Re: FLASH: bad scenes?

[Kristopher Wainwright]

This is what I needed to know last week ....


Time to kill the scenes and make them into individual

SWF's.


Besides, mine has 6 scenes and it's already at 476k

...... way too big for dial up connections.



Kris Sends .....




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> wrote:

> 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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