Flash users... I have a question, if that's okay?

[Deja Q]

I created a really lame animation. I saved it, but it's 377k. That's huge. The animation is a 5 second anim, 12 FPS, 60 frames total. I had jpeg compressions set to 89 originally, but lowered it to 72 (and that made no difference).

Is there a better way I can reduce the size?

Thx!

[vivalarev]

1. 377k is small....

i wouldnt worry about it...nost people have high-speed internet anyway...its big if its above 1 mb

[arcos]

5. 377 is NOT small... n/t

[DS1]

2. need more data

how many pictures are you using? I usually compress jpg to 60 before importing, and then usually again in flash publishing. 60 is a great number for general use.

is the 377k the .fla format that's uncompressed, I mean, you ~are~ using the publish function and getting a .swf right?

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. the only solution I can think of is reducing .jpg size before import

use photoshop or something... of course the tradeoff is significantly lower quality of the .jpg images but significantly smaller file size.

[arcos]

4. what are the dimensions of the jpg?

Did you change the compression in the original file itself, or in the properties of the symbol in Flash?

Tip: with Flash it is better to use 60 or less of quality, and use gifs or pngs whenever possible.