RE: [flasher] Urgent: F5 print files TOO BIG!

[Michael Heliker]

instead of saving them as swf files from Illustrator, why don't you copy and

then paste them into your flash file? Don't try to open them like a regular

file, but simply copy and paste. You have to ungroup a couple of times if

you want to be able to edit  them, but I do it all the time.


that way you're only working with vectors. 


HTH,


MIchael

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Michael Heliker

Technical Specialist

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

630-649-6588

michael [dot] helikerncrel [dot] org

http://www.ncrel.org

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> 

> This is an urgent problem. My client needs it fixed by Wednesday.

> 

>   I've programmed Flash 5 to act as a layout app to print stylized 

> letters in arbitrary strings. It's Korean Leather Brush Art to be used 

> as souvenirs at  SeaWorld in San Diego. (See www.brush-art.com)

> 

>   The letter files were done in Illustrator and saved as .swf files. 

> They are strung together by using loadMovie() repeatedly. It all works 

> fine. But apparently Illustrator can only save them as bitmaps.

> 

>   When 2-3 letters are scaled larger, the print files grow as large as 

> 200 MB!! Even 12 smaller letters yield a print file of only 7MB.

> 

>   These files need to be printed in less than 5 minutes so that the 

> tourists won't walk away.