Re: CUTTING EDGE: Flash Animation

by f u s i o n <brianj(at)ais.ais-gwd.com>

 Date:  Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:56:51 -0500
 To:  <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
 References:  cybersurf
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While on a grassy hilltop in Northern Spain, surrounded by goats, Carol
Geary wrote:

>Donald Heppner wrote:
>>=20
>> * Jaw dropped, pupils dialated *
>>=20
>> 1) What was that?!?!?
>
>That was Flash. Didn't you see it when you went to www.macromedia.com to=
 get
>your plug-in? It's all over their site. I forget what the Flash app costs,
but
>Carol Geary
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Another thing: Flash files are vector based [1], rather than bitmap, so the
resulting file sizes are often less than the html file it resides in. That
is why it streams (partially why).

[1] http://www.cnet.com/Content/Builder/Graphics/Media/ss03.html

b.j.



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