Flash 3 Byte Costs

Base or Minimum File Size

30

Protect a Movie

2

Layers

0

Additional Scenes ***

0

Creating a Graphic Symbol

-2

Creating a Button (not including graphics)

4

Creating a Movie Clip

26

Placing a Graphic Symbol

12

Placing a Button

12

Placing a Movie Clip

12

Placing a Bitmap

44

Frame Minimum

2

Empty Frame

2

Blank Keyframe (no information)

2

Closing a Graphic or Text Box before the end of the Movie

4

Drawing Frame

31

Drawing a Solid Line

9

Drawing a Rectangle

17

Drawing a Circle

54

Drawing Fill Color Change ** Accumulates

4

Drawing Line Color or Thickness Change ** Accumulates

5+

Exact fit Outline

0

Extra Fill Color

5

Placing a Text Box (Paragraph)

12

Placing a Text Character

2

Placing a Text Space

1

Streaming Sound - 44K Stereo

44K Mono

22K Mono

11K Mono

5K Mono

** Drawing changes for fill colors and line size or color add to the exported .swf file. These changes can be eliminated thus optimizing the file by cut and paste in place. If you make a lot of changes drawing in Flash or even a small amount is important then this is an important optimization technique.

*** Though there are no direct costs for Scenes there may be indirect ones including Closing costs and new additional Placement costs for any items in the previous Scene's last frame that are carried over to the first frame of the new Scene.