Re: Flash source programs

[Dorian Nisinson]

My favorite combination if Freehand 8 and Flash. With a little Photoshop

on the side. I have used Illustrator 7 in conjunction with Flash with no

problems but Freehand just makes it easier and with fewer steps and

kludges.


Dorian


Brian Alvey wrote:

> 

>         That was a totally misleading subject line and message body earlier.

> 

>         Sorry.

> 

>         What I want to do has nothing to do with GIF animations or file size.

> 

>         It is purely a Flash creation question.

> 

>         Should I use Illustrator for my drawings, then import to Flash?

> 

>         Should I use Freehand as it has some animation control toolkit?

> 

>         Should I use Fireworks, or does it have nothing to do with Flash?

> 

>         Or should I simply use Flash as my beginning-to-end environment for making Flash animations?

> 

>         Thanks, all.

> 

>         -- Brian

> 

> 

>

On Thursday, May 21, 1998 3:17 PM, Brian Alvey [SMTP:balveyobnm [dot] com] wrote:

> >

> > On Wednesday, May 20, 1998 5:30 PM, John Dowdell

>

> [SMTP:jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com] wrote:

> > > At 1:36 PM 5/20/98, Frederic Pierron wrote:

> > > >What are the best ways to optimize a flash animation converted to

> > > >gif anim? What are the main steps?

> > >

> > > Run it through Fireworks !!!

> >

> >       Hey there everyone -- I'm currently developing a site which will have

> > three versions: one is regular light HTML (tables and GIFs), another is

> > Flash and frames and the third is DHTML/4.0+ audience.

> >

> >       My big question is this (ignoring the production nightmare of three sites

> > with the same content in three different Web formats): What's the best

> > production tool for making Flash animations?

> >

> >       I use Illustrator and Photoshop all day long.

> >

> >       I own Freehand, but I don't use it (same as Director).

> >

> >       So is Fireworks the best place to start drawing a piece that will end up

> > in Flash? Is Freehand?

> >

> >       I've done some Flash work but mainly used Illustrator as my sketching app,

> > then pasted/imported.

> >

> >       Any suggestions?

> >

> >       Thanks.

> >

> >       -- Brian

> 

> 

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