How to compress SWF files
67How to Compress Flash movies and reduce SWF file size
Anyone who is involved in creating or administrating websites can face
the problem of content being too big in size, specifically SWF banners,
movies or slide shows.
If you are looking for a solution that will help you reduce SWF file size you are at the right website! You don't even have to know Flash technology well to compress Flash files. SWF compression
with Flash Optimizer by Eltima will not only solve the file weight
issue easily and quickly, but also with a high quality, because SWF
file can be reduced up to 60-70% and depending on the file properties
it can be done with no quality loss.
So here's how to compress SWF files with SWF Compressor by Eltima
1. Download Flash Optimizer right from this link - http://www.compress-swf.com/files/flash_optimizer.exe - and install it on your computer following easy and familiar installation steps.
2.
Choose whether you want to compress one SWF file or many of them at
once by switching to the corresponding tab. Then either browse for the
one SWF file you are going to compress or add the multiple tasks to the
tasks list.
3. Select the folder where you want compressed movies to be saved to and in case you are compressing one file, select the new name for it. By default "opt" suffix will be added to original file name.
4. For
your convenience Flash Optimizer features selection of predefined
optimization settings: Sprite, Medium, Basic, Good and Best. Just
select one of them and you are good to start optimizing. You also have
an option to load Custom optimization settings if you already have ones
and saved them to a file before. And if you feel like digging deeper
into each setting, just press the arrow down and you will be able to
choose more profound and fine settings up to your needs.
5. After
all settings are applied you can preview the output before starting the
compression itself. Press "Preview compression" button to see the file
details and compare the original file with the compressed one.
6. Press "Compress" button to start optimization process.
Demo-version of Flash Optimizer is available for download.
