Re: FLASH: About Quality...in presentations

[John Croteau]

Hi Jose,


> ...but the question stands.  I guess you guys are assuming my flash

> presentation is for the Web since you all talk about fixing the problem

> in the HTML code. The purpose of my animation is to hand it out on

> floppy disks, I would like to assure that the animation will always play

> in HIGH QUALIY without the user having to fix the problem. I hope I'm

> making sense.


Unless otherwise specified we assume that Flash is meant for the general

Web. If a project is meant for IntraNet, CD or Projector use please let

us know when posting a problem.


A Flash movie will always start in High quality in the player or

projector. I don't have an .swf file that doesn't stream well enough

that it reduces its quality to Low (so I can't do any testing right

now).

There is no setting to maintain High quality except from HTML or as a

special ActiveX only command. There is an Action in Flash 'Toggle

Quality' where you can use a button or frame to toggle the Quality.


I would test on a 486 and make sure your movie streams well enough on a

slower computer (in other words doesn't reduce Quality). Use the report

and Bandwidth profiler to analyze where you need to make changes.



> If anybody has had experience with preparing their flash animations for

> simple presentations (not for the Web), I have another question: Is

> there anyway I can make the whole desktop go BLACK so the only thing to

> be viewed would be my presentation.

One of the special FSCommand Commands for players and projectors is

FullScreen, set the Argument to True and place it as a frame Action in

frame 1. It's in the Book on page 127 and can be found in the Help in

the Flash program. You would set the background color in your Flash

movie.


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