When one right-clicks on a flash animation, a menu comes up that gives the options of high, medium and low quality, and affects the picture quality depending on the selected option. What I want to know is why this matters. Obviously, you may want to select low quality if you want a slow download time, or high if you have broadband and want the animation to look good, but what use is it after the animation is downloaded?
the low and high quality don’t matter for the download, like you say, even if you wanted it in low quality, the high one is one click away
Besides, flash movies come from a swf file and it can’t change it’s own size
it’s about the way the flash player renders the movie, and with a high quality it will use more resources and play slower or lag, which is why you might want low quality sometimes
(double posting (?) because of some weird bug)
the low and high quality don’t matter for the download, like you say, even if you wanted it in low quality, the high one is one click away
Besides, flash movies, any quality you chose, come from the same swf file, so they can’t have different sizes
it’s about the way the flash player renders the movie, and with a high quality it will use more resources and play slower or lag, which is why you might want low quality sometimes
Low quality uses no anti-aliasing, resulting in jagged edges and other rendering artifacts. Medium and High quality use anti-aliasing, with High quality using more, resulting in smooth edges and curves. Anti-aliased rendering requires more CPU power, hence the option.