4 Replies Latest reply: Oct 7, 2014 1:18 PM by jacielluve RSS

    Can I save Flash Pro CC down to Flash 5.5

    Salt & Vinegar Community Member
    Salt & Vinegar Jul 1, 2013 8:43 AM

      Hello All,

       

      I'm working in Flash Pro CC. It's a very simple scene. Nothing fancy happening. Just drawings on different keyframes to create a traditional black and white line-drawn animation. (No tweening or interpolation at all by Flash)

       

      A friend only has Flash 5.5.

       

      I want to give him my FLA file so he can continue what I'm doing.

       

      Is this possible?

       

      THANK YOU if you can help.

        • 1. Re: Can I save Flash Pro CC down to Flash 5.5
          rerobnett Community Member
          rerobnett Jul 1, 2013 9:17 AM (in response to Salt & Vinegar)

          I have had no problems loading an FLA made in Flash Pro CC with Flash Pro CS6. So I would think there would be no problems doing it in CS5.5.

          • 2. Re: Can I save Flash Pro CC down to Flash 5.5
            Nipun Asthana Employee Hosts
            Nipun Asthana Jul 1, 2013 10:22 AM (in response to Salt & Vinegar)

            Yes, you should be able to open your Fla files created in Flash CC in Flash CS5.5+ without any issues. It just shows a warning message saying that it's created in a higher version of Flash and may contain newer/unsupported features.

             

            -Nipun

            • 3. Re: Can I save Flash Pro CC down to Flash 5.5
              sudeshna sarkar Employee Hosts
              sudeshna sarkar Jul 1, 2013 8:50 PM (in response to Salt & Vinegar)

              Hi ,

               

              When saving a file, Flash CC continues to provide the options of saving to a Flash document (.fla) or uncompressed document (.xfl).  The resulting XFL file is internally stamped with the Flash CC file version.  However, since Flash CS5.5 and later releases are able to open “future” versions of XFL files, Flash CS5.5 and Flash CS6 can both also open Flash CC files.  Consequently, you will not see options in the Save As Type drop-down list to explicitly save to an older version of Flash.

               

              As part of their future-compatibility efforts, the older releases (ie. Flash CS5.5 and CS6) will simply “skip over” these new features, but continue reading the rest of the XFL document.  For example, Flash CC introduces the ability to apply filters, blend modes, color transforms, and cacheAsBitmap with opaque background to compiled clip components, such as ‘FLVPlayback’.  As a result, Flash CS5.5 and Flash CS6 would skip over the new data when opening a Flash CC XFL file that contains this new feature.

               

              Hope this helps !

               

              Thanks and Regards,

              Sudeshna Sarkar

              Adobe Flash Professional Team

              • 4. Re: Can I save Flash Pro CC down to Flash 5.5
                jacielluve Community Member
                jacielluve Oct 7, 2014 1:18 PM (in response to Salt & Vinegar)

                No, if you are using Flash CC and want to convert to CS6 or below, there is no option for that.

                 

                I assume your animation is broken because CC lacks of AS2. All AS2 must be converted to AS3, oooor, you have to stay wiht old Flash versions below CC in order to use AS2

                 

                Personally, that sux, i couldnt find a solution. that problem hapenned to me when using e-planning code :/