Re: FLASH: Site look over

[Lee Cain]

Jason,

    Thanks, been working trying to thin out thigns, it does begin to chug on

slower machines, have to remember everybody doesn't have a PII400. : )

    I think I caught the shift, it was on my list of things to chase


thanks again,

Lee



Jason wrote:


> Hi,

>

> Very nice. For me there is too much going on. I would avoid the logo

> animation when the other animations are going on both because it is

> distracting and because with a slower CPU, the whole thing looks very

> jilted... I would invest more in making the car's wheels turn when it is

> 'driving' accross the screen, for example. I get the feeling that the white

> monster (yeti) is particularly demanding in terms of processing... Or maybe

> I should upgrade my Mac ;-)

> Two details. Firstly the "Family" logo shifts slightly at the end of the

> tweening. This could be because you have a keyframe after the tween and the

> image isn't perfectly in place or it could be because you have many other

> elements coming in on the last keyframe of the animation (the boat and the

> firefly...) so the computer takes an extra half a second for this keyframe

> than for the others. This causes a jolt in the animation. Put the final

> keyframe of the tween one frame (or more) before the other elements are

> introduced. Secondly, the Fish clip actually loops (and becomes very small

> for 1/2 a second) before being replaced by the next clip. Put a stop frame

> at the end of his clip to stop this.

>

> That's my ha'penny worth.

>

> Good luck with those kids (they're very picky about what they watch, as you

> probably well know :-)

>

> Jason ( a fellow kids' content developer)

>

> Lee Cain wrote:

>

> > Hello Flashers,

> >     Here's a site for folks to check out if they have time. It's

> > specifically designed for high bandwidth, so loading times aren't an

> > issue. : )

> > http://www.mindmagic.com/TFN

> >

> > Thanks for your time!

> > Lee

>

> lrciiimindmagic [dot] com

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