annanas 2008-09-07 14:49:04

hmm.. no idea but maybe u usin too many keyframes

Voodoo 2008-09-07 14:50:48

same problem happens to me all the time.

My solution is cutting my wrists :c

kiljoy96 2008-09-07 14:54:14

well i have a file that is gonna be a music vid. and it is only like 300 frames now and it is 30+mb, but the .swf is only like 3mb

Pixmintro 2008-09-07 14:55:41

Man, my new movie's already 9.8 MB without 75% of the audio, I'm freaking out too! :O

dieplease 2008-09-07 14:55:51

*sob! I don't know shit about flash, but I loOurves the Nameless! Hope this Hhelps! hhe;lp hhelp hhelp hhelp.

M4KBOT 2008-09-07 14:56:40

What sound settings are you exporting the .swf on?

NegativeONE 2008-09-07 14:59:54

Waterman is also Tweenimation, if I remember correctly.

Slick-Productions 2008-09-07 15:06:09

Could be your fbf-ism.
Since Waterman uses symbols for the most part, flash only has to load the actual image once, and then only has to load its width/length/angle/etc.
With you, it loads a new shape every time someone talks/moves their arms etc.
Which btw is very stylish and is very visually appealing.
And congrats as being a Rightful Wrong Doer (Or whatever RWD spells out to be)
They're flashes are pretty neat, as are yours, so yeah that's gonna be cool :D

eyerecon 2008-09-07 15:07:42

Ok bye

TheCriminalDuder 2008-09-07 15:09:13

I'd help ya but, I'm stoned everytime I animate and usually don't have a dang clue what I'm doing. :P
However... you could go to File, then Publish Settings, click the Flash tab, go down near the bottum and change the Sound Settings for the Audio - usually just changing the Quality to medium and Bit Rate to about 24kbps lowers it by a good chunk. Basically your sacrificing audio quality for file size... I think. I don't really notice the difference if I only lower it a bit though. :3

eyerecon 2008-09-07 15:09:37

bitmaps take up alot of space so if u hav any that u used for drawing get rid of those

Aeonstars 2008-09-07 15:09:40

I usually have the same problems when I'm making a flash. I freak out over the file size the whole way through but by the end it always works out to be under 10 mb. Don't worry about it.

Wiiporter 2008-09-07 15:09:53

is it ANIGEN
ANIGEN
ANIGEN
ANIGEN
ANIGEN IS FOURTEEN YEAR OLD KID

sorbitol 2008-09-07 15:10:45

I'm also struggling at the moment with something that is too fat for it's own good.

Try lowering the audio output to about 32k or even 24 kbps.
Also make sure everything is converted to a symbol or graphic so that no "raw" artwork exists.

Other than that just keep "Save and Compress"-ing and hope for the best :(

Nose-army 2008-09-07 15:20:23

Its your voice actors. Their popularity is weighing down the size.

Kevin 2008-09-07 15:31:54

Ummm, I hope you don't have to split the parts up in two pieces again....

volcomsk8r12 2008-09-07 15:33:07

compress it?

Joelasticot 2008-09-07 15:34:50

Use graphics for things that you use more than once, and optimize :
<a href="http://img383.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asdjksjdlkjlkkz0.jpg">http://img383.imageshack.us/my.php?im age=asdjksjdlkjlkkz0.jpg</a>
Boring? Yes. Takes forever? Yes. Reduces lag/filesize? Yes.

Quarl 2008-09-07 15:37:08

ummm, are you talking about the swf. or the fla.?

JonBro 2008-09-07 15:49:25

Either you're super-awesome and Flash simply can't take your awesomeness, or high-quality sound is making the file size a lot larger.