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Exporting Flash vector art for print

Dec 17, 2007 9:55 AM

I would like to export art created in Flash as a vector format for print. Exporting as either AI or EPS from Flash seems to have many limitations: no support for masks, alpha transparency, or editable text with fonts embedded. Has anyone found a workflow to create print-ready vector art using Flash?

I have tried many combinations of Flash, Freehand, and Illustrator with no success. (Freehand will open SWF files, but it rasterizes the vector art when exporting as either EPS or PDF).

Working in Flash Pro 8, but from the Flash CS3 documentation it doesn't look like there are additional options for file export. Is it true that any vector art exported from Flash loses font info, masking, and transparency?
1474 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: sinious, Sep 6, 2012 12:39 PM
 
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  • jlink
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    1. jlink,
    Jan 25, 2008 3:19 PM   in reply to cinemakerjeff
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    Jeff,

    Did you ever find a solution to your issue? I too am curious about how to repurpose vector art created in Flash for use in other applications.
     
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  • cinemakerjeff
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    2. cinemakerjeff,
    Jan 31, 2008 1:01 PM   in reply to jlink
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    I haven't found a solution for exporting vector art for print (from Flash), so I ended up exporting stills as high resolution bitmaps. If the artwork contains only lines and shapes (no text, alpha transparency, or masking) then exporting the image as an EPS seems to work fine. There doesn't seem to be a good solution out there for using .SWF files to print without converting them to bitmaps in the process. Illustrator doesn't import them (even though it can export .SWF).
     
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  • Geematic
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    3. Geematic,
    Sep 3, 2008 9:30 PM   in reply to cinemakerjeff
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    I have found the same irritating problem. Im using MX 2004.
    I've created a character animation in Flash, using fills etc. for colour. I want it at extremely high-res for a poster.

    For publishing out rastered images (pngs,jpgs etc), Flash ignores the size set in publish if it's over the document size
    2880 pixels seems to be the limit flash will allow you to set document sizes.
    Exporting as eps or ai and importing it into Photoshop CS3 seemed like a solution, but it messes up every colour (even if it is imported as RGB) and leaves the fills blank.
    What kind of vector based program cant export large images!!!??? Its driving me mad.
    ADOBE.... HELP!!!!

     
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  • johnnynashville
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    4. johnnynashville,
    Jun 10, 2009 10:16 PM   in reply to Geematic
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    Has anyone found a good solution for this? I need to export character art from Flash to use for print and consumer product items. Qualtity vectors are required.

     

    The "best" solution I've found so far is to "Print" as either a .PDF or .PS file, then open that file in Illustrator. It expands all the gradients, and creates very complex vectors, but it's better than the standard export to .AI function, which gives offending operator "bg" errors. Still, it is a sub-par result, and I end up having to recreate art anyway.

     

    (I'm using Flash CS4.)

     

    Dear Adobe, this should be a no-brainer ... Please introduce a true vector export feature from Flash to Illustrator that generates art we can actually use.

     
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  • boudewijndanser
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    5. boudewijndanser,
    Sep 6, 2012 12:18 PM   in reply to johnnynashville
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    And the issue is still there.

    Cutting-edge, world-class software, yeah...

     
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  • sinious
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    6. sinious,
    Sep 6, 2012 12:39 PM   in reply to boudewijndanser
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    The last post was 3 years earlier, let alone the original post in 2007. Are you using a modern version of the software? CS6 directly integrates back and forth much better. If you have an extremely old copy of the software try downloading a trial of CS6 suite and see if you get better results.

     
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