Specifying per-object settings

If you are exporting in SWF or AutoLayout format, the Export palette lets you set export options for individual selected objects within the composition. Applying separate optimization settings for each object lets you determine the export format, quality, and size of individual objects or groups of objects.

For example, if you are exporting in SWF format and the composition consists of several photographs and two solid-color graphics, you might save the document in JPEG and then select the solid-color graphics and save them as Indexed.

For another example, suppose the document you are exporting in AutoLayout format contains several smaller images that can be lower quality, but one large image that needs to be higher quality. In this case, you could first specify the document-level settings to be JPEG with a lower quality setting. You could then select the large image, and specify that its setting be JPEG with a higher quality setting.

Note the following when specifying per-object export settings:

• You can only apply per-object settings to compositions being exported in SWF or AutoLayout format.
• Settings for an individual object are saved even if the document-level export settings change.
• The per-object options on the Export palette change depending on whether you are exporting the document in SWF format or AutoLayout format.
• You can only choose per-object settings within the overall document-level format you chose. For example, you can't set the document to export as SWF and an object to export as AutoLayout.
• You can select and specify per-object settings for multiple objects at once.
• You cannot specify per-object settings for groups or movie clip groups.

To specify or modify an export setting for an individual object:

1. Set overall document settings as described in Setting basic export options and Setting specific export options for Macromedia Flash (SWF) format, making sure to select either Macromedia Flash (SWF) or AutoLayout for the export format.
2. Select the object.
3. Do one of the following:
• If no settings have yet been specified for the object, click the Create a New Object Setting button  at the bottom of the palette. The export palette switches to Object Settings Mode (the Object Export Settings button  is selected and the Document Export Setting button  is deselected).
• If an object already has Object Settings, selecting it automatically switches the Export palette to Object Settings Mode, and you can proceed to the next step.
4. Choose from options listed in the bottom half of the palette.
5. If you are exporting as Macromedia Flash (SWF), click the Convert to Bitmap button  to export selected vector objects as bitmaps.

Note: You can still edit document settings while an object that has object settings is selected. Just switch back to Document Setting mode and make the necessary changes.

For a list of formats, see About export formats. For a description of available settings, see the instructions for setting document-level export settings for that format in Setting specific export options for Macromedia Flash (SWF) format.

To remove individual settings for an object:

1. Select the object.
2. Click the Delete Current Object Settings button  at the bottom of the palette. The Export palette automatically switches back to Document Settings mode.