• Adobe After Effects

  after effects to flash question(s)

  Posted by Carl Endres on September 3, 2008 at 9:26 pm

  I created a animated banner in after effects, 800 x 160 @ 15 fps, with a duration of 15 seconds. It has a background layer, and 3 other layers, 2 of which utilize masks. I converted it to a flash movie file but it came in at almost 2.8 mg’s.

  I am still learning flash and was going to try and recreate it in flash, but I know at least one of the layers I would have to use from AE because I used the puppet tool.

  My questions are:

  Can you export just that layer (with transparency)to be used in flash 8 ?( I do not have flash CS3) If so, how should I do it?

  What would you think should be the maximum file size to be web friendly on a flash project with the size and duration I noted above.

  Thanks for any advice you can offer – Carl

  Carl Endres replied 17 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Benjamin Dewhurst

  September 5, 2008 at 6:15 pm

  This begs another question for me: is the layer you’re using the puppet tool on a shape layer? If not, that’s definitely going to increase file size due to the frame by frame bitmap being generated. But you can probably get a decent file size by converting to a smaller flv.

  As far as export from ae, check ae help in program, but I would think the swf you generate can have alpha in it. Hope this helps!
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  Carl Endres

  September 6, 2008 at 2:43 pm

  Hi Benjamin,

  Thanks for replying back. The layer that I am using the puppet tool on is not a shape layer. It is a RGB cutout of a scuba diver, the puppet tool was used to make his legs move as me swims across the stage.

  I’ll keep working on a solution to bring it to a smaller file size.

  Carl

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