Re: FLASH: Here is me two cents regarding, hit areas for buttons

[John Croteau]

Hi Marc,


> >> I take button making one step further then what John mentions below by

> >> after deleting the border, I make the fill a symbol entitled "hit".

> >> Then I reuse this hit symbol for all my buttons be resizing the symbol

> >> appropriately.  It pays of in file size if there are a significant

> >> number of buttons with basically the same hit shape.

> >This is a good tip with one small note. If the hit area is a simple

> >rectangle it is cheaper just to drw a new rectangle, but this is a good

> >idea for most any other shape that is more complex including simple

> >ovals and circles.

> While we're on the topic, my method is to draw a rectangle around the

> active area (using onion skinning to see where I'm covering).  Then with

> the arrow tool I pull the corners where I need them, pull the sides into

> whatever curves I need, and add points (ctrl-drag) if necessary.  Fill it

> in and delete the outline.  Quick and simple.  So, John, if I use only four

> vertices and some curves, is that cheaper than reusing a symbol?

I think so, it would be close.

But, I didn't test this exactly.

Testing these things are complicated because there are so many variables

and I have continued to develop techniques to try to define the byte

costs of using Flash. That is why all my bytes costs are approximate and

do change slightly as I improve my analysis.

http://www.FlashBible.com/members/ByteCosts/ByteCosts.htm


The reason I have "* Note, all costs are subject to change." is not

because Flash changes but my understanding and analysis changes and is

hopefully is improving.


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