Re: [flasher] huge bitmaps - does it worth to resize in Photoshop first?

[Muzak]

Not everyone might agree, but I'd say: Never, ever resize a bitmap in Flash, import it the size you want it to be.

A quick little test would have given you the answer. If you 'break apart' a bitmap in Flash it still is 'connected' to the original

bitmap in the library. So your assumption that it exports the smaller version is wrong I'm afraid.

Try this:

Import a bitmap 640x480 (PNG 32bit) - put it on stage, break apart and export --> I had a 44.5 kB movie


Same bitmap 640x480 (PNG 32bit) - put on stage, break apart and resize to 50x37 (approx) and export --> 44.5 kB movie


Same bitmap, resized in Fireworks to 320x140 (PNG 32 bit) - put on stage, break apart and export --> 16 kB movie


hth,

Muzak


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

From: "Natalia Usselman" <

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Subject: [flasher] huge bitmaps - does it worth to resize in Photoshop first?



> Hi, everybody.

> I know that Flash when exporting swf gets rid of all the extra info that is

> not used in the movie, like unused symbols from the library.

> It seems to me that if I break apart a bitmap and resize it on the stage, it

> will export the smaller version of the image, and not the humongous one from

> the library.

> So I decided not to resize anything in the outside applications and bring in

> like 640 by 480 bitmaps, break them apart and resize them in Flash.

> Is it the right thing to do?

>                                             Thank you for your responce.