RE: FLASH: Imported png is STILL dithered in Movie

[John Dowdell]

At 9:26 AM 9/11/0, Kathy Reddin wrote:

>Whew! Thanks for all the help!

>Here's what I did to solve the dithering problem:

>1) First I re-saved my embossed circle out of PhotoShop again and tested it

>with different settings. PNG-24 Transparency was the best, but that didn't

>fix the problem when I updated the imported file.

>2) I checked to see if I was scaling the image down to a smaller size after

>I imported it....BINGO! That was the problem.

>3) I resized my image in PhotoShop and exported as a PNG-24 Transparency

>again (it took several tries to get it the right size I needed).

>4) I imported the resized PNG and created another layer to test it. In a

>side by side comparison, the scaled version was dithered and the untouched

>one looked great!


I'm glad you're able to get on with your work. For what it's worth,

fixed-resolution pixel-based images are more a sideshow than the main

attraction in this fast-loading, resolution-independent delivery format.

What you describe has happened to others too.


If you have to stuff a SWF with photographs, then try using a dedicated

JPEG compressor to crunch the file down (Fireworks is the strongest here),

and after importing the photo set the bitmap's library options to "use

external JPG compression". (The Macromedia Flash authoring tool itself can

apply generic JPEG compression to all bitmaps, but for significant

photographic content then it's better to tune the compression toe ach

image.)


Sometimes people make buttons in Photoshop, just because they already

learned that photo-procesor... it's much stronger to make vector-based

buttons in Macromedia Flash itself.


jd







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