Re: What you'd like to see in the upcoming Flash 3 book...

[Mike Greenberg]

Title: Re: What you'd like to see in the upcoming Flash 3 book...

In response that all I can say is try using .png files . Flash loves them actually crunches the size down quite nicely and the quality is great. I would think it would be worth the bandwidth for you to at least give it a try.

Michael

Michael Greenberg
Multimedia/Shockwave Developer (Director and Flash)
Project Manager of Mercavia Web Site
http://www.enquest.com
http://www.mercavia.com

email: macmikeatl [dot] mindspring [dot] com
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>From: Aaron Cushing <acushingc-studios [dot] com>
>To: flashershocker [dot] com
>Subject: RE: What you'd like to see in the upcoming Flash 3 book...
>Date: Wed, Jul 15, 1998, 10:08 AM
>

>>I've read messages from people lauding the benefits of Fireworks. I was
>>seriously considering downloading the demo until I read
>>this------------------------------>>>>>>>>
>>
>>>
>>> That may be the biggest blunder Macromedia made in Fireworks 1.0.
>>> You can't
>>> export the vectors to anything.
>>
>>
>>WHY ELSE would I want it ?? I doubt that it will address my other needs any
>>better than Photoshop 5. The ability to create vector images and export
>>them to Flash would have been my main motivation. I really cannot
>>comprehend that MM did not make this possible!! I'm really
>>disappointed......
>>
>>Carrie
>>
>>
> If you want vector drawing, then use a vector app like Illustrator or
>Freehand. Use Photoshop (and ImageReady and Fireworks) for creating bitmap
>images. Really, as posted earlier, bitmaps will look crappy in Flash
>(especially if a user scales their browser window or zooms in with the
>plugin), and if they HAPPEN to look OK, or you can put up with piexelation,
>then you will still have a filesize problem.
>You'd have a hard time painting a miniature figurine with the same tools
>that you'd use to paint a billboard.
>
>Aaron
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