Re(2): FLASH: smoothing gif edges

[Jefferis Peterson]

>I would definitely think of the problem as being a part of manipulating the

>resulting vectors more than the preceding bitmap.  I would shy away from

the

>techniques (tending towards over-sharpening contrast) that will create the

>distinct edges in the bitmap for the vectors to recreate, but there may be

a

>better answer to your specific project.


I use a lot of the techniques you suggest. But some things, like faces

and skin tones have to start out as gifs, pngs, or jpegs or else you

really lose it. There is nothing in Flash to produce the rasterized

smoothness of such an image. I mean you can create cartoon like faces,

but nothing realistic.


After tracing a bit map and turning it into a vector... optimizing,

etc... the file size ... the images aren't as small as pure vectors, but

I don't see any way around it.


Jeff


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