Flash :: Converting Formats

Converting A PDF To A Flash FLA File Without Converting To An Image First?
Basically, I'm building a digital catalogue that runs off a CD and uses a Flash 'page turning component' to display the pages. Certain pages will have links that use Flash's Fscommand call to open Word and Excel documents.

Has anyone got any bright ideas of how to Convert a PDF to a Flash FLA file without converting to an image first?

I know I can open a PDF in Photoshop, save as a PNG or JPG and then import this into Flash, however the quality isn't brilliant. If you use a hi-res image, then you get a hi-res file size...

Currently, the best way I have found, is to open the PDF in Illustrator, then export it as a SWF. Illustrator converts all text to shapes and you end up with a small SWF, yet great quality when displayed in larger sizes. As I'm currently using a page turning flash component that loads SWF files, I need the quality to be good for the 'Zoom' function.

I've found an Illustrator script that will do the hard work via a 'batch' process, so I can take a 100 page PDF and convert the whole lot to 100 SWF files while I drink tea and 'look busy' and read a magazine, but the problem I have is that I need to add a layer of buttons to several of the SWF files to add a little functionality....

I do have a SWF to FLA decompiler which does a good job, however because Illustrator turns everything into shapes, the decompiler does the same and you end up with thousands of files in the library.... Plus there are a lot of error messages when the file is first loaded...

Many layers are masked, (for some reason without a fill), so if you publish the decompiled file straight away, you just get a blank file. Once you go through and fill the masks needed, it shows when you publish, but this really is a lot of work and I've had a few pages that show when you open the SWF file, but don't show when the SWF is called into the page turning file.... Hmmm....

So in short, I'd like to take a PDF and convert it to a FLA file, add a layer of buttons and publish as a SWF file....

Anyone got any 'Pearls of Wisdom'?

Clere
Clere Print

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Formats
Hey i was wondering how to export things i make in Flash as like a .png? I like making still images in flash but i can not save em. RoninWarrior

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Swf/fla To Other Formats?
Hi everyone

I spent all of last night trying to find a program that is freeware that'll convert my fla/swf files i've ripped from the net into any other format (avi, mpg etc)

Any help would be GREAT!
thanks

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Music Formats
I'd like to implement some music into my flash presentation (although I haven't gotten that far in my book yet lol) but I'm wondering in which format I should save and import it in.
I'm extremely excited about learning Flash it almost overwhelms me at times. All feedback will be appreaciated.

Thanks,

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Sound Formats
A recording artist has given permission to use a sample of her music on my site. She'll send me what I need but I don't know what to ask her for. I'm working on a Mac, if it makes any difference. I don't want my endusers (mostly PCs) to have trouble hearing it..anybody know what I need?

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Video Formats
I am using flash MX. Can you import a video into Flash that was created in .flv format and convert it into a .swf file?

Thanks.

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File Formats
what type of file format do u need to put a flash on
the internet and have the sound and action script work?
(gif doesnt work)

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File Formats
I just got MX 2004 and am quite annoyed at the fact that you can't freakin open old flash files. I knew obviously that you couldn't open new files in old versions, but vice-versa too?

Is there some sort of utility I can get to update the format? or do I have to manually copy everything from my old flash files? I figure somebody must have made one, but I can't for the life of me find one...

thanks

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Audio Formats
How do I take a .cda audio file from a CD (burned from itunes if you need to know) and make it into an .mp3 or .wav file or something common like that? Thanks.

DS

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Sound Formats
which sound formats can flahs accept for dynamically loaded sounds?

is it just .mp3 or can .wav and .aiff be loaded too?

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Image Formats
Flash 8: (and older versions too.) If you want you want to import and image into the library, my instructor has noted that it seems to work better when you use Photoshop to convert your images into PING files. I don't know if there is any truth in this, since they show up as BITMAPS when they are imported anyway. What do you think? Does it matter what file format I use when I import?

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Date Formats
Is there a way to format the date? I know theres the date() class, but how can you format it so it's like say, March 28, 1987 - 3:07am?

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Video Formats
I've started to convert mpg files for use on the web. I've tried:
- MOV.
- FLV
I found that the sound and the video can sometimes be blurry. I was wondering what file size would be considered too big for a 56K modem? Also which formats are best for compatibility? What percentage of users have quicktime?

Thanks.

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Import Formats?
Using flash 5 () Want to import video clips into flash, edit and incorporate into flash movie, but my flash ver 5 does not import .avi and .mov and .mp4. What format will it import?

And can anyone here please recommend applications that will convert from .avi to the necessary format that will import into flash?

Please help!

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Video Formats
What is the preferred original video format when importing video into Flash (if any?). I am purchasing a number of videos that will eventually be imported into flash, and wondering if I should choose the .mov, .mp4, or .wmv video formats. Does one particular format integrate with Flash better than another?

The videos are fairly small, so will probably be progressively downloaded.
Thank you

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What Video Formats?
Using the code below I can only play FLV video format. Is that correct or does Flash Script let you play other video formats?

var my_video:Video; // my_video is a Video object on the Stage
var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
my_nc.connect(null);
var my_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);
my_video.attachVideo(my_ns);

//my_ns.play("myVideo.mpg");
//my_ns.play("myVideo.mov");
//my_ns.play("myVideo.3gp");

my_ns.play("clouds.flv");

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Sound Formats
Is there a list anywhere of mp3 formats and codecs that work with flash
using the loadSound command?

Thanks

Dave

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Play Various Formats
I want to make an application in which user can play any video files from its own. Either file is in .wmv format or .mpeg4, Flash playes it. Is it possible thru Flash or we need some backend scripting that can encode or convert video files to .flv file. I need some directions.

I would appreciate your valuable suggestions.

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Web Video Formats
My boss is stuck in 2000.

She refuses to switch all of our video's into .flv files.

Can you guys post some statics/opinions about the last year of web video devolpment?

mpg
Quicktime
flv
wmv

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Video Formats
is there any way of playing other video formats than *.flv with actionscript 3 ?

Thank you in advance for you advice.

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Different Text Formats
Hi, Im writing an application where the user can choose between several fonts, and set their style: (bold, italic, underline) ...

I embedded just one font. When I use the TextFormat class, only the underline property shows a result, but bold and italic dont. What exactly am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to embed the same font again as bold, and then again as italic, and then again as bold+italic ?!?!?

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Regarding Video Formats..
Hiii, i have been creating a video made by Flash 8 and exported it into format AVI. But now i want it in a Quicktime format. Its not possible for me to export directly from flash to quicktime format in Flash 8 and i cant make it a flash 5 version because of the flash 8 features im using..

Does anyone know if i can do so in Quicktime..

And i also have to say that i cant open the AVI file with quicktime..

Trotyl.. :D

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Vector Formats
I'm trying to import a logo designed in illustrator. Some effects on it are not translating into flash via .ai format. any other options?

can you normally move/resize/fade layers of the file independently in flash if you import as 1 vector file?

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Importing.....file Formats?
I have an illustrator file which I exported with an SWF extension. Yet when I import that into Flash, it treats it like a bitmap image (tree icon)? How do I get it to be a vector graphic or treated like a vector graphic in Flash? Or am I just confused?

Sorry, I'm not sure if I'm making the mistake in Illustrator or Flash.

Thank you for any and all help!

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Image Formats In Flash 5
Hi,
I have experimented on importing different image formats into Flash 5 but I am not yet pleased with the result in the meaning of sharpness.
Does anyone have an opinion of which Image Format gives the best quality in combination sharpness and size?

I have been given the advice from a friend to raise the JPEG option when exporting movie from 80 to 100 procent. But it is handly that simple...

Thanx in advance

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24fps. Does This Apply To All Formats?
i have a movie at 24fps when i export it as a swf and transfer the file from my mac to PC, the PC it plays it at 12fps and my mac plays it at 24. Anyone know why this is happening??
Thanks if you do.

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Color Value Formats Interchange
How to convert the rb, gb and bb values used in setTransform to Hexa (e.g. 0xFFFFFF) used in beginFill or setRGB? Like

{rb:0, gb:255, bb:255} --> 0x00FFFF

If you think that you can't answer this question or there is no direct solution, please pass this question on and reply to this message

Thx

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Best Formats For Flash? Jpeg?bmp?
whats the best format for flash?
bmp?jpeg?gif?
or etc

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Unexpected File Formats
Hello!

I had a Flash movie that I made on a PC, then altered it on a Mac OS 10, and now it says "unexpected file format" when I load it back on my PC. Before, I did this with no problems. Any help on how I can get my movie back?

Thanks

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Video Formats For Mx 2004
im making an interactive cd with lots of video content- for the moment i have been given avi files. they are pretty poor to start with (pixelated) but even worse when i publish the exe, even though all my compression setting are the best i can get them. i have tried to get the video guy to make videos with less movement but it looks like im stuck with these.
is there a better video format that mx 2004 will accept? anyone have any magical export setting?

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Importing Text From Other Formats Than .txt ?
Hi!

When i'm making websites in flash, i always import .txt documents by using the loadVariables action. But i wondered if it's possible to load other formats, such as text from word etc. Cause when importing from a .txt document, there's these problems:

- When i press enter to go to a new line in the documents, it goes two lines when imported to flash.

- I can't make some text bold or italic, it's everything or nothing.

- I can't make links in the text

If anybody could help me here, i would appreciate it alot!

Magnus

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Flash And Various Date Formats ...
I have a little flash app. that pulls in various dates that are formatted in numerous ways.

Before I look at creating a class that will return me a standard way to display the date, has anyone done anything like this before or know where I can download something similar to use or build on ?.

To clarify, the following list shows the date formats (there's a few) I am dealing with:

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:25:40 GMT
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:00:00 PST
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:00:00 EST
Mar 24, 2006
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:00:03 +0000
2006-03-30T03:33:00+00:00
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:24:46 -0500
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:19:40 EDT
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:32:00 +1000
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Actually, now that I think of it, maybe I should compare these dates and the exact time on the users PC so that I can display the time difference between the two, like how digg shows how long ago a story was submitted (e.g: 15 hours, 43 minutes ago).

Anyone advise, maybe I'm being lazy and should just dive in.

Thanks,
Stevros.

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LoadVars Formats - Can I Use Aspx
Hi,

In the following code:

PHP Code:

myLV.load("../text/lipsum.txt");

Could my lipsum.txt file be an aspx page instead? Or must it be txt. What options to I have?

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Play Avi,mpeg.. Formats
How do I play avi,mpeg.. formats using Action Scripts?
Is it possible to achive it with out converting to flv format.

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Publish Settings -> Formats
On creation of a new AS3 document, the default Publish Settings Formats are initially checked:
Flash (.swf)
HTML (.html)
I only want Flash (.swf). Yes, I can easily uncheck HTML, but I hate having to do that every single time I create a new AS3 doc.
Is there any way I can just have Flash (.swf) checked on a new document creation by default?

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Video Formats: For Use In Flash
Hello,

I am working with a client who is shooting a video next week. The video will not be long at all - more like a short clip.

This clip will be going on a Flash banner as well as on a web page. What file format should I ask for from the video production company?

A colleague of mine said to ask for .avi and then convert to .flv using Flash. Should I just ask for a .flv file then from the video production company?

Also, is there a general rule of thumb on file size for video for use on the web?

Thanks so much for any advice.

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Most Commonly Used Video Formats
I've been looking at Sorenson media.
Am I best of exporting to a variety of formats and sizes or can I settle on a single format?
What is the most popular format for viewing video online?

Thanks.

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Video Streaming Formats
Hi,
is is it possible to access also other streams than FLV. Such as Real or Quicktime broadcasts?

thanks
deviation

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How Much Time Does It Take To Publish To Different Formats?
My supervisor asked me to find out if there was a simple algorithm for how long it takes to publish video-heavy files in the different formats, such as web-streaming, projectors, etc. Specifically, he was wondering if publishing to a web-streaming from a .FLA file was a 1 minute of video:1 minute publish ratio; 1 minute video:30 second publishing, etc. I tried looking in the help section but got stumped. Anyone know how I can find this out without massive testing on my part?

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Sound Formats In Flash
Is there something wrong with my computer or doesn't flash accept 'mp3' for sound???

What do i have to convert my mp3's to for them to work in flash???

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Login Scripts And Formats
Hi all. Im just about to get started on some serious actionscript. Ive been unable to locate any tutorials or examples of login user script. Has anybody seen any about??

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::: Flash - Image Formats :::
hi friends,

I am just a beginner to flash. Here is a question about the graphics formats. Which is the best image format to import in to flash mx 2004?
Is it ai, eps??? Also tell me which format is better for Flash? Is it CMYK or RGB? Please suggest me to learn my self more about these things. Can some suggest me a URL or tutorial please?

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Optimal Image Formats?
I was working on my portfolio site and when creating a photo gallery that consists of an image scroller, I noticed that trying to move even 4 jpg's loaded dynamically is extremely sluggish. I would like to have nice smooth movement. (its running at about 30-40%+ of cpu on a 1.4ghz and I want more img animations) Do png's work much better than jpg for speed, or is there another file format that would be best? Any suggestions???

Thanks in advance!
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Streaming Other Video Formats
Sorry if this question has already been asked but I didn't find it.

Well here it is.

Flash (with the help of Flash Media Server) streams only .flv files or is it possible to stream other video formats as well?

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Video Formats In Flash
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Movie Formats In Flash
Hello to you all, friends.

I have a question, i have seen www.Jordanarchitects.com and i was wondering.. the buttons are remarcable..
what format is that movie anyway?
how can i put a movie in flash, i mean what formats does flash recognize for movies? i want to make buttons just as i have seen on that site.
i could make movies with 3dstudio max, but i dont know what format should i save it, so that flash can recognize and implement it.
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