Re: FLASH: jpeg Compression ? and Flash

[unique]

>

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:50:52 -0500, unique <uniqueptd [dot] net> wrote:

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>>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.

>

>>Ken Sherwood

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>Ken, so  pulling in 336k jpeg 600px x 400 px comps is better than scaling

>it down to 200px x 150px, e.g. before hand... then scaling the graphic

>down in Flash???


Well, that's part of it. More detail in a larger version, but still 

much lost via jpeg compression. And there are varying levels of 

compression, as well.


>BTW, I thought bitmaps are .gifs... and jpegs.  Both are rasterized are

>they not? Only vectors are not bitmaps... or am I wrong here?


gifs and jpegs have been compressed ... *lossy* compression, which is 

irreversible. Colors lost, compromises made. Use the original bmp, 

tiff, etc.


HTH,


Ken Sherwood


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