# Embarassed to ask (almost)

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**Created:** [August 30, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075 "2002-08-30T18:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mumblestiltskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@mumblestiltskin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mumblestiltskin)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075/1 "2002-08-30T18:38:57Z")

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Almost embarassed to ask, but flash is a different beast, so . . .

Should I size my pictures down with photoshop before importing into flash? I’m using icon sized and full sized pictures on my site. I assumed that cropping would be the best (and having two versions of each pic) , but then again, flash does compress.

what does the forum say?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075/2 "2002-08-30T18:44:17Z")

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downsize in photoshop first - this usually produces the best results.  
Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075/3 "2002-08-30T18:47:58Z")

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best results = visually or file size?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075/4 "2002-08-30T18:49:01Z")

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yep… you can do a …save for the Web in photoshop or try Fireworks, or even a jpg compression utility. Any one of these will produce better results than Flash alone.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embarassed-to-ask-almost/5075/5 "2002-08-30T18:54:12Z")

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both really… but the biggest factor effected is file size.