Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

[Dorian Nisinson]

Ken,

	Flash always tacks on the latest changes to the original file.

Therefore those fla files can get really big. Periodically, I do a save

as to a new (and incremented) file name just to slim them down. it also

helps if just before I do that, I delete unused symbols from the

library. It doesn't effect the final exported swf file size but it does

make for fat FLAs.


Dorian


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.)

> 

> Where did the other 3.2 meg of file go? I remember that PageMaker files will get

> fat and bulky (because all changes are saved literally and in sequence) until a

> "Save As" is issued, whereupon things are condensed into a more compact file.

> But I never imagined that this might be the case with Flash! Do others ever

> experience anything like this?

> 

> TIA,

> 

> Ken Sherwood

> 

>                          *zenkat: the Flash trailer*

>                     http://www.kensherwood.com/zenkat.htm

> 

> kensherwood.com

> http://www.kensherwood.com

> 


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