Re: FLASH: Opinions on Flash

[Randy Kato]

Rogue,


This person is misinformed, and doesn't understand the difference between

raster/bitmap and vector. Think of a cake (I seem to be on a sweets metaphor kick

today)...bitmap images such as GIFs and JPEGs are the complete baked and frosted

cake that you're trying to send to a friend through the mail -- messy, expensive

and tough to slip through a mail slot. A Flash file is like the cake recipe --

light, compact, easy to send -- then your friend mixes and bakes the cake on

their end.


This person is talking about how Flash requires fat pipes, but stuff they're

creating in 3D Studio Max most likely requires a whole lot more bandwidth than a

comparable Flash file. In addition, while they're sending a single STATIC image,

Flash can provide an entire web application (such as an online bank) with

comparable file size!


Maybe this person saw some poorly developed Flash sites and got the wrong idea.

Also, regarding the plugin download, most browsers come with the Flash plugin

pre-installed now, and if you're doing simple animations without need for complex

interactivity, you can publish a Flash file that is compatible with older

versions, in which case well over 90% of your audience will have an appropriate

plugin already installed.


And if this person is saying that "bigtime artists and web people" don't use

Flash, well... I'll let that one lie in wait for another flaming spear.


I could go on and on and on...


Of course, it's also a question of the right tool for the right job. Flash MAY

NOT be right for what you want to do, but your friend's ideas are pretty far off

base. BTW, does your friend work for Adobe???   ;o]


Good luck!

Randy

OMjolniraol [dot] com

 wrote:


> Hello!  I'm pretty new to Flash and I've been lurking here, reading and

> trying to make sense of all the posts!  :-)  Anyway, a friend of mine found

> out I was learning Flash and had this to say (which ticked me off):

>

> "First off I have to tell you....while Flash may be cool all the

> webmaster people I know hate it. It is major-league frowned on. Why? #1

> You download Flash and you get spammed to death!! #2-takes too long on a

> 56K modem. MOST PEOPLE still have 56K.

>

> My advice? STAY AWAY FROM FLASH unless you make it an OPTION. Make it a

> place where those with T1s and DSLs can go if they so choose but DO NOT

> make it part of your site without the option.

>

> TRUST ME!!! I get paid to do trendspotting and demography work. I KNOW

> THIS SHIT!!

>

> FLASH is BAD!!!

>

> I have 3 programs that cost less then Flash that make gorgeous animation

> and loads quicker then Flash and requires NO downloading....

>

> Read the info. You are bigtime missing out. FLASH is for idiots, Painter

> is for artists. Trust me, Rogue I TEACH THIS I know. Flash is like the

> Walmart of animation. IT SUCKS.

>

> Painter is for true artists like you.

>

> 3-D Studio Max (my fave program) is Industrial Light and Magic state of

> the art stuff and requires that no one download any program.

>

> Can you tell I am so anti FLASH???

>

> There is a program called U-LEAD Cool 3-D that costs $90 and does not

> require that people who view your site download a program. It creates

> GORGEOUS animation. Flash looks great but when I go to their site to

> download the viewer I get spammed.

>

> Trust me, Rogue, bigtime artists and web people FROWN ON THIS!!! They

> prefer you do your art with the REAL deal.....PHOTOSHOP, PAINTER !!"

>

> So, my question to all you people who work with this program, what are your

> comments regarding this letter?  Is any of it true?  I can understand the

> comment about having an alternate "unenhanced" site but I was under the

> impression, Flash was the way EVERYONE was headed?

>

> Oh, and by the way, I am a traditional artist which is what she was referring

> to when she calls me an artist...

>

> Thanks for your opinion.

>

> Rogue


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