• Adobe Illustrator

  Import SWF into illustrator

  Posted by Larry Bang on April 1, 2009 at 11:17 am

  Hi there

  Does anyone know if its possible to import an SWF file into illustrator (so i can adjust each frame individually)? I’m using CS4

  Any help appreciated

  Larry

  Jorge Julian replied 14 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Abraham Chaffin

  April 6, 2009 at 4:25 pm

  If you have Adobe Flash you can export a fla as an ai file under File > Export then choose .ai as the file type to export.

  There’s no way to directly import an swf into ai as the file types are not compatible. A swf is a compiled Flash application not really a graphic or movie though it can be used as one.

  Abraham
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  Larry Bang

  April 6, 2009 at 5:18 pm

  Thanks Abraham
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  Kalani Bright

  June 12, 2009 at 12:26 am

  I had my computer forgotten then stolen and had completely lost the source code and art assets to the flash site I built. I was able to get some of this back by decompiling, opening the decompiled fla, and exporting the art assets I dragged onto the stage to an .AI file.

  The code was completely mambo jambo and I elected to toss it, but at least I saved the art assets.

  whew.
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  Jorge Julian

  November 27, 2011 at 7:48 pm

  Although this response is 2 yrs too late, someone in the future will have the same question and I have not seen anyone properly answer it (at least to my satisfaction).

  What you can do:
  1) Create a new document in Flash
  2) File > import > import to stage
  3) Scale all the elements so that they fit on the stage
  4) File > Print > PDF > Save as Postscript
  5) Give it a name and when done…
  6) Open it in Illustrator! ;-p

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