Does swfmill have any options for image compression?

Does swfmill have any options for image compression?

I thought not, but a colleague saw this line from the
release page on
0.2.6 that says: minimum compression buffer size for
importing PNGs   
and thought that might me you could?

I see this post from Mark in 2005:
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On 10/27/05, Alan Queen <aqueen at gmail.com> wrote:
> is there a way to control the default image compression
when
generating a
> swf?

You mean for JPGs?
AFAIK, swfmill doesn't re-encode images, so they're included
the way
they are.

Mark
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I searched src code some and my conclusion is still that it
doesn't.
Just looking for confirmation?

If not, does anyone have any recommendations on tools
(command line) or
approaches to getting pngs compressed as small as possible
to use in a
swfmill import ?   

I've played with optipng but it only saves me about 3-12% on
size. (For
instance, a given png that is 38,141 bytes goes down to
36,795).  But if
someone puts that same 38,141 png in an fla and using the
Flash IDE
publishes with the default 80% compression on, the whole swf
with the
png ends up only about 8,000 bytes.  Anyone know how they
are
compressing it?

Thanks,
Lynn 




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On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Walton, Lynn
<Lynn_Waltonadp.com> wrote:
> Does swfmill have any options for image compression?

Hmm... the reply I just sent to the other thread would have
fit better here. 

I think the compression setting in Flash only affects JPGs
(where
Swfmill just takes what you pass to it, so you'd have to use
another
program to compress your JPGs further if desired). I also
think that
for lossless (PNG), Swfmill has to convert to a slightly
different,
but related, compression. But I could be wrong here.
Depending on the image, you could try to convert to JPG,
with your
compression level of choice, and see how that goes.
Generally, if it's
a photo, you'll be better off with JPG. But if you have
something like
a screenshot or anything artificial with large areas of a
single color
and/or fine pixel lines, JPG will not only look like crap,
but also be
larger.

Mark

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