Flash :: Making A Movie Smaller How?

Flash Movie Dimensions, And Making Things Smaller?
Hey everyone,
I am working on a site, and have made a very simple page as i am a newcomer to the wonderful world of flash.

I have put up a page:

http://www.hinduvidya.com

A lot of people are complaining that it comes up too big on their comps. My dimensions are 1000 x 700 pixels

My comps res is at the highest setting [1600x1200], so it looks fine.

Is this:

a) too big for everyone to see well
b)fine

If this is too big, how can i shrink everything easily to the right setting?

please help...

Making Fla.smaller
is there any way i can compress a fla.file in order to send it via email?

Making .FLA Smaller [F8]
Hello,
Maybe someone can help me with this stupid question:
I created a flash movie and the .swf comes out to be about 2.8MB which is way too slow loading for me...
The file has an MP3 running through the entire 24 sec of the movie.
Two questions:
1) I would like to make the dimensions of the movie smaller and shrink it's size that way...is that something I can do within the FLA or on in the SWF.
2) What else can I do to lower it's 2.8MB size?

Thanks a million,
-ij

[F8] Help With Making AS Smaller, Please?
I am making a menu and on it are MCs that act as buttons. They have 2 states (on and off) and I have the AS set up where if you turn one "on" all the others go "off"

The problem is that I have 16 of these buttons and the AS to turn each off is getting very long. I am not sure if there is a way to make it better or not. I was thinking maybe one of thse arrays or the "if i>=0 {do this" type of thing.

Usually I jst code on button to do what ever, but I am trying new things (external AS files and functions and such) and I am not sure how to set it up.

Currently the AS for one button looks like this:

Code:
if (tog1._currentframe == 1) {
tog1.gotoAndStop(2);
togIsOn = 1;
tog2.gotoAndStop(1);
tog3.gotoAndStop(1);
tog4.gotoAndStop(1);
tog5.gotoAndStop(1);
tog6.gotoAndStop(1);
tog7.gotoAndStop(1);
tog8.gotoAndStop(1);
tog9.gotoAndStop(1);
tog10.gotoAndStop(1);
tog11.gotoAndStop(1);
tog12.gotoAndStop(1);
tog13.gotoAndStop(1);
tog14.gotoAndStop(1);
tog15.gotoAndStop(1);
tog16.gotoAndStop(1);
} else if (tog1._currentframe == 2) {
tog1.gotoAndPlay(3);
togIsOn = 0;
}
};
Each button is an instance of MC named "tog" and they all have numbers (1 - 16) added to the "tog" for an instance name (tog1, tog12, etc.)

I am sure there is something I can do to to shorten this code so I don't have to put this code inside each button function. I just don't know how. Also, the "togIsOn = #" is just a check for another button. If the tog is set to "on" togIsOn will == that tog's number, if the tog is then turned off (all off) then togIsOn == 0;.

Anyone have an idea?

~MoN

Making It Smaller?
Okay, I'm ridiculously new at this. Created a very simple slide show, imported jpeg images to library and made graphic symbols of them to place on the stage. I have a simple button to move through the slides - no animations. There are only 6 slides. It's at 650k and takes forever to load. So, how do I reduce the size of the file and maintain the quality of the photos in the slide show? Settings for publishing? I confess my ignorance and hang my head...

Making The File Smaller
Is there anyway I can get my swf file smaller than 36k?

You can see and example of it here:
Site Example

And if you want to see the code you can get it here:
fla file

Making The Filesize Smaller
I made a movie but it is currently 1.2 MB and is 16 seconds long. Most of the animation is done frame by frame, but is there any other way to make the file smaller besides symbols?

Making My SWF File Smaller
I know this may have been covered before, but I have a question about tips to make my Flash file smaller.

I've made a small gallery page that is ridiculously big. I have already set my source images to be the actual file size they needed to be to be seen clearly (which is another issue altogether). Yet I still have a large file. Any recommendations?

Making An Mc Smaller With Action Script?
I have a game where u, use the keyboard to control and mc around the screen. How do I make the mc smaller when it goes upwards, and bigger when it goes downwards, and when it hits another mc (a wall), it stops getting smaller/bigger. Thanks.

Making Your Document Size Smaller?
I have made a navigation bar with sub-menus in flash and wasnt sure how big the sub menus were going to be so made the document size quite large.
Now i need to make it smaller and when i change the size it cuts my picture off from the right. I need it to cut off from the left as that is where the space left over is. any ideas??

Making Voice Smaller In Size
i am trying use voice recorded by me in flash mx
which is in mp3 format
how can it be made to smallest size?
it is voice so quality doesnot matter
are there any software to do so
thanks
or any such methods?

Trying To Tween A Box, Making It Smaller Growing Into A Big One
Hi,

I have a small box on the first frame and big box on keyframe 20 and I am trying to use motion tween so that when the movie plays, the box will basically grow into the size of the box at keyframe 20, but what I have tried doesn't seem to work. It just won't tween.

Thanks for your help.

Making A Higher Res SWF Fit Smaller Res Screens
Hey everyone,
I'm really hoping that somebody out there is able to give me a hand on my current project. http://www.laurenweekley.com

Problem 1: I need to make the site SWF resize to a smaller resolution when it is displayed on 1024x768 or smaller screens.

Problem 2: I haven't found any tutorials that worked for me on how to implement customized (or at least better looking) scrollbars within the flash. Every time I use them, they show up but don't function.

Details: I'm a novice at Flash and have used a purchased template to create a photography site for a client. The site is entirely flash based and fits a 1280x1024 screen beautifully. The problem is when I pull it up at 1024x768, it doesn't resize and it doesn't really even work. The lower section is hidden. I have tried half a dozen javascript commands before and within the <embed> tag to tell the swf to resize if a user's resolution is less than 1280 but nothing ever changes. I'm not experienced with this so it is possible that I just did it wrong but I followed five or six different tutorials and none of them worked at all. I have also tried setting the size to 100% width and 100% height- no luck. Additionally, the 'noScale' settings didn't seem to produce the desired effect, no matter what setting I used.

If anyone can help with these two problems, I would so greatly appreciate it. I have come to a dead halt on the site because of these issues and I won't be paid until they're resolved.

Thanks again,
Varzea.

Help With Making Orbit Menu Getting Smaller...
Hi can someone answer a question i have?

I got this script from here on how to make an orbit menu. Here is a link to what it looks like now:

http://liquidgaming.net/test/menu.html

I was wondering if anyone knew how to make it go smaller at the back to make it have more of a 3d effect. Here is the coding right now:

first frame:

this._visible = false;
var numrotos = 6;
for (n = 0; n < numrotos; n++){
newroto = "roto" + String(n);
this.attachMovie("roto", newroto, n + 1);
this[newroto].theta = n * 360 / numrotos;
this[newroto].panel = 45;
this[newroto].radius = 135;
this[newroto].contents.gotoAndStop(n + 1);
} // end of for
this.title.swapDepths(100);

second frame:

if (_root._ymouse < 0 || _root._ymouse > 280) {
speed = speed * 0.950000;
} else {
speed = -_xmouse / 25;
}

this._visible = true;

third frame:

gotoAndPlay(_currentframe - 1);

fourth:

stop();

thanks,
Reth

Making FLASH File Size Smaller
Can anyone help me? My flash site is up, but although it loads great on my computer, it takes awhile and needs to be refreshed on my coworkers computer and doesn't show up in Safari. Any suggestions on saving to make the file size smaller so that it will load faster?

Thanks!

Making Sound Size Smaller In Flash
i am trying use voice recorded by me in flash mx
which is in mp3 format
how can it be made to smallest size?
it is voice so quality doesnot matter
are there any software to do so
thanks
or any such methods?

Making File Size Of Swf Files Smaller...
i dont know if this is in the correct forums but is it possible to make the file size of a swf file to be smaller since the web host im using wont let me upload files bigger than 1mb.

Making Text Larger And Smaller By Buttons
I want to accomplish this. I want to have two buttons and my piece of text. When the user clicks the plus button the text gets larger. when the user clicks the minus button the text gets smaller. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

Making Stage Smaller (originated In Flaxh MX 2004)
Hi, folks

Everywhere I look, I can find information about making Flash stages larger (work in both Flash MX 2004 and Flash Professional 8), or making stages resize automatically dependent upon the screen used for viewing of the Flash movie.

Meanwhile, I have a Flash project that from which I would like to remove 116 px from the left (reduced horizontal width) only. Many other movies would have to be resized as they are layered, as needed, "on top" of the base movie. Unfortunately, there is no handy resizing feature such as "Canvas Size" in Photoshop. This would have solved everything! So, I reduce the horizontal by width by 116 px. But then, I cannot select all elements of all layers to move them globally 116 px to the left.

I figure at this point that I have to tackle this in a very inefficient, hands-on, slow way. Or, there is a trick out there to solve this (perhaps a third-party utility?). Please help.

Thanks!

Making A Sound File Smaller Or Editing Sounds Outside Of Flash
I have a sound loop that I would like to use for a site and I would just like to use one small part of the loop. Currently the track is 57 seconds and I just want to use a small part or the loop like ten seconds worth for the FLA file. I know I can edit sound in Flash but it seems like it still loads the whole file and it would be tooo large. How do I edit sounds before I import them into Flash. What program would you recommend using.

Thanks in advance for a reply,

David Bishop

Images...making Them A Graphic Make Smaller File Size?
I am working on a mapping project. With all the images, my *.swf file is large -- currently at 11.8MB. I would like to make the file smaller, by making all the images a [symbol] graphic, would it decrease the project's size?

Thanks!
Nathan Chidester

Interval Between Executing The Same Function Gets Smaller And Smaller
Hello,

I've got a bit of a problem that I've not been able to solve. Basically I want to perform a function slowly at first but speed it up as it nears the end.

I have 22 movie clips which are all controlled by a function (blurService). The function makes each movieClip alpha to 100% and blur from totally blurred to clear. Initially I want the first 10 to be about a second to 2 seconds apart but gradually as more and more appear on stage the time between each movieClip coming on gets shorter. So they appear slowly at first but then speed up.

I was initially trying to do this with a setTimeout with a random time in the statement:

PHP Code:

randomTime = Math.round(Math.random()*1000)

if (count >= 23) setTimeout(clearServices, 2000);
else setTimeout(blurService, randomTime);

However, this method means it can be faster at the beginning.

Does anyone know of a way of doing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Matt

Questions Regarding Making Flash Smaller, And Linking Flash Movies
http://creativemods.com/banner.swf

hello all. at the above link, you will find a very simple flash movie i made.

so its still quite tall. is there any way i can resize it so it looks the same, but only shows whats inside of the mask? there are two large white margins on the top and bottom that are not supposed to be there

also, how do i link this movie to a website?

Making Canvas Size And File Size Smaller
Hi guys,
I made a flash projector file recently for my company,
Its 1024 * 768, and a pretty big file size, but we had it burned onto dvd so that was ok....

However now I want to make it 250 * 250, cut the filesize down, and put it on the companies web site....

Is there any way i can do this in flash?
can I do it in Premiere/ After effects...
Any other places

Thanks
Stefan

Movie Appears Smaller
When my movie is published the entire site appears smaller than when I've created it and I don't know why. Does anyone know why this happens? The fonts, etc are barely legible but in the .fla everything is normal.

Suggestions?

http://baseball.gigamanx.com/2ndpreload.swf

Make WHOLE Movie Smaller
I put lots of time and effort into a fla a while back. It's ok, but it's way too heavy for anyone on a modem. I was *hoping* there might be a way to reduce the entire size of the .fla.

If I resized it (and i'm not sure how), would that reduce the file size, or, since the library items are the same, would it remain the same file size?

help please... if it *is* possible, please tell me how

Load A Smaller Movie In The Main Movie
Hi everybody, i have some difficulties with the loadMovie function.

If i use : loadMovieNum("pano/panosandra.swf",1)
the movie loads but since the movie i'm loading is smaller than my main movie, it is placed on the top left corner of my movie, i would like it to be on middle(x&y).

I tried : pano.loadMovie("pano/panosandra.swf) to load it on a centered movie clip called pano, but it did not work. I would be grateful if someone could help me with this, thanks.

How Can I Resize A Movie To Make It Smaller
my movie is optimized for 800*600. It contains large pictures and good quality sounds. It is now 20 Mb big. Is there an easy way to make it a 400*300 movie to let the Mb's drop?

Resize Movie Clips Bigger And Smaller
Hi,
I would like to make 3 versions of the same site, and then have them redirected depending on the user's monitor resolution.
Because of this, I need to make some of the movie clips smaller, and some bigger.
What is the best way to do this. Some of the movie clips contain text.
Thanks.

SWF Movie Clips Too Big... How To Make Files Smaller?
Hello all, I hope you are all well.

Question: I have external SWF's that I'm calling out for, and I placed Preloaders on them because they are portfolios - but the SWF files are 3.8 MB and up! That seems so big for the web!!! I want to make sure the images are the best possible quality so I didn't compress them in Photoshop, but compressed in Flash using the "lossless" setting...

Anyway, the Preloader takes about 15 or 20 seconds to load - WAY TOO LONG... any ideas?

Oh - I tried exporting the movie at different JPEG level settings - but it made no difference...

THANK YOU!!!!!

How Do I Make A Movie Clip Get Bigger And Smaller?
I know I've done this before, but could you help me?

I'm trying to roll over a movie clip (button), and have it dynamically increase it's scale, with friction.

What is the code for this?

Also, on roll out, I want it to reverse and go back to it's original position.

Thanks so much.

How To Make A Movie Clip Get Bigger And Smaller On Rollover?
I know I've done this before, but could you help me?

I'm trying to roll over a movie clip (button), and have it dynamically increase it's scale, with friction.

What is the code for this?

Also, on roll out, I want it to reverse and go back to it's original position.

Thanks so much.

Making Holder Movie Aquire Size Of A Loaded Movie
Kinda simple concept.

In Flash, external movie receives the properties of the movie it loads into, but I was surprised to find myself needing exactly the opposite.

When buttons are pressed, the Holder movie clip instance loads different external movies.
This Holder movie is connected to the windows style Scroll bar that should resize depending on the Holder movie height.
Therefore I need the Holder movie to acquire the height of the loaded movie so that the Scroll bar can resize accordingly.

I wonder if it's at all possible. Simple Movie1._y == Movie2._y doesn't seem to work.
[Edited by turbostas on 04-29-2002 at 06:58 PM]

Making A Loaded Movie Its Original Size In A Stretched Movie
lo all is it possable to make a loaded movie [via loadmovie()] display at its origan size in a stretched movie?

i tryed this:

Mheight = Stage.width;
Mwidth = Stage.height;
/// loads the movie into an empty movie clip
mainMovie.loadMovie("main.swf");
// moves the movie clip to the center and resises it to the original size
mainMovie._x = -0;
mainMovie._y = -0;
mainMovie._width = Mwidth;
mainMovie._height = Mheight;

but it doesnt load the movie for some reason! aggh! flash!!
any ideas how i can do this?
cheers guys

Making Loaded Movie Navigation Work On Main Movie
how do i make a movie(navigation with buttons) that has been loaded into one movie(main movie) control aspects of that movie through button actions.

for example: nav movie button making main movie go to a particular scene and load a movie in it.

[F8] Making Movie Play From Given Frame Number When Loaded In To Another Movie
Hi ! there,

can any body help me pls

There are number of movie sequence movie.swf say movie 1 on frame 1, movie 2 on frame 2 and so on.. and i want a movie 3 on frame 3.

There is another main.swf which has an action to load movie.swf and to stop at movie3(frame 3 ) so that movie play from that number.
At present I can load the movie but fail to start movie from frame 3.

How do I go about it???
I'm stuck...

Sabs

Making Movie Actions Inactive When Loading Another Movie Into It
I have a main navigation movie which I load a number of different swf files into it. The problem I face is that there are a number of buttons that are still active under the swf files. How do I stop them being active?

Making 2 Preloders Before Main Movie:4 Movie And 4 Sound
I want to make something like:
http://www.nokia.com/phones/6310i/campaign/main.html
I want a movie and some music.
I know how to do an preloder for the main movie but i want my music to load separately...i have an mp3 file 300kb long.
How can i do something like that...and how can i use the loadmovie action in the main movie to load another swf wich contains the music?

Regards,

http://www.inwww.ltd.uk

Making A Movie Alpha 0 If Another Movie Is Loaded
hmm I am so stuck! (again!)

I have a movie that plays then stops, and I need it to dissappear if any other movies are loaded. (all the other movies are triggered through buttons)

I tried:

onClipEvent (load) {
if (movieLoaded) {
}
welcome._alpha = 0;
}

I am not great with this action script malarky, please help!

ta!

Making A Movie Play Inside A Movie
Ok i realize this may seem like a stupid question. But i am very new to flash. I use FlashMX. And have not designed anything yet. I have read several books, but dont get something that seems very simple.

When i make a movie of a car driving i want to have the wheels spin, so i created the wheels spinning as movie. Now how do i get the original movie to play the spinning wheels from my library?

Please help. I am a very novice user at this. Thank you.

http://members.cox.net/christophersmith

Making Buttons In One Movie To Control Another Movie
Hello,
I making a Flash movie that has a movie inside of it that I want to act as an index. The Flash movie displays images, and I want the movie inside the Flash movie to display thumbnails, so you can click on the thumbnails in one movie to show the picture in the "main" Flash movie. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Greg

Smaller SWF
Ok i have just gotten finished with my first ever movie, its an intro to my site, but how do i make it smaller, its 6 megs!!! thats wayyy to big, its got sound and stuff, and ive seen flash intros that are whole songs largs, im confused and very newbi-ated, heh. i would greatly appreciate some help, thx

Smaller
Hey, Is there a way to make the Image [attached] smaller [preferably 71kb's] in flash, or even some other way?

preferably good quality. no grain if possible

Smaller One
is there any command to give the smaller number in 2 numbers ?

ex:
a>b
command (a,b) //output:a

Smaller Swf
Sorry about my english..
How can i make a swf file smaller?
Im just a begginer in this program
thanks!!

Library Don't Get Smaller
hi,

when i import a wav sound intro the library, save the fla, delete the sound in the library and save the fla again, the fla remains the same filesize.
where is the wav hidden? ist this a bug of flash?

I Really Need To Make The Swf Smaller
Right i have tried compressing the swf, but NO LUCK, i dont want have to change my fla. in order to make it smaller, any answers???

How Much Smaller Can I Make These SWF's?
OK...Click here...and then click on "on-line demonstration..." then click on any of the 14 "chapters" listed here...

The client wants these to start playing in 15 seconds, tops...BUT...

1. I can't shrink the window down, because the images become illegible.
2. I can't drop the sound quality down, because it gets too hard to understand.
3. I can't drop the JPG quality any further, because of a) the law of diminishing returns, and b) it might be too hard to read.

These SWF's (15 of them in total) range in quality from 750 K to 2.5 MB. I can set the audio to streaming, but then the playing "catches up" to an image not quite loaded and "stalls" until it can go further...obviously they wouldn't want that...

Any suggestions on how I can make these movies start playing faster, without getting "stuck" on a heavy image?