Re: Using Scenes (Was: Re: FLASH: Streaming Load Movie actions)

[Paul Kilgour]

Marc,


Thanks for the info. I see what you mean about imagers going 'accross'

scenes. I have one like that at the moment. I'd better change it then!


Thanks again for a very informative explanation.


Regards,


Paul.


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>>Could you explain why the use of scenes should be avoided. I thought that

>>using scenes was just like having a single timeline, only tidier?

>

> To quote John Croteau:

>

>>1) File size will be increased if items that appear at the end of one

>>scene are used in the first frame of the next. This is because every

>>item in a new Scene is new and has a placement cost in the first frame

>>of a Scene.

>>This is not normally a problem but should be considered. My Xmas 97

>>movie done in Flash 2 is 64K when done in a single Scene but was over

>>250K when divided into 5 Scenes. This is because of the placement costs.

>>In the one Scene version over 700 Angel buttons are placed only one time

>>each. Whereas  in the 5 Scene version there are 5 x 700 or 3500

>>placement costs for the Angel buttons which are used thoughout the

>>movie.

>>If there are no carry over graphics (from one scene to the next) there

>>is no penalty for using Scenes since there are no graphics that would

>>have to be placed more than once. There is a small cost for placing each

>>symbol and most of the time this cost will not be large but in some

>>cases it can add up and the result can be huge.

>>

>>2) Movie Clips can not be used across Scene boundaries. If a Movie Clip

>>is used in both Scene One and Scene Two the Movie Clip when accessed in

>>the second scene will be restarted from its beginning and any

>>information stored in it will be lost.

>>Though you can use Load Movie instead of a Movie Clip, this can create

>>other problems such as making sure that the second Movie is loaded

>>before accessing it.

>

> This also applies to using a sound loop in a movie clip: it will be reset

> on every scene boundary, so the sound won't be seamless.

>

> Marc Hoffman

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