Re: FLASH: Scenes vs. No Scenes

[Daniel Votino]

Charles, good points.  thanx.


~Daniel


>Well Daniel,

>

>Speaking from personal experience, I recently finish a HUGE Flash/Generator

>project (don't worry I'll send it to the list when it's through the

approval

>process) and without scenes I would have been sunk.

>

>The project in question, by it's very nature (and because the client wanted

it

>that way) had to be huge in memory size..... the finished file being

approx.

>500k and the working .fla file being well over 6Mb. It has approx. 300

separate

>symbols in its library and about 75 scenes. Having to manage all that in

one

>scene and one timeline would have been hell. And imagine the problems that

>would occur six months down the road when I'll have to go and update/add-to

>it!!

>

>So although scenes can be a pain in the butt to work with, and can cause

>problems, in the long run, for sheer organization and scaleability, the

scenes

>work best IMHO.

>

>-- Charles A Moulton

>Interactive Designer

>CNN Financial News

>http://www.cnnfn.com

>

>"I swear by my life and my love of it that

>I will never live for the sake of another man,

>nor ask another man to live for mine."

>- John Galt'

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>

>

>Daniel Votino wrote:

>

>> Flasher Friends,

>>

>> Ive have gotten the feeling by a few comments here and there that

"scenes"

>> in Flash, generally speaking, are not "all that".

>>

>> I have solved a few problems I've had by eliminating scenes.  Now I am

>> wondering, what are they going to be used for in my future flashing days.

>>

>> Perhaps someone more experienced with several different projects I have

not

>> run across myself yet could relate to me and others here why one should

not

>> rule out scenes all together.

>>

>> Looking ahead in the construction of a project, it would be very nice to

>> know by reason of forsight, whether or not scenes will be a deterent to

>> creativity or helpful to the final working continuity.

>>

>> Thanks all,

>>

>> ~Daniel

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