ptg 490 Chapter 20 When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre- ation of the Flash movie. You can instruct Flash to create a PNG image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame. The PNG file format (Portable Network Graphic) is a hybrid format designed to save clip art, photographic images, text, and line art. Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that supports the PNG file format. Specifying PNG Options Specify PNG Options Select a specific Frame on the Timeline. Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Select the PNG check box, and then click the PNG tab. Enter a Width and Height (in pixels) for the PNG image, or select the Match Movie check box to create a PNG image that matches the size of the Flash movie. Click the Bit Depth list arrow, and then select 8-bit, 24-bit, or 24-bit With Alpha. Select from the following Options: ◆ Optimize Colors. Creates an optimized (smaller) set of colors for the active document. ◆ Interlace. Creates an interlaced image where the file, when displayed on a Web page, loads in three passes. ◆ Smooth. Uses a color dithering scheme to create visually smoother color transitions. ◆ Dither Solids. Dithers (mixes) solid colors, if the colors fall outside of the viewable color gamut. ◆ Remove Gradients. Remove any gradients from the active image. 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 4 6 5 Option Selection 8-bit Maximum of 256 colors 24-bit Maximum of 16.7 million colors 24-bit with Alpha Maximum of 16.7 colors and supports the alpha transparency Bit Depth Choices From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 20 Publishing a Movie 491 Click the Dither list arrow, and then click None, Ordered, or Diffusion to dither (mix) colors that fall outside the viewable color gamut. Click the Palette Type list arrow, and then click Web 216, Adaptive, Web Snap Adaptive, or Custom to select a specific palette type. Enter a number for the Maximum Colors. This is available for Adaptive and Web Snap Adaptive. Flash lets you select how many colors are available for the image's color table. Click to select a color table file for the Custom Palette Type. Click the Filter Options list arrow, and then select from the available filter options to control the filtering of the colors in the active image. Click OK to save the PNG settings. 12 11 10 9 8 7 7 8 10 12 9 11 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg 492 Chapter 20 When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre- ation of the Flash movie, you can instruct Flash to create a JPEG image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame. The JPEG file format (Joint Photographic Experts Group), is used primarily to reduce the size of photographic images. Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that supports the JPEG file format. You can select a quality option to compress the file size, which reduces download time over the Internet. You can specify a quality value between 1 and 100. A higher value preserves image quality, but retains a higher file size. Specifying JPEG Options Specify JPEG Options Select a specific frame on the Timeline. Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Select the JPEG check box, and then click the JPEG tab. Enter a Width and Height (in pixels) for the JPEG image, or select the Match Movie check box to create a JPEG image that matches the size of the Flash movie. Drag the Quality slider to increase or decrease the amount of compression applied to the image. The lower the value, the more information (quality) is removed from the image. Select the Progressive check box to create a progressive JPEG image. The file, when displayed on a Web page, loads in three passes. Click OK to save the JPEG settings. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 4 5 7 6 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 20 Publishing a Movie 493 The Flash publish settings gives you the ability to create a self-contained player document for the Macintosh or Windows operating system. When you publish a document using the projector options, Flash creates a Flash movie according to your setting, and embeds the player application into the file. Creating a projector document increases the size of the final document by almost 1MB, so this option would not be used to create Internet documents, but for movies destined for playing on a hard drive, or burned onto a CD or DVD. When you publish using the Projector options, there are no additional options. Creating a Windows or Macintosh Projector Create a Windows or Macintosh Projector Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Select the Windows Projector (.exe), and/or Macintosh Projector check boxes. Click Publish. Flash generates the Macintosh or Windows Projectors documents, and saves them in the same location as the original source document. 3 2 1 3 2 Did You Know? You can play Flash SWF files different ways. Besides playing SWF files in a stand-alone projector, you can also play Flash content in an Internet browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox; in Director, Microsoft Office and other ActiveX applications with the Flash ActiveX; and as part of a QuickTime video. From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg 494 Chapter 20 Flash lets you generate profiles for often-used publish settings within a Flash source file. For example, you're creating a multi-purpose Flash document and you need specific settings to create a fast-loading Internet version, as well as a version designed to run on a CD or DVD. You could create a publishing profile to fit both needs, and save them with the source document. The benefits of this are obvious: Not only can you quickly publish a Flash document using different profiles; you're assured the settings will be accurate every time. Fast and accu- rate are two words which describe Flash publishing. Creating a Publishing Profile Create a Publishing Profile Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Click the Current Profile list arrow to select the profile. Make the necessary changes in the Publish Settings dialog box. Click OK. Click the Create New Profile button. Enter a unique name in the Profile Name box. Click OK. IMPORTANT When you save a Flash profile, it’s only available to that specific document. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 5 3 4 7 6 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 20 Publishing a Movie 495 Once you create a unique profile settings file, it's available for use with the click of the Current Profile list arrow in the Publish Settings dialog box. Unfortunately, not everything is perfect the first time you do it, and it's possible that after you create a profile, you discover a mistake in the settings. The good news is that you don't have to begin again. All you have to do is edit the profile. Editing Profile Properties Edit Profile Properties Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Click the Current Profile list arrow, and then select the profile you want to change. Make the necessary changes in the Publish Settings dialog box. Click OK. Select the File menu, and then click Save. Flash profiles are saved when you save the Flash source document. IMPORTANT Profile properties are recorded as you change them, and then saved when you save the file. If you change your mind after modifying the profile, your choices include manually changing the profile back to its original settings, or closing the file without saving. However, if you've also made changes to the Flash document, closing without saving will also cause you to lose those changes. 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 From the Library of Wow! eBook . 20 When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre- ation of the Flash movie. You can instruct Flash to create a PNG image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected. 20 When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre- ation of the Flash movie, you can instruct Flash to create a JPEG image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected. ability to create a self-contained player document for the Macintosh or Windows operating system. When you publish a document using the projector options, Flash creates a Flash movie according