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This section is a reference guide to the creation of PDF's and Media for use with VCAB.
The following information is the desired specifications for your files. If you cannot provide your files to these specifications, contact us for further help.
PDF's
Wherever possible, please provide your publication as a single PDF file with the following settings:
| • | All pages in a single PDF file, with the pages in order |
| • | Single pages (not double page spreads) |
| • | Cropped to exact art size (no need for cropmarks/bleed etc, as it is not a traditional print process) |
| • | Embedded fonts (not subset, please avoid CID Type H encoded fonts) |
PDF Names should not include special characters such as brackets, question marks, commas and spaces. Underscore characters are ok to use
Flash
Flash files will be presented on a layer above your existing pages, so therefore, please bear in mind the following notes:
| • | We can accept animations in Flash 8 or earlier. We will need .swf and .flv files supplied. |
| • | Please design your files so that a single .swf file is needed to play the animation, and not multiple .swfs and/or .as files |
| • | We do not support animations created using SWiSH |
| • | Please make sure there is no white space around the edge of the flash animation |
| • | Please note that your animation will be sitting inside another flash application, and as such, the background colour defined in the property inspector will turn transparent, and show the PDF content underneath your flash files. To avoid this, put a single colour object on the lowest layer of your flash file to form a canvas. |
| • | Please set your flash files to a frame rate of 30fps |
| • | Avoid any Actionscript that can affect the host application, such as _level0, _root, and _parent references, or global functions like setTimeinterval |
| • | There should be no links in the animation we are given, unless this is necessary, as these links will not be picked up in the statistics package. We will normally create the links overlaying the flash, so that they can be tracked |
| • | There is no file size limit on animations, but for loading purposes, the files should be as small as possible |
| • | Images should be set to lossless compression instead of photo compression |
| • | Filenames for Flash animation files (SWFs) should not include special characters such as brackets, question marks, commas and spaces. Underscore characters are ok to use |
Video
Please provide video files in Flash 8 FLV. For best results, use resolutions that are as small as necessary.
Audio
Please supply all music or audio as MP3 files.
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