Re: FLASH: GIF vs JPG in Flash movie?

[Timothy Layton]

Thanks !!! I will give it a try with Fireworks as well.



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Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 8:14 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: GIF vs JPG in Flash movie?



> Yes take advantage of PNG for importing into Flash. Since it matters not

> for which browser or browser version a person is using as long as they

> have the Flash plugin.

>

> I also found that Fireworks is nice and easy for doing up PNGs. I save my

> graphics as BMPs and then open them up with FW3 and export them

> as PNGs.

>

> Note: When saving a PNG with an indexed transparent color. The file

> MUST be brought back into FW3 and resaved before importing into Flash.

> I don't know why but if you don't do this Flash will index the wrong color

> as being transparent.

>

> An easy way of testing this is to take a black and white picture and

choose

> either color as being transparent then import that pic into Flash... you

will

> notice the opposite color being transparent.

>

> At 11:33 PM 23/01/2000 -0600, Tim Layton wrote:

> >I would like to take advantage of the many extras that the PNG graphic

> >format has to offer but wanted to make sure there was no impact on my

users

> >before taking the journey.  If I import PNG files into my Flash 4 movie

will

> >the clients have any issues viewing the graphics from their IE 3/4/5 or

NS

> >3/4 browsers?  I own Photoshop 5.5 and typically scan in my pictures and

> >photographs so exporting to the PNG format would be very easy for me.

>

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