Re: FLASH: MC vs. timeline question

[dartfrogmedia]

At 07:43 PM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote:

>I just finished the tutorial from the  manual. Are there some objective

>reasons to go with movieclips for navigation rather than having

>conditions set up for jumps in the time line (with quasi-scenes)?

>

>Faster? Smaller? Easier?

>

>Thank you,

>

>U.

>


I would concur with everything John C. says. Since a movie clip must load

entirely before playing, this can complicate smooth loading. On the other

hand, movie clips can be parked in frames where they have no visible

content, so all clips can be present at the same point in the timeline and

can be called to appear and play in any combination. What I have found is

that it's usually best to use the timeline as a loading device; that is,

start a Flash design by figuring out how content will stream smoothly, and

spread it out on the timeline accordingly. Starting with that as the basis,

I then put most of my animations into movie clips for the reason stated

above and also to keep the timeline less cluttered.


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