi Bob,


> I'm having a little trouble understanding the structure of fla's. I look

> at other peoples and they look differently than mine. Mine keeps

> stretching out to the right into infinity.

If you are creating a movie that has a single path that moves in one

direct without branching (such as is needed if the output destined for

an avi or other non-Flash movie) then stretching out on the timeline is

the right think. This technique is a little difficult to keep track of.


> Should I make this animation a movie clip?

If is the opening animation I would probably leave it on the main

timeline (as Marc suggested) to improve streaming. Therwise, I'd make it

a movie clip.


Movie Clips not only allow you to remove some of the clutter from the

main timeline, but make truly interactive movies easy to design and

implement. There is a small cost in making MCs, but there can be huge

savings in using MCs by allowing structure that is much more suited for

complex interactivity.


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