I know there are many ways to keep the swf size down in a koolmoves movie... could users post thier ideas, suggestions, and reccomendations in this thread so we have a list of most of the methods?

I know with adding sounds it is important to discuss the format, bitrates, etc...

with graphics... I know we should discuss pallets, formats, and if it should be a symbol of not.. (Bob..help me out here... what is the pros and cons of making something a symbol?)

what other tricks should we list?