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Subject: | RE: FLASH: New sites review |
From: | Carlos Ayala |
Date: | Tue, 4 May 1999 21:29:23 +0100 |
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Hi Simon,
Please expect my e-mail off list.
I have some ideas brewing.
Carlos
At 09:48 AM 5/4/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Thanks for the spirited defence of me...
>
>>>The images are a key part of the aesthetic, and he should NOT
>> loose them.
>>
>>Thanks for the aesthetic lesson.
>>But as far as the size of the .swf file is concerned the
>>bitmap usage or
>>mismanagement of them is what is hurting the site.
>>
>>>They add depth and a photo realistic quality that is usually
>>missing from
>>basic
>>>animations.
>
>I would be loath to lose the bitmaps from the design. However if it's going
>to improve the file size then I will, I'm not prone to bloody mindedness
>over things like this.
>
>>
>>::standing ovation on this one:: Thanks for the "depth"
>>lesson. But if you
>>knew anything about Flash 3 then you would know that animating bitmaps
>>should be #1 on the do not do list; that is until MM can
>>figure out a way
>>to use them to their full capacity and actually animate them
>>without the
>>whole trace thing. Futhermore the site in question Has No Animated
>>Bitmaps....its loaded with masks. I'm sure Simon could attest to this.
>>Believe me Drew i cracked the .swf wide open and studied the swf before
>>making my observations.
>
>Exactly right.
>
>>
>>For your info....noone will stick around if the bitmaps are not handled
>>correctly.
>>And if the preloader is not cut down at least threefold.
>
>Please believe me when I say that it isn't the bitmaps that are the problem.
>I just deleted them all from the library, exported the SWF and it was still
>491k???
>
>> No design tips were given.
>
>Apart from about Scan Lines :) (I was more worried about the site being a
>little VolumeOne, but thankfully it moved away from that.)
>
>>"Accept reality for what it is and not for what you think it may be"
>
>(Or want it to be.)
>
>Simon
>
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