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From: Tony on 16 Apr 2008 16:34 Hi Amy, FLCs certainly look like a bitmap sequence, that is the quality is just as good ... there are none of the artifacts seen with wmv, mpegs etc ... but the FLC file size and Authorware file size, is many times smaller than with a sequence of bitmaps. FLCs hence give far better performance than bitmaps and much smoother animations. Where the animation/movie has a static background (ie no camera panning) FLCs can be even smaller than wmvs and mpgs. Autodesk products like the old Animator Pro can import a series of bitmaps and convert them to a FLC. "Amy Blankenship" <amySpamFilter(a)magnolia_pleaseNOspam_multimedia.com> wrote in message news:fu4u77$ak3$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... >I don't think that flc files are any different when imported into >Authorware than a bitmap sequence. I think you can import a sequence of >images into Flash as an animation. > > The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) allows both Flash and Flex to work from > the desktop. > > HTH; > > Amy >
From: Tony on 16 Apr 2008 16:44 Thanks wfp. Yes, I don't think any other animation format than FLC, supports transparency. I used to love the old Animator when playing with palettes was critical for 8 bit displays and I still use the 16 bit Animator Pro for FLC manipulation. The Lectora web site doesn't say much about its use in development. What sort of limitations does it have ? "wfprince" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:fu5e7t$s1u$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... >I used to use flc animations back in the mid 90s. I made them in "video for > dos". They were great because they are very small files and you can have > a > transparent background. You can make some pretty cool effects with the > transparency. For the time they were very cool. > > After using Authorware since AW 2 I am also having to move to another > product. > We just purchased Lectora. Definitely NOT an Authorware repalcement. I > miss > Authorware! I won't trash Adobe on their own site but suffice it to say I > am > moving away from Adobe products whenever possible. > > wfp >
From: Tony on 16 Apr 2008 16:54 wfp, If you're still playing with animations, I should mention Blender. I've been using it for a few months now and it is quite extraordinary. An absolutely amazing product ... and its free !!! It can even do fluid simulations, physics, human/character simulations, incredible particle effects, you name it. I'm hanging out for the next upgrade 2.46 that has a vast amount of new goodies. Best of all, it can't go the way of Authorware because its non commercial ! Perhaps the only "limitation" is that is can do so much, it takes a while to learn. There's a new movie that has just been released that has been built entirely with Blender. www.blender.org "wfprince" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:fu5e7t$s1u$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... >I used to use flc animations back in the mid 90s. I made them in "video for > dos". They were great because they are very small files and you can have > a > transparent background. You can make some pretty cool effects with the > transparency. For the time they were very cool. > > After using Authorware since AW 2 I am also having to move to another > product. > We just purchased Lectora. Definitely NOT an Authorware repalcement. I > miss > Authorware! I won't trash Adobe on their own site but suffice it to say I > am > moving away from Adobe products whenever possible. > > wfp >
From: Amy Blankenship on 16 Apr 2008 19:23 "Tony" <aburns(a)q-skills.com> wrote in message news:fu5ofp$9gb$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Thanks wfp. Yes, I don't think any other animation format than FLC, > supports transparency. I used to love the old Animator when playing with > palettes was critical for 8 bit displays and I still use the 16 bit > Animator Pro for FLC manipulation. 100% white or 100% black (depending on how you import) will be transparent in a bmp series, and is relatively uncomplicated to produce in Fireworks.
From: Amy Blankenship on 16 Apr 2008 19:25
"Tony" <aburns(a)q-skills.com> wrote in message news:fu5nsi$8rh$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Hi Amy, > > FLCs certainly look like a bitmap sequence, that is the quality is just as > good ... there are none of the artifacts seen with wmv, mpegs etc ... but > the FLC file size and Authorware file size, is many times smaller than > with a sequence of bitmaps. FLCs hence give far better performance than > bitmaps and much smoother animations. Where the animation/movie has a > static background (ie no camera panning) FLCs can be even smaller than > wmvs and mpgs. Authorware compresses bitmaps, and I think the file size will also depend on the options you choose in the tool you produce the series in. |