Re: FLASH: To Scene or not to Scene

[Design Mine / Eric Hassler & Lori Greer]

Oh no! I've been building my first Flash site and have made extensive use

of scenes. Due to the linear nature of Flash I thought it would be easier

to organize my work into short scenes, rather than one looonngggg one. Now

i'm hearing that this was a bad idea. Crap. :(


A few newbie questions:

1.Does a movie with multiple scenes make a larger .swf than a movie with

just one long scene?


2.I have a jpeg background that appears in all scenes. It about 12k. If I

have animation occuring over this jpeg in my various scenes, will this jpeg

have to be re-loaded, re-drawn (whatever) for each scene, or is it only

loaded into memory once?


I have a few other questions, but I'll get to 'em later.


thanks in advance...

Eric



>and on and on.....

>

>Commandment 3 thou shall not create a movie with scenes for the fear of naming

>objects or layers the same name, there by creating a tremendously screwed up

>movie that's waaaaay too large to begin with besides what thou has stated

>already. humn thee is really confused now!

>

>Mary Brzys

>

>

suzygraphicsagogo [dot] com wrote:

>

>> >Can someone please give me the pros and cons of using scenes in a Flash

>> >movie?  I recall some posts to this list a while back talking about the

>> >disadvantages of scenes.

>> >

>>

>> scenes?  did someone mention scenes?  god, i've been dying for a good

>>thread!

>>

>> hmmmm.  perhaps i could borrow a stone tablet from john croteau.

>>

>> commandment 1:  thou shalt use scenes to your heart's if you've got a

>> linear navigation movie (buttons advance the user from one scene to another

>> scene).

>>

>> commandment 2:  thou shalt not combine scenes with a lethal tell target,

>> lest ye suffer the consequences (dire frustration, the pulling out of one's

>> hair).

>>

>> *or*  if you want to continue the shakespearean theme here, you could

>> possibly compare the relationship between tell target and scenes to the

>> montegues and the capulets.

>>

>> this is a serious list, here, y'know.

>>

>> suzy

>>

>> s u z y

>>

>> "fuck art, let's dance!"

>> http://www.graphicsagogo.com

>>

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