bloated fla?

I am puzzled about a flash project I am doing that involves
a fair number of
bitmap images which I thought I had kept low but has
produced a large fla
file of about 280 mb which when I save, takes about 3+
hours. I am trying to
figure out where the bloat is coming from. My working
process entails
versions of the same project which has a version just prior
to the bloated
version that is about 10 mb, has essentially the same scene
and actionscript
structure, about 80 library items compared to 128 items in
the bloated fla
file. I have gone through all the bitmap images in the
bloated version and
confirmed that none seem to be excessively large.

 

I am using flash pro 8. Is there any technique available in
this to sort
library elements or otherwise list things according to file
size so I can
determine from where this jump in fla file size is coming
from?

 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Bill Haas

 

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I can't answer you question directly, but the red flag I see
is that it is
taking you over 3 hours to save a 280 mb file. Three minutes
maybe. But if
it is taking that long to save, or even publish, then you
might have a
corrupt file, corrupt Flash install, or possible hardware
problem.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: William Haas [mailto:w.haas4verizon.net] 
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:55 PM
To: flashnewbiechattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashnewbie] bloated fla?

I am puzzled about a flash project I am doing that involves
a fair number of
bitmap images which I thought I had kept low but has
produced a large fla
file of about 280 mb which when I save, takes about 3+
hours. I am trying to
figure out where the bloat is coming from. My working
process entails
versions of the same project which has a version just prior
to the bloated
version that is about 10 mb, has essentially the same scene
and actionscript
structure, about 80 library items compared to 128 items in
the bloated fla
file. I have gone through all the bitmap images in the
bloated version and
confirmed that none seem to be excessively large.

 

I am using flash pro 8. Is there any technique available in
this to sort
library elements or otherwise list things according to file
size so I can
determine from where this jump in fla file size is coming
from?

 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Bill Haas

 


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Have you tried to Save & Compact the file? 

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From: flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com] On
Behalf Of William
Haas
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:55 AM
To: flashnewbiechattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashnewbie] bloated fla?

I am puzzled about a flash project I am doing that involves
a fair
number of bitmap images which I thought I had kept low but
has produced
a large fla file of about 280 mb which when I save, takes
about 3+
hours. I am trying to figure out where the bloat is coming
from. My
working process entails versions of the same project which
has a version
just prior to the bloated version that is about 10 mb, has
essentially
the same scene and actionscript structure, about 80 library
items
compared to 128 items in the bloated fla file. I have gone
through all
the bitmap images in the bloated version and confirmed that
none seem to
be excessively large.

 

I am using flash pro 8. Is there any technique available in
this to sort
library elements or otherwise list things according to file
size so I
can determine from where this jump in fla file size is
coming from?

 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Bill Haas

 

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280 MB is way too big for a .fla - with that much content,
you should
consider re-doing it so 95% of your media assets are
external. I try and
keep all my .swfs 250k or less when possible.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America  
GT&O Learning & Leadership Development
eTools & Multimedia Team


 

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com 
>>[mailto:flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com] On
Behalf 
>>Of William Haas
>>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:55 PM
>>To: flashnewbiechattyfig.figleaf.com
>>Subject: [Flashnewbie] bloated fla?
>>
>>I am puzzled about a flash project I am doing that
involves a 
>>fair number of bitmap images which I thought I had
kept low 
>>but has produced a large fla file of about 280 mb
which when 
>>I save, takes about 3+ hours. I am trying to figure
out where 
>>the bloat is coming from. My working process entails
versions 
>>of the same project which has a version just prior
to the 
>>bloated version that is about 10 mb, has essentially
the same 
>>scene and actionscript structure, about 80 library
items 
>>compared to 128 items in the bloated fla file. I
have gone 
>>through all the bitmap images in the bloated version
and 
>>confirmed that none seem to be excessively large.
>>
>> 
>>
>>I am using flash pro 8. Is there any technique
available in 
>>this to sort library elements or otherwise list
things 
>>according to file size so I can determine from where
this 
>>jump in fla file size is coming from?
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Bill Haas
>>
>> 
>>
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Thanks for the input from all. I saved to a different
version name and that
seemed to fixed it. It reduced from 290 mb fla file to a
30mb and saves in
seconds not hours. When published to swf resulted in a 6mb
file, which ran
fine. I am using flash for a museum computer based exhibit
that in this case
is running full screen on a 19" monitor so I am trying
to keep image files
as large as possible to have as much resolution as possible.
6mb for what is
a series of maybe 80 images seems pretty efficient to me,
but I am use to
using video and graphic images that typically result in much
larger files to
retain detail.

Again,

Thanks for the suggestions.

Bill Haas




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Jason
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:37 PM
To: Flashnewbie Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Flashnewbie] bloated fla?

280 MB is way too big for a .fla - with that much content,
you should
consider re-doing it so 95% of your media assets are
external. I try and
keep all my .swfs 250k or less when possible.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America  
GT&O Learning & Leadership Development
eTools & Multimedia Team


 

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com 
>>[mailto:flashnewbie-bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com] On
Behalf 
>>Of William Haas
>>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:55 PM
>>To: flashnewbiechattyfig.figleaf.com
>>Subject: [Flashnewbie] bloated fla?
>>
>>I am puzzled about a flash project I am doing that
involves a 
>>fair number of bitmap images which I thought I had
kept low 
>>but has produced a large fla file of about 280 mb
which when 
>>I save, takes about 3+ hours. I am trying to figure
out where 
>>the bloat is coming from. My working process entails
versions 
>>of the same project which has a version just prior
to the 
>>bloated version that is about 10 mb, has essentially
the same 
>>scene and actionscript structure, about 80 library
items 
>>compared to 128 items in the bloated fla file. I
have gone 
>>through all the bitmap images in the bloated version
and 
>>confirmed that none seem to be excessively large.
>>
>> 
>>
>>I am using flash pro 8. Is there any technique
available in 
>>this to sort library elements or otherwise list
things 
>>according to file size so I can determine from where
this 
>>jump in fla file size is coming from?
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Bill Haas
>>
>> 
>>
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