Re: FLASH: Fresh out of ideas - Help!

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 05:41 AM 3/10/00 , you wrote:


> >I'm wondering also, if you outline your blue and green components with black

> >or dark blue if maybe he can then see them without totally altering your

> >image/look/feel?

>

>Is there an easy way to outline text?


Breaking text apart to outline it or to apply other effects will increase 

file size dramatically, especially if there's very much text. For example, 

you can use the letter "A" once or twenty times, and the file size 

difference will be negligible. But break it apart and the file size will be 

twenty times as great!


On the other hand, you could highlight text by copying it to a lower layer, 

selecting a contrasting color for the copied text, and shifting it 

diagonally a few pixels to create a drop shadow or highlight.


If you need a true outline for contrast, then you will need to break the 

text apart in order to apply an outline. Just keep in mind the file size 

consequences. If you just want the outline itself (no fill) then you'd be 

much better off finding a font that actually IS just an outline.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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