Re: FLASH: images quality

[Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media)]

At 04:37 PM 8/26/99 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi,

>I have a problem with my movie in FLASH 3. I imported some BMP images in 

>various formats, such as JPG, GIF or PNG. In FLASH they work great, but when 

>I export the movie in Shockwave format those images become awful, in 

>particular the ones with shades and smooth canvas.

>What can I do to encrease the quality of my images?

>Thank you in advance,

>Marco.


Hi Marco,


First, if working in Flash3 do not import JPG if you can help it. JPG is a

lossy compression format, meaning you lose data with every conversion

(import/export). Flash4 can retain original JPG compression and so is more

forgiving. You are safest using GIF, PNG, or PICT (Mac). Also, bitmaps are

best kept at 1:1 ratio, meaning if it's a 100x100 pixel image you import,

you should plan on that image taking up 100x100 pixels on the viewer's

screen. This means using absolute pixel size when specifying the movie size

in the HTML page, or, if creating a projector, using FS Command

AllowScale=False. If the image must be resized or scalable, it is always

better to reduce the size from the original, since bitmaps that are

expanded quickly become pixelated.


The HTML Quality setting ("high" for Flash3 or "best" for Flash3 or 4)

reduces "jaggies" when web-delivered Flash is animating quickly; I don't

believe that's your problem, although you did not really describe what is

"asful" about the appearance of your images.


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