My Flash Site

[momtartin]

Alright here is my portfolio site: www.tomartin.net
I'm a little nervous of posting this here since I'm still kind of intermediate in Flash. I'm trying to get more into flash design and I'm currently working on an HTML version of that. I know the size is a little large, but it doesn't help that I have a lot of images in there. But suggestions would be greatly welcomed.

[imwaytosexy]

good start but your designs got pixeled... you should use vectors. they look better and dont get pixeled

[momtartin]

good start but your designs got pixeled... you should use vectors. they look better and dont get pixeled

Yea, I'm working on that issue, I realized that as soon as I put them up, which irked me. Other than that, what else would you suggest? I didn't want to get TOO fancy with the changing of pages, but I wanted to do something different, and add some sort of animation

[imwaytosexy]

i personally dont like your page animation it takes to long but that is my opinion.

[momtartin]

i personally dont like your page animation it takes to long but that is my opinion.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm working on changing that stuff up. Any other suggestions? That's why I posted it here so I could get a better feel for what I need to do in the future, etc.

[pulleys]

Everybody has to start somewhere so don't feel nervous.

Just some quick points.

-Loader seems to take a little too long
-work on the graphics they seem pixelated
-maybe rethink the color scheme
-rollovers could be little more subtle

The site seems to move page to page well and information is layed out ok. Just my opinon, hope this helps.

[momtartin]

Everybody has to start somewhere so don't feel nervous.

Just some quick points.

-Loader seems to take a little too long
-work on the graphics they seem pixelated
-maybe rethink the color scheme
-rollovers could be little more subtle

The site seems to move page to page well and information is layed out ok. Just my opinon, hope this helps.

I agree on the loader part, I'm trying to figure out how to decrease the file size
Do you think I need more "flair" for the color scheme? I was wondering if it was a little too dull.
Graphics should be fixed for the most part I think now, I changed all my designs to vectors.
As for rollovers, what do you mean "more subtle"?

[pulleys]

Decreasing flie size can be challenging. If you graphics become vector graphics rather than bitmaps this could reduce the file size, depends on the graphics. You could also load individual pages dynamically rather than all at once, this would speed up the load times a bit.

As for color scheme I think needs brighter colors, something that catches the eye a little more. Experiment and you will find something that works for you.

The rollovers in my opinion should be quick and smaller rather than the rollover dominating your portfolio. If it's a portfolio you making your showing your work not the rollovers.

Portfolios I find are the hardest thing to design because it is representing you as person and as a professional.

[maskedMan]

What font have you chosen for your buttons? The font choice is very out of place given the rest of the site's design, and I'm wondering if you've used dynamic text fields for your menu buttons and forgotten to embed your font.

[maskedMan]

Here's what I'm seeing, just in case you're not sure what I'm talking about. Notice how all the fonts are Sans Serif, but the buttons seem to be Times New Roman. It doesn't look intentional.

[momtartin]

What font have you chosen for your buttons? The font choice is very out of place given the rest of the site's design, and I'm wondering if you've used dynamic text fields for your menu buttons and forgotten to embed your font.

No you're right, I don't mean to have 2 different fonts, but I'm having issues embedding the font that I want. It's on a growing list of things to change.
However, I did manage to fix a lot of the pixillation issues, so that's a good thing.

[ASWC]

I don't look anymore at flash websites that take more than 15 seconds to load.

[atomic]

I don't look anymore at flash websites that take more than 15 seconds to load.

Guess you should get a better connection then... The whole site took less than 4 seconds to load on my cable connection...

[maskedMan]

You can also cut down the filesize by using actionscript to tween your motions instead of the timeline. I don't know how ambitious you'd like to be, but replacing just a few of your keyframed animations such as the raising / lowering of the content area and the swooshing in and out of the crecents would probably give you a noticable improvement.

Oh, I also noticed that if you click the same menu item twice in a row, you get a blank screen. Perhaps you could set it up in such a way that the button only executes its action if it wasn't the last one pressed?

[momtartin]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, this is the kind of stuff I was hoping to get.
As for the button feature, how exactly would I do that? Cuz I've noticed that issue as well, but never could figure out the scripting for that. I figure now's the time to ask.