Re: FLASH: Flash: 8-bit probs with graphics

[Marc Hoffman]

At 09:34 AM 3/8/99 -0700, you wrote:

>Hello all,

>

>I'm new to Flash but have what should be an easy question. I have an

>interface built with buttons that look terrific in 16-bit or higher

>resolution but if I change the resolution to 8-bit (256 colors) I get lines

>around all of the buttons showing where they all fit together.  Ugly!

>

>Is it showing my Hit state of my button which I created by making a box

>around the area I want?


Your hit area should be a solid fill (color is irrelevant) and should exist

only in the HIT frame of the button (in the edit window). Likewise, the

other graphics should exist only in the UP, OVER, and DOWN frames.


The default palette of Flash is web-safe and should not create artifacts on

8- or 32-bit screens. Sometimes there will be ghosts in 16-bit screens

because the color matching of Flash and the browser won't coincide exactly

even for the same RGB-value color.


If you are using gradients, you are demanding more than 8-bits from the

video display and there will be dithering that may be unacceptable.

Sticking to solids will avoid this.



Marc Hoffman

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