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Possible to make a Flash movie in After Effects?
I am creating a website movie in After Effects and I want to export or convert it to flash, either SWF or FLV format. My plan is to create the movie in AE just like I would any other DV movie but instead convert it to flash format while still maintain the high resolution and also a reasonable file size that is so common with flash format movies.
Whats the best way to take my AE movie and get it into a high quality, small file size flash movie for web use?
I’d also like to add a short intro animation that fades to a “Click to Play” splash screen and a percentage pre-loader when the play button is clicked. So if anyone knows any EZ flash builder type programs for this part of the movie, please let me know.
Thanks
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You can choose File > Export and one of the options is SWF.
Not that I’d recommend it. Better to render uncompressed, and then use a compression program like Squeeze or On2 Flix Pro (or even Flash)to compress as either SWF or FLV. The quality will be much better than if exported from AE.
For preloading – Verticle Moon Lock N’ Load is a great way to load up SWF’s.
However, if you want player controls, unless you have mad flash action script skills, or On2 fLIX Pro (I think), there’s no easy way to have player controls AND a % based preloader – at least not that I know of.
You can create a “Loading…” sort of movie, while also having the video buffer up to a certain percentage, but that percentage can’t be displayed without some serious coding.
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