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Enter a Width and Height in pixels for the PNG image, or select the Match Movie check box to create a PNG image that matches the size of the Flash movie.. 492 Chapter 20 When you publ

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When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre-ation of the Flash movie You can instruct Flash to create a PNG image

of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame The PNG file format (Portable Network Graphic) is a hybrid format designed to save clip art, photographic images, text, and line art Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that supports the PNG file format

Specifying PNG

Options

Specify PNG Options

Select a specific Frame on the

Timeline

Click the File menu, and then click

Publish Settings.

Select the PNG check box, and

then click the PNG tab.

Enter a Width and Height (in

pixels) for the PNG image, or

select the Match Movie check box

to create a PNG image that

matches the size of the Flash

movie

Click the Bit Depth list arrow, and

then select 8-bit, 24-bit, or 24-bit

With Alpha.

Select from the following Options:

◆ Optimize Colors Creates an

optimized (smaller) set of colors

for the active document

◆ Interlace Creates an interlaced

image where the file, when

displayed on a Web page, loads

in three passes

◆ Smooth Uses a color dithering

scheme to create visually

smoother color transitions

◆ Dither Solids Dithers (mixes)

solid colors, if the colors fall

outside of the viewable color

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◆ Remove Gradients Remove any

gradients from the active

image

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8-bit Maximum of 256 colors 24-bit Maximum of 16.7 million colors 24-bit with Alpha Maximum of 16.7 colors and supports

the alpha transparency

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Click the Dither list arrow, and

then click None, Ordered, or

Diffusion to dither (mix) colors that

fall outside the viewable color

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Click the Palette Type list arrow,

and then click Web 216, Adaptive,

Web Snap Adaptive, or Custom to

select a specific palette type

Enter a number for the Maximum

Colors

This is available for Adaptive and

Web Snap Adaptive Flash lets you

select how many colors are

available for the image's color

table

Click to select a color table file for

the Custom Palette Type

Click the Filter Options list arrow,

and then select from the available

filter options to control the filtering

of the colors in the active image

Click OK to save the PNG settings.

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When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre-ation of the Flash movie, you can instruct Flash to create a JPEG image

of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame The JPEG file format (Joint Photographic Experts Group), is used primarily to reduce the size of photographic images Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that supports the JPEG file format You can select a quality option to compress the file size, which reduces download time over the Internet You can specify a quality value between 1 and 100 A higher value preserves image quality, but retains a higher file size

Specifying JPEG

Options

Specify JPEG Options

Select a specific frame on the

Timeline

Click the File menu, and then click

Publish Settings.

Select the JPEG check box, and

then click the JPEG tab.

Enter a Width and Height (in

pixels) for the JPEG image, or

select the Match Movie check box

to create a JPEG image that

matches the size of the Flash

movie

Drag the Quality slider to increase

or decrease the amount of

compression applied to the image

The lower the value, the more

information (quality) is removed

from the image

Select the Progressive check box

to create a progressive JPEG

image The file, when displayed on

a Web page, loads in three passes

Click OK to save the JPEG settings.

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The Flash publish settings gives you the ability to create a self-contained player document for the Macintosh or Windows operating system When you publish a document using the projector options, Flash creates a Flash movie according to your setting, and embeds the player application into the file Creating a projector document increases the size of the final document by almost 1MB, so this option would not be used to create Internet documents, but for movies destined for playing on a hard drive,

or burned onto a CD or DVD When you publish using the Projector options, there are no additional options

Creating a Windows

or Macintosh

Projector

Create a Windows or

Macintosh Projector

Click the File menu, and then click

Publish Settings.

Select the Windows Projector

(.exe), and/or Macintosh Projector

check boxes

Click Publish.

Flash generates the Macintosh or

Windows Projectors documents,

and saves them in the same

location as the original source

document

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Did You Know?

You can play Flash SWF files different

ways Besides playing SWF files in a

stand-alone projector, you can also

play Flash content in an Internet

browser, such as Internet Explorer or

Firefox; in Director, Microsoft Office

and other ActiveX applications with the

Flash ActiveX; and as part of a

QuickTime video

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Flash lets you generate profiles for often-used publish settings within a Flash source file For example, you're creating a multi-purpose Flash document and you need specific settings to create a fast-loading Internet version, as well as a version designed to run on a CD or DVD

You could create a publishing profile to fit both needs, and save them with the source document The benefits of this are obvious: Not only can you quickly publish a Flash document using different profiles;

you're assured the settings will be accurate every time Fast and accu-rate are two words which describe Flash publishing

Creating a Publishing

Profile

Create a Publishing Profile

Click the File menu, and then click

Publish Settings.

Click the Current Profile list arrow

to select the profile

Make the necessary changes in

the Publish Settings dialog box

Click OK.

Click the Create New Profile

button

Enter a unique name in the Profile

Name box

Click OK.

IMPORTANT When you save a

Flash profile, it’s only available to

that specific document

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Once you create a unique profile settings file, it's available for use with the click of the Current Profile list arrow in the Publish Settings dialog box Unfortunately, not everything is perfect the first time you do it, and it's possible that after you create a profile, you discover a mistake in the settings The good news is that you don't have to begin again All you have to do is edit the profile

Editing Profile

Properties

Edit Profile Properties

Click the File menu, and then click

Publish Settings.

Click the Current Profile list arrow,

and then select the profile you

want to change

Make the necessary changes in

the Publish Settings dialog box

Click OK.

Select the File menu, and then

click Save.

Flash profiles are saved when you

save the Flash source document

IMPORTANT Profile properties

are recorded as you change them,

and then saved when you save the

file If you change your mind after

modifying the profile, your choices

include manually changing the

profile back to its original settings,

or closing the file without saving

However, if you've also made

changes to the Flash document,

closing without saving will also

cause you to lose those changes

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