5 Replies Latest reply on Dec 30, 2010 10:11 PM by Todd_Kopriva Branched from an earlier discussion.

    After Effects SWF export

    TracidTrax
    TracidTrax Dec 30, 2010 9:41 AM

      i seem to be having some trouble exporting to SWF from AE and succesfully playing it back. When i go to preview it in the htm file it creates or if im adding it into dreamweaver the swf file doesnt animate at all, its just a static image. If i render it as a FLV file it works fine

       

      Any ideas?

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        • 1. Re: Ae to SWF
          bogiesan-gyyClL Level 3
          bogiesan-gyyClL Dec 30, 2010 6:46 AM (in response to TracidTrax)

          Best to start your own thread. You will want to include some of your sytem and project specs as well as rationalizing why you need the SWF.

           

          bogiesan

          • 2. Re: After Effects SWF export
            Todd_Kopriva Level 8
            Todd_Kopriva Employee Dec 30, 2010 9:45 AM (in response to TracidTrax)

            [branched to a new thread]

             

            There's seldom any reason or benefit to exporting a SWF file directly from After Effects. Relatively few things are preserved as vectors (which is the main reason to export a SWF file). See this page for details.

             

            There are several options for creating movies from After Effects that will play in Flash Player. See this section for more information.

            • 3. Re: After Effects SWF export
              Wade_Zimmerman Level 6
              Wade_Zimmerman Dec 30, 2010 10:12 AM (in response to TracidTrax)

              If it renders fine a FLV why do take that into Flash and export from Flash it would give you the opportunity to add your interactivity if there is to be any.

               

              Although I agree if it works fine as an FLV are you not better off that way?

              • 4. Re: After Effects SWF export
                TracidTrax Level 1
                TracidTrax Dec 30, 2010 9:25 PM (in response to TracidTrax)

                Thanks Todd for creating a new thread, didnt really want to spam the forums with so many SWF threads about.

                 

                Well im basically making a banner for a website with some minor animations that would automatically play only once when the user enters the website.

                 

                Some of the projects specs are that i created a custom composition (900pxx270px) and imported a slightly photoshopped JPEG image. I then added a ripple effect to the single layer being the JPEG image, i then hit export to SWF and kept the image quality to maximum and I didnt rasterize

                 

                Any suggestions on what im doing wrong and y I cant get the SWF to play back at all?

                • 5. Re: After Effects SWF export
                  Todd_Kopriva Level 8
                  Todd_Kopriva Employee Dec 30, 2010 10:11 PM (in response to TracidTrax)

                  Don't export raster images to SWF. There's no point. Stick with F4V and FLV. If you're starting with a JPEG, which is a bitmap/raster image, then you have no chance of getting your animation out in the SWF vector format.