Flash Animation to Quicktime Oddities

Hello,
I created an animation using pngs in cmyk format for a client
and added music. The artboard is 500 pixels/400 pixels at 28 fps.
It involves many images coming in and moving out of frame. All the
tracks/layers are ended with an empty frame when completed. It runs
about 1 minute and 40 seconds. There are some pngs that are big,
resolution-wise, but most are small single items. This needs to run
in Quicktime (or other) on a television as a loop. I seem to be
missing a detail because when I export to Quicktime, the images
have started to "trace" or leave artifacts across the screen.
Pieces of the images are left behind when they move out or across
the screen. I'm learning in "real time" so I need advice although
I'm sure my query is highly generic. Can anyone help me fix my
conversion to Quicktime? Does this problem sound familiar?
Sincerely, Al

I have the same exact problem and have not been able to solve
it. When I export the file again and again, the issue repeats and
doesn't necessarily show up in the same places. Is this a common
problem, does anyone have a solution to this? Thanks, Denis

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Brandoski wrote:
> Hello there,
> I have been trying to both publish and export a Flash
animation from a native
> Flash file as a Quicktime .mov file. I am using Flash 8
and have Quicktime
> 7.1.3 installed on my Mac running OSX 10.4.8 - I get an
error message every
> time I try to publish the animation as Quicktime saying
"An error occurred
> because a required Quick Time component could not be
found." My Quick Time
> program works perfectly in all other programs. I tried
it on another computer
> and got the same error. I tried several different
settings and worked through
> the Flash Help Guide with no luck.
>
> I also tried to do File / Export / Export Movie / Quick
Time Video. When I
> use this option it does successfully complete an export
but Quicktime file
> ".mov" has missing graphics and no sound from the
original Flash animation.
> Can you help me please. I need to import this animation
in a Keynote
> presentation ultimately. Thank you.
>

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> Hi, my company is a web animation firm. One of my client
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I have spent days trying to figure this out and being the
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> Hey everyone i have been trying to learn dreamweaver 8,
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> others in
> a short time. My question is,
>
> I am trying to create a website in dreamweaver 8 but i
am having trouble
> making a link to another page of the site out of the
flash animation once
> it's
> done. I can't find a option for that anywhere, I was
able to link the
> table in
> which the animation sits but it does nothing. For now i
just have the word
> ENTER below the animation so the rest of the site can be
viewed.
>
> here's the link to the site where the animation first
page is
> www.fatcatzcreative.com
>
> I have spent days trying to figure this out and being
the typical man i
> have
> finally broken down and am askin for help.
>
> Thanks in advance to all.
>

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