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tralfaz

2005-03-30, 6:51 pm

"Mushbrain" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d2f9cf$a6u$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I have just recently completed a website 4 the company I work 4 as a
>graphic
> artist. It is my first website and when I test the movie 2 C how
> fast it will
> download it takes 4 ever. The file is HUGE! The .fla file is 57,122
> KB, the
> .swf is 8,152 KB, and the index.html is 5 KB. I do have quite a few
> bitmap
> images on this site and have already reduced the sizes of these
> files twice.
> The quality of some of the images has suffered because of this but
> the site
> still takes 4 ever 2 load. HELP!!!!!!!!!!


Don't put all the bitmaps inside the swf. Put them on the website and
load them just when you then them. You need to learn about loadMovie
and preloaders. It's easy to load a jpeg image on demand but it's
important to use preloaders with that to make sure it's loaded before
using it. Check out slide show examples on flashkit.com and
kirupa.com etc. Adapt the image loading and preloaders to your site.
good luck,
tralfaz


Mushbrain

2005-03-31, 6:44 pm

Thanks for the fast reply. I will try these options. Your advice is much appreciated.
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