[Flashcoders] optimizing an animation?
hi! i have a performance problems with a site. the site has four content areas with navigation between them, so that when you click on an icon the section zooms in from and icon size to full screen and the current sections zooms out at the same time. zooming and positioning is done with zeh fernando's mc_tween. the problem here is simple: the animation chokes. it almost looks as if there was a start frame, an end one and two or three frames displayed in between (it takes around a second). also there is a section with a news. news are diplsayed as list of titles. when clicked an item expands pushing the list down and the news copy shows in this space. textfields are created dynamically as the news are read form an xml file. backgound and buttons are attached dynamically too. the problem: it chokes too. this is weirded as tweening is very bad for the first time but then i smooths. any hints about how to address this? how to optmimize animation? what to use and what to avoid? thanks, michal ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] optimizing an animation?
I've seen this mostly when the MC being tweened either has a lot of vector information or large (physically) bitmaps. - If it's all vector being zoomed, either optimize and cut down on the vectors or, create a new frame in the MC with 'some elements' only, goto that frame while zooming, do a callback function on the MC_tween to then go back to the frame you want once the tween is complete - If it's bitmaps being zoomed, they may have too much information to render quickly - try reducing the amount of pixels in the bitmap (like 50% scale) then stretch it 200% when it's dynamically attached - this will lower the quality but speed up the zoom (you can try this just to test if it is the bitmap causing the problem). - In general, disable elements one at a time and keep testing the movie to find the offending elements that are causing the chugging. On 6/27/06, michal jaworski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi! i have a performance problems with a site. the site has four content areas with navigation between them, so that when you click on an icon the section zooms in from and icon size to full screen and the current sections zooms out at the same time. zooming and positioning is done with zeh fernando's mc_tween. the problem here is simple: the animation chokes. it almost looks as if there was a start frame, an end one and two or three frames displayed in between (it takes around a second). also there is a section with a news. news are diplsayed as list of titles. when clicked an item expands pushing the list down and the news copy shows in this space. textfields are created dynamically as the news are read form an xml file. backgound and buttons are attached dynamically too. the problem: it chokes too. this is weirded as tweening is very bad for the first time but then i smooths. any hints about how to address this? how to optmimize animation? what to use and what to avoid? thanks, michal ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] optimizing an animation?
Another approach is to switch to a single bitmap for the whole MC, scale and tween, then switch back to your vector version once the tween has finished. Ian On 6/26/06, Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen this mostly when the MC being tweened either has a lot of vector information or large (physically) bitmaps. - If it's all vector being zoomed, either optimize and cut down on the vectors or, create a new frame in the MC with 'some elements' only, goto that frame while zooming, do a callback function on the MC_tween to then go back to the frame you want once the tween is complete - If it's bitmaps being zoomed, they may have too much information to render quickly - try reducing the amount of pixels in the bitmap (like 50% scale) then stretch it 200% when it's dynamically attached - this will lower the quality but speed up the zoom (you can try this just to test if it is the bitmap causing the problem). - In general, disable elements one at a time and keep testing the movie to find the offending elements that are causing the chugging. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
