# Optimization for Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 25, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910 "2003-10-25T00:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Graeme)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910/1 "2003-10-25T00:18:56Z")

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I was wondering. . .  
Do you guys have any tips for making a flash movie run more smoothly on pretty much any machine (within the standard range). I know when I built a flash site it ran like crap on computers other than mine, but other flash sites that are far more complex run smoothy on just about any machine that I run it on. For instance [sixtailer.com](http://sixtailer.com). Is it a difference of animating things in frames or making something move or animate using complex action scripting? I figure there is NO difference as the computer still has to render the effects just the same. However I could be wrong. So my question is, is there a way of optimizing flash so it runs really smoothly?

Does it have to do with animating using actionscript vs frames?

Does it have to do with the way a flash file is published?

Answers to these questions plus any tips that you could give me would be a of great help to me and possibly many others who are wondering about this same general concept.

Thanks a lot!

Cheers:bounce:

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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:** [October 25, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910/2 "2003-10-25T00:21:30Z")

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yes

yes

yes

and experience with a plethera of different things which make subtle differences…

I suggest a search on the forums for the effect you want, then do the steps, asking questions when you get stuck.

Rev ![](http://aulman.com/rev.gif)

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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:** [October 25, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910/3 "2003-10-25T02:54:49Z")

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lots of alpha stuff can slow stuff down pretty fast, especially if you are talking overlapping alpha graidents and such.

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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:** [October 25, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimization-for-flash/33910/4 "2003-10-25T03:51:38Z")

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Here… Go to this link…

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=344539#post344539](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=344539#post344539)