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Firefly Multi-Zone™(MZ)

9.Graphics Quality

Most often, the automatic sizing and color-depth conversion performed by the Firefly meets the needs of the presentation. Occasionally however, it may be necessary to adjust a graphic so that it displays precisely as required. For the highest quality rendition of a graphic it is important to consider two things: color-depth and precise sizing.

a.Color-depth

The Firefly MZ is a 16-bit color device that maps the native color of the graphic to the player’s 16-bit display buffer.For best results convert graphics to a standard (1-, 2-, 4-, 8-, or 24-bit) JPEG or PNG format before inserting it into a content zone.

b.Sizing Graphics

For highest quality results, make certain that the dimensions are the same for the content zone and source graphic. Sizing a graphic by dragging a content zone handle or changing the content zone dimensions does not always produce the best visual results. There are two sizing methods that provide the most precise images:

Create the layout design in Media Messenger using the content zone objects and then size the graphics to fit in the zones.

Create a layout design in another program such as Adobe Photoshop, with the graphics and other elements sized exactly as they should appear when displayed. Then, using the sizing information from that design, create a corresponding multi-zone layout using the Layout Editor in Media Messenger.

10.Animated GIFs (classifed as graphics)Animated GIF files must be non-optimized. In addition, the MZ does not support transparency for these files.

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