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Bitmaps in Flash.

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Ivan1

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Jun 18, 2001
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What is the secret of integrating bitmap images into Flash? What's the best way to preserve quality?
Any feedback is much appreciated.
 
I'm no expert on this but I've heard that you can create an swf file out of image files using generator (I may be wrong, I don't have generator so I don't know!); and so you could use the load movie command to load it in.

The other thign with bitmaps is just to import them and then use the trace bitmap command; tracing bitmaps can be fairly fiddly in my experience, but if you play around with the settings you can get a nice balance between quality and that all important file size.

X-)

PetitPal
 
Hi Ivan,

It's the old cliche, "you don't get out for nowt", as the say in lancashire..the most succesful way I have found, is to trim the jpeg 'fly on the wall', this way you can reduce it's file size exactly for the quality of picture you require.i.e. quality/ file size trade-off,

Try their jpeg optimiser, great little program, shareware...

Or depending on the jpeg, try and reproduce it with vector graphics, which are scalable, without degrading the graphic.
If it is a oneoff, import the jpg, then reduce it's alpha (easier to trace over),then trace over the top, using flash's vector graphics, can turn out ok, depending on the jpg used..
 
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