Preserved Topic: Flash file size... any suggestions? (Page 1 of 1)

I've just about finished up a flash presentation for a client. Originally he (my client) wanted this presentation done for a CD. So as I was creating it I wasn't really worried about file size as the CD-rom would access it very quickly. But now he is excited about how it is looking and wants it online also... right now it's just over 600 KB (and not finished). I can't start over and I'm not experienced enough in flash to bail myself out... any ideas? Is there a simple way to change things so individual movie clips won't load until they are accessed? Thanks for any help. Peace.

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There are lots of ways to pre-load content in flash, google for "flash load tutorial" and you should have enough to keep you buzy for days.

That said, flash, like anything else you put on the web should be properly optimized with appropiate compression settings and the like. Video content and audio are usually the largest pocket fillers when it comes to flash content, so starting to optomize those should trim things down a bit. You should also avoid importing the same graphic multiple times, and make sure you cull the library of any duplicate media or media that isn't actually being used in the outputted swf movie(s).

Furthermore, in future it's probably best to ask the flash related questions in the "Multimedia & Animation" forum, just to keep things nice and orderly.

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