i asked this 1 or 2 weeks ago also, and the answer was no, but because i need to import a lot of png's i decided that flash is best because can compress them, and can create one frame for each image. otherwise is unacceptable for swfmill to let them at 100% quality.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Walton, Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark/Ralf/Joel .. thanks for all your input on this topic! It's ironic > that Joel and I asked the same question on the same day. I had posted > mine before I received my digest and saw his. :) > > Mark - If you re-read my post, I kind of did show what you were asking. > I said if we just created a simple swf containing only a 38K png and > used flash's default compression setting of 80% it creates a swf of only > 8K. So it is obviously compressing pngs and however it's doing it, it's > a lot more than when I use optipng which only decreased that same png by > a few percent. > So I'm guessing they are either internally changing it to a jpg with a > mask, like Ralf suggested you could do in swfmill or doing something > like converting it to 8 bit png or something. Would be nice to know. > ;-) > > I'm pretty sure swfmill doesn't compress the png at all. > > Ralf, I greatly appreciate your example showing HOW to create the jpg > and png mask and use them in swfmill. > > By the way, Joel, I also found that if I used pngquant to turn my 32bit > png into 8bit png it decreased it much more. My 38K went to around > 14.6K and looked just as good to my eye. That is a freely available > command line tool that works on windows or linux so you could > potentially automate that in your process? > > Lynn > > > > I'd be curious about an experiment somebody with access to Flash could > > do: A simple SWF with just a single PNG, once with lowest compression, > > then highest compression, and how those compare to each other and a > > Swfmill equivalent. > > I mean, we can see with Zlib how lossless compression can differ > > depending on how many cycles you throw at it, but if SWF's lossless > > compression varies in size, I wonder why it's not at highest per > > default. > > > Mark > > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > _______________________________________________ > swfmill mailing list > swfmill@osflash.org > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org > -- Cristi www.ralcr.com
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