Simple question: Exporting Flash
I need to make and import animations of simple objects made
from circles and rectangles in to FCP. The animations will be used
to supplement live video of tasks that are not easily videoed in
the detail a student needs to see. The end product will be training
DVDs for teaching shop skills.
I am considering purchasing Flash 8 Pro to do the animations,
but before I do I would like to find out if there Flash 8 Pro users
making and importing their animations into FCP. I have Motion, but
like combination features of drawing and animating in Flash.
I would appreciate any advice/recommendations from Flash
users.
Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences importing
Flash into FCP .
What is FCP ?
Jeckyl
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