re: FLASH: newbie questions - generate size report

[Chris Tifer]

Generate a size report in your publish settings.  It will detail exactly how

many bytes each frames contain so you can see exactly where the big hits are

coming from, file-size-wise...


For instance, I used it this morning to learn something very important...

Someone on this list mentioned to use "Paste Special" when pasting, so I

tried a test.  I pasted a simple gradient from Photoshop, I then "Paste

Special" using "Device Independent Bitmap" and then I "Paste Special" using

Adobe Photoshop image.  I was shocked to see the first two pastes over 3 or

4k, while the last one (Paste Special - Adobe Photoshop Image) was a mere 64

bytes.


Can someone maybe tell me if using Paste Special - Adobe Photoshop Image

will prevent it from loading on someone else's machine that doesn't have

Photoshop (I wouldn't think it would)?


Thanks,


Chris Tifer


-----Original Message-----

From: Gavin Prior [

Gavin [dot] Priordk [dot] com (mailto:Gavin [dot] Priordk [dot] com)

]

Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 4:51 AM

To:

'flasherchinwag [dot] com

'

Subject: RE: FLASH: newbie questions, a couple



Hi Jake,


1. You can check out the file size by saving you flash file, right clicking

the icon for your file and looking at the properties.   don't think that

there is any way you can look at individual image sizes within Flash.

 Text isn't vectorised in Flash until you use the "break apart" commmand.

If text is all you have in your movie then file size may not be an issue for

you.

 You can make duplicates of an image in Flash y using the "duplicate movie"

and then set properties for it's position / size etc.


2. No you can't do this.  Every time you create a new symbol it gets put

into the top level .. but then it only takes two seconds to put it into the

correct folder ;]



Hope this helps.

:]me.


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: jakejsap [dot] net [SMTP:jakejsap [dot] net]

> Sent:	Friday, November 19, 1999 6:20 AM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject:	FLASH: newbie questions, a couple

> 

> Hi Flash Folk:

> 

> I am experimenting w/ type, and it has led me to a couple of questions:

> 

> 1.  I have some large (48 pt)...I am converting each letter into a symbol

> becauase I am going to try to put together a complex animation with the

> letters.  Some of the characters are duplicates of one another.  So, I am

> thinking that to reduce file size, I need not have multiples of the same

> character...so I am trying to figure out how to find out how big a symbol

> is.  I was surprised that when clicking the blue I for info in my library,

> I do not see size info.  Where can I find it?  Would letters be so small

> with vectors, that it is negligible and I should not care about

> duplicating

> characters?

> 

> 2.  when in a library, can you create symbols and have them automatically

> reside in a certain folder within the library?  or do you just have to

> drag

> them around in the library into their folders? not a hardship; just seems

> like you should be able to select a folder, create a symbol and have the

> symbol go into that folder.

> 

> TIA.

> -Jake



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