Re: FLASH: publishing large file in Flash on a CD

[Phil Ward]

Hi David,


To answer your last point first...you would be better off using Director for

this project as you have so many pix.


Failing that if you have Fireworks save all the pix as 8 bit png files (you

can set the images to 100% dither if it helps the image, but this increases

file size).


If you use png files remember to go to the image properties box and change

the default setting of JPEG to lossless gif/png.


To aid loading I would suggest breaking up your movie into your 5 sections

(or more) and creating seperate swf files and use load movie commands to

call the required section.


As for the memory requirement when being played back...the movie will stream

from the CD...so you should be ok there.


Hope this helps a bit.


Regards


Phil


----- Original Message -----

From: David Patterson <

davidbigfishmedia [dot] com

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To: <

flashershocker [dot] com

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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:40 PM

Subject: FLASH: publishing large file in Flash on a CD



> Hi all - new listee here with a question or two...

>

> I am creating a Flash movie to be published on a CD for a

> sales presentation. Movie has a Flash introduction (80k),

> and then it basically becomes a slide show using many

> photographs. I have imported the photographs into Flash at

> 600 pixels high and 72 dpi - am I correct in understanding

> that in order to maintain quality of images on full screen

> this needs to be done? File sizes are obviously very large,

> and I have gotten to the point that I cannot publish the

> movie due to lack of memory. Is there a way to reduce the

> file size of the photographs and still maintain a high

> degree of quality? Movie is approximately 8 MB - I am

> running a 233 MHz Powermac G3 with 128 Mb memory (110mb

> assigned to Flash). Is it simply a matter of me needing more

> memory in my computer? Is there a limit to the size of file

> that Flash will allow me to create? Even if I do manage to

> publish an 8mb movie, is there a limit to the size of file

> that a Flash player will play from a CD? Is there a memory

> requirement for the laptop on which the movie is intended to

> be played? If I cannot publish this all as one movie with

> various scenes, is there a way for me to create separate

> movies for each module (five modules) and have play the

> first module (introduction) and have it then go to the

> second module and play that movie etc? (all from the CD). Is

> Flash the appropriate program to be using for this project,

> or am I missing something?

>

> Thanks in advance for any assistance

>

> David Patterson

>

dpattersonime [dot] net

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