Re: FLASH: IF you were going to do this - how would you?

[John Croteau]

Hi Jeff,


> I have a potential client, to whom I showed a rough draft of a few

> graphics [vector mostly] that morphed from a scroll to a book to a DVD

> disk in Flash. He liked the ideas but wanted it to come from

> photographic pictures not generated graphics....

> If you were going to do this and not create huge bandwidth problems,

> would you

If he insists on Bitmaps then the larger the image on the screen the

larger the file size no matter what technology is used. Flash 3 does not

handle bitmaps efficiently as some other technologies.


> A) use Flash  or some other program like QuickTime?

> and if Flash

Director sounds like a good option if bitmaps are to be used.

There are various morphing programs that can be used from inexpensive to

professional so what program you use for the morphs will depend on the

type of pixs, the control you need and the programs and or budget you

have.


> B} how would you use it to do something like this, since jpgs will not

> morph well:

Flash doesn't do morphing but Shape Tweening which works with vectors

and not bitmaps.



> knowing there will be 9 good quality gif's jpgs...  how would you keep

> the file manageable?

By making them as clean as possible so the resulting morphed images will

compress best.


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