[Flashcoders] Automatic quality toggle

2011-02-25 Thread Henrik Andersson
I have been thinking a lot about the problem of optimizing animation playback. I know that some people here are unfamiliar with working with real animations and have been doing applications instead. Please consider this aimed at real animations like in movies and games. While the best

Re: [Flashcoders] Automatic quality toggle

2011-02-25 Thread Ktu
I don't have personal experience with this problem, but I did come up with some questions and ideas that might further your search. First off, it sounds like to me the requirement is to have a seamless playback of animations. No jitter, frameskips, or lag times. You are right, its quite the

Re: [Flashcoders] Automatic quality toggle

2011-02-25 Thread Henrik Andersson
You bring up a lot of valid points, but you fail to focus on the main concern here, how to deal with the graphics being the most heavy part. Please keep in mind that I am trying to focus on how to deal with animations that can't be simplified much. I am looking for a generic solution to the

Re: [Flashcoders] Automatic quality toggle

2011-02-25 Thread Ktu
But what can you do when you have exhausted your options to edit the content? You only got the quality setting left to use. - maybe then you've got to re-evaluate what you are doing or use the quality settings. How do you decide on the thresholds? Can you successfully predict when it is worth to

Re: [Flashcoders] Automatic quality toggle

2011-02-25 Thread Henrik Andersson
Ktu skriver: But what can you do when you have exhausted your options to edit the content? You only got the quality setting left to use. - maybe then you've got to re-evaluate what you are doing or use the quality settings. How do you decide on the thresholds? Can you successfully predict