Flash :: Import Illustrator File

Can't Import This Illustrator File? Distorts
Trying to import this file into flash as I need to zoom in and out of the image but when I import it, it just distorts the elements for some reason. am I doing something wrong? I've tried exporting it for illustrator as a swf or an ai file but still no joy?

http://www.viva360.com/paper_bags.ai

thanks in advance to anyone that has any ideas.

Import Illustrator Vector File
please help!

how to import very clean illustrator vector file.

shapes became ugly and rough when i import eps file.

please...

ILLUSTRATOR IMPORT BUG?
So I import masked images, break em apart, make new symbols out of em and then spend fully two hours on em, then I export it and check out what I done....looks not quite right, so I go back into MX and theres nothing on my stage. I mean I have keyframes in the time line, but no objects on the freakni stage. So what do I do? Who do I hit? Myself? Did I **** up here?

Best Way To Import From Illustrator
i have made an icon as a vector in illustrator that i am importing into flash, in flash i have a tween that makes the icon larger when the mouse goes over it, but for some reason it enlarges every part seperately.
i have placed it into a movieclip, grouped the objects etc..

just wondering if anybody else has ever had this and what they did?
thanks
Dan

Illustrator Import Problems
I am having trouble importing artwork from Illustrator 9 to Flash 5. I can't seem to import anything unless it's saved as version 7.0 or below in Illustrator.

When I save any higher I get an error message to the effect that Flash cannot read the whole file. Then what appears to be a sample of every Illustrator swatch shows up!

You are probably wondering why I don't just shut up and use Ill 7 files. The problem is ** all of my nice sharp corners get rounded in Flash!!!*** How do I fix this. I've tried copy and paste to no avail. Please help.

An email reply would be appreciated. lesoleilnoir@hotmail.com

ps. My favorite snack as a child was lead paint chips.

Import Gradient From Illustrator?
Hi,

I've been trying to use artwork (designed in Illustrator) in Flash. Typically, I just cut and paste from AI into Flash. However, when I try this with any sort of gradient, it only pastes the outline.

Also, when I try to import artwork saved as an EPS file into Flash (the same pic), Flash tells me that:
"The EPS file was not understood. Part of the file may be missing." and then tells me that it can only import Illustrator EPS format.

If it is the case that I can't import or cut/paste form AI into Flash, how do I fill a path cut and pasted into Flash? I much prefer to draw in AI, and I don't want to be forced to draw in Flash if I can help it (though I do need the gradients).

Any help would be most appreciated.

TIA,
Aaron

Illustrator Export/Import
Ok, I have a site due to launch for a client in the morning. It is a small project-just a homepage, but it is to see if she has enough intrest from the public to justify building an e-commerce site.

I have created the visual theme in Illustrator 10, but when I export to swf, some of my gradient fills are missing-I am left with just paths, also some gradients export as solids.

I have tried taking the shapes seperately and exporting them as individuaal files-this does not work. I have also tried saving as ai and doing a native import or even importing directly to library. None of the problem shapes are using transparency...so I don't know what the problem is. If anyone has some knowledge in this area, I should would appreciate it. I'm running a bit short on time.

Thanks a million,

Rilian

Problem With Illustrator Import
Hi, I'm trying to import a vector file from illustrator. It's a logo. I've tried copying and pasting it straight from Illustrator, which usually works, as well as trying to import the actual file. But both ways it comes in distorted. some entire letters are missing from the logo. very strange. currently it's saved as an .ai file. should I try it as an .eps? does it make a difference?

thanks!

Import Swf From Illustrator As Frame
hey all,
I would search this question, but the engine seems to be stalling--so xcuze me.

but would like to know how to import a vector graphic from illustrator. i export from illustrator as swf.

how can i then open this swf as a frame in a fla file?

thanks in advance.

<<-- Illustrator Import Problems -->>
here's the deal. i'm creating a flash mx document and the logo i created in illustrator cs is importing with a problem. in the illustrator document i have "ADDED TO SHAPE AREA" and "EXPANDED" so almost all the overlapping pieces have become one shape.

when i import to flash one small area seems to be knocked out and it fills with black. i have tried everything i can think of to remedy this but to no avail. does anyone have any idea what is going on here?

i have attached GIFs of what it should look like, what it looks like in outline view in illustrator (to demonstrate the "EXPANDED" shape), and the problem in flash.

thanks
kurt

An Import Question From Illustrator
i have an ocd client who wants his logo used that he made in illustrator...I have retraced it manytimes in flash but he can always tell the difference...

is there a way i can export from illustrator into flash and still preserve the line or path quality?

ps thank god for the flash newbies room

Import From Illustrator Not Working (PNG / SWF)
I have spent 2 days making some lovely pictures in illustrator, all ready to get them animated in flash. However I saved them in PNG format (from illustrator) and tried to import them to the stage in flash and when I clicked OK nothing happened! Nothing on the stage, nothing in the library. The only way i could get the images to appear at all was by exporting them in swf format and importing them into flash that way. The problem that then arose was when I went to publish the flash movie there was nothing on the stage (despite my lovely picture being there on the stage in the fla file.

Has this happened to anyone else before? or does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be or how I could resolve it. Greatly appreciated. I am begging for your help. Thanks.

(png attached)

Illustrator CS Import Into Flash
Have you guys seen any postings or tutorials that tell how to get an Illustrator file into Flash. I remember just doing a copy paste but for some reason it is not working the same way. Gradient fills are rasterized and the integrity of the drawing is lost. I’m using Illustrator CS and Flash MX 2004.

Thanks

Trying Ti Import Image Into Flash From Illustrator
Hi,
My name is Nik and i have just signed up for flashkit about a few weeks ago. I have had flash 5 now for about 3 weeks, so i am very new to it all. At the moment i am having problem importing a file from illustrator into flash. I have my image, and when i import this into flash, it ends up having like a border around the image. So its like a solid image, i just want the image thats inside the border.

No matter what i try i just keep on getting like a border around the image, and trace bitmap i tried but it makes the file too large. can someone please help me out

How To Import Complex Illustrator Files..
Hi, I need to import illustrator files in flash, done this before with no trouble. But in this case, each file has complex gradients, clipping masks, etc., and does not want to cooperate. I could turn these into gifs, but I'd lose quality and scalability.

Any ideas?

Import Problems From Illustrator - Flash
I'm using Flash MX & Illustrator 10 on my mac. Sometimes I'm having problems with importing vectorimages from Illustrator into Flash.

For example:
- The "good" version in Illustrator:

- This is how it looks after importing into the library in Flash:

(I have it also when using the copy+paste command...)

Are there any solutions / tricks to solve this problem, it's really anoying.

Hoping for some answers... thx!

Import From Illustrator Problem- With A New Twist
Hi,

I have just spent an hour combing the archives for an answer to this so if it's there, I missed it.

I am attempting to import an Illustrator CS file into Flash. If I export as .swf, it comes up great in the player but when I attempt to import the .swf into Flash, it screws up the file. The graphic consists of 9 gradient filled circles that have been cut through with curves leaving a segmented appearance (picture radio waves eminating from the edge of each circle). There are also a couple of text words that have been modified after converting to curves. The text show up well but the balls get a squared off ratty appearance.

Now, here's the twist: If I select the graphic and then click to move it, I can see the circles beneath the garbage as selected outlines but if I go to select and remove the garbage, a whole "chunk" dissappears leaving nothing beneath.

Ultimately, I want to import the graphic with each ball on a different layer to animate them independantly. I figured I better try to wlk before I run and hence, I am attempting the import as a single layer.

Have I done something wrong in Illy CS or am I doing something wrong in Flash?

Thank for any advise you can offer, Steve

Flash MX Import Objects From Illustrator
Hi, I would like to know what kinds of file formats I can import into flash. i am going to want to create objects in Illustrator (possibly photoshop) and I need to know what kind of format to use.

Thanks.

NSF

Illustrator CS2 And Swift3D : Import Snafu
Just installed Illustrator CS2 with the hope that SWFs exported from CS2 would play nice with MX2004. Sooo.. after exporting my first swf from the new Illy I tried to import to my library and a curious error occured, the import failed and this showed up in the output window:

ERROR: (Swift 3D Importer - File: new_cs2_export.swf)
Invalid SWFT file - Import Aborted.

I have the latest swift3d/3DS Max plugin (3, I think) and I guess it doesn't like the SWFs output by Illustrator CS2. Other SWFs import fine.

Any suggestions? I'm thinking that changing something w/ my importers would help. Anyone know if the Illustrator importers are updated by macromedia or adobe? In any case, be aware of the problem; I'm running WinXP Pro with the latest builds of all programs mentioned.

Import Illustrator Files Into Flash
I'm doing a animated film and draw all the art in illustrator CS. But when i try to import my files into flash 8 i get one .ai file that is graphic and alot of tmp.png (bitmap) files. And the resulotion isn't near the one i have in illustrator. How do I maintain the vector graphic ?
One another problem is that i can't edit my drawing in flash, can't even change color on it. Please help me.

/ Daniel

Import From Illustrator To Flash Not Working (PNG/SWF)
I spent 2 days making some lovely pictures in illustrator, all ready to go into flash. I first exported them into PNG from illustrator and tried importing that that way but after clicking OK nothing appeared on the stage or in the library. There were no error messages. I then tried exporting from illustrator in swf format. This time the picture appeared on the stage, with associated symbols etc. in the library, but when I came to publish the movie, the picture wasn't there at all. I finally tried copying and pasting from illustrator. This simply crashed flash every time.

Has this happened to anyone else before? Or does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem might be or how i could go about resolving it? Any help greatly appreciated. I'm begging for your help. Thanks.

Adobe Illustrator CS2, Flash 8, Mac. (Png attached)

Import Illustrator- Shimmers In Flash
I have a weird problem... after importing a graphic from illustrator in Flash 8 the graphic quickly move a few pixels in the _x direction @ about the frame rate...it has no actions or other key frames in the the mc... Just a logo...

Has anyone seen this before? It's really annoying/stumping me.

I have tried breaking it apart, reimporting, everything....

-B

Import Images Made In Adobe Illustrator
Hi

The Graphic designer I am working with made a few images using Adobe illustrator, now I would like to have those in my move. I know Flash is supposed to support illustrator eps. Files , but when I try to import them I get an error message telling me the file was not fully accepted by Flash, I can not see the image. Importing as gif. bmp. Is not an issue because I get really bad looking images.

What can I do ? what is the best way to import those images and not lose quality ?

Thanks,

[MX04] Font Import From Illustrator Problems
Hi.

Hi. Ever since importing txt files w/asian characters into Illustrator CS, whenever I import ai files into flash, the text shows up as garbage. I've reset my illustrator prefs to english only characters. This occurs even when I'm using fonts I know I definitely have (arial).

My flash font mapping's set to _serif. When prompted i leave 'include invisible layers' and 'maintain text blocks' blank. I'm running OSX and the international settings are english only.

When I export an EPS from illustrator, fonts import into flash ok except from character spacing differences. Other file types like freehand import ok as well.

Any wisdom out there? Advice/insights would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks. -scumdry

How To Import Adobe Illustrator Files In Flash ....
HI
Im little bite stuck so i must ask

How to import Adobe Illustrator files in Flash but keep them in vector - graphic form. I have to create same shape motion and im stack with this?

If this cannot be done can somebody explain me how to grups that im getting from adobe illustrator can be converted in graphics - vector ?

Thank You in frant !!!

Import Illustrator Files- Outlined Type Problems
I am trying to import an illustrator 8 .eps file into flash. when I import the file, some of the type does not come in correctly. I created outlines of all the fonts. It gets broken and in some cases only displays a small portion of the character. Has anyone had this problem? and if so can you please help me get around it.
thanks,
Steven

Flash MX Will Import Illustrator Formats Version 8.0 Or Earlier
At least that is what I've read. I have Illustrator 10 and Flash MX. I've been trying to import an AI file to Flash but I keep getting the error message:"Part or all of the file may be missing"
I've saved the file as EPS version 6 and it still isn't all there. Do I need to ungroup the paths in Illustrator or what am I missing?
thnx
TechNoKnow

Importing A File From Illustrator
Hi...

I imported an .ai file into flash MX, and assumed that flash would keep it in its vector form. At first it seemed to do that, because when I dragged the image around I could see lines around the various shapes which implied that it was still vector. But when I viewed the imported image in the library it showed up as a bitmap. And when I exported the movie it came in at 38k or so, which would be about appropriate for the image in a bitmapped form....

So is it vector or bitmapped...? Thanks

Importing An Illustrator File..
Hi there,
So, I created a logo in Illustrator 10. I can import it okay to Flash, the problem is when I start to motion/scale tween it.

The logo starts at about 1000% scaled up and through the timeline scales down to about 20%-so it ends up sitting on an object as that product's logo.

When it scales down to 20% it looks awful- the stroke outline on the logo looks all fuzzy.

I have broken it apart in Flash and created a graphic symbol out of it and that does not seem to work.

What can I do with the logo to make it scale correctly in flash?

Thanks!
sha

Bringing In An Illustrator File
Hi,
If I make an image in illustrator is there a way to bring it into Flash MX 2004 and keep it vectors. I would like to manipulate it in flash. Is there a file type to export as from illustrator?

Thanks
Jay

Flash -> PHP -> PDF With Illustrator File
Anybody knows how to import an illustrator file (.ai) into a PDF document using FPHP http://www.fpdf.org/

I know that its possible to import JPG, PNG, GIF and WMF... but I couldn't find a script to import the illustrator file.

My target is to do an online business card generator like: http://www.businesscardland.com

Thank you.

Importing An Illustrator File?
I'm trying to import an illustrator file into flash and the image looks all choppy. Anyone else come across this? It seems like the gradients used are the parts that are choppy, but it seems like flash doesn't like the letter T either, at least with my files. The gradient is just missing from them.

Take a look here to see what I mean...

http://www2.paltronics.com/Show/tester.html

How do I fix this? Is there a better version to export the ai files as? They are version 8 right now.

Thanks,
John

Importing Illustrator File Into Flash MX
Hi everyone...

i'm trying to import an illustrator file, but all the vectors when imported are totally screwed.

Anyone know how to import an illustrator file with out it screwing up in Flash MX..??

eChimp!!

I Have A Huge Illustrator File, How Do I Make It S
I have a map of the world as an illustrator file. I want to bring it into flash, but can't have it be so big in terms of memory.

How can I, in illustrator, make the thing smaller or less memory heavey?

I can't for the life of me figure it out.

Thanks.

Importing Illustrator 8 Eps File - NOT Working
Hi
I am still a beginner at Flash MX, so I am hoping this is an easy fix.

I am attempting to import an Illustrator 8.0 eps file into my library in Flash. When I import the file, it gets distorted.

The Illustrator file contains text along a circle path and I created it to outlines. Am i doing something incorrectly? Please help! Thanks!

Importing Illustrator File Into Flash
I'm trying to import some text from Illustrator into Flash MX and it's not keeping the formatting. It either brings the text in broken up into blocks of 1 or 2 letters. Or in unrecognizable characters. Or, the best success I've had is it brings it in all in one long column, but without the correct font, size, or formatting (it should be in 4 columns).

Anybody know the best way to import text from Illustrator into Flash? Or know why I might be having this problem?

Thank you!

Zoe

Transffering An Illustrator File Into Flash
i exported a 300dpi .ai file into flash. The strokes on the img are multiplied by 10 when i open the file in flash. anyone know whats up with that?

thanks

I Have A Huge Illustrator File, How Do I Make It Smaller?
I have a map of the world as an illustrator file. I want to bring it into flash, but can't have it be so big in terms of memory.

How can I, in illustrator, make the thing smaller or less memory heavey?

I can't for the life of me figure it out.

Thanks.

How Do I Transfer A Photoshop File And Open It In Illustrator?
I want to maintain all the layers. Is there a way to export it, so that Illustrator can open it?

Thanks.

Font Missing When Placing Illustrator File
Hi, I built a table in Illustrator and exported as an .swf. When I import that swf into Flash it tells me the font is missing. But I just used it in Illustrator!? It's only Helvetica Narrow, it's not like some crazy font.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Layne

How Do I Transfer A Photoshop File And Open It In Illustrator?
I want to maintain all the layers. Is there a way to export it, so that Illustrator can open it?

Thanks.

Displaying Adobe Illustrator File Within Flash
I have adobe illustrator files located on the web and want to write a program to display them dynamically in flash. Is there a way to load a .ai file? loadMovie() doesn't seem to work.

Animating/Envelope/Distort Imported Illustrator File
Hey guys,

This problem has had me scratching my head for a while now. I'm trying to make a 'page turn' animation, where a small booklets front cover opens about halfway then closes etc.

I can get it to look right, using the tools in Flash MX2004 to make a simple 1 colour front cover with black border 'open' and look realistic -using envelope to simulate a slight page curl, and distort to change perspective-; but when I try to do it (even frame by frame) with this file (Illutsrator 10, exported as a .swf for you to get an example of the complexity of the 'image' I've traced) the images become extremely distorted. I've tried angular, distributive and both with different levels of positive and negative ease; and what it comes down to is that neither do d**k all

Any ideas??

Heres a link to the image ... http://www.efluxdesign.com/welcome_home_cards.swf

Why Do Exported Swf From Illustrator Double Flash File Size?
Hi,

in my design I have used a particular font which is not accepted byFlash (i.e it doesn't display in the external swf). To get round this I have created outlines of this font in Illustrator and exported individual words as swf files as I want to animate them. I have imported them into the library, created a simple animation sequence with them and somehow the entire flash file has doubled in size. How can this be so when the swfs exported from illustrator are only 4k in size and there are only about 15 of them?

Is there another way of getting round the problem that flash won't see the font I want to use (which is an Emigre font and therefore well drawn)?

Thanks
Bev

Image Problems Importing Illustrator 10 File Into Flash MX.
Hello,

I'm working on my portfolio and want to import an Illustrator (version 10) file into Flash (Flash MX). The problem I'm having is that when I import the Illustrator file into Flash, it comes out looking blurred. I tried exporting the Illustrator file into Photoshop and saving it as a JPEG, PNG, and TIFF (in each file format, changing the image size to 72 dpi) and I still get the same blurred result. I also tried saving the file for web, in Illustrator (in JPEG and PNG formats) with no success as well.

The Illustrator file is a small collage of my graphic design work (where I pasted graphic work done in Illustraor and made clipping masks to collage them together), so I'm not sure if bringing these files together maybe causing some technical issue or is importing Illustrator files into Flash just something that will always appear blurred. If so, is there a way I can bring the file into Photoshop and work with it where I can import it without the blurred appearance?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Import Illustrator File

Hello,I imported an illustrator file into Flash fileSomebody know how can I get (with AS3, class TextSnapShot for example) all the text importedeven if it's inside multiple symbols ?I would like to search dynamically strings into all the text.Thanks.Patricia