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

[Marc Hoffman]

At 06:48 PM 7/13/98 -0700, you wrote:

>At 11:01 PM 7/12/98 -0700, you wrote:

>>I'd love to hear from any of you who have suggestions as to what they'd

>>like to see changed/improved in the Flash 3 book. All of the new features

>>will be covered, there will be entirely new case studies. The Design in

>>Motion Suite and Fireworks will also get some coverage, specifically as

>>regards ways in which these programs can be used to enhance Flash.

>>

>


I would find it incredibly helpful to have a chart listing various types of

Flash elements

and the resultant file size.  For example, I know it's been mentioned that

using a

gradient fill adds x amount of file size (5k???).  To have a way of gauging

this up

front would be great (as opposed to having to create the movie, then

monitor the 

loading/streaming process, and trying to guess what elements are bottlenecking

the movie).  A calculator for sound file size would be handy, too.  Is

there a formula

for the size of an Illustrator size after import to Flash?  And how might one 

calculate the ability of various speed machines and types of display cards

(including

video RAM) in keeping up with movie animation (complexity X window size)? All

this would make planning more of a science.


And actually, if John C. or anybody else could provide some tips on this

subject,

it would be nice not to have to wait for the book to come out.


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