RE: FLASH: Layers and memory issue

[Eric Smollin]

Steven Gee wrote:


>Does anyone know off hand if *solely* having more layers in a movie makes

>it larger than a movie that does the exact same thing functionally with

>fewer layers?  I'm not talking about other streamlining techniques

>(i.e. grouping, symbols, etc.).  Just layers.  For example, two movies

>have the same number of instances of the same symbols doing the same

>things (same number of masks and guides also); however, one of them uses

>two layers and the other uses seven.

>

>If no one knows, I'll do a quick study to find out for all.  Just

>wondering if anyone knew (POSSITIVELY FROM EXPERIENCE AND NOT IMPLICITLY 

>FROM MM DOCUMENTATION).  



Hey Steven, that's a good question. I know that once you export your FLA to

an swf file, it gets compacted into one layer. However I don't know how that

effects processor speed. 


If you happen to do a quick study I would really be interested to hear your

results.


Eric Smollin, Multimedia Instructional Designer

PlanSoft Corporation

www.plansoft.com


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