Re: FLASH: Structure questions

[Olympic Health Management Systems]

In my opinion, as well as others, scenes *should* be limited.....as a direct

function of file size. I'm basing this on past and current projects.

Basically, the reason is...when a user comes to a web page (we're talking

web here, not cdrom)...a flash file is thereby called...the file then

streams, or "loads" in it's entirety. If you have your flash file

constructed with scenes...you have one flash file, or .swf....meaning you

must stream or load the entire "site" or presentation...before the user can

view it. in most cases this is fine...but when you start getting over a few

hundred K, or arguably less....this equals significant download time. The

better alternative is to have an intial flash file (swf) that loads the

welcome page and the general layout of the site...then "within" this

framework, call up other individual .swf's. this allows you to do many

things.....like, have more bandwith intense content...because you can

individually load it...meaning more sound, bitmaps, animations...etc. take a

look at davidgarystudios.com (first that comes to mind) and you can see a

very practical use of the LoadMovie command in his portfolio. he certainly

wouldn't load these from the get go. mastery of loading individual swfs and

using tell targets is key to advanced, quality flash content. i'm still

learning myself :) -t




At 06:48 PM 8/25/1999 -0400, Ronald Mochinski wrote:

>Sorry for the intrusion.  We've been looking over your shoulder regarding some

>of the issues you've been discussing here.  Being very new to Flash, (still

>using the free demo), we are also creating a timeline for our company.  I was

>under the impression that the 'scene' feature was one of Flash's strong points.

>It also seemed logical to break-up each year into a different 'scene' to avoid

>the hassles of scrolling thru a elongated score.  (Being a Director user, I'm

>use to it though.)  I have been having some difficulty when it comes to running

>the movie regarding script errors and 'unlimited STOP loops' according to the

>error message dialogue box.  Could you give us alittle more insight as to your

>opinion regarding the use of 'scenes'.

>

>Much appreciated.

>Ron, Claire and Thai

>CACI Inc.

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>Claire Stefanye

>08/25/99 06:19 PM

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>To:   Ronald Mochinski/BUSDEV/CACI

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John Croteau <croteauerols [dot] com> on 08/25/99 05:29:05 PM

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>Hi James,

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>> As I get deeper into Flash and try more complex

>> things, I'm finding it difficult to come up with the

>> best layout.  Should I use one long timeline so load

>> checking and audio syncing is easier, should I break

>> things up into movie clips and have a simple main

>> timeline, should I use scenes, should I use multiple

>> movies (.swfs)....  ???

>As you do more and more complicated things in Flash you are likely to

>find like most of us Scenes are rarely (very rarely) a good idea in a

>complicated movie.

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>> Is there a good reference on recommendations of when

>> to use what?

>No, partly because there is no one answer.

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>> I started running into this problem when trying to

>> create an intro, load some massive sound files, then

>> start the movie and sync everything up, then have it

>> move on to a simpler navigation/page without the audio

>> etc.  Sounds like I almost should have used 3 seperate

>> movies - but then how would I sync up the sound?

>The general rule --

>Use Load movie when you have large movies whose use is not in a

>predetermined order.

>Otherwise use movie clips.

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>See Movie clips as Scenes -->

>http://www.FlashBible.com/members/MovieClips/AsScenes.htm

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