Re: FLASH: jpeg Compression ? and Flash

[Alan Wilson]

>> I am curious about compression settings and Flash.

>> 

>> I try to reduce all my images before importing them into Flash.




> Do not compress images nor sounds before importing into Flash. Use

> bitmaps for images rather than jpeg or gif, if possible.

> 

> Allow *Flash* to manage/control the compression.

> 

> HTH,

> 

> Ken Sherwood


Now I'm really confused... Are you sure about this? I have "read" elsewhere

(sorry, don't have the post to quote) that Flash does a lousy job with

compression. It was suggested to do compression in a program that handles it

better.. such as Imageready or Fireworks, then tell Flash to use the

imported image data on export (image property settings in the library).


Also... why would you want to convert images to "bitmap" over using JPEG

unless you want a certain effect? Isn't the compression and quality better

using JPEG? 


(Unless of course you want your image to have only black and white values,

but then it should be traced and converted to vector instead...)



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Alan Wilson

Lightstorm Studios

Freelance Image Design

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