FbF animation file way too big.

[NuclearTeddies]

We're making an animation for a contest, but we kinda stumbled on a problem. our animation is just 4.5 seconds so far (on 24 fps) but the .fla is 22 MB and the .swf is getting close to 1 MB. I read that using graphics and movie clips and such helps with keeping your file size low, but can't quite figure out how to use that in a frame by frame animation.

So what are some tricks to keep FbF animation files low in size?

Thanks in Advance

Devionna and Vadinci of the Nuclear Teddies

[HizuPlague]

The size goes down after you compress it. . .something like that.

Someone tell me if I said it wrong.

[Magical-Arts]

can't say for sure without seeing your animation but if you'r useing the brush tool and have a very low smooth value your file will get big since it will make alot of vector points when you draw, so if you wanna reduce the size of the aniamtion you already have you canuse the 'edit multiple frames tool' (it's close tot he onion skin tool) Stretch the clamps of the tool so it covers your animation in whole. you should see all your frames as if they where ontop of eachother. hold your left mouse buttom and mark them all with the aquare and then sue the smooth tool (Modify>shape>smooth, or you can right click on the lines and find the smooth there.)

Anything unclear? hope this helps :)

[iceimp]

If your brush is under 48 or so it will be a much higher file size, as when your brush is higher harder to draw yet less file size.