Flash :: Extremely Large File Sizes In MX

Large FIle Sizes
Hey Everyone.

I've been having a problem with the file sizes of my videos lately. Anytime I add any sort of song (even just a loop from Flashkit) my file size jumps up to like 5000kb! Maybe it's because they they're .wav files, does that make a difference? If someone could maybe point me towards a tutorial on downsizing the file sizes i'd really appreciate it.

Large File Sizes
I create a lot of detailed Flash animation for broadcast. I am quite unsure of it's abitity to handle any file over 2mb, where it begins to bog down severly. I rarely use it for the web, but got used to it's interface. Now I look at ToonBoom for a solution but am not sure I want to learn that workflow as it looks more clunky than Flash. Is there any way to increase Flash's capabilities or should I look to another piece of software for more detailed Flash type animation. I'm using MX2004 PRO.
Thanx.http://www.taylorentertainment.com

Large File Sizes
Hi there,
This is really just a general question but when would you decide that your Flash site is too big to load as one movie and split it up into external swfs? For example if you have a site over say 800kb, would you need to start making some pages into their own movies or now that everyone seems to be using broadband can you have much bigger movies?
Thanks.

Large File Sizes
i've noticed something strange when importing sound into flash. the file becomes a lot larger than it should be and this has happened to me many times before. heres a scenario to describe what i'm talking about:

original file size: 900 kB
music file size(to be imported): 5000 kB

import the music file size, and it should be automatically compressed (usually i get a message at the bottom of the properties window for the sound, saying that it was decreased to 10-15% the size of the original file).
even without the compression, the file size shouldn't be more than 5900kB (900 + 5000), right? well oddly enough, it isn't. it might increase by 3 times this amount from what i've experienced in the past(to about 18 000kB).

this has caused many problems for me including the inability to upload files(due to upload limits) and slow file transfer, which is the reason i decided to bring this up.

ok, does anyone know the reason why this happens (file sizes increase greatly when importing sound)?

Large Image File Sizes - Should I Convert Images Back To Gifs?
I have an animated Flash file with a lot of images that I had to "convert to bitmap" in order to use Flash to clean up the edges and get rid of white artifacts (due to semi-transparent pixels at the edges when the background was removed). The images were originally scanned and have a lot of line drawing in them so I had to use the maximum settings (very tight corners etc.) to convert them. The quality is excellent.

Problem is, the fla file is nearly 8MB now. With all that vector drawing in there it takes forever just to do a test movie. I wonder if I should screen capture each image - take them into Photoshop, resave them as gifs with a transparent background, and import them back into Flash. Any ideas?

Thanks
Charles

Extremely Large Images
i'm working on a site that uses an image that is very large, roughly 4kX4k pixels. i've sliced it up in to squares and aranged in a movie clip. i'm using startdrag/stopdrag functions to move around this image, but flash is cutting off the image. I'm under the impression that images in flash are restricted to 2800X2800 pixels right? any suggestions on how to get around this?
thanks for any help in advance, if you would like to take a look at the project a mockup can be seen at www.chrismitchellonline.com/garretts comments always welcome!

How Large Is Extremely Large?
And how many thousands of lines of code? 2,000 lines of code isn't that much.... Does the compile failure occur continually, or is it random?

quote:Unfortunately, there is no unique number that qualifies as too much. However, this issue is known to happen with Flash applications made up of thousands of lines of code, numerous very large objects, or a great number of small classes.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405257&sliceId=2

Edited: 10/23/2008 at 01:23:52 PM by cayennecode

Files Sizes To Large?
This is something new that has started happening and I am not sure why. I noticed it cause flash started running very slow and when I look at ram usage it is sometimes 200mb and over. This is know is not right. So I looked at the file and its size and found that is was 1mb, way to large.

I have used flash for a while and all I use it for it to draw in, that is it. So I a buggled as to why it is doing this. I have no graphics, no sounds, I am not making any animation I am just straight vector drawing on the stage. The files should be like in the kb's not mb's.

I have found that if I take the content from the overly large file, copy it to a new file and save it the size goes way back down into the kb's where it should. But as soon as I start working with this file and saving my progress as I go the size goes up again.

It's a real pain an making it hard for me to get things done. I would love any help/advice anyone has.

Oh, I am using Flash Pro 8

Are Very Large Font Sizes Possible?
I am using a dynamically created TextField to display a filmstrip-style countdown, and I need a very large text size for the countdown numbers. I have tried:

textFormat.size = 900;
createTextField("numText",getNextHighestDepth(),
10,10,720,300);
numText.setNewTextFormat(textFormat);

and also:

numText.html = true;
numText.htmlText = "<font size="900"><b>BORK</b></font>";

Unfortunately, either of these methods only sets the text to about a 96 point size. I have been able to adjust the size using the _xscale and _yscale properties, but this causes problems on other (Mac) platforms, as the text is scaled much larger than on my computer.

There is the possibility of using static text and controlling it with AS, but that seems afwully inefficient for what seems like an easy problem.

Any ideas?

Components Make For Large Files Sizes?
I am building a website that uses components on some of the pages. On a broadband (DSL/Cable) connection, the pages load fine, but on dial up, they take forever. The thing is, the SWFs are not that big.

http://www.forever-in-bloom.com/Fresh/index.html

For example, the Partners page is only 8K. Why would it take so long to load on a dial up connection?

I have attached the FLA for the Partners page so you can see how I have it set up.

Or, if someone knows of a scroller (both horizontal & vertical) that I can use other than a component, I would be eternally greatfull!

Please help...My client has AOL on a dial up connection, so it has to load quickly for him.

Thanks in advance!

Sound Clips Duplicated In SWF, Cause Large Sizes
The new Flash CS3 is duplicating identical edited streaming sound clips, creating unnecessarily large SWF files. Basically, if we put in exactly the same streaming sound clip into different movie clips repeatedly, the SWF file size increases proportionally. The new Flash compiler is not smart about pointing to the same clip.

In fact, it is possible to have an SWF file much larger than the original FLA: just put the same streaming sound clip over and over into different movie clips: the SWF file will grow far beyond the FLA or originally mp3 audio file size.

The older version of Flash we were using (MX 2004) did not have this problem.

We are using mp3 files at 24KBS, with clips edited down to a portion of the total mp3 clip, and inserted into the timeline of different movie clips as a streaming sound (repeat 0, no effects).

How Large A Large Of A File Justifies A Preloader?
I want to know some or your thoughts
How large a file justifies a preloader?

Extremely Slow File (.fla)
Hi Guys!

I have a big problem at the moment with my fla file. I am doing a big project which includes like 2000 movieclip. The fla file is now extremely slow whenever I open it and change or edit. Let me put it this way, it takes like a minute to respond to any click I do! I'm using shot loads of scenes. Not sure why it has became like this.... Any ideas??

Thanks in advance!

How Large Is Too Large For Flash File?
My flash file is already almost 1400 KB, and it's not even close to being done.
I realize this is obviously way too large for a flash website.

As a result, I have to start using the Load Movie action script method.
I hate to think I have to take this thing apart. I am new to loading external movie clips. It seems like a pain!

At what size do you realize that your flash is too large? Have you ever had to take something apart in order to do load movie clips?

Extremely Compact File Size Q's
Ive seen flash interfaces on here to download that are an extremely small exported file..How can I achieve this? Because I can only upload something under a meg, and I create flash files that are insane and they'll export as like 2 megs, and ive seen things that are extremely cool and are only 30k. Explain

Policy File Loads EXTREMELY SLOW
i can't figure this out.... i'm using this code in my application:

ActionScript Code:
Security.loadPolicyFile("xmlsocket://host:843");
trace("policy file loaded.");

this.socket = new XMLSocket();
//socket event listeners go here

this.socket.connect("host", 10000);
trace("conecting to port 10000...");

and I'm getting this log:
"OK: Searching for <allow-access-from> in policy files to authorize data loading from resource at xmlsocket://host:10000 by requestor from http://mywebsite..."

And after like 5-10 min (but sometimes never) it *finally* connects and i get this log:
"OK: Policy file accepted: xmlsocket://host:843"
"OK: Request for resource at xmlsocket://host:10000 by requestor from http://mywebsite... is permitted due to policy file at xmlsocket://host:843"

Is there a way to dfind out why it takes soooo long or why sometimes it doesnt connect at all..

Tiny Swf File Sizes. I Add One Word Of Text And The File Jumps 1k?
So im trying to keep my flash movie as small as possible. So far the movie is sitting at 10.4kb. If i go back into the fla and type ONE WORD of just plain white text -no tween, fade or anything, the movie after exported jumps to 11.5k. ???? One word typed in Flash with no tween adds a full 1k??

Is that right? I would think one word of text should be a couple of bytes.

Anyone have any suggestions?

FILE SIZES :(
Ok my site in html is 5k but when i put it on the net it takes fooooooooorever to load anyone have any suggestions why any help will be greatly appreciated

if u wana look at my site LOL! the link is
http://members.tripod.co.uk/jaame/Tsk.html

File Sizes?
i have build a small file that is essentially: 1) a graphic: small square that is 8pix by 9pix 2) a button: up state includes the small square 3) a movie clip: a expanding square 4) another movie clip: that has the button and movie clip #1 in it.
the whole thing comes together to make a rollover/trailing effect.
my questions is:
when i resize the small square symbol to make it smaller 6pix by 6pix. why does it it double the file size afterward? that is the only change made, and the file size jumps from 136k to 272k. what am i doing wrong?
thanks for your reply.

File Sizes ?
Why is it that my fla is 467 KB and the swf only comes to 20 KB? I am aware that there is compression or soemthing with you create the swf file... but that seems like too much? Why is there such a difference in file sizes?

File Sizes
hey all,

im just wondering about file sizez and how big the average flash site is?

i've been making a flash site and its very basic but its all in one file and one scene. then i view it through html. but its massive. im worried that if i put it on the interent itas going to take forever to view.

so i was wondering if anyone can enlighten me about how to organise my filing better and if there a way to buil falsh sites to stop them being massive in file size.

Thanks G

Getting File Sizes
Hello!

I have written an AS3 code which preloads multiple images one at a time and my question is if there is any method to get the file sizes of those images before starting the whole preload process? This way i could get the total size of all images and Flash could display the percentage loaded of all pictures.

The code so far:

Code:
var img:Array = ["first", "second", "third"]; // file names of images
var imgFinal:Array = new Array(); // array to place loaded images

var imgToLoad:Number = 0; // image to load
var imgLoaded:Number = 0; // images loaded

var imgFile:URLRequest;
var imgLoader:Loader;

if(imgToLoad == imgLoaded) { // checks if previous image has loaded
imgFinal[imgToLoad] = new MovieClip(); // putting image to new mc

imgFile = new URLRequest("img/" + img[imgToLoad] + ".png");
imgLoader = new Loader();

imgLoader.load(imgFile); // start loading the image
imgLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoadComplete);

imgLoaded++; // to ensure that the next image won't start loading yet
}

function imgLoadComplete(event:Event):void {
imgToLoad++;
}
Cheers

SWF And FLV File Sizes
Hello,
I have an flv file and the same flv file in an swf file. Both files are the same size. So, it seems that it doesn't matter, whether you import an flv file or an swf file, to keep your file size small. Is this correct ?
Thanks,
Paul

Swf File Sizes...?
Hello,

I have just added a new preloader to my site which displays the number of bytes loaded so far aswell as the total number of bytes.

http://www.sjmoore.co.uk/

I am using the functions getBytes() and getBytesLoaded() and simply outputting the values to dynamic text fields.

The total number of bytes shows as 401149 - however when I look at the file size of my .swf on my machine it says it is 317k.

Why is this? Surely the bytes counter should be reading the same as the file size? Unless my preloader is including something else? But I don't see how this could be.

Not really a major problem - but I just wondered why...

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

SWF File Sizes...
I'm creating a site for a friend that has a ton of bitmap (i.e. non-vector images) in it. I've knocked down some of the picture quality but can't go too much lower without it looking horrible.

Right now the swf is about 3 mb ... are there any tricks/techniques for optimizing a swf so that you can get reduced file download size without having to reduce quality (or size)?

I've got other elements that will be loaded externally in addition to the 3 mb swf....

Any help would be greatly appreciated....

djjohnnyd

Smaller File Sizes
Please help I am desperate.

I have a website with an intro i made in swish at www.ckyclan.com.
The file size with the background music and images is 1150kb!!! I have used imageready to reduce the image sizes, and streambox ripper to reduce the music size, but is there anything i can do within Swish itself or in its output settings that would reduce the file size?

Symbols And FIle Sizes
I know that using symbols improve file sizes, because the file only has to store the information once....
But what I want to know is if I make a drawing,
resize it so it's really small,
make it a symbol,
and then use that symbol and resize it to how big I want it...

Will it improve the file size??

MX Components And File Sizes.
I've been playing around on a very basic level with components, but it is becoming apparent that the load time for a site even using the most basic of them is going to be too heavy to inflict on people using a modem.

Take the FTree, from Macromedia's second set of components, for example. Although the .swf is only 36 KB, it takes a download of 89 KB, or 19 seconds on a 56 K modem, and that is in it's "virgin" state.

Quite a lot of waiting time for only the navigation.

Have these components been designed for the days when everyone has broadband?

And where does the extra 53 KB come from in the above example, the (Action) scripting?

TIA

Lowering File Sizes
I'm trying to figure out how I can lower my file sizes. I'm not sure what to do. I've tried lowering the jpg quality in the publish setting, but it does not seem to help. I was wanting to get others suggestion on lowering file sizes.

the page i'm working on is located here:
http://www.image202.com/2.0/I202_Portfolio_PR.html

Right now it's at: 1.3MB. I'd like to cut that in half for the old school folks at 56k!

Suggestions?

thanks much.

:: Flash File Sizes ::
i'm making a stop-frame animation using flash MX but the file size is at almost 10MB and it's only 25 seconds through!
the file is consisting of .jpg's which makes the size understandable but is there anyway to make it less so it will be easier for download off my website? i've tried zipping it but this only decreases it by a couple of MB.

if there's anyway of shortening the size, i'd be very grateful for any offers.

thanks

cal

Audio File Sizes
what is the best audio format and is not to big in file size

Compiler, .fla And .swf File Sizes
Hi!
I have this situation with 2 files, all run-time actionscript, accomplishing the same thing but in slightly different ways with these file sizes.

a.fla 112 kb ---> a.swf 23 kb
b.fla 64 kb ---> b.swf 23 kb

Then I have 2 other files, all run-time actionscript, accomplishing the same thing but in slightly different ways with these file sizes.

c.fla 98 kb ---> c.swf 20kb
d.fla 96 kb ---> d.swf 4kb

WHAT IS THE COMPILER DOING? Does the compiler build in efficiencies? Is the goal to shoot for a smaller .swf or is a smaller .swf not necessarily more efficient code? What are the tradeoffs?

Any insight or redirects greatly appreciated.

Thanks much

Bitmap File Sizes
I have a bitmap that I will be using. Would it cut down on the final .swf files size if i use trace bitmap and use that as the image rather than taking the bitmap using break apart and then editing that image throughout the .swf?

Also, is there a standard pixel size for the dimensions of a basic webpage?

thx,
StinkMoe

[F8] CRAZY SWF FILE SIZES Please Help
Im currently slowly making a photography portfolio in Flash 8. Recently, my file sizes are going through the roof! which is making my site pretty unbearable to view! an average size for my SWF files is 1.3MB.... and this is just for menu's with a few static text buttons etc. Anything i try either boosts the files size or doesn't change it. To show my problem, I've attached a file of a BLANK PAGE!!!! from the site (swf) which has a file size of 912Kb! and it has no content! (20fps, 600x700)

What is going on??? anyone else had this problem? Please help, it's driving me crazy! here's the link for this file:

www.darrenwoolridge.com/Blank%20swf.zip

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

darren : (

File Sizes Are Huge
i dont understand hoow to get my file sizes down..... they are huge!!!!! my SWF file is over 5,000kb.... i cant even attach these files for people to look at!!

Can anyone help me

Optimal File Sizes
I am starting to build a site using Flash for the first time and I was wondering if anyone has advice regarding the swf structure? Let me explain a little bit further... the site has some basic/common sections ('master') that are fairly light weight. However, there is a section of portfolios that will be pretty sizeable. Is it best to link out to this as a seperate swf from the 'master' or to continue building with the same scene file and output one large swf?

I don't know what is the best approach.
Welcome any thoughts:)

Ta

Lee

Massive File Sizes >_<
hello, i'm currently making a flash site w/ a pretty large amount of pictures. these pictures average around only about 70-80kb a pic, but this can add up quickly. i'm trying to keep the flash file size as low as possible...ppl hate waiting for a slow loading page... =/

thx

Newbie Question - File Sizes
Hi everyone

This is my first post, and my second day of using Flash, so be easy on me! ;-)

I'm using Insane 3D Flash Animator 3.3, and so far I'm loving it!

The question I have is regarding (SWF) file sizes...

When I export my Flash movies to SWF files, the file sizes don't seem to have any bearing whatsoever on the content of the movie.

For example:

Movie 1: 2 Fonts,6 Elements, 1 GIF. Filesize=58k
Movie 2: 1 Font, 5 Elements, 0 GIFS. Filesize=150k

Is this anything to do with the size of the movie window?

Also, when creating 'Movie 2', I experimented with a few GIFs before ditching them (deleting them from the movie). Insane doesn't keep them in the file, even though I've deleted them, does it?

Any help much appreciated.

Regards

Jay

Flash Movie File Sizes..?
Hi All,

I have just uploaded, to a staging site, my very first flash publication...and it doesn't work (S*%T)

The file sive is about 327kb...is this too big..???

When i email it to someone with the attached html, or view it from IIS, or preview in flash...it all works...

Have i forgot something, am i suppossed to do something special when i ftp it to a site..???

the movie (should) be here http://www.millenniumit.netfirms.com/index2.htm

Please help

Also, can anyone help me with a preloader for this short movie

Cheers guys!!!!

How Can I Reduce Projector File Sizes?
Hello everyone,

The question is:

How can I minimise my projector file sizes?

We are having difficulty getting Flash MX projector file sizes below 800Kb. This is regardless of the size of the Flash.swf file we are creating the projector from.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

File Sizes-simple Question
I have not even finished the main menu on my new site and allready the SWF icon thinks it is 2.6mb...is this a stupid amount of space for a flash?, or when uploading it does something compress it or something?

thanks

Question On Keeping File Sizes Down.
When you publish a movie, does the whole library get published with the movie or only the elements that are actually used in the movie?

I'm trying to get the file size of a movie down and I am struggling.

Thanks for your help

Graeme
http://www.reebox.co.uk

Acceptable Index File Sizes
What is generally regarded as an exceptable file size for a flash index (i.e. home) page?

And, is it the fla file, or swf file that is used for that measurement?

Strange Behaviour With File Sizes?
Hello all.
I have a project that originally had Photoshop images for the background. I was trying to optimise my movie so I reduced these files down in size by using the save for web option in Photoshop. My .fla file went from 23,514 Kb to 23,024 Kb. However, my .swf file went from 611 Kb to 690 Kb. Why??? Also, these files are still too big, especially considering I still have a lot of content to put in the movie. Any suggestions for further optimisation? Also, how much do different fonts affect file sizes? Would using a plain font like Arial lower my file size significantly versus a more fancy typeface?
Thanks as always for everyone's help!
Tulane

What Is The Trick With File Sizes?:confused:
Hi I am making an animation in After Effects. I expert everything as a picture sequence. Looks great, but for two seconds of animation my file size is half megabite. This is even when I individually set the compression for the pics as 20 % for most of them.

Can anyone tell me what is the secret of having nice After Effects animations inside a Flash Movie with small file sizes?

Regards,
Nicolae
AND HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL

Bandwidth Profiler And File Sizes
hi,
i have a movie that is loaded into another movie and acts as a menu. the menu is made up of 5 buttons, called a, b, c, d and e. each button opens up six new buttons, labelled 1 through 6. so in all, there are 30 buttons in the movie, each with a small jpeg on top of them. every button is an instance of the same button.
the problem is this: when i publish the movie, it comes out at a very reasonable 41k. however, in the bandwidth profiler, the size in the state panel gives the size as around 610k. when i put a preloader on the front of the movie, the preloader runs until it has 'downloaded' all 610k of a file that is only supposed to be 41k.
why is this? it worries me becase i don't want users having to wait for such a big download.
thanks for your help, hope this wasn't too confusing!

Help On Flash File Sizes For Publishing
hi im just finishing off a photography site and the .swf is around 944kb and the .fla file is 2.2mb
i was just wondering if this is an ok size to publish or will it make it run slowly, i know its dependant on the users machines and the bandwidth etc but i just wanted to know if there was any recommended sizes to keep with in and how i could reduce the size of my site...at the moments its displaying around 40 images...any help is extremely appreciated thanks

Extremely Large File Sizes In MX

Hi,I have a very short movie that is 640K.When I publish it in MX it balloons to 3.3 mg!Can anyone tell me what bugs in MX to look for to begin to figure out why it is doing this and how to fix it?Thanks!

Hi,
I have a very short movie that is 640K.
When I publish it in MX it balloons to 3.3 mg!
Can anyone tell me what bugs in MX to look for to begin to figure out why it is doing this and how to fix it?

Thanks!