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  • How to import SWF to FinalCut Pro ???

    Posted by Peter Paul on February 17, 2006 at 7:32 pm

    Im trying to import a SWF file to a project but give me a error. Do i need a Plugin ???

    I read that FinalCut imports swf, why im getting this error ???

    Thanks

    PEPE

    David Bogie replied 20 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    February 17, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    FCP doesn’t support SWF however it does support these formats:

    DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO HD
    Native long GOP MPEG-2, HDV
    IMX at 50Mbps; compatible with 30-, 40- and 50Mbps media
    Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit HD (4:2:2 YUV) via PCI card
    Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit SD (4:2:2 YUV) via FireWire or a PCI card
    Apple Intermediate Codec
    OfflineRT Photo-JPEG codec
    HD at 1080i 50/60, 1080p 23.98/24, and 720p 23.98/30/60
    Still images: PSD, BMP, JPEG, PICT, PNG, SGI, TARGA, TIFF

    SOOOO you need to change this file to one of those formats or export it from Flash as such.

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  • Peter Paul

    February 17, 2006 at 8:28 pm

    Thanks Jerry, very fast answer !! Thank you again but i read in the Final Cut help something about Macromedia Flash Import by QuickTime but thats OK.. im new in FinalCut and i use more Premiere Pro and there i have a Plugin thats works just fine to import SWF files. At this time im a better editor in Premiere but i see that FinalCut is much better no just the software but the MAC OS is 10 time faster then XP. One more time THANKS !!

  • David Bogie

    February 18, 2006 at 3:38 pm

    Since you have some Macromedia and Adobe tools, just export your SWF as a QT from Premiere. Suggest you use Animation codec unless you have a reason to use a different codec.

    bogiesan

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