Please see this link: https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
They do something really nice by slowly zooming in until the face is enlarged
to 108%
I want to do the same, but everything I do ends up looking very pixely as it
enlarges
any ideas / actionscript / etc. on how to do this?
Thanks!

tried that, same thing happens
I also tried different frame rates, different resolutions, and breaking apart the image first. to no avail

Here: http://wwwpicantedesign.com/test.html
This is what it's looking like, very bumpy. Very unlike the National geographic one

if the original image is a .jpg, make sure you are not compressing it again in
flash.
i'd suggest starting with a .bmp or .png, because they use non-lossy
compression,
then import it and set compression to minimum. (if it works ok, increase the
compression a bit at a time to find optimal)
follow kglads suggestion, never scale above the actual size of the image.
make sure movie quality is set to high.

Ok, I've followed all the instructions, and it is still doing this weird thing
as it enlarges
http://www.picantedesign.com/test.html
I imported the National geographic file and the image ended up being 108% the
original size. additionally - if the image isn't a jpg it will be too heavy -
the NG one is only about 22 k
Help!
someone suggested that maybe it is zooming in and not enlarging. any ideas of
what actionscript would do that?