Re: FLASH: FLASH : getting a bit confused !

[John Croteau]

Hi Ben,


> Am I correct in assuming that it is best, and most efficient to have

> as littlle as possible "tweening" in the main timeline  (be it shape

> or motion)?

No, it is often just slightly less efficient byte wise to put things in

MCs but it is generally better design because of the flexibility and

potential options.


> I am lead to believe that all-or most- tweenig must happen in MC's .

Not at all, it just that keeping everything on the main timeline is very

unflexible and can make making changes in structure very difficult.

Movie Clips (and Load Movie) also make it possible to have more than one

unsynchronized action happening at the same time.


> Just too get it straight , is this the msot efficient method , and

> most likely to produce a nicely streaming movie ?

It depends, there is no one answer to such a broad question.


Flash loads one layer after the other, one frame after another.

Nothing can play until everything in a particular layer is loaded and

that can't happen until everything in previous layers and frames are

loaded first.


Use the Report and Bandwidth Profiler to determine how well a movie will

stream.


A movie that streams well loads frames (on the main timeline) as fast or

faster than it needs them to play. A movie that streams well should be

light in its first frames.


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