5 Replies Latest reply: Mar 17, 2014 1:34 PM by Erniegar RSS

    Huge file size?

    Erniegar Community Member
    Erniegar Mar 12, 2014 12:21 PM

      Hi all,

       

      I am creating as very basic Director file (or so i thought) in Director 10.1 with some pictures in.  There are about 20 images and each one is about 200-400kb each.

       

      Yet when I import them they come in as a huge filesize!?!?  This has never happened to me before...

       

      When I look at the side panel it tells me they are bitmaps with a file size of, for example, 23.7MB but I know its just a jpg of a few hundred kbs.

       

      As a result my dir file, and thereafter my dxr file, is huge when the content therein is just a few megabytes in total.

       

      I have never had this before - all my previous projects are a reasonable size?

       

      Please can anyone advise?

       

      Thanks...

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        • 1. Re: Huge file size?
          jackblackweb Community Member
          jackblackweb Mar 12, 2014 10:24 PM (in response to Erniegar)

          Hey Ernieger,

          What platform?

          jpg files seem to be deprecating.

          png files may work.

          Jack

          • 2. Re: Huge file size?
            SeanWilson Community Member
            SeanWilson Mar 12, 2014 11:43 PM (in response to Erniegar)

            If you publish the file to DCR you'll regain the file size. Director decompresses/expands JPEGs on import so that they display as quickly as possible, without requiring prior decompression

            • 3. Re: Huge file size?
              Milky_au Community Member
              Milky_au Mar 13, 2014 3:56 PM (in response to SeanWilson)

              just an idea...

               

              with the property inspector turned on

               

              select the bitmap tag

               

              under 'compression' change it from 'Movie Setting" to 'JPEG'

               

              I believe Director brings in all graphics uncompressed - only compresses them upon publishing

               

              So if you want to publish an .exe with lots of large graphics - and you don't turn on 'Compress Files (shockwave format)' under files - in the publish settings,

              or you wish to get your files even smaller - then you can play around with lower jpeg settings

              • 4. Re: Huge file size?
                Erniegar Community Member
                Erniegar Mar 17, 2014 12:42 PM (in response to Milky_au)

                Hi all,

                 

                Unfortunately these suggestions are not working...

                 

                Its still a huge filesize when I import a png (bigger even!)

                 

                Its already set on the jpeg settings and changing that does not help.

                 

                I am instructed to submit in dxr format so need to do so.

                 

                I am using 10.1 on Windows 7.

                 

                With a deadline looming, I'd be very grateful for any more suggestions...?

                 

                Thanks...

                • 5. Re: Huge file size?
                  Erniegar Community Member
                  Erniegar Mar 17, 2014 1:34 PM (in response to Erniegar)

                  I am now able to submit in dcr format, so alls well that ends well, with thanks to all....