Thanks Minty, Good points you put across there. Changing the screen res back after the playing of the video would be built into it....... this actually worked well in another old Director project I did some time ago....I just gotta get my head around doing it in Flash....as I quite like the way it can out put to the Mac Platform..... LCD screens....hmmm.....that did not come to mind. I'll have to look into that and do some testing.
Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Minty Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flash Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: [fugli] Re: Screen resolution > Hi Michael, > > A few comments about your desire for fullscreen vid: > > Changing the video res to 800x600 _will_ make the video appear larger > without some of the artifacting you'll see with blowing up the actual video. > However, a lot of LCD monitors look fuzzy when not displaying at their > 'natural' res, which is usually about 1024x768 (15") or 1280x1024 (17"). > LCDs are becoming more common, so it's worth considering if it'll be self > defeating. > > Who are your target audience? I would think that 800x600 is a fairly common > home-use res. Perhaps you're targeting a business audience, which would > suggest higher res, but make sure you're not worrying too much about a small > percentage of users. > > FWIW, you can actually increase the _perceived_ video quality with good > sound. If impact is important, make sure your sound is crisp. > > A lot of game fullscreen vid is actually fairly chunky- it relies on being > visually dynamic (with good sound!) for impact. > > If you do change the res, make sure to change it back before your app quits- > it's only polite. > > > The more I come across projects that require X platform, the more = > > annoyed I get that macromedia did not produce director to output to X = > > platform like Flash does. > In their defence, Director handles so much more varied and external media > and can do so many other things that it's pretty much vital to have a copy > of both Director platforms to nail down any OS-specific issues. My beef that > there wasn't a crossplatform bundle pricing for many years (think it emerged > around D8, not sure if it's still around as I'm just an upgrader). > > HTH. > > Cheers, > Minty > > Nectarine --- www.nectarine.com.au > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to fugli as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > --- You are currently subscribed to fugli as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
