RE: FLASH: Business practices

[Eric Smollin]

This is always a hot topic. The general consensus is that the FLA is

artistic property and should not be handed over unless specified in the

contract. If you do hand over the FLA make sure you get paid extra for it (a

lot extra).


I am currently in a situation where the client provides me a Freehand file

containing all of the graphics and I simply build the Flash and animate it.

In this case the art was not mine to begin with, so I don't have an issue

with handing over the FLA to the client.


Good Luck

-Eric-



>I do Flash freelance, and at the end of the project the client often asks

me

>for the .fla files.  Is this standard? What do you fellow freelancers do?

>I always give them if they ask me for them but this kinda seems like I'm

>removing myself from the equation.  What do people think?

>-Carl


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