Re: FLASH: importing avi files

[Michael Penne]

Biggest problem with flash and streamline

vectorizing is that they also vectorize all the

little blocks left over from antialiasing the

graphics. If you don't aa the graphics, you get

tracings of all the little jags. You can optimize

the vectors after tracing, but this tends to

remove important detail as well. Higer end

vectorizing programs (such as those used in sign

making and other engineering apps.) intelligently

process the curves to produce cleaner vectors,

but unfortunatly, these are generally quite

expensive applications (in the 1-5k range!).

Streamline, IMHO produces worse looking and

larger vector tracings than does flash, though it

does have the benefit of batch processing.

Further, playing alot of complex vectors in a row

brings most computers to a screeching (if not

crashing) halt.


I've requested (and any others who TB might also)

that F5 include some sort of recordable actions

or batch processing, though (given the amazing

ability of sorenson and mpeg to compress video

files) the ability to embed linked media may be

an even better solution.


--- Helen Triolo <

designeri-technica [dot] com

> wrote:

>

patrickfbestweb [dot] net wrote:

> > 

> > Helen,

> > You might want to consider feeding your

> exported .AVI frames through Adobe Streamline

> to

> > generate the vector graphics you need.

> > 

> 

> I think you're right, Patrick.  I was wondering

> out loud (on another

> list) if buying/using Streamline would be a

> good idea--someone responded


Some of my tracings:

http://www.humboldt.edu/~mmp5/flash/flash1.html

v. some of my sorenson compressed QTs:

http://www.bigtimeweb.com/nux.html


=====

Personal Flash, etc.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~mmp5/flash.html

Professional:

http://www.humboldt.edu/~cdc

http://www.humboldt.edu/~ac/index2.html

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