Playback Performance Tips For Flash Content - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

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Save your movie. Your Publish Settings are saved with the movie.
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Once you have disabled the Shockwave context menu, you can attach a
Flash sprite that tests for the
Windows, you can choose just to write an
The handler might look like the following:
on mouseUp
if the rightMouseDown or the controlDown then
sprite(1).settingsPanel(0)
end if
end
or
on rightMouseUp
sprite(1).settingsPanel(0)
end
You can also choose to use ActionScript in your Flash content to enable the Settings panel. For
more information, see the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 documentation.

Playback performance tips for Flash content

Performance of Flash content can vary greatly, depending on the options in effect and the
playback environment. The following are tips for getting optimal playback performance
from Flash:
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If adequate for your needs, use the Low quality setting rather than High. Using Low turns off
anti-aliasing, which speeds up Flash animation rendering. A handy technique is to switch the
quality of the sprite to Low while displaying a fast-moving animation sequence (such as a
spinning logo), and then switch the quality back to High on the fly as the animation slows
down or comes to a stop. This way, performance can be improved during the part of the
sequence where it would be more difficult to perceive the improved quality anyway, without
sacrificing quality in the end result.
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Experiment with different system color depths to see what provides the best performance. For
example, some graphics, such as gradients, display faster at 16 bits.
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Use Copy ink if possible. Transparency, using Background Transparent ink, requires much
more processing time. If your Flash sprite is in the background (no other Director sprites are
behind it), use Copy instead of Background Transparent, and author your Flash content in
such a way that its background color is the same as the background color you chose for your
Director Stage.
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Use Direct to Stage if possible. Layering and transparency are not supported in this mode;
however, if you just want to play Flash content within a box with the best performance
possible, this may be the way to go.
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Make sure that the Director movie tempo is set high enough. Unless you're using Direct-to-
Stage, your Flash content does not play faster than the Director movie frame rate, regardless of
the
frameRate
least 30 frames per second (fps).
rightMouseDown
or setting. For smoothest playback, set the Director frame rate to at
fixedRate
property or the
controlDown
handler.
on rightMouseUp
Playback performance tips for Flash content
handler to your
mouseUp
property. In
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