RE: FLASH: B&W Photographs and Flash

[Hiroshi Nakahara]

Import all images in .bmp or png format...the flash exporting process will

allow you to toggle the quality of JPEG compression.


and this I learned recently, but when you fade the b/w in and out.

set your alpha percentages from 0% to 99%, because for some reason, if you

tween your images from 0% to 100% alpha, the images reshift and jump around.


also, if you're planning on fading alot of images, it would be wise to set a

preload action for your images to load first.  You can do this w/ the "if

loaded" command in the actions menu.



Hiro


-----Original Message-----

From: DeJarnett, Gary [

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Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 6:11 PM

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Subject: FLASH: B&W Photographs and Flash



I'm contributing a Flash website for the all-school reunion for the high

school where I graduated.  This will be used to gather contact information

for all past students and should be "flavored" with old black & white

photographs scanned in from yearbooks.


I've appreciated all the excellent advice on color images and Flash and

because I haven't even scanned the images yet, was wondering what I should

be aware of and what "step by step" process I would want to take in getting

the b&w images from the yearbook into Flash.  I come from a programming

background rather than a graphics background, and obviously don't know very

much in this area, but I'm sure the "rules" for b&w are very different from

color.  I have Photoshop 5.5 if that should be used in the process.


I've been thinking that, if possible, I would like to fade in and out

several random images depending on the graduation year of the user (maybe

while playing the school song?)  For example, if a person graduated in 1975,

I would want to use several images from the mid-seventies (after they have

told me their graduation year).  If you have any warnings for me as I look

at different ways of doing this, or any other ideas on making a "reunion

site" better with Flash, I would like to hear them.  My goal is for this to

be a "no wait" Flash site, so I'll probably fade the images in and out as

they are loaded.  I realize I'll have to think of something else to

entertain the user (school trivia?) while the school song loads if I use it.

I don't consider "entertainment time" the same as waiting time.


Finally, the database is currently in Microsoft Access, but can be ported to

SQL Server if needed.  Moving data in and out of Flash with an ODBC

connection inside an ASP page has worked well for me so far.  My next step

is to decide who to host with.  I'm footing the bill for this out of my own

pocket (another contribution to the reunion), so if you have any suggestions

on SQL Server hosting at reasonable rates and good speeds, feel free to make

them. 


Thanks,


Gary (

dejarnettttu [dot] edu

 <

dejarnettttu [dot] edu (mailto:dejarnettttu [dot] edu)

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