Re: FLASH: A rephrasing of the Tools question...

[John Dowdell]

At 6:30 PM 2/9/99, schaik wrote:

> That brings up a question, how can you avoid having to adjust

> colors in Flash. I have a lot problems with the purple colors

> imported from illustrator to Flash. Any ideas about thisone?


Yes. Illustrator only recently learned about screen colors. Until then it

only worked with print colors. (That's RGB colors vs CMYK colors.)


Most .AI import/export filters work with the majority of Illustrator files,

and so they assume a CMYK colorspace. That's why you're seeing the color

shift.


FreeHand has been RGB for years, and also exports directly to SWF format.

It avoids the Illustrator/CMYK problem. (Working in FreeHand also has the

advantage that you can then send your curves to HTML, to multipage PDF, to

Fireworks, to print, whatever... FreeHand's a good general design tool for

varied output.)


One tip: If you're coming from Illustrator, definitely *do* use "Optimize

Curves" in Flash. Examine the graphic manually to see whether it can be

further simplified. Illustrator's output is for encapsulated PostScript

files, and so it doesn't have the same concept of efficient download found

in FreeHand and Flash.



For Scott's original question, a lot depends on what you want to do. I know

that many here draw directly in Flash all the time, and (particularly with

a tablet!) they get great results. If you're looking for precision

technical drawing then I would definitely go with a precision drawing tool.

So much depends on what you're trying to accomplish....


jd





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