Re: FLASH: optimizing

[John Dowdell]

At 11:53 PM 1/11/0, Dustin Krysak wrote:

> Can anyone point out what to avoid in your animations? I.E. alpha

> tweens and so on? Some hints on sound?


Authoring choices that have an effect on playback speed are listed on p225

of the Flash 4 manual (or if you're in the trial, search on term

"optimize"). These are the most frequent issues.



> ...my load times are horrible.


The time until a piece starts isn't necessarily related to the total

filesize or rendering complexity. For a fast start, the key is to start the

presentation with smaller media, and to save larger media loads until later

in the movie. This lets the file start animating right away.


More info on this general topic, along with many specific tips and

scenario, is available by searching the Flash technotes with keywords such

as "stream" or "optimize OR optimizing". (Technote Power Search URL is in

sig, below.)


jd






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