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

[DragonFly]

John Croteau wrote:


> 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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John Croteau croteauerols [dot] com (mailto:croteauerols [dot] com)

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John, you're a peach. Just wanted to tell ya that.


Gratefully,


Ken Sherwood



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