RE: FLASH: Is it possible to drag tow items around at once?

[Branden Hall]

Ack!

As a rule, don't ever go over 18fps, thats the max that win 95/98 can

display anyways...

Anything faster will just increasing your filesize.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software




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George wrote:


>

From: George Medve <george [dot] medvepres [dot] co [dot] uk>

>Subject: RE: FLASH: Is it possible to drag tow items around at once?


<snip>


>It does work, but it is very jerky.

>

>Ho Hum,



(how's that for editing!)


If you find that the trailing movie clip is jerky, it's due to the slow

frame rate. I would recommend setting the frame rate much higher - depending

on your movie content, you could even max out the

frame rate at 120fps. Keep in mind that a) this helps with movies that don't

have "animation", but require quick responsiveness to actions, especially

draggable items, and b) most machines will not

come anywhere *near* 120fps... more like 20-30fps tops. However, if you set

the fps higher, you'll get all machines performing as fast as they can.

Draggable items will appear much smoother and less

"jerky". This will probably not be an option if you have tweening or other

animated playback, as it will look like "fast-forward".


Just a tip - if you've made a navigation interface that does not have

movement, upping the frame rate is the best thing you can do to improve the

responsiveness. Otherwise, we're just running into the

frame rate restrictions of Flash. For more info on that, and why Director is

capable of achieving higher frame rates, check this out:


http://www.macromedia.com/support/general/ts/documents/sw_flash_speed.htm


-Matt


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Macromedia Tech Support

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