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Subject: | Re: FLASH: gee whiz |
From: | Bob Schwartz |
Date: | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:13:13 +0100 |
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?
>
>
> regards
>
>
> Marc Hoffman
>
> 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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