Specify publish settings for Animate

(on by Default) Compresses the SWF file to reduce file size and download time.

Two compression modes are available:

• Deflate - This is the older compression mode that is compatible with Flash Player 6.x and later.
• LZMA - This mode is up to 40% more efficient than Deflate and is compatible only with Flash Player 11.x and later or AIR 3.x and later. LZMA compression is most beneficial for FLA files that contain a lot of ActionScript or vector graphics. When SWC is selected in Publish Settings, only Deflate compression is available.

(Default) Exports all hidden layers in the Animate document. Deselecting Export Hidden Layers prevents all layers (including layers nested inside movie clips) marked as hidden from being exported in the resulting SWF. This lets you easily test different versions of Animate documents by making layers invisible.

(Default) Exports all metadata entered in the File Info dialog box. Click the Modify XMP Metadata button to open the dialog box. You can also open the File Info dialog box by choosing File > File Info. The metadata is viewable when the SWF file is selected in Adobe® Bridge.

Generates a report listing the amount of data in the final Animate content by file.

Causes Animate to ignore ActionScript trace statements in the current SWF file. When you select this option, information from trace statements does not appear in the Output panel. 

Activates the Debugger and allows remote debugging of a Animate SWF file. Lets you use password protection with your SWF file.

Prevents others from importing a SWF file and converting it back into a FLA document. Lets you use password protection with your Animate SWF file.

Lets the published SWF file interact with files and resources on the local system but not on the network.

Lets the published SWF file interact with files and resources on the network but not on the local system

Direct mode improves playback performance by allowing Flash Player to draw directly on the screen instead of letting the browser do the drawing.

In GPU mode, Flash Player utilizes the available computing power of the graphics card to perform video playback and compositing of layered graphics. This provides another level of performance benefit depending on the user's graphics hardware. Use this option when you expect that your audience will have high-end graphics cards.

(Default) Uses the size of the SWF file.

Uses the Width and Height you specify. Enter the number of pixels for the width and height.

The SWF file occupies the percentage of the browser window that you specify. Enter the percentages for width and height that you want to use.

Pauses the SWF file until a user clicks a button or selects Play from the shortcut menu. (Default) The option is deselected and the content begins to play as soon as it is loaded (the PLAY parameter is set to true).

Repeats the content when it reaches the last frame. Deselect this option to stop the content when it reaches the last frame. (Default) The LOOP parameter is on.

Shows a shortcut menu when users right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the SWF file. To show only About Animate in the shortcut menu, deselect this option. By default, this option is selected (the MENU parameter is set to true).

(Windows only) Substitutes anti-aliased (smooth-edged) system fonts for fonts not installed on the user’s system. Using device fonts increases the legibility of type at small sizes and can decrease the SWF file’s size. This option affects only SWF files that contain static text (text that you create when authoring a SWF file and that does not change when the content appears) set to display with device fonts.

Favors playback speed over appearance and does not use anti-aliasing.

Emphasizes speed at first but improves appearance whenever possible. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned off. If Flash Player detects that the processor can handle it, anti-aliasing is automatically turned on.

Emphasizes playback speed and appearance equally at first but sacrifices appearance for playback speed if necessary. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned on. If the actual frame rate drops below the specified frame rate, anti-aliasing is turned off to improve playback speed. To emulate the View > Antialias setting, use this setting.

Applies some anti-aliasing but does not smooth bitmaps. Medium produces a better quality than the Low setting but lower quality than the High setting.

(Default) Favors appearance over playback speed and always uses anti-aliasing. If the SWF file does not contain animation, bitmaps are smoothed; if the SWF file contains animation, bitmaps are not smoothed.

Provides the best display quality and does not consider playback speed. All output is anti-aliased and bitmaps are always smoothed.

(Default) Does not embed any window-related attributes in the object and embed tags. The background of the content is opaque and uses the HTML background color. The HTML code cannot render above or below the Animate content.

Sets the background of the Animate content to opaque, obscuring anything under the content. Lets HTML content appear above or on top of content.

Sets the background of the Animate content to transparent, allowing the HTML content to appear above and below the content. 

If you turn on Hardware Acceleration in the Animate tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, the Window Mode you select is ignored and defaults to Window.

For a demonstration of setting the Window Mode, see the TechNote titled How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background.

Uses the Stage3D render method, which uses the GPU whenever possible. When using Direct mode, it is not possible to layer other non-SWF graphics on top of the SWF file in the HTML page. 

For a list of processors that do not support Stage3D, see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/921/cpsid_92103.html.

Shows the entire document in the specified area without distortion while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the SWF files. Borders can appear on two sides of the application.

Scales the document to fill the specified area and keeps the SWF file’s original aspect ratio without distortion, cropping the SWF file if needed.

Shows the entire document in the specified area without preserving the original aspect ratio, which can cause distortion.

Prevents the document from scaling when the Flash Player window is resized.

Centers the content in the browser window and crops edges if the browser window is smaller than the application.

Align SWF files along the corresponding edge of the browser window and crop the remaining three sides as needed.

Select Match Movie to make the GIF the same size as the SWF file and maintain the aspect ratio of your original image or enter values for width and height in pixels for the exported bitmap image.

Determines whether Animate creates a still (Static) image or an animated GIF (Animation). If you select Animation, select Loop Continuously or enter the number of repetitions.

Removes any unused colors from a GIF file’s color table. This option reduces the file size without affecting image quality, but slightly increases the memory requirements. This option has no effect on an adaptive palette. (An adaptive palette analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected GIF file.)

Incrementally shows the exported GIF file in a browser as it downloads. Lets the user see basic graphic content before the file completely downloads and can download the file faster over a slow network connection. Do not interlace an animated GIF image.

Applies anti-aliasing to an exported bitmap to produce a higher-quality bitmap image and improve text display quality. However, smoothing might cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around an anti-aliased image placed on a colored background, and it increases the GIF file size. Export an image without smoothing if a halo appears or if you’re placing a GIF transparency on a multicolored background.

Applies dithering to solid colors as well as gradients.

(Default is off) Converts all gradient fills in the SWF file to solid colors using the first color in the gradient. Gradients increase the size of a GIF file and are often poor quality. To prevent unexpected results, select the first color of your gradients carefully if you use this option.

Makes the background a solid color.

Makes the background transparent.

Sets partial transparency. Enter a Threshold value between 0 and 255. A lower value results in greater transparency. A value of 128 corresponds to 50% transparency.

Turns off dithering and replaces colors not in the basic color table with the solid color from the table that most closely approximates the specified color. Turning dithering off can result in smaller files but unsatisfactory colors.

Provides good-quality dithering with the smallest increase in file size.

Provides the best-quality dithering but increases file size and processing time. Works only with the web 216-color palette selected.

Uses the standard 216‑color, web‑safe palette to create the GIF image, for good image quality and the fastest processing on the server.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected GIF file. Best for systems displaying thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but increases file size. To reduce the size of a GIF file with an adaptive palette, use the Max Colors option to decrease the number of colors in the palette. To set the number of colors used in the GIF image, enter a value for Max Colors. A smaller number of colors can produce a smaller file but can degrade the colors in the image

Is the same as the Adaptive palette option except it converts similar colors to the web 216-color palette. The resulting color palette is optimized for the image, but when possible Animate uses colors from the web 216-color palette. This produces better colors for the image when the web 216-color palette is active on a 256‑color system. To set the number of colors used in the GIF image, enter a value for Max Colors. A smaller number of colors can produce a smaller file but can degrade the colors in the image

Specifies a palette that you optimized for the selected image. The custom palette is processed at the same speed as the web 216-color palette. To use this option, know how to create and use custom palettes. To select a custom palette, click the Palette folder icon (the folder icon that appears at the end of the Palette text field), and select a palette file. Animate supports palettes saved in the ACT format that some graphics applications export.

Select Match Movie to make the JPEG image the same size as the Stage and maintain the aspect ratio of your original image, or enter values for width and height in pixels for the exported bitmap image.

Drag the slider or enter a value to control the amount of JPEG file compression. The lower the image quality, the smaller the file size, and the reverse. To determine the best compromise between size and quality, try different settings.

Show Progressive JPEG images incrementally in a web browser, which makes images appear faster when loading with a slow network connection. Similar to interlacing in GIF and PNG images.

per channel (bpc) for a 256-color image

for thousands of colors

for thousands of colors with transparency (32 bpc)

Removes any unused colors from a PNG file’s color table, reducing the file size by 1000 to 1500 bytes without affecting image quality but increasing the memory requirements slightly. Has no effect on an adaptive palette.

Incrementally shows the exported PNG in a browser as it downloads. Lets the user see basic graphic content before the file completely downloads and might download the file faster over a slow network connection. Do not interlace an animated PNG file.

Applies anti-aliasing to an exported bitmap to produce a higher-quality bitmap image and improve text display quality. However, smoothing might cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around an anti-aliased image placed on a colored background, and it increases the PNG file size. Export an image without smoothing if a halo appears or if you’re placing a PNG transparency on a multicolored background.

Applies dithering to solid colors and gradients.

(Default is off) Converts all gradient fills in the application to solid colors using the first color in the gradient. Gradients increase the size of a PNG and are often poor quality. To prevent unexpected results, select the first color of your gradients carefully if you use this option.

Turns off dithering and replaces colors not in the basic color table with the solid color from the table that most closely approximates the specified color. Turning dithering off can produce smaller files but unsatisfactory colors.

Provides good-quality dithering with the smallest increase in file size.

Provides the best-quality dithering but increases file size and processing time. It also works only with the Web 216-color palette selected.

Uses the standard 216‑color, web-safe palette to create the PNG image, for good image quality and the fastest processing on the server.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected PNG file. Best for systems showing thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but results in a file size larger than a PNG created with the web-safe 216-color palette.

Is the same as the Adaptive palette option except that it converts colors similar to the web-safe 216-color palette. The resulting color palette is optimized for the image, but when possible, Animate uses colors from the web-safe 216-color palette. This produces better colors for the image when the web-safe 216-color palette is active on a 256‑color system. To reduce the size of a PNG file with an adaptive palette, use the Max Colors option to decrease the number of palette colors.

Specifies a palette that you optimized for the selected image. The custom palette is processed at the same speed as the web-safe 216-color palette. To use this option, know how to create and use custom palettes. To select a custom palette, click the Palette folder icon (the folder icon that appears at the end of the Palette text field), and select a palette file. Animate supports palettes saved in the ACT format that leading graphics applications export.

Turns off filtering.

Transmits the difference between each byte and the value of the corresponding byte of the previous pixel.

Transmits the difference between each byte and the value of the corresponding byte of the pixel immediately above.

Uses the average of the two neighboring pixels (left and above) to predict the value of a pixel.

Computes a simple linear function of the three neighboring pixels (left, above, upper left), and selects the neighboring pixel closest to the computed value as a predictor of the color.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected PNG file. Best for systems showing thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but results in a file size larger than a PNG created with the web 216-color palette. Reduce the size of a PNG created with an adaptive palette by decreasing the number of colors in the palette.