Re: FLASH: RE: Flash3, Toy or serious designer tool?

[John Croteau]

Hi Michael,


> >However I think a few things might need to be pointed out. For one: most

> >FLash3 sites still have that that sore "vector vs. jpg" thumb. THis means when

> >tying in Vector images with imported jpgs, they usually dont complement one

> >another since Vector is so crisp and images exported in Flash have awful

> >"banding" habits.


> I have just started in on Flash. I fulfill designs for a very creative art

> director who uses a lot of airbrushed gradients.  I was shocked (excuse pun)

> to find out that I had to use Flash's jpg'ing and couldn't set up my

> jpgs in photoshop.

> Why can't flash jpg a gradient without banding when photoshop can?  Why

> can't I link or import a file that has been successfully jpg'ed in another > program?  or can I?  Any help?

First no matter what program you use you should not import as a .jpg

JPEG is a lossy format and should be used for final delivery only.

Working copies should remain as BMPs, PICTs or any compatible lossless

format.

 

> I agree with Gary, the flash sites are much too vector looking.

> Look at the difference in these backgrounds:

This is a difference because you haven't learned how to use the gradient

tool in Flash. And you did not do justice to the original concept at all

in this case.


> No flash jpg:  http://www.trilliumdesign.com/esi/noflash.html

131K for complete page


> Flash gradient:  http://www.trilliumdesign.com/esi/

32K for complete page.


Note, I could create a vector background in Flash that would look very

similar to the jpeg background gradient. And it wouldn't have the dotted

aberations that appear in esi_left_6. Though you couldn't create an

exact copy you can make a background very similar to the original.


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