Professional :: Character/Background File Size Is Too Big?
Jun 3, 2010
I'm making a post-apocalyptic series and I'm drawing all my backgrounds/characters in photoshop and importing them into flash. The problem I'm encountering is that the file size is WAAAAAAAAY too big whenever I import the character drawing straight from photoshop. Is there some trick to making characters look like they're drawn in photoshop or some trick to greatly lowering the file size? Three items on screen at once with no animation and my file size is over 1 meg.
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Aug 13, 2010
I am building a website in flash and was wondering if it is possible to change the background size for each page of a website that I build in Flash?I know how to change the template background etc. but I changed the background size to a bigger size on page 3 and now the whole site is like that.
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Apr 28, 2010
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i though of addind a 3000 x 3000px square with the gradient and centering it, but i know there has to be a professional way of achieving that.
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Mar 12, 2010
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Jan 25, 2010
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My question is which of these represent the real file size. The reason I ask is that for a class project we are to build a banner ad and the file size is limited to 40kb. I am telling the instructor that it is only 5.9kb she is saying 120 kb.
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Aug 29, 2011
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Dec 24, 2011
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Sep 12, 2004
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Aug 2, 2010
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Jun 16, 2010
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