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Choosing publish settings Flash movie format
When publishing a Flash movie, you can set image and sound compression options, and an option to protect your movie from being imported. Use the controls in the Flash panel of the Publish Settings dialog box to change the following settings.
Publish settings for a Flash movie
To choose publish settings for a Flash movie:
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Choose File > Publish Settings and click the Flash tab. |
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Choose a Player Version from the pop-up menu. |
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Choose a Load Order to set the order in which Flash loads a movie's layers for displaying the first frame of your movie: Bottom Up or Top Down. |
This option controls which parts of the movie Flash draws first over a slow network or modem connection. |
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Select Generate Size Report to generate a report listing the amount of data in the final Flash movie by file.See Testing movie download performance. |
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To enable debugging of the published Flash movie, select any of the following options: |
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Omit Trace Actions causes Flash to ignore Trace actions ( |
For more information, see Using the Output window. |
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Protect from Import prevents others from importing the Flash movie and converting it back into a Flash (FLA) document. |
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Debugging Permitted activates the Debugger and allows debugging a Flash movie remotely. If you select this option, you can choose to password-protect your Flash movie. |
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Flash Player 6 Version only: Compress Movie compresses the Flash movie to reduce file size and download time. This option is on by default and is most beneficial when a file has a lot of text or ActionScript. A compressed file only plays in Flash Player 6. |
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If you selected Debugging Permitted in step 5, enter a password in the Password text box to prevent unauthorized users from debugging a Flash movie. If you add a password, others must enter the password before they can debug the movie. To remove the password, clear the Password field. |
For more information on the Debugger, see Using the Debugger. |
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To control bitmap compression, adjust the JPEG Quality slider or enter a value. |
Lower image quality produces smaller files; higher image quality produces larger files. Try different settings to determine the best trade-off between size and quality; 100 provides the highest quality and least compression. |
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To set the sample rate and compression for all stream sounds or event sounds in the movie, click the Set button next to Audio Stream or Audio Event and choose options for Compression, Bit Rate, and Quality in the Sound Settings dialog box. Click OK when you are finished. |
Note: A stream sound begins playing as soon as enough data for the first few frames has been downloaded; it is synchronized to the Timeline. An event sound must download completely before it begins playing and continues playing until explicitly stopped. |
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For more information on sound, see Adding Sound. |
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Select Override Sound Settings to use the settings selected in step 8 to override settings for individual sounds selected in the Sound section of the Property inspector. You may want to choose this option to create a smaller low-fidelity version of a movie. |
Note: If the Select Override Sound Settings option is deselected, Flash scans all stream sounds in the movie (including sounds in imported video) and publishes all stream sounds at the highest individual setting. This can increase file size, if one or more stream sounds has a high export setting. |
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Choose a Flash Player version. Not all Flash MX features work in movies published earlier than Flash Player 6. |
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To save the settings with the current file, click OK. |
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