Reducing file Size Phtoshop - Flash

[F7UX]

I'm making a flash animation but doing all the charactor frame by frame art in photshop becuase of its effects. I then safe the images and Giffs and then import them into flash to peice together, is there a way to keep the file size down?

[Iristorm]

Unfortunately, if you're animating by using a series of image files like GIFs, then the overall file size will be much larger than it'd normally be if you animate in Flash directly (using vector graphics). The only way to lower the file size using GIF images is to reduce the number of colors in the images, but that might make the movie look bad.

[Ani-x]

Try PNG format or BMP, as flahs can compress those better.
Also try to keep the original images about the size of the animation.

If not you can animate how you are doing now.
But every so often export the animation as a mov
Then when finished add all the mov clips back into one timeline.
Export that as the swf.

No real way you will have the exact quality you are looking for in flash format. but know the style you are animating with is best used with aftereffects or other none flash (vector) flipbook programs.

[MickHarrison]

I think you are doing this the wrong way around
flash will only hinder your effort. Why would you crow
bar none flash friendly elements into flash?
I would advise you compile the gifs in 'premiere' or similar programme