Re: FLASH: gee whiz

[Bob Schwartz]

nice to see u again, marc.  actually the cleverness reminded me of your site, 

which i have admired and shown on more than one occasion...each time I had to 

resist the strong, dishonest urge to say "i did that!"<g>.

> 


Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media) wrote:

> Use right-click>zoom and you will see the pixels that tell you it is a 

> bitmap.<,


hmmm...of course...in fact, one of my friends, carlos ayala, is a flasher who 

comes here and he suggested that very thing.


 There are some vector elements added (such as the clock 

> hands).  Note the fixed size, which is a consequence of needing to keep the 

> bitmap at its original size (otherwise pixelization occurs).<,


why did they not convert these...too much detail lost?


also, it does take a long time to load and it has been suggested to me that it 

had to do with the way they put the graphics together.


given that there is not *that* much in the way of graphics, can you suggest, 

"why" and how they ought to have done it?


  Easiest way to 

> make things appear in the monitor is to have a mask above them, limiting 

> their visible area to the shape of the monitor screen.<<


ahhhh...thanks.


>> Awhile back, I 

> created an all-vector, scalable Flash page on the same theme (virtual 

> desk), on display at http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler/ik-dumb.htm. I 

> must admit, however, I do like the softness of the bitmap used on the site 

> you referenced.<<


I'll go there now.  did u ever do anything with it?

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> regards

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> 

> Marc Hoffman

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marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com).

> My Flash Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>

> (featured in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn)

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