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Optimizing shapes for enhanced performance - Flash Professional Tutorial
From the course: Flash Professional CS5 Essential Training
Optimizing shapes for enhanced performance
When you create a lot of vector artwork in Flash and the artwork is complicated, like this cactus here having a lot of Anchor Points, you can eventually add a lot to your file size and slow the Flash Player down if it has to render complex objects repeatedly. So a good practice, if you are going to be using complex vector artwork is to optimize the shapes that you create. You can do that by selecting a shape then going to Modify > Shape > Optimized. When you choose that option, the Optimize Curves dialog box opens up. Here you can set strength for optimization and then you can choose Show Totals Message which we will look at in a minute and you can have a preview of what the art will look like. So if you watch the cactus on the Stage as I drag the Optimization Strength slider, you can see that it changes a little bit. What this is doing is it's removing Anchor Points and it's making the shape less complex, so it will run better in the Flash Player. So I will click OK and then I get a…
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Selecting lines and fills3m 57s
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Modifying lines and fills2m 16s
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Using the Pen tool5m 25s
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Using the Brush tool5m 52s
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Optimizing shapes for enhanced performance1m 15s
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Using the Eraser tool1m 54s
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Working with groups2m 39s
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Using the Eyedropper tool1m 20s
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Changing fill and stroke colors with the Paint Bucket and Ink Bottle tools3m 30s
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Using the Color panel2m 50s
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Using the Color Swatches panel1m 51s
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Creating gradients2m 19s
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Using the Gradient Transform tool2m 4s
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Using the Free Transform tool3m 27s
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Aligning objects with the Align panel3m 57s
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Using the 3D tools4m 11s
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Using rulers and guides2m 11s
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