Why flash image seems jagged?

[edhan]

Hi

I am currently designing flash but the images appear in the swf loses the sharpness as it appears jagged?

Sorry there is no sample as I have yet to complete the design. I use the images under all formats like bmp, png, gif, jpg but none of these result in sharpness.

Hope to have a little advice as I am just starting out with flash design.

Thanks for any help.

Edward Han

[Web-Design-Guy]

I am guessing your problem is that you are re-sizing the image inside Flash. Always try to avoid this and do any image manipulation before import.

Also check your publish settings - which you can override and adjust on a per asset basis.

[edhan]

Originally Posted by Web-Design-Guy

I am guessing your problem is that you are re-sizing the image inside Flash. Always try to avoid this and do any image manipulation before import.

Also check your publish settings - which you can override and adjust on a per asset basis.

The images I use are from Paint Shop Pro and I have sized them accordingly before Copy & Paste into the flash fla file. When publishing, I choose 100% quality for images but yet it turns out to be jagged. I have experiment the images to include some texts and it is shows with jagged though when viewed in Paint Shop Pro, it is smooth and sharp.

Wondering what went wrong? I am using several sample of my FLA file that have smooth and sharp images to experiment with Copy & Paste images but turn out jagged all the time. Can't figure out where I have gone wrong.

Any idea?

Thanks!
Edward Han

[Web-Design-Guy]

Try and Import the asset instead of copy and paste.

[edhan]

Originally Posted by Web-Design-Guy

Try and Import the asset instead of copy and paste.

Yes. It works!

Thanks!

[Web-Design-Guy]

Glad I could help.

[mtheory]

Another hint: Save your images as png instead of jpeg before importing. Your compiled swf will be noticably smaller in file size and you will have the benefit of transparency in your images.