All images blurry on SWF file
Hello All,
I'm creating a web based video that shows our clients how to
use our application. Every now and then when i publish the video
the SWF file becomes blurry, however the HTML file is fine. Has
anyone else had / have this issue and know how to fix this?
Hi again
Perhaps you have just been lucky to this point? This is just
one main difference between what Flash would create VS what
Captivate creates. Flash typically produces vector based output.
Vector based output consists of instructions that advise the
computer how to draw objects. Because of this, they are crystal
clear at any size or resolution.
Captivate creates bitmapped images. With bitmapped images, if
you shrink or scale them smaller, the picture elements (pixels)
begin overlapping. The computer has to calculate new color values
to use where the overlaps occur. If you make them larger, you
create blank pixels and the computer again has to calculate new
color values to insert into the blank pixels. Either way, the image
fidelity suffers as a result.
There is no magick wand I'm afraid. If you have been getting
by with it for a while, it's possible that you simply haven't
noticed the degradation. Some images scale better than others.
Cheers... Rick
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