Re: FLASH: Flash/Generator Question Please Help!

[Helen Triolo]

They both looked pretty much the same to me.  But Matt W posted this

reply to someone asking why bitmaps look worse when put in multiple

frames that I've dragged out of the database in my sig file:


Q: Why does adding more than one frame to a movie causes the image

quality [of a bitmap graphic in frame 1] to deteriorate?


A: Reason: 

    Bitmaps in one-frame movies are actually treated differently than

when given more frames. Why? To display a bitmap at its highest quality,

playback speed  may be compromised if it's expected to maintain the same

quality. Therefore, when the movie has more than one   frame, image

quality is automatically sacrificed for the sake of performance. It's a

case of quality vs frame  rate. 


    This is how the program is built. We can't necessarily override this

feature.


    However, I should also add that the quality of bitmaps in movies

with more than one frame shouldn't deteriorate *that* badly. 


    If you find that image quality is unnacceptable, try these things:


    1. Set the image quality to "Best" in the Publish Settings. This

setting specifically optimizes bitmaps when played back in the browser.


    2. Change the compression settings in the Library > Bitmap

Properties.


    3. Try resizing the image by 1%. Oddly enough, sometimes Flash can

be quirky when rendering bitmaps (shifting, banding, etc) and it can be

corrected by doing something minor such as adjusting size or alpha, ever

so slightly.


    4. Bring the image in again in a different format.


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U-Neek wrote:

> 

> I have posted this to the macromedia generator forum on 3 separate

> occasions--Sadly, I never got a response =(

> 

> Hopefully someone here can help me out or point me in the right direction

> 

> Here it goes:

> 

> I have been having problems using technote #14368. The resulting graphic

> is not displayed properly in the final .swf. Here is the really strange

> part: It displays properly if there is only one frame in the movie. As

> soon as I and extra frames the graphic appears messed up again, even if

> I make no changes to the symbol in the timeline. I must be missing

> something simple. Can someone please help me with this problem, I can't

> proceed without figuring it out.


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