Re: [Re: FLASH: EPS, FH8, SWF and FLASH]

[John Croteau]

Hi Clayton,


> This is how I create the majority of my Flash objects since the percision of

> Freehand is somewhat better than the Flash drawing tools.

That actually is not true. Flash's tools are simple but you can create

exact dimensions etc. in Flash (see Inspector). Complicated objects may

be easier to create in Freehand, Illustrator or Corel but this should be

balanced with the optimization that should be done in Flash after

objects are imported. If you don't know the capabilities of the drawing

tools in Flash in many cases you will likely either create bloated

animations or spend much more time optimizing that it would have taken

to create in Flash. Please note just creating in Flash does not mean you

shouldn't optimize but it normally will be less needed and take less

time.


> My other option is simply doing every thing in Adobe Illustrator and importing

> the files as .ai, however I have some trouble bringing in the gradient fills.

Whenever possible gradient fills should be done in Flash where they are

near perfect and tiny. Illustrator gradients are huge and even when

imported into Flash are usually so bloated that they are of little use.

Unfortunately we have opnly a limited number of gradient options in

Flash.


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