Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine is one of the most authoritative magazines for Flash and Flex developers and other readers, who are interested in Flash & Flex technologies. And of course, as Flash software developers, we are flattered to be a part of this magazine. Actually, to be a double-page spread part of this magazine :)
Gabor Csomak, the FFDMag editor, has kindly agreed to test Flash Optimizer for Windows by Eltima Software. His detailed review describes all features, Flash Optimizer offers.
Below are some quotes from his review
“First I was skeptical when I saw the Flash Optimizer advertisement. Can a SWF be a half the size without quality loss?“, – says Gabor Csomak.
“It is an excellent tool, a “must-have” for a Flash developer.”
“I think the real strength of the program is in banners and FlashLite: both banners and FlashLite movies have to be small and fast. Flash Optimizer does the trick. If you work with a banner and your SWF’s a bit larger than the space you have, you can compress it easily to the correct size without much loss of quality. If most of your work is banner creation, then you need Flash Optimizer.“
Gabor has definitely liked the simplicity and flexibility of compression settings: “If you want to decompress only the sounds in your file you will only select the sound compression and set its properties (such as bit rate, frequency, etc.). Flash Optimizer will do just that and leave the other parts untouched. You have lots of freedom to play with your SWF’s file compression to find the best quality/size rate.“
“The program is available for both Mac and Windows and I have to say that the look and feel is correct for both platforms.” says Gabor.
“The compression is fast, usually it takes about 15 seconds.”
Summarizing his impressions of Flash Optimizer testing, Gabor says: “Flash Optimizer is the only program that supports Flash Player 9 and 10, Zlib compression and all the Action Script formats. It does not need the FLA file and it saves the optimized file next to the original one. The compression is fast, usually it takes about 15 seconds, which is very nice.”
If you’re an editor of any software related magazine or running software related website, you’re more than welcome to review our products. Just contact me for getting review copies of our software. And thanks Gabor Csomak for testing our software and good words about Flash Optimizer! :)