About Using Flash based media

Neil Strudwick

You can build tightly focused content for your website using flash. Over ninety percent of browsers on the world wide web support flash and it easy to incorporate into almost any website. There are different content types used in flash based media. These include:

• Flash Banners
• Eye catching animations
• Video content

<insert flash video>

Flash banners. Because of the small byte size of flash files especially if the content has been created using flash tools, media content is often smaller in byte size than jpegs or other bitmap formats. This results in faster download times meaning you get your content in fron of your audience much faster!

Eye catching animations created with Flash designed to catch your audiences attention. Moving images can be small or full screen, dynamic or subtle, either way animation adds a new level to your website. The most popular ways to get your message across is text but what of your audience is worldwide and does not speak your native language. Animated images help break the communication barrier by telling the story in a visual manner.

Video content with sound in flash is a great way to introduce your audience to the benefits of video without investing in expensive streaming video servers.

Secondly, video can be more compelling and better for describing something than pictures or animation alone and adds a more professional touch to your website.

It's as easy as that!

A great resource of content about flash can be found at www.shockwave.com