RE: FLASH: Flash Memory Requirements on Mac (was Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?)

[Rebecca Lovelace]

I, too, got this book.  Thanks to the list, I tried cranking my memory

allocation to Flash.  120 MB didn't even do it, I had to crank it up to 135

MB.  Now, I haven't done any large Flash projects before.  I have worked

with Director for 5 years and the size of the graphics in the first sample

movie (preload.fla) for the book made me cringe; I can't imagine this would

really run well on the web.

Anyway, with 135 MB RAM allocated to Flash, I can't even export a Flash

file!  It's telling me I am low on memory. Is this typical?  Should I expect

to have my Flash memory requirements cranked through the roof to work on a

big project?  I only have 192 MB on my G4; am I going to need to buy more

RAM if I want to do Flash development on it?  Or am I better off purchasing

a copy of Flash for my PC instead?  


Ideas?


Thanks!

Rebecca


-----Original Message-----


unique wrote:

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> Well I finally dove into *Flash 4 Magic* (been cramming on *Dreamweaver 2

> H.O.T.*) tonight.

> 

> I'm on a Mac G3/266, OS 8.6, 192 meg o' RAM. I experimented, and

discovered

> that, in order to open the first project file, 7.5 meg, I have to have 120

meg

> of RAM allocated to Flash 4.0a. 115 meg is not enough.

> 

> I've never worked with a file of this size (I think I've topped out at

75K). Can

> someone tell me if the above is a typical ratio for file size to memory

> allocation need (1:16)?

> 

> Also: as an experiment, I immediately saved the file to HD after opening.

The

> size of the saved file is only 4.3 meg! (Others, at least those on a Mac,

should

> be able to replicate this if necessary.)


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