Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

[Laura Mollett]

> Make sure you get one of the newer ones ... find out exactly what that means

> (someone who "should" know told me that they've totally revamped the G4 chip

> -- IBM is making it now, not Motorola any more).

AFAIK, Apple signed a deal with IBM to allow them to help produce the chips,

due to a fear that Motorola wouldn't be able to produce enough, but they

should be the same chips and both companies continue to produce them. I hope

this is true :) Anyway, that's what I heard several months ago.


>> Flash 4.0a has a suggested size of 14k (flash 4 suggested 10.5 - is that

>> really better memorry management, to suggest it needs more memory? ;)

>

> If it gives me a stabler Flash, I'll take it!

well, it's not helping me much as I already had mine set at more than twice

the recommended size :) It's just a recommendation for how much you need,

doesn't do anything... and it's not enough.


> It would still help me to know if the 16-28 : 1 ratio holds true. How much

> memory do others need to have allocated to open a real big one? Real stats

would

> really help me here (Mac only).

that sounds about right (I need 32 to 40 to work with an almost 2 (1.7) meg

file (which is ridiculous) so half that for a 1 meg file). Be careful when

getting these numbers though, as the file might well open with much less,

but you'd have trouble working with it - crashes, or lots of out of memory

type errors if you try to do something intensive (copy/paste frames is the

one that gets me a lot) or just lock-up.


> Regarding the *Flash 4 Magic" Monster Movie file for project number one: look

> what I found.

Thanks for the info, that's awfully good to know :)


Laura


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