ptg 488 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 GIF image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame. The GIF file for- mat (Graphics Interchange Format) is used primarily for clipart, text, and line art, or for images that contain areas of solid color. Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that sup- ports the GIF file format. Specifying GIF Options Specify GIF Options Select a specific frame on the Timeline. Click the File menu, and then click Publish Settings. Select the GIF check box, and then click the GIF 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. Select from the following Playback options: ◆ Static. Prevents the GIF animation from playing. ◆ Animated. Animates the GIF document. ◆ Loop Continuously. Forces the animation into a continuous loop. ◆ Repeat. Enter a value representing the number of times the file loops. 5 4 3 2 1 3 5 4 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 20 Publishing a Movie 489 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 they fall outside of the viewable color gamut. ◆ Remove Gradients. Removes gradients from the active image. Click the Transparent list arrow, and then click Opaque, Transparent, or Alpha. The Alpha transparency mask generates transparent areas within the GIF image. Click the Dither list arrow, and then click None, Ordered, or Diffusion. Click the Palette Type list arrow, and then click Web 216, Adaptive, Web Snap Adaptive, or Custom. 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 OK to save the GIF settings. 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 8 7 9 12 10 11 Option Use Web 216 Creates an image with only Web Safe colors. Adaptive Creates an image where the color table (CLUT) adapts to the image colors. Web Snap Adaptive Creates a color table that adheres closely to the Web Safe Color palette. Custom Creates a customized color palette. Palette Type Options From the Library of Wow! eBook 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 . publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre- ation of the Flash movie, you can instruct Flash to create a GIF image of the Flash movie,. 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,