RE: FLASH:Use of Scenes(Was: What's the difference...?)

[Eric Smollin]

When your FLA file gets compressed into an SWF file, all of your scenes get

flattened into one layer and one timeline. Therefore, tell targets often

don't work, and targeting a frame number in another scene will never work

since the frame numbers change upon export. 


In the past I never used scenes, but I recently took on a client who had a

template that they insisted I use that is based on scenes. The Flash is

extremely linear, so it doesn't have a big impact on the functionality.

However if you are building a dynamic, non-linear site, scenes are

definitely not the way to go; IMO.


Good Luck 

-Eric-



>I agree with what you are saying as far as organization.I sometimes use

>Flash in that manner as a Storyboarding Tool to help illustrate things to a

>project manager or whoever (I use Director in that manner as well). I will

>take my storyboard fla and open as a library and have at it.


>As far as lag differences I have noticed that for a scene with no bitmaps

>and very few vectors (in other words not much) there is not much lag at

>all,but with a scene of an substance or complexity scenes really blow. I

>guess if you like the scenes that much you can always use a preloader up

>front. You can often make a fun preloader as well..


>Sorry to venture off there,but as far as scenes go I never use them for

>production work especially since the arrival of movie clips.


>There you have it my view of scenes,but to each their own:)


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