Preloader/bandwidth profiler question

Hello. I have created a fairly small movie (94k). I have put
a preloader (only) in the first two frames. However, when I
simulate the download, I see that the profiler shows 50k in the
first frame. Also, the preloader does not appear until it says
about 60% (I presume after that 50k has already loaded). The
problem is, there is really nothing but the simple drawing of a
preloader bar in the first 2-frames. I would like the first frame
of the movie to immediately open up, show the preloader, and begin
at around 1% loaded.
I should point out that the entire timeline for the .fla has
been appropriately moved to the 3rd frame. So, there is nothing in
the first 2 frames, other than the loader bar and the actionscript.
The loader bar is nothing more than a rectangle drawn with flash;
about 200px x 15 px and a dynamic text field. That's it.
Here is my preloader code, 1st and 2nd frames, respectively.

Never mind. I figured it out. I had an after market "movie
enhancer" attached to a simple external .swf.
Once I removed that, all was well with the world once
again.

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Test Bandwidth Profiler Duration Only 2 Frames?

Hey all,
I have a Flash movie that I created, which spans 1800 frames. When I test the movie, it plays correctly. However, the bandwidth profiler only displays two frames. One where my "play" button is, and the other containing the rest of the frames. How come my bandwidth profiler is not displaying the timeline correctly? The reason I ask is because a preloader that I'm trying to use is not working. I assume it's dysfunctional because of this problem. My code should be correct because I used the same preloader and code for another Flash movie, and everything works as it should, preloader included.
Here is a picture of what I see for my Flash movie that does not work properly: http://www.flickr.com/photos/90130393@N08/8185730489/
Where it says, "duration," should say 1800 fr., but instead says, "2 fr." However, when I remove the instance name of my preloader, the bandwidth profiler displays everything as it should with the correct duration, but of course my preloader does not work as a consequence.
I think this is the root of my problem that's causing my preloader to not work.

Here it is:
stop();
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, preLoad)
function preLoad(e:Event):void{
var total_bytes:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
var loaded_bytes:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
preLoader.preLoaderFill.scaleX = loaded_bytes/total_bytes;
preLoader.bytesPercent.text = Math.floor((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100) + "%";
if (total_bytes==loaded_bytes){
gotoAndStop(2);
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, preLoad);
Again, I don't think the code is the problem because it works fine with another Flash movie that I made. To be frank, I'm not sure how I got the preloader to work in that movie. I really wish I remembered. Spent hours trying to figure out how to make the preloader work in the Flash movie that I'm currently working on right now. However, I've been unsuccessful. :/
I guess I should also add that even though my preloader doesn't work, I still see the default one with the 5 continuous dots repeating.

Multiple effects and no bandwidth profiler

Hi
couple of questions please.
If I select view I expected to see the band width profiler as an option but I dont has it been moved in cs5?
Second I've created a tex/symbol effect using the presets with the text coming in from the right.
I now want to duplicate the text/symbol onto another layer and have that as a preset pulse animation.
Is there a way to do this or do I have to start from scratch ie type in the text, convert to a symbol and then add the animation.
I was then going to try to use action scripting to tell the movie to loop starting at the pulse animation.
Is this the correct approach?
thanks
Ian

Still you have the bandwidth profiler in the view.
Copy and paste the frames, select the layer put Ctl+Alt+C and paste the effect Ctl+Alt+V in a layer. then swap the symbol that you want.

Confused about Bandwidth Profiler - what's it telling me?

Hi All,
I'm confused about the bandwidth profiler. I have two
different SWF
files, both are profiled for 56K modem. One file is 253K, 150
x 260 px,
599 frames @ 10fr/sec showing a preload of 96 frames (9.6 s),
frame 1 is
45K. The other is 197K, 800 x 150 px, 1009 frames @ 12fr/sec
showing a
preload of 484 frames (40.3 s), frame 1 is 189K. Why does the
preload
for the smaller file take 40.3 sec. while the larger file is
only 9.6
sec.? And what does preload mean? It appears to indicate how
long it
will take to download frame 1, is that correct? Why is the
Frame 1 size
so different between the two? And why does the smaller file
size have a
much larger frame 1 size. I just don't see why a smaller file
should
take longer to load than a larger file.
Any help would be appreciated.

preloaders preload all frames - usually a percentage -
unfortunately most developers make you wait
until 100% of the movie (all frames/content) is loaded when,
if built correctly, only a much smaller
percentage needs to be loaded before playing. Sounds like one
of your movies has embedded fonts or
objects set for export on frame 1 (like components) and they
all have to loaded first (before frame
1 actually) because flash doesn't know where in your movie
they are located.
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
Brett wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm confused about the bandwidth profiler. I have two
different SWF
> files, both are profiled for 56K modem. One file is
253K, 150 x 260 px,
> 599 frames @ 10fr/sec showing a preload of 96 frames
(9.6 s), frame 1 is
> 45K. The other is 197K, 800 x 150 px, 1009 frames @
12fr/sec showing a
> preload of 484 frames (40.3 s), frame 1 is 189K. Why
does the preload
> for the smaller file take 40.3 sec. while the larger
file is only 9.6
> sec.? And what does preload mean? It appears to indicate
how long it
> will take to download frame 1, is that correct? Why is
the Frame 1 size
> so different between the two? And why does the smaller
file size have a
> much larger frame 1 size. I just don't see why a smaller
file should
> take longer to load than a larger file.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Bandwidth profiler and publish preview to HTML?

Really? These are no longer present? I see that it shows the swf file size history in the properties palette but its not the same nor nearly as convenient as COMMAND/B. Publish Preview swf embedded in HTML is just gone and any search I do to find out where it is brings up the new Canvas publishing abilities. How can features that have been in for a decade be taken out.

Yanking tools out that have been in a piece of software for a decade seems like a really bad idea. I still use Flash but only for Display. Everything else is "HTML5". I upgraded to CC to check out the canvas support. The bandwidth profiler and the publish preview taken out has caused my entire workflow to change, not in a good way. Flash is already on its last leg. Adobe should be in touch with its shrunken user base. Its used for Display, Games and some video at this point. It has a much more narrow focus now. I use the bandwidth profiler 30 times a day since Display has strict file size constraints. My banners use dynamic content so I need to see them embedded in HTML so I used the publish preview function just as much.

Bandwidth profile

I've just had a line fault repaired by BT. It was introducing so much noise on the line that my download bandwdth had been reduced to 283 Kbps.
Now that the line has been repaired how can I request BT to increase my bandwidth profile back to ~ 4 Mbps ? I do not wish to wait for 3 days for this to happen because it is so inconvenient.
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 0:07:49
Downstream
283 Kbps
Upstream
1,276 Kbps

Connecting directly to the internal socket has no improvement. Did the quiet line test and the line is noise-free (nothing audible). Current hub statistics are:
ADSL line statusConnection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 4:03:32
Downstream
283 Kbps
Upstream
1,256 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.5
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
14.8 dB / 4.9 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
38.0 dB / 21.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
0.0 dBm / 12.8 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
3641 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
0
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Speedtest results are:
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
0.21 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.25 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.21 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.25 Mbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
1.05 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.83 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 1.05Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps

Bandwidth Profiler/Simulate Download deprecated in CC ? lame

I've been using CS6 because the Object Level Undo was deprecated in CC. Now its back in CC 2014...thanks
I just noticed that the Bandwidth Profiler/Simulate Download/Download Settings - Options are deprecated as well.
Really? This was necessary? These tools are quite useful and don't function the same way in Scout at all.
I was building a timeline banner recently and noticed it was gone.
I build all sorts of things with Flash (banners, desktop apps, iOS/Android) and when I need to do timeline animation and check my frames K size quickly, these options are awesome and handy.
Especially the Download Settings. I use Scout for my larger more demanding applications, debugging and optimizing. Plus Scout doesn't allow you to what the bandwidth profiler settings do. Firing up Scout to check where the data peaks are for a 15 sec banner is overkill to me. Especially when the Bandwidth Profiler did its job just fine. Especially being able to go frame by frame. Its not the same at all.
I don't know where you get your info from but removing stuff like that seems like a odd choice. These options have been in Flash as far back as I can remember. Maybe 10 years at least.
How about allowing it to be added as an extension to Flash? Release the code in MXP/ZXP format? Then you can keep the same CC 2014 core build and let people add what they need.
I'm sure there are lots of people that feel the same way about some of the other deprecated options.
Is this an option?
For now I will use Flash CS6 and Flash CC for different things.
I love Flash but you guys really know how to annoy me.

We all tried Scout and found it lacking the feature we want.
What is the deal with Adobe removing useful things? I need to simulate how my file behaves under various download conditions. Why would Adobe take that away? Who treats their customers like this?

StageHeight bug with bandwidth profiler

I just noticed a workaround something that's been annoying me for a long time. Occasionally my projects vertically line up funny if clip y-coords or heights are based on frame 1 stageHeight. I always thought it was a load-time duration or something like that, but it turns out to be bandwidth profiler (CS4 authoring). Try this on frame 1 of a new, empty project:
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, this.entf);
function entf(evt:Event):void
trace(this.stage.stageHeight);
When bandwidth profiler is on, the first frame reports -100 the real stageHeight. Now to avoid the problem I just turn off bandwidth profiler. Is it just a bug?

Ha - haven't seen this one in a while... been around for ever. Hard to believe it hasn't been corrected. It's one of the reasons I normally use hard coded statics for the stage size, instead of relying on stageWidth and stageHeight.

Preloading, Frame 1 question

Hi there.
I have a movie where frames 1 & 2 have no graphics, just
a simple preload scripts that then passes to frame 3 when loaded.
Frame 3 contains all the graphics, totalling 187kb.
The strange thing is, when I profile the bandwidth and
simulate the download, Frame 1 has 80kb file size; Frame 2, 0KB and
frame 3 107kb.
I have checked, rechecked and checked again and there is
nothing that seems to be loading in Frame 1. I've checked the
publish settings and swapped the loading from 'bottom up' to 'top
down' but still nothing.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks a lot.
Tony

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:44:00 +0000 (UTC), "tony_mead"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The strange thing is, when I profile the bandwidth and
simulate the download,
>Frame 1 has 80kb file size; Frame 2, 0KB and frame 3
107kb.
It's not clear how do you measure these values. I can suppose
that
you're using framesloaded() and bytesloaded() functions. If
so, then
you must understand that these functions work asynchronously,
and
their values can't be considered simultaneously. Usually it's
enough
to use bytesloaded() and bytestotal() functions to build a
preloader.
What you need loaded frames counter for?

Line resets and stuck profiles (question not issue...

One of the mods in their calls to me mentioned that they are happy to do some line resets for me but want to avoid them too often since this caused the DLM to get concerned over the line status. [I have no reason to doubt this statement]
Now in my case what I sometimes could do with is getting a IP profile unstuck ie when it passed the point where it should have changed but has not and yes the BT system says that it did.
Is this the same thing as a line reset (which one would think it shoudl not really be) and if not can anyone confirm that this does not anger the DLM?
[the reason for asking is that normally my profile should go up within 24 hours at most which is bearable but recently it has stuck twice, ie BT says 1000 but speedtester and throughput showed 750].
If my post was helpful then please click on the Ratings star on the left-hand side If the the reply answers your question fully then please select ’Mark as Accepted Solution’

To clarify, first the image is placed, then there is a rectangle over the image whose frame is slightly larger than the image frame, with transparent fill, and set the stroke to thick white with transparency lowered to induce the "reflection" sort of effect. Take a look at this screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/AYQDwx3g7w
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Parikshit

Color Profile Question

I recently purchased a new PC and have been working from it for about a month or so without any issues. My client sent me an email saying that her images were appearing muted on her computer screen prior to printing them off of a few common photo labs. I looked into it and tried it myself and it was indeed correct. All of the images edited on my new PC were muted...my first instinct was that it was the color profile. I converted the image to sRGB and it fixed the problem. Now comes the problem....my photos are saving under the wrong color profile. How do I prevent this from happening so that all my images are automatically saved the my preference of color profile. I hope this makes sense because my mind is spinning from trying to figure this out! Thanks in advance!

audi454 wrote:
1. AdobeRGB
2. Im not sure what you mean, preferences in PSE?
3. My client has a print release, I use WHCC to print my pictures and I believe they require sRGB as well.
4. Yes I always shoot in RAW.
Thanks for taking the time to help, I looked at my Lightroom color settings since that's how I import my pics and it was set on Adobe Pro I believe... I changed it to sRGB.
Sent from my iPhone
Thanks for the info : I'll start with the 4th question because it's the less known factor with Elements
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If you have chosen option 1, 'Always optimize for computer screens', PSE will convert the raw file to sRGB profile.
If you have chosen 'Always optimize for printing', PSE will convert to aRGB...
If you want to take advantage of the slightly wider color space of Adobe RGB because your home printer can use it, select the second option, but if you have to send the picture in sRGB, do not forget to convert before sending. Menu /image/convert color profile.
If you don't want to bother, use sRGB with the option 1. You won't risk forgetting to convert the client version.
Never use 'No color management' in the menu /edit/color settings
If you first convert to sRGB with option 1, you won't get any advantage to convert to aRGB afterwards

ISE 1.x profiler question (Network Scan Action & Exception Action)

Could someone please explain the following based on this scenario:
Say you create a Profiler Policy called “DeviceBrandX” and you set the Minimum Certainty Factor to 20 and you create a condition to profile based on a check for condition based on host-name in DHCP and you assign the condition a Certainty Factor Increases of 10. In additoin you define an Exception Action and a Network Scan (NMAP) Action in the policy.
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If you create another condition that initiates a scan Network Scan (NMAP) Action to scan say for OS - how does the scan influence the Certainty Factor?
Also if you create a condition that initiates Exception Action - how does that influence the Certainty Factor?
Thanks,
Allen

Hey Tarik,
Thank you for the response; I have looked at the apple-device policy, I see that the “* Exception Action” field is = NONE. I only see that the Network Scan (NMAP) Action is set to OS-scan. In fact I have looked at all the generic policies and none have an “* Exception Action” field set.
I can see that under the Rules configuration you can set the rule to "Take Exception Action" but in the top part of the configuration the "* Exception Action” there is no selection option.
I am assuming if you wish to trigger and event you would identify the event in the “* Exception Action” field and under the rule you would select "Take Exception Action". How do you configure the “* Exception Action” to determine which Action to take?
Thanks,
Allen

Colour Profile Question - Press PDF

Hi
I've got a quick question regarding colour profiles.
I've designed an A5 flyer for a client and I have my CS3 suite colour settings set to Adobe 1998 for RGB and Euro Coated for CMYK. The client has decided that this flyer is now to be printed on uncoated paper. So, should I be converting or assigning the working/document CMYK profile to Euro uncoated?
Also on output for press I have a PDF export setting which I use for creating press pdf's which is set to 'No Colour Conversion' and 'Don't include profiles', so in fact does the above matter at all?
I'm totally confused, any help appreciated!
Thanks

I think you are guessing correctly, they may have some control which will work ok for them at a certain level.
You could convert in ID, which will alter the appearance and that will change the output file. Or you could manually adjust the colour/saturation to taste and let the printers go through their usual process and end up with better job.
They probably 'run to density' on press, so you are taking some of their control. Most printers at least calibrate their equipment to a standard, such as Euroscale and then suggest that clients use that when preparing files. That is what I guess when a printer does not have a custom profile.
What they are saying to you is that they are calibrated and their approximate appearance is based on Euro Coated on coated stock at a particular ink density measured at the press.
Uncoated stock looks desaturated, so if you increase your saturation and reduce your Total Ink, you can control the look at their desired press density.
This is not correct colour management, but reflects real world conditions in many commercial 'jobbing' printers in my experience.

How can i in cs6 proof an lab photographic profile question ? and where is minibridge?

Hi
i'm playing with cs6
i have a question about printing in a photographic lab
i have many profiles for different papers ,installed in my os folder (windows7 and xp my laptop)
to proof how will look my photos is right
View -> Proof set up -> custom -> device to silumate -> select the Lab profile
now view -> proof colors
is right?
my i ask a question about minibridge ?
i installed cs6
i have cs5 and cs6 on my w7 , but under file minibridge is gray -> what's wrong ?
to be honest i have never loved minibridge , but can't understand why is not available
thanks

select the Lab profile
What an unfortunate choice of words (or capitalization).
Lab is a color space, but I think you mean »the RGB- (or possibly even CMYK-) profile required/recommended by the photographic lab«.
In that case it seems recommendable to actually convert (duplicates of) the images to the profile and handing those over to the lab because settings like Render Intent, Black Point Compensation etc. can make a difference in appearance.
And how reliable the preview on your screen is still depends on how diligently you profile your monitor, how constant your viewing conditions are, how well the lab maintains their output equipment etc.

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I'm profiling a Canon 5D3 with both the Adobe DNG Profile Editor and the Xrite ColorChecker software. It's been about 3 years since I last profiled a camera, so I'm re-doing the learning curve. My question now is how and why the DNG Profile editor depends on a "base profile?" Specifically, why does the DNG PE Chart Wizard generate different results depending on what base profile is used.
I see in the documentation that "all color adjustments made in the DNG Profile Editor are defined relative to a base profile." I understand that logic when making a custom profile via manual tweaks. You have to have a starting point. But I don't understand that logic when using the Chart Wizard. I expected the Chart Wizard to arrive at the same pre-defined target point regardless of the starting point. It does not seem to do that.
I discovered the difference by using an apparently bad workflow. I shot my colorchecker chart, converted the CR2 to DNG and brought it into Photoshop via ACR to inspect. That stored "Adobe Standard" as the base profile in the DNG.
Then I fed this DNG to the DNG PE Chart Wizard and generated a profile. I opened the image in ACR and applied "My Profile", which became the base profile in the DNG file. I thought I did something wrong, so I ran the same DNG through the Chart Wizard again and generated "My Second Profile." That version looked very strange, so I did it again and made "My Third Profile."
Now I have three profiles. My First Profile was made from Adobe Standard base. My Second Profile was made from My First Profile base. My Third Profile was made from My Second Profile base. Each iteration becomes more strange (bad), so this is clearly not the proper workflow. But what is? What base profile should be selected for Chart Wizard and why does it matter?
Being curious, I did the same exercise using the Xrite ColorChecker software. That software generates the same result, regardless of what base profile is stored in the DNG files. I'm not sure I like the results, but at least they are consistent.

DNG Profile Editor lets you define color edits (in the first tab) using a set of color control points. These control points in turn define a color lookup table used to perform the color correction when processing a (raw) image.
When you use a Base Profile, the resulting color table in the final profile is a combination of the base profile's color table, plus the color table defined by any edits that you've added in the first tab (using the Chart Wizard counts as adding edits to that first tab).
The reason you can get different and less smooth results if you apply the Chart Wizard iteratively is because you are applying lookup table after lookup table. The current color table-building method used by DNG PE has some limitations regarding smoothness of color profiles if two color control points are placed too closely (this can happen with the Chart Wizard, or if you specify two points manually that are close to each other). These problems can become more noticeable if you apply the DNG PE iteratively.

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