Re: FLASH: flash file sizes

[John Dowdell]

>1.Ive had to import quite a large image. Its only one colour

>so i though i could trace it. Even though ive optimised the gif

>before importing it the file size of the swf file still seems quite

>large. Im not 100% sure how to do tracing. So i delete the jpg from

>the library afterwards?


There's more info in the replies to this FAQ in the crosspost to

alt.macromedia.flash.... ;-)


(Subtext: It's usually better to read existing information than to push

multiple requests onto groups of other people... everyone wants to see you

succeed, so it can hurt a bit if  people each retype the same info for you

in various places where a post is copied.)


(And btw, I'd strongly echo Andy's advice to try it at a few tracing

settings before choosing one, and if you're deleting a bitmap from the

library then "Save As" to see the FLA size shrink (although the SWF

wouldn't carry unused elements anyway), and if you can then try mockups of

the overall page design on a few clunky slow-modem machines before choosing

which way to go.)


jd







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