FLASH: Regarding pictures and sounds

[OMjolnir]

Hi!  I was just hired to do two sites for some local bands.  Being relatively 

new to Flash and publishing sites to the web, I was hoping to get some advice 

before I started these projects!  I intend to do them exclusively in Flash 

since essentially, it's all I know outside of my Trellix Web site builder 

program!  :-)


Both of these sites will have a ton of photographs on them.  Any advice you 

can give me on keeping file size low?  Should I import as jpegs or bitmaps?  


As far as sounds go, I'll be importing as wavs (obviously) but was a little 

confused as far as the compression choices go.  Should I keep it at mp3 or 

would another setting be better?  And, is it possible to have downloads OUT 

of flash? Yes, actionscripting is still a foreign language to me! :-)


And lastly (for now), one site wants an intro with a montage of past and 

present photos.  Do you think 30 seconds is too long for a MTV like montage 

of sound and images?


Thank you so much for your help!!


Rogue

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