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Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated. Unit E: Optimizing and Publishing a Movie. Objectives. Optimize a movie Understand publish settings Publish a movie for the Web Create and export a publish profile Export a QuickTime movie Create a projector file Export image files. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated
Unit E: Optimizing and Publishing a Movie
Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated
Objectives
Optimize a movie
Understand publish settings
Publish a movie for the Web
Create and export a publish profile
Export a QuickTime movie
Create a projector file
Export image files
Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated
Optimizing and Publishing a Movie
Goal: reduce loading time while preserving quality Publish entire movie in different formats Export a single frame from a movie and
save it in an image file format
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Optimizing a Movie
Modify file attributes to eliminate bottlenecks in a given frame during downloading
Goal: ensure movie plays well regardless of Internet connection speed
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Optimizing a Movie
Optimize Curves dialog box
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Optimizing a Movie
Viewing shape optimization results
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Understanding Publish Settings
To publish a movie, instruct Flash to create files necessary to display it
Use Publish Settings dialog box to choose desired file format
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Using Publish Setting Dialog Box
Choose output movie formats Select file formats
to publish Specify filename
and location Default: Flash
(.swf) and HTML (.html)
Publish Settings dialog box
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Using Publish Setting Dialog Box
Choose still image file formats GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
• For drawings and line art• Limited quality, but supports transparency• Static or animated (e.g., emoticons)
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)• Versatile; for photographs and gradients• Maintains image quality even when highly compressed
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)• Supports higher resolution images and transparency• Native file format in Adobe Fireworks• Does not include background color
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Using Publish Setting Dialog Box
Choose stand-alone file formats Projector file
• Stand-alone application that plays movie without using browser software or Flash Player
• Significantly larger than SWF files (contain all data needed to run the movie)
• Can be played from desktop, CD, or DVD
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Publishing a Movie for the Web
Open Publish Settings dialog box
Adjust the settings
Publish the movie
Default settings make the process seamless
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Adjusting the Settings
Options on Flash tab adjust settings in SWF file
JPG quality setting affects image quality and size; values of 80-100 create higher-quality images
Viewing publish settings on the Flash tab
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Adjusting the Settings
Options on HTML tab specify how movie appears in the browser
Set movie’s dimensions Match Stage size Fixed pixel width in the monitor Based on percentage of monitor’s size
Select Loop check box to play continuously
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Adjusting the Settings
Viewing publish settings on the HTML tab
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Publishing a Movie for the Web
Viewing published files (Win)
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Understanding Flash Player Options
If previous version of Flash Player is selected, features from later versions will not work properly or at all when users play the movie
Other player options Adobe AIR, for desktop applications Flash Lite, for mobile devices
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Creating and Exportinga Publish Profile
File in XML format that Flash creates, then uses when it exports data
Makes publish settings available for use in other documents
Can be applied to other movies by importing it; eliminates need to re-create publish settings
Streamlines process for creating multiple movie files with same settings
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Creating and Exportinga Publish Profile
Creating a publish profile
Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated
Creating and Exportinga Publish Profile
Exporting a profile
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Understanding Publish Profiles
Process of importing/exporting Flash profiles differs from importing/exporting files in other programs When Flash exports a profile
• Transfers data contained in the profile, but not the profile name that appeared in Current profile list
When Flash imports a profile• Prompts to replace current profile with data in the
import profile, but name of the profile does not update to the import profile filename
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Exporting a QuickTime Movie
QuickTime movies Play animation well Play on both Macintosh and PC
computers
QuickTime software Standard with Apple operating system Downloadable for Windows users
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Exporting a QuickTime Movie
Export Movie dialog box
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Exporting a QuickTime Movie
Viewing results of QuickTime export
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Exporting a QuickTime Movie
Playing a QuickTime movie
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Creating a Projector File
Projector files Stand-alone, self-running applications Play a Flash movie on a computer that
does not have browser software or Flash Player installed
Differ by platform; cannot run a Windows projector on a Mac, or vice versa
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Export Formats
Export formats
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Creating a Projector File
Both projector files can be published from a PC or a Mac; only the one associated with computer’s platform can be opened
Selecting projector formats
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Creating a Projector File
FIGURE E-15: Playing a projector file
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Exporting Image Files
For creating static image from a movie Export a scene from a single frame Export an object to insert in a Web page
Three possible image file formats GIF JPEG PNG
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GIF Options
Focus on color
Possible to export animated GIF file
Transparency options
FIGURE E-16: Viewing options on the GIF tab
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JPEG Options
Size and quality
Progressive Loads JPEG image
incrementally
Viewing options on the JPEG tab
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Optimizing a Flash Movie
Key is to balance file size and download time against image quality
No set rules to follow
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Simple Optimization Steps
Reduce frame rate
Use symbols
Optimize and resize bitmap images before importing them
Replace gradient fills with solid colors
Use alpha transparency sparingly
Use tween animation (instead offrame-by-frame animation)
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Simple Optimization Steps (cont’d)
Compress sound files
Use solid lines created with Pencil Tool (instead of dashed or dotted lines), or lines created with Brush Tool