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Help with GIF !!
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A word of enlightenment for those not in the know about Flash...
You can tell Flash to sub in another image if it detects that a user cannot view the Flash image. It can be either static or an animated gif. So at least the majority of users can benefit from the smaller file size and better quality of a Flash animation. Those few still living in the stone ages can stare at a static pic.
This option is found under the "Publish Settings".
More than likely though, if anyone is still browsing with a browser that either doesn't come with or doesn't support Flash, they probably have their images turned off anywho; or don't really care if they can see the animation or not.
You can tell Flash to sub in another image if it detects that a user cannot view the Flash image. It can be either static or an animated gif. So at least the majority of users can benefit from the smaller file size and better quality of a Flash animation. Those few still living in the stone ages can stare at a static pic.
This option is found under the "Publish Settings".
More than likely though, if anyone is still browsing with a browser that either doesn't come with or doesn't support Flash, they probably have their images turned off anywho; or don't really care if they can see the animation or not.
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theKeeper said:
Few? You'll be amazed how many people in North America live in remote areas and don't have any broadband...
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So at least the majority of users can benefit from the smaller file size and better quality of a Flash animation. [/quote]
So compared to gif anim flash gives asmaller file size eh?? \:]
I'd always though flash animations take a longer time to load. Or am I wrong?
So at least the majority of users can benefit from the smaller file size and better quality of a Flash animation. [/quote]
So compared to gif anim flash gives asmaller file size eh?? \:]
I'd always though flash animations take a longer time to load. Or am I wrong?
Mark did not talk about having broadband or not, but about having a browser with the Flash-plugin installed, or possible to install.
Yes, Flash can be smaller than gif, and compuserve, who own gif still talk about charging everyone for using their format, but when you see MarkZebrra's gif size, it will be hard to make it even smaller, and possibly also a bit of nitpicking.
Yes, Flash can be smaller than gif, and compuserve, who own gif still talk about charging everyone for using their format, but when you see MarkZebrra's gif size, it will be hard to make it even smaller, and possibly also a bit of nitpicking.
Flash is nearly always going to be smaller than animated GIf's because its usually vector based.
But for animations like mine that use light and form your only really going to have fairly big files. They have to be bitmaps.
Bitmaps can be moved and combined in Flash using the PNG format. This is a technique that is not often exploited, but actually has enormous power. With one partially transparent bitmap moving and distorting against another you can achieve very complex rich animation at quite small files sizes in Flash alone. With Flash 4 I was expecting this to take off, but it never really did for some reason.
Problem is with both Flash and Animated Gif's ??most people don't even try any more to really compress their work so that its small enough to be easy for everyone to read. Most people assume high bandwidth now.
But for animations like mine that use light and form your only really going to have fairly big files. They have to be bitmaps.
Bitmaps can be moved and combined in Flash using the PNG format. This is a technique that is not often exploited, but actually has enormous power. With one partially transparent bitmap moving and distorting against another you can achieve very complex rich animation at quite small files sizes in Flash alone. With Flash 4 I was expecting this to take off, but it never really did for some reason.
Problem is with both Flash and Animated Gif's ??most people don't even try any more to really compress their work so that its small enough to be easy for everyone to read. Most people assume high bandwidth now.