Shrinking File Size

[PostScript Inc]

I have created several sizes of a Flash banner ad and everything is great,
except the file sizes. My final swf files are all 50k-ish and they need to be
under 35k. Mostly text effects with a logo and two images (one is 379k as a png
file or 52k as a gif when placed in the FLA file, the other is 509k as a png or
6k as a gif). I thought the gif files, because they were smaller to begin with,
would make the final swf files smaller, but they were actually larger (75k).

Any tricks to get the file size down?

[NedWebs]

Whatever the file weight of the files is outside of Flash, it remains the same
inside of Flash, so if you have a 50K file imported, you have at least a 50 k
Flash file.

A couple of ways to reduce would be:

- optimize the images, which could be detrimental to the quailty of them.

- dynamically load the images at run time rather than placing them in the file
in the authoring mode.

- use Flash drawn vector graphics in place of images whenever possible.

[aniebel]

Make sure you reuse symbols whenever possible. Text effects can add a lot to a
banner. I avoid using them when possible. Try using TweenLite instead. To see
what I mean by reusing symbols, read here:

[url]http://blog.doubleplusgooddesign.com/?p=5[/url]

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