The size bloat up is normal, ( data related to editing images inside director gets added up) Once you compress your casts ( as dcr ) it will go down.
Regards Lakshmanthas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: <lingo-l> cast size > > Well, I've got a folder of jpgs that is 18 megs. Once I import into an > external cast, the damn thing bloats to 203 megs - what the hell? I don't > recall ever having a problem like this before? > > I wanted to make a gallery of images, and, using imaging lingo do 1 of 2 > things either > > 1) create pages via IL with 4 smaller images to a page (ie photoalbum) > 2) a nice slideshow of larger images using IL, timeouts and fading between > them. > > I thought it would be best to put this all in a cast but since it's going > to more than 10x the folder size, and I have limited space (video), I'm > even considering keeping the photos external and cycling through 4 dummy > members, linking to the next 4 (or less) external pics, and doing the IL > with that. > > I'm going to test, but I'm wondering what kind of speed problems I might > having linking to 4 640x480 images at a time - obviously I can prepare for > the next rev of images, ie while I'm slideshowing images 1 - 4, I link > images 5-8. > > But I'm really curious why my cast bloated up so bad. > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
