RE: FLASH: screen captures

[David Owen]

Actually bumping up jpeg to 100% does not result in a lossless or even near

lossless bitmap. After considerable testing I have found that the 100%

setting does not give you the same quality jpeg that you would expect from a

similar setting in Photoshop or Debabilizer. 


If you want the best possible looking bitmap then use the Lossless setting.

Beware that there is a hefty size penalty to pay for this. Jpegs are always

smaller.


A note about bitmap compression: the nature of your image makes a big

difference in how it will appear after jpeg compression. An image with a lot

of noise (lots of changes in the image) will fare much better than one that

has soft gradients and subtle changes. This is especially true with Flash

jpegs.



* Owen *


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From: lenhabtcorp [dot] com

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Reply To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Sent: 	Monday, September 28, 1998 2:24 PM

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To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject: 	RE: FLASH: screen captures

> 

> Check your JPG quality level which defaults to 50. Bump it up to 100 to

> not

> lose anything and ensure the biggest possible file size. Find the best fit

> for quality vs. file size from there. Depending on the complexity of your

> screens, you might try the trace bitmap option in Flash to convert them to

> vector. You can sometimes reduce file size that way. With proper settings

> Flash does a very faithful conversion.

> 

> len harrison

> instructional designer

>

lenhabtcorp [dot] com

> 

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