Re: FLASH: Sharing resources over scenes

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Thanks for your response!


Yea, I follow you... but this isn't a typical project. I'm building an

emulator for a PalmV with no animation... just static "screen shots". The

navigation is setup in 3 sections with 60 or 70 static gifs per section.  If

I set up all the screens that appear in the pda interface as movie clips, it

would be a bummer doing the file management. If I break the swf into 3

sections, I would wind up with a wait while the next section loads...and the

client doesn't want that. If I set everything up in scenes, then I would be

able to do just one short preload in the beginning. Hope this makes sense.


Alan


>

From: "Karin Christensen" <karincccosmo [dot] net>

>

Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 11:43:38 -0700

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Sharing resources over scenes

> 

> This is my personal preference, but I think you will save yourself

> alot of headaches if you learn to use movie clips (mc's).  You can

> create a fairly complex movie with a short time line, tell targeting

> is simpler and it will be  easier to revise later on, which, trust me

> you will want or need to.

> 

> Just my $0.02,

> Karin

> 

>> A long time ago I read on the list that using scenes to organize

> your movies

>> wasn't a good idea because it increases file size. If I remember

> correctly..

>> the post said that symbols are not shared from each scene...so if

> you put a

>> bitmapped image on the stage in scene one, then convert to a symbol

> and use

>> it in scene two... it would increase the file size.

>> 

>> I'm starting a project and the structure would be best for me to use

> 3

>> scenes and share symbols between scenes... but I don't want to pay

> the

>> penalty of increased file size due to using scenes. I suppose I

> could put it

>> all together in one scene but it might result in a very complex

> timeline.

>> Breaking it into 3 scenes would be much easier to manage. I ran a

> simple

>> test of where I created two identical files with the exception of

> one of

>> them having two scenes. I didn't see any difference in file size in

> the

>> resulting swf.

>> 

>> Am I missing something here? Just what are the penalties of using

> scenes?

>> 

>> Thanks in advance

>> 

>> Alan

> 

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