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macromedia flash sitedesign : compressing swf files for internet use.
will make your swf movies smaller in file size. as for "jittery", not sure what that means but it doesn't have anything to do woth compression and file size. ****************************************** --> **Adobe Certified Expert** --> www.mudbubble.com --> www.keyframer.com [quoted text, click to view] bB_ wrote:
> Hey. Before you publish .swf files..for a website..would you compress them as > well to improve animation/performance etc..coz i;ve seen a few complex websites > that run very smoothly on my computer but some of my ownprojects can be > slightly jittery at times when viewing online? is there a technique to solving > this??
Hey. Before you publish .swf files..for a website..would you compress them as
well to improve animation/performance etc..coz i;ve seen a few complex websites that run very smoothly on my computer but some of my ownprojects can be slightly jittery at times when viewing online? is there a technique to solving this??
thanks ..yeh that is the compression button i'm talking about. but i'm trying
to solve a jittery animtion in the background. meaning it doesn't run smoothly. ive created a square graphic in Macromedia/(soon to be Adobe) Fireworks which has different effects applied to it to create the impression it is smoke. to make a better, smoother animation would you recommend i save it not as a .png but convert it to something else? ie. jpg or gif? or would this not affect the animation.(series of motion tweens)? i hope you understand what i'm trying to describe. :s
why dont you post the swf so we can look at it...it would make it easier
"soon to be Adobe" happened months ago :)
Try going to www.macromedia.com and note the redirect. As for jittery animation problem - again, nothing to do with compressing the movie. You probably need to adjust the frame rate but if we can't see what you are doing it's all guesswork - can you post the SWF to a URL? ****************************************** --> **Adobe Certified Expert** --> www.mudbubble.com --> www.keyframer.com [quoted text, click to view] bB_ wrote:
> thanks ..yeh that is the compression button i'm talking about. but i'm trying > to solve a jittery animtion in the background. meaning it doesn't run smoothly. > ive created a square graphic in Macromedia/(soon to be Adobe) Fireworks which > has different effects applied to it to create the impression it is smoke. to > make a better, smoother animation would you recommend i save it not as a .png > but convert it to something else? ie. jpg or gif? or would this not affect the > animation.(series of motion tweens)? i hope you understand what i'm trying to > describe. :s
sorry - wasnt trying to patronize - the way you worded that made it sound like you were not aware of
the aquisition of adobe/macromedia - but now i realize you were talking about the next release of fireworks - it was just really unclear what you were trying to say. as for your site - i couldn't wait for the whole thing to load - i mean, seriously, on my broadband connenction i waited 30-40 seconds for the "skin" to load - then once it did i was presented with another loader and waited longer for some other part of the site to load and i simply did not have time to wait to see if there was more to load beyond that - i also didn't know what portion of the site you were talking about. I think before needing website critiquing that maybe you concentrate on optimizing graphics - and we are getting off-topic, not sure if you are still needing advice about jittery animation (try raising the frame rate) or a lesson in overall web design. What I did see looked nice but I tend to shy away from global/general critiques of web design since i don't think i am all that great a designer to give advice and i think the entire topic is too subjective. ****************************************** --> **Adobe Certified Expert** --> www.mudbubble.com --> www.keyframer.com [quoted text, click to view] bB_ wrote:
> hmm.interesting patronism .. but i think you'll find the actual programs Flash > 8 and Fireworks 8 are under the macromedia name and that the version 9's are > the ones which will be released under the Adobe name :) anyway that aside... > > the project is my first..a website for my band..I'm a 17 year old aspiring web > designer and along with your tips on how to make my animation better :s i'd > like any advice on making the site better overall so i can improve on it and be > more the wiser for future projects..if any?? cheers. > > > > http://www.polkemmetpipeband.com > ps. the animation in main im talking about is the fading grey background.
The loader itself is fine. What I mean by "graphics" (if i understand correctly) is the images i am
seeing. Typically, to load a site quickly create a parent "shell" SWF that contains enough graphics and content to keep the visitor entertained. Then have each section loaded dynamically as external SWFs (use loadMovie) when the user clicks to see them. It is not a good use of flash to create a meaga-huge website and make users wait until 100% of it has been loaded - regardless if they care to see 100% of it. Search the help docs, this forum or sites like www.kirupa.com and www.gotoandlearn.com for "loadMovie" if you need help with this. The graphics that i did see look very cool - just the site overall needs to be setup differently. As for the jittery issue - usually happenes when motion tweening something a very short distance over a great length od time. hope this helps. ****************************************** --> **Adobe Certified Expert** --> www.mudbubble.com --> www.keyframer.com [quoted text, click to view] bB_ wrote:
> well thanks foryour input..loading is an issue and the technique i;m using > isn't that great but i just wanted to get the site up then concentrate on > getting it worked out a little better. i don't know what you mean by graphics? > if they are a bit rough or cut slightly..off (seen on the wider resolutions) > eh..but hey..loading is a prob..i knew that from the very beginning..and > especially whit ma crappy preloader. : ). dunno if you have any recommendations > on how to load my site better and quicker? do you think i may be using too many > differnt levels?? oor is there a better way to load the background skin, > navigation the nthe content? a last post of help would be great? just to get in > the right direction! :) cheers.
hmm.interesting patronism .. but i think you'll find the actual programs Flash
8 and Fireworks 8 are under the macromedia name and that the version 9's are the ones which will be released under the Adobe name :) anyway that aside... the project is my first..a website for my band..I'm a 17 year old aspiring web designer and along with your tips on how to make my animation better :s i'd like any advice on making the site better overall so i can improve on it and be more the wiser for future projects..if any?? cheers. http://www.polkemmetpipeband.com ps. the animation in main im talking about is the fading grey background.
Fireworks or Photoshop shouldnt make a difference - a bitmap is a bitmap - i always like to import
as uncompressed PNG format into flash and then set the JPG compression in flash - i have more control that way. I say make the tweens shorter - that will decrease file size also. I'm not in LA - opposite side of US (east coast), very different lifestyle :) Thanks for the kind words :) ****************************************** --> **Adobe Certified Expert** --> www.mudbubble.com --> www.keyframer.com [quoted text, click to view] bB_ wrote:
> kl. i have the site set up so that the background loads...the navigation loads > the nthe content loads. and when the user clicks on say "Media" the content > does load as separate swfs into a movie-clip..so my loading is actually set up > as you are describing. its just i think at the beginning the preloader is doing > less use than it should and its taking more time to actually animate the > preloader than load the content so removing that preloader completely may be a > good idea???:s anyhoo..thanks for telling me about the jittery animation > (jittery must be a word we only use here in scotland! and not LA) :) but motion > tweening for short periods of time across long distances is exactly what seems > to be happening in that beginning .swf. so thanks for that help. I'll look at > ,my graphics..some of them are rough and i was intending to cut them a bit > better..but the photos im working with are amateur and ..some of the digi cams > in the band aint that high tech. I'll invest in photo shop instead of fireworks > and that might give me some better results.. and i'll play around with the > reasterization of the images when i import them to flash. > > thanks for your help...its has given me a lot of things to think about! :) > > cheers > > ps. liking ur portfolio also (mudbubble)! =]
well thanks foryour input..loading is an issue and the technique i;m using
isn't that great but i just wanted to get the site up then concentrate on getting it worked out a little better. i don't know what you mean by graphics? if they are a bit rough or cut slightly..off (seen on the wider resolutions) eh..but hey..loading is a prob..i knew that from the very beginning..and especially whit ma crappy preloader. : ). dunno if you have any recommendations on how to load my site better and quicker? do you think i may be using too many differnt levels?? oor is there a better way to load the background skin, navigation the nthe content? a last post of help would be great? just to get in the right direction! :) cheers.
kl. i have the site set up so that the background loads...the navigation loads
the nthe content loads. and when the user clicks on say "Media" the content does load as separate swfs into a movie-clip..so my loading is actually set up as you are describing. its just i think at the beginning the preloader is doing less use than it should and its taking more time to actually animate the preloader than load the content so removing that preloader completely may be a good idea???:s anyhoo..thanks for telling me about the jittery animation (jittery must be a word we only use here in scotland! and not LA) :) but motion tweening for short periods of time across long distances is exactly what seems to be happening in that beginning .swf. so thanks for that help. I'll look at ,my graphics..some of them are rough and i was intending to cut them a bit better..but the photos im working with are amateur and ..some of the digi cams in the band aint that high tech. I'll invest in photo shop instead of fireworks and that might give me some better results.. and i'll play around with the reasterization of the images when i import them to flash. thanks for your help...its has given me a lot of things to think about! :) cheers ps. liking ur portfolio also (mudbubble)! =]
Very humble Chris, your work freaking rock..
I think the original question was about the smoke effect, and looking at the site now could be the white animated gradient in the background.. is it? If so, you mentioned you created that in Fireworks? So is that an series of images? Or is that a shape tween gradient animation? [quoted text, click to view] Chris Georgenes wrote:
> sorry - wasnt trying to patronize - the way you worded that made it > sound like you were not aware of the aquisition of adobe/macromedia - > but now i realize you were talking about the next release of fireworks - > it was just really unclear what you were trying to say. > > as for your site - i couldn't wait for the whole thing to load - i mean, > seriously, on my broadband connenction i waited 30-40 seconds for the > "skin" to load - then once it did i was presented with another loader > and waited longer for some other part of the site to load and i simply > did not have time to wait to see if there was more to load beyond that - > i also didn't know what portion of the site you were talking about. > I think before needing website critiquing that maybe you concentrate on > optimizing graphics - and we are getting off-topic, not sure if you are > still needing advice about jittery animation (try raising the frame > rate) or a lesson in overall web design. > What I did see looked nice but I tend to shy away from global/general > critiques of web design since i don't think i am all that great a > designer to give advice and i think the entire topic is too subjective. > > ****************************************** > --> **Adobe Certified Expert** > --> www.mudbubble.com > --> www.keyframer.com > > > > > bB_ wrote: >> hmm.interesting patronism .. but i think you'll find the actual >> programs Flash 8 and Fireworks 8 are under the macromedia name and >> that the version 9's are the ones which will be released under the >> Adobe name :) anyway that aside... >> >> the project is my first..a website for my band..I'm a 17 year old >> aspiring web designer and along with your tips on how to make my >> animation better :s i'd like any advice on making the site better >> overall so i can improve on it and be more the wiser for future >> projects..if any?? cheers. >> >> >> >> http://www.polkemmetpipeband.com >> ps. the animation in main im talking about is the fading grey >> background.
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