---[Took Me For Ever]---

[aebuddy]

This Took Me Forever... Tell Me What You Think. Its My First
Movie In Flash...I Only Used Those Lines To Make It.


Here Is The Link... www.angelfire.com/art2/aebuddy/3daebuddy.swf

Should I Put It On My Site For An Intro? www.aebuddy.com

It May Take A While To Load.

[Vts31]

hey, im on a 56k and i waited for a while but nothing loaded :( sorry i cant comment on it.

[Mikeylkzt]

Im on a T3 line and it's taking quite a bit of time...you may want to add a preloader or somthing to your movie to keep visitors entertained while they wait.

[iCu MeHoo]

took way too long and all i saw was two lines..

[aebuddy]

Hmm, Well it deffinitley wasn't just 2 lines...i dunno, it might not have uploaded good...i'll check

[msjensen]

I let it load all the way, and the swf file ended up to be a hair over 6 megs. Check out your publishing settings.

[aebuddy]

Did you like the movie though?

[Wufei736]

That took way too long to load dude, and Im assuming its because of the music. In the future keep file size in mind, because it is a major factor in how good your stuff is.

PS - I like the music, but the line animations dont have much of a point to them.

[Vts31]

Im on a 56k..so waiting for 6megs to load is out of the question, sorry bro.

[aebuddy]

I know some other videos r two times as big , will a preloader help or what can i do?

[Wufei736]

Just don't make your stuff that big, plain and simple. But if you absolutely have to for some reason, put a preloader on it yeah.

[iCu MeHoo]

twice as big? and i bet NOONE goes to them on a regular basis.. that sort of crap is a download once and watch twenty times on your own comp thing.. not a website thing..

[Vts31]

TWICE as BIG!?...i doubt there are 12mb sites out there lol. its ok though my first flash intro was 1mb and it was terrible.

[Wufei736]

Files of that size are completely unheard of in sites. Like mehoo said, maybe if you are gonna watch something like a cool Flash animation, but repeated viewing of something like that just doesnt happen.

[iCu MeHoo]

period.. we aint dissin ya bro.. but learn better flashing and u will see your file sizes drop. i have a 2ok site that has animated buttons both rollover and pressed and it has complex details.. so its basically ur flash knowledge..

[aebuddy]

ya like i said im a beginner, and this is my first...thanks, ill try and learn the pre loader and crap

[upuaut8]

That music has to go my friend. I know you're going for a certain effect, but that is far too long to load EVEN on broad band. Took me three minutes on my DSL. I don't think that anyone will wait that long.

I'll see about those loops I was talking about.. Now that I know what sort of music you're looking for for the page, I may be able to throw a loop or two together for you. That will do a lot to decrease the size of the file.

[TiMbAlAnD]

hey my man... listen.. you gotta think of having to put some shorter music.. cuz no one should spend over a minute watching or listening to an intro unless it's fukin good.. so tell you what... i'm assuming that you r using an mp3 song.. so if you are.. go ahead and download an mp3 splitter... makes everyfile of yours much smaller!!

i can give you my example to look @... i created this site for the first time for some company.. and i added also an intro (for the first time.) but the MP3 splitter helped alot! and even though it waqs about 126kb or some.. i added a preloader for those who even have a 14kb/s connections (i'm exagerating... LOL) check it out:

members.home.net/kkltd/services/ (http://members.home.net/kkltd/services/)

FYI: for those who are wondering why the site is incomplete, its because i kept only the preview version of it online..