Re: FLASH: Need creative advice for job proposal

[Sarah Lamont]

Alan,

You know, www.hillmancurtis.com has some examples of video stuff in

flash. I'm not sure it would tell you how to accomplish it, but his

examples there are insanely SMALL, like, some of the ones that have all

kinds of bitmaps, etc. are only 30K. Maybe if you look through some of

his stuff and his site, you'll come across some tips on making small

files with bitmaps, and even movies.

Maybe this will help...?

:]

�arah


Alan Wilson wrote:

> 

> Hi everyone,

> 

> I got a call from a potential client looking to do a Flash intro for their

> website. What they want to do is show an aerial view of a city skyline shot

> from a helicopter and a voice over saying "Over 60% of the properties you

> see are managed by ____________". They want as much realism as possible and

> have even offered to provide stock footage shot from the helicopter.

> Bandwidth is a problem as the presentation will go over the net and 56k is

> the target. Before I say no, I thought I'd run it by the list to see if

> anyone has any creative ideas of how to pull this one off. My first thought

> is that Flash wasn't intended for this type of project and we are a few

> years off from having the bandwidth to handle it as a full screen video. I

> thought of converting the images to vector (frame by frame) but what a

> nightmare and I'd hate to attempt it without them knowing in advance that

> they may not like the quality. It's also a "nightmare" trying to explain the

> difference between vector and bitmapped images and what the affect they have

> on Flash and it's performance. The only other option I thought of was to do

> it documentary style with stills, voice over and helicopter sounds. Any

> creative ideas will be greatly appreciated! I need to let them know by

> Thursday if it can be done or not.

> --

> Alan Wilson

> Lightstorm Studio

> Freelance Image Design

>

mailto: lightstormjps [dot] net

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