April 2006
Beginner
544 pages
14h 51m
English
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6.5. Optimizing Bitmaps for Export
Problem
You want to optimize the image quality and file size of bitmap graphics included in .swf files.
Solution
Flash enables you to specify a default optimization setting for bitmap graphics as well as settings for individual graphics.
Discussion
Bitmap graphics can increase the overall file size of a Flash .swf file quickly, so it is important that you minimize their impact on file size as much as possible. To ensure the smallest possible file size, Flash compresses every bitmap included in an .swf file, using either JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression or a lossless form of compression, such as PNG (Portable Network Graphic) or GIF (Graphic Interchange Format). The primary difference between the two is that JPEG compression is lossy, while PNG and GIF compression is lossless:
- Lossy compression
In this compression process, some information is removed. The more information that is removed, the lower the overall file quality, and the smaller the overall file size. The JPEG format that Flash uses is efficient at minimizing the file size of digital photographs without excess degradation of quality. Lossy compression is applied in degrees—a Quality setting ranging from 0 to 100 determines how aggressively Flash compresses the file. With more compression (that is, lower Quality) comes greater file size savings and greater degradation of image quality.
- Lossless compression
In this compression process, all data is preserved; it is just stored ...
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