How to make flash file smaller?

[Thinkface]

Hi,

I've just started on my first animation and have created several enviroments. One, for example, is 11MB - I'm wondering how I make the file size smaller as obviously I can't have a ton of enviroments this size in my animation? What do people normally do to make their individual clips/enviroments smaller sizes?

[henke37]

First, make sure that you are comparing the swf size and not the fla size. There is a major difference in size.

Second, turn on the size report when publishing so that you know where the space goes. Bitmap video and audio is the main issues.

[Johnny]

If they're just static backgrounds, you can bring them into photo editing software (or just export > export as image) in Flash and safe the file as a .jpg. Generally, it will be smaller than an equivalently detailed vector-based image.

[Thinkface]

aha you're right I was looking at the .fla and not the .swf

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