No matter it is your personal interest or just do for a living, many people nowadays are engaged in the Flash creation field. Adobe has the best Flash technology and provides professional Flash tools such as Adobe Flash, Flash Builder and Flex. The output Flash files are usually in SWF format, which is much smaller than other video formats like MP4, FLV, and that’s why it becomes so popular on websites. Flash SWF files are widely used as Flash games,…
SWF is a quite popular and common video format on Internet because of its unique feature of small size, fast speed, good compatibility, interactivity and flexibility, etc. SWF file is the final output format from Adobe Flash making programs like Flash, Flex and Flash Builder. Sometimes you may find that the SWF file size is too large for the size limitation, for example when uploading to websites or adding to email attachment. How can you optimize SWF file for smaller…
While the Internet is flooded with all kinds of free software, information and services, all kinds of ads are booming on the webpages too. In fact, for many websites, ads are their main income source. And among the entire medium to carry ads, Flash ads is the most popular one for it allows businessmen to add animated effects in quite a small file size. While publishers usually limit the initial load of Flash ads to 30k or 40k, to ensure…
Believe it or not, long web page load time will kill your website. There are many reasons that may cause your website to be slow, like incorporate html code, scripts, web server, your location, etc. But the most likely reason is your web page content. Google has suggested us to use smaller image size to speed up the web page. In fact, SWF content has even greater negative affect on the load time, because lots of websites like to use…
Flash movie is a good choice to encapsulate a story in a lightweight and web-friendly way, with multiple layers of animations. Unlike other video formats like MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, WebM, etc. which can only play from the very beginning to end, Flash movies has the interactivity that end users can operate the play process, commonly seen in Flash games. Sometimes those layers can produce a Flash file that’s too big for web use, because it can slow down a…
Nowadays more and more websites are using Flash banners rather than animated GIF banners because Flash banners allow more complex animations, have high graphic quality and can include scripting features and interactivity. Besides, the output SWF file usually has a small size thus fast to download for end users. Flash banners are now almost universally accepted, displaying on more than 96% of computers with Internet connections. To ensure better user experience, the Flash SWF file size should be small enough…
Flash is a powerful tool that can be used to deliver visually appealing information that's small in size and also uses fewer resources in terms of CPU and memory as compared to video or image animations. While being so powerful working in Flash, we also come across one problem when we need to optimize SWF file to minimize SWF file size. Unlike video or image animations, there are hundreds of video editors or image editors out there. Flash optimizers are…
Although they are much smaller than their FLA counterparts, SWF files can still be somewhat too big and might need to be smaller to meet specific size requirements. To reduce SWF file size, you can take a few extra steps in Adobe Flash before exporting the FLA file. The compression tools built into Flash will help to make a smaller SWF file. What if the SWF file is still too big or the SWF file you get is not created…
Flash banners are widely used on websites because unlike picture banner, they are moving, active and eye-catching. The only disadvantage may be the SWF file size. To ensure a low buffering lag, you can mandate your web server on famous networks, but it may cost a fortune. In fact you can reduce the file size of the contents you use on the website, like text, picture, video, template, etc. to makes things better. And reduce Flash banner file size is…
I am trying to upload a SWF to website, but the file size is limited. How can I reduce the SWF file size so that I can upload my SWF files? SWF files are widely used online as advertisements, banner, movies and flash games. For website administrators, due to website traffic reasons, they may set restrictions on the SWF file size for users. Then your will need to reduce SWF file size and keep a reasonable output video effect. If…