I am planning a child learning game and it will take me a year to do it, because I don’t know what I am doing but I am determinede to succeed. But I need advice about images. I am thinking of converting jpg to vector via trace. Is that the way to go for a file that would have a lot of graphics? And if so should I convert the image once traced to a symbol graphic or MC? Any advice greatly appreciated. Second thing I cannot afford to pay more than what I buy on this site (you are all so wonderful) but if someone is interested in a joint venture for this project it could be a possibility to discuss. The book and all the activities are already planned, all I need now is to work out the flash activities. Feel free to contact me privately. Mireille
Posted 2 months ago
well when i convert images to vector i use this site: http://vectormagic.com/ it works very well you should give it a try and see how it does for your images. (unfortunatly only the first 3 images are free i think then you gotta pay).
Posted 2 months ago
Hi blueish Thank you also for the reply. I am using photos and you say that tracing is not a good solution. So you think that jpg are better, I can certainly do that. I was under the impression that vector was better for flash. So if I use optimised jpg should I convert them to a symbol or keep them as jpg. Sorry I really am a newbie. You can contact me privately at mireille2 dot mac dot com
Posted 2 months ago
Raster = Faster performance, but large file size.
Vector = Slower performance, but smaller file size.
That’s the basic idea. Of course, there are acceptions to that rule.
So for your project it sounds like raster images are the way to go (JPG, PNG , GIF). I would suggest PNGs for all Flash images. They support alpha, and you can apply jpg-like compression to them through Flash.
Just remember, you won’t have much luck resizing your raster images later.
You can also load both raster and vector graphics from external locations, which means quicker (main animation) download times.
Posted 2 months ago
