Hi Gerrie The problem is that JPEG is a "lossy" compression (i.e. you lose quality when you compress) so the more you try and get the file size smaller the more quality you're gonna drop. Also JPEG isn't very good at compressing solid blocks of colour.
Best think to do would be to have the graphic as a GIF (lossless compression and good for flat colour). As you've got a solid background you won't need to worry about having any transparent areas, plus the image is only made up of 4 different colours so you have a lot of space left in the colour palette to get some crisp anti-aliasing even when you run it through an image optimiser (Adobe ImageReady is damn fine IMO). And after I typed all of this I just noticed this image is inside of Flash movie. Don't worry, the same technique applies. I'd personally import an uncompressed BMP or PICT of that image into Flash first then optimise it second (look at the properties for the image in the Flash library - you got a few compression options in there - try and go for the Lossless compression first but tinker with teh JPEG settings if you can't get the file sizes small enough). Hope this helps... MOU ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
