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#1 2010-03-02 15:02:00
- masterhand7
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-10-05
- Posts: 100+
Better compressor?
Whew, I'm on a roll! One of the major complaints I've harbored about Scratch is its poor compressing abilities. I've seen Flash games with the same file size as other Scratch games, and they pack a lot more (better quality) images and sounds than Scratch games. Can the Scratch team redesign the compressor to resemble Flash's compressor in Scratch 2.0? 
Waht do you guys think?
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#2 2010-03-05 00:43:22
#3 2010-03-05 01:10:58
Re: Better compressor?
Flash uses vector graphics, which are a lot smaller than bitmaps (which scratch uses). That's why graphics on flash take up so much less space.
I agree with you though, scratch projects can go way over the 10mb limit just by importing a song, forcing you to compress it until it sounds terrible. I also noticed that sometimes when you first import something, it becomes larger than it started out.
Last edited by hmnwilson (2010-03-05 12:36:04)
I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
(Oct. 20, 2011)
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