Re: FLASH: Minimizing Movie Size

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Jefferies,

	The first technique I mentioned only has to do with the file size of

the fla file. is this what you were referring to? I didn't see that it

was so maybe you could explain.

	A techniques that can help with file size of a final file exported to

swf. 

	Go into each symbol and select each shape or line one at a time, then

select Modify/Curves/Optimise. Start at the highest level of

optimization and see how it looks. If it is too much, undo and try a

somewhat lower setting for optimize. This can be time consuming but it

can result in smaller file size.

	I wasn't clear what you meant by 32 symbols. Is that one symbol for

each frame of the animation?  Or is this one symbol for different

elements of the drawing? Is this drawing an animation or is the entire

ship being animated as a whole (movie clip or graphic)? As in moving 

the ship along a path and/or giving it a rocking motion? What is the

final size of the swf? 


	

Dorian


Jefferis wrote:

> 

>

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:15:21 -0400, Dorian Nisinson <dorianbway [dot] net>

> wrote:

> 

> Dorian,

> could you please explain why this effect works?

> 

> I am wondering if I could have benefited from this technique in this

> situation:

> I created a ship in Freehand, and it was exported to Flash, but it

> created 32 symbols in the process. I am not sure that what you are

> describing would have reduced the symbols or the size of this major

> graphic...

> 

> Jeff

> 

> >. If by any chance you are

> >talking about the fla size try this:

> >Copy frames and layers of just the vectorized artwork you created in

> >Flash.

> >open a new movie the same stage size as the original.

> >paste frames in the new movie. the size reduction in terms of the Fla

> >should be dramatic.

> >       If you are talking about file size of the swf, if is a bit more

> >complicated. First, I would check each object in each frame with

> >Modify/Curves/optimize to see if you were more complex in the tracing

> >than you needed to be. After that it is harder to explain.

> >

> >Dorian

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