Re: FLASH: bad scenes?

[Christina Tracy]

Big Thanks!


That is what I though JGL! Although, I thought I was loosing my mind.


I did a search at MM and a few other sites and could not find anything on scenes

that was relevant.


Pretty bad news though considering the person who started this

project is targeting all over the "continent".

 THe files the client has

been looking at are exe. files so the possible problems are less likely???

Is that right?


I understand what you mean by static use.... that is the only way I could

think it would work. They of course want it to be more dynamic!!!!


Major Thanks.



JGL wrote:


> Actually, when published, scenes flatten out and are added in order to the

> end of the time-line.

>

> Movie Clips offer an independant/simultaneous timeline.

>

> IMO, scenes are an authoring convenience and really serve no other purpose.

> Movie Clips, on the other hand are also an authoring convenience but allow

> you to create simultaneous timelines and targeting ability. If you are

> planning to build interactivity, scenes are not a good way to go.

>

> Why are scenes bad?

> You lose control over timelines and frame numbers. Those frame numbers in a

> scene are irrelevant once published. Frame 4 in scene 2 can end up being

> frame 562 once published.

>

> Quote: Eric Smolin:

> "When your FLA file gets compressed into an SWF file, all of your scenes get

> flattened into one layer and one timeline. Therefore, tell targets often

> don't work, and targeting a frame number in another scene will never work

> since the frame numbers change upon export."

>

> Scenes are good for static movies (is that a term?), those that start, play

> and end.

>

> jgl

>

> -----Original Message-----

> Using scenes and movieclips go hand in hand.  Scenes are not better or

> worse, they serve a larger function.  Scenes break apart a movie into easy

> to use chunks.  If your building a Flash navigation system for a website,

> you may want to place the Flash navigation inside its own frame on the html

> page, and use scenes to break apart the Flash movie..  So you could have

> each scene highlight the button that the user clicked on.  That way the user

> will visually see which button they clicked to get to a specific page.

>

> "I did read that scenes are not supported in a

> swf?? Is that right???"

>

> That is incorrect.  Scenes are supported in swf files.

>

> Jeremy

>

> -----Original Message-----

> Is it common to develop using a lot of scenes? I am using Flash 4

> and trying to pick up where someone left off...ie they have 3 flas

> and 5 scenes and about 36mcs. No functioning navigation page

> that is one of the many changes to be made.

> I always thought it was better to use 1 timeline and lots

> of movie clips. Am I way off here?

>

> I can't find much info. I did read that scenes are not supported in a

> swf??

> Is that right???  This project is for the web.

>

> Any tutorials or wisdom majorly appreciated!

>

> Christina

>

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