Question re: jpg image quality in flash

is there any way to avoid jpgs and gifs looking like **** in your flash movie even when their size is only reduced a tiny bit? i import these bitmaps to make graphic symbols, and then i shrink them slightly so that they fit proper and when i publish the movie, they lose major quality (especially when they contain text). whats the deal with this? discuss…

yeah, flash uses quicker, less precise methods of scaling bitmaps for performance reasons. Because of this, images can look… not their best if altered in size after brought into Flash.