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creating video from flash?

evideoNJ
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Jan 18, 2008, 11:10 AM

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Does anyone know how to convert FLVs to HD Video while maintaining the alpha channels?

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gl
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Jan 19, 2008, 1:05 AM

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Re: [evideoNJ] creating video from flash? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Do you mean a SWF or FLV?

You can't go form FLV to HD resolution very gracefully. However, you could do so with SWF files as they *should* be vector.

Your options would be to export a still sequence from Flash at the chosen resolution or to import the SWF into After Effects and scale it.

-gl

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

evideoNJ
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Jan 21, 2008, 7:43 PM

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I am working with SWFs. So it's good to know that I can bring them into AE. But will the alpha channels transfer?

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Jan 21, 2008, 7:52 PM

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Yes, they should. the only hitch is if the swfs have been protected from import. Then you are hosed :P

-gl

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evideoNJ
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Jan 21, 2008, 8:25 PM

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Okay, I can scale them outside of AE in flash player. BUt when I bring them into AE and try to scale them, they get fuzzy as if they have lost their vector-ness. Wha-ha-happened?

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gl
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Jan 22, 2008, 1:01 AM

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Re: [evideoNJ] creating video from flash? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Make sure you have selected "Continuos rasterization" on the swf layer. It will fix that problem. Read here for more info.

-gl

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

evideoNJ
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Jan 24, 2008, 8:59 AM

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I realized that CS2 can't do that. It only does that with Illustrator files. So I got CS3 and NOW IT WON"T WORK AT ALL! ARRRGGGHHH!!!! I'll keep trying though.

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gl
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Jan 24, 2008, 10:09 AM

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I doesn't import them at all? Are the swf files protected from import?

-gl

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

evideoNJ
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Jan 24, 2008, 10:23 AM

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Re: [gl] creating video from flash? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Well, they import, but when I put them in the comp, they don't play back right, even after I render it.

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gl
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Jan 24, 2008, 10:48 AM

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Re: [evideoNJ] creating video from flash? [In reply to]	Can't Post

It may be an incompatibility of frames rates. Often flash files are set at 12 or 15 fps as that keeps the file size down and is easier for alder cpus to playback.

Do you have a link to the swfs available?

-gl

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

evideoNJ
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Feb 4, 2008, 3:21 PM

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I do not, but is there a work around? Maybe re-exporting from flash to 30 fps?

E Video Productions
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I see your point. Kindly blow it out your @ss. - Dr. Cox