Re: Stroked text and file size due to rasterizing?

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From: Phil Singher
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 20:49

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Yep, any object with more than one layer will export as raster, and that's where the filesize hit is coming from. 

To get a filled outline effect, I would duplicate a text object first. The duplicate (now aligned perfectly onj top of the original) has the fill color, and will export as SWF text at a very small filesize. 

Then convert the original to a path (Object | Convert Into... | Path), change the color, and use the Properties palette to outline of fill -- you won't need to scale it. This will export as a vector path, larger than SWF text, but still at a small vector size. 

To animate such text, don't just group it, make it a movie clip group ("Group and make movie clip" button at the bottom of the timeline). 

--Phil S.

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