SWF EXPORT
Hi, I'm new to after effects. I'm having trouble with exporting swf files correctly they always end up not working, with a huge file size, or in bad quality. what am i doing wrong?
Ok sorry, my bad.
I only got after affects a few weeks.
so,
I'm working on a typographic animation. each word is seperate png file, and there's 1 jpeg as background.
i have 11 layers in my comp. and basicly what i did was move them around with position keyframes and scale keyframes.
i have no effects on there, i only used easy ease function.
my comp is 310 x 160 px (web banner) 7 sec. and 24 fps
the biggest png in there is 100kb so thats not it.
and i played around with my export my export settings, too adjust the file size. either way: its too large or too minimum quality.
Enough info / any solutions?
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Hi Everyone,
If anyone could help me on this that would be great, I've spent hours on the forums and manuals to no avail.
I'm making an interactive PDF brochure in Indesign for one of our new products and I'm having issues (actual or perceived??!!) with the SWF export and PDF creation. I'm placing animations and video in the INDD, exporting it as an SWF (with the text option as Flash Classic Text) and then opening the SWF (not importing to a word doc or anything, just opening the SWF) with Acrobat using the advanced options to import the video resources and to enable the content when the page is opened. I then save the file as a PDF. In the PDF everything works as it should, the animations, the buttons, the video plays and so on. Great.. hmm not quite.
The trouble I am having is that all the content of the SWF when viewed in Acrobat seems to be getting rasterised/flattened - is this correct? After the SWF is opened, Acrobat indicates no fonts in the fonts tab in the document properties so when the SWF is zoomed in Acrobat, or the saved PDF in Reader, the font gets pixelated and the document is not searchable/text can not be highlighted. The images are not selectable either - it is as if the entire page has been flattened to one image. Is there a way to stop this so that the SWF opened with Acrobat retains the font and individual images like a normal PDF? Do I have to open the SWF in Flash first to set some parameters or something? Is there something I am doing wrong when exprting the SWF from Indesign? I think I have tried about every possible export combination. When I open the .HMTL (exported at the same time as the SWF from Indesign) in a browser, the same happens. All the animations work but the text appears to be rasterised/flattened/not searchable. Sorry if I'm not using the correct terminology.
I have tried importing the SWF back into another new INDD and exporting that as an interactive PDF but then the video does not work. I suppose I could try exporting all the individual animations as SWFs, importing them all and trying to get them to work with the video but I can see that will take quite some time and does not seem to be a guaranteed solution from what I have read on the forums - video playback being the issue.
Another problem is that when the SWF, or saved PDF, is zoomed in Acrobat/Reader between approx 150% and 210% a thick white border appears in the document and the content is squashed into the middle creating a slightly pixelated and narrow page. When I zoom out from the page I get a small white line on the right hand border at around 70% zoom. Please see images. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?
On another, sort of related topic, my timing panel went blank yesterday and was not showing any animations in documents that it had been used to order and synch animations on page load as well as new documents. The panel was blank. I updated to V8.0.1 and the panel sprang back into life - hope that helps anyone else finding the same problem.
I am not very familiar with Indesign/Acrobat/Flash so I guess all the above could be what I'm doing or I could be asking really dumb questions - apologies from a newbie.
Best,
EmilyHi All,
I have now pretty much solved all the issues by creating the SWF in Flash rather than Indesign. I would advise anyone looking to create an interative PDF with animation and interactivity to go with Flash from the start. While Flash is a little more involved to create the same effects as Indesign, the extra time taken will ensure a more controllable and better looking PDF in terms of text quality, scalability and so on. Plus you will not spend days trying to get video to work along side imported SWF etc in Indesign. One of the best controls in Flash is being able to set the stage.scaleMode for the document so the PDF still looks crisp when zooming, no white borders etc. So, create the .fla, export to .SWF, open the .SWF with Acrobat, modify the advanced settings to enable start on page load and save as a PDF. If you don't know Flash, I didn't a couple of days ago, watch a couple of tutorials on Youtube.. buttons, tweens, embedding video and you'll be ready. Don't be put off by ActionScript, there are really handy Code Snippets in CS6 that do all the heavy lifting for you.
Sorry Indesign!
Best,
Em -
Can I make an InDesign CS4 .swf export scale depending on the open size of a browser?
Hi there. I would like to make my inDesign CS4 .swf file able to scale in accordance with the open size of a browser. When I have used Flash previously changing the size of the document to 100% achieved this effect. However, I'm not having much luck with this approach with my inDesign CS4 .swf export. I'm loathe to export it as an XML file for Flash as I want to keep my fancy page turns. Any help would be very much appreciated. I'm not very fluent in Flash-speak so I'd also appreciate it if anyone offering a solution could t-a-l-k r-e-a-l s-l-o-w.
Regards,
JackieThis is quite old thread, I don´t have those source codes anymore... besides many people still uses monitors with width of 1024, 1219px wide magazine would clip in those monitors, so I don´t suggest to use it without shrinking....
Anyway, if you want to improve positioning of your SWF, you have at least two way to do it
1) Go to free http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.html and create a new html-wrapper for your project
2) If that´s not enough or you want some extra features like zoom, print or search, go to http://www.edocker.com and download a free trial of eDocker.
ps. eDocker is in Adobe MAX Awards final, if you want to help it to win.... go to
http://2010.max.adobe.com/awards/finalists/
and vote for eDocker.... -
Automatic page transition in swf-Export
Hello,
I have a brochure for a swf-export. I want the pages to turn automatically after a few seconds.
Haven't found such option yet. Hope you can help me.
Regards,
PaulThere´s no such feature in InDesign....
If you want to make that happen, you need to do some actionscript coding.
Is this what you want (it takes few seconds to start):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17227987/autopageturn/index.html
If it is, you can download those files as zip-pacakge:
http://www.edocker.com/support/edocker-freebies/
1) Extract ZIP,
2) replace SWFfromID.swf, you may actually export SWF from InDesign directly to that same folder, use that name and overwrite existing file.
3) Then open index.html to your browser.
Pageturning delay is 5 seconds.
If you need more control over your SWF, you may want to check http://www.edocker.com. With it you can add features like zooming, printing etc to your SWF files..... -
Is it possible to write a script that changes swf export settings?
I want to be able to export a swf file that uses a different text anti-alias setting. Is it possible to create a script that can set and export a swf file to my specifications?
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
Is it possible to create a script that can set and export a swf file to my specifications?
It seems there isn't. A script cannot add basic functionality, only access it. In this case, you can't change the setting because there is no 'antialias text' setting in the SWF export settings.
However, all is not lost. Google turned up this helpful page; it might be possible to edit your SWF after exporting and then re-save it. -
Animations to SWF Export, place back, make PDF: Acrobat XI?
I read that Flash runtime is not supported anymore in Acrobat XI. What does that mean for clients viewing PDF files that have placed SWF files and viewing them on computers that have no Flash player/plug-in installed? I have clients that export InDesign animations to SWF and place them back before making a PDF...
Please help me, how can i quit receiving thesemeseages from This In design forum?
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16 okt 2012 kl. 14:59 skrev Vikrant Rai <[email protected]>:
Re: Animations to SWF Export, place back, make PDF: Acrobat XI?
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Keynote swf export compatible with Flash AS3?
I have flash controls now written in AS3 but when I export swf from keynote I get a conflict- looks like keynote swf exports in as2. Is there anyway to change the keynote preference? Anyone know of other converters to produce swfs compatible with AS3?
This is the Final Cut Pro forum. You may want to ask this in a more appropriate forum.
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EMail Link in SWF exported from InD CS5 does not work
I'm trying to find a definitive answer on this. I have designed an interactive document in InD CS5 that has buttons and hyperlinks. When exported to SWF everything works except my e-mail hyperlink. It works fine in InDesign's preview pane. I've uploaded the file to my webserver for testing, the problem still occurs.
I found one post in another forum that quoted an Adobe InD developer stating that as of CS4 email links were not exported. However, I've not been able to find any mention of whether this works in CS5 or not.
Does anybody know for sure whether or not email links work in SWF files exported from CS5?Sorry, no offense was intended. I had found references to problems with CS4, but nothing about CS5, and said as much in my post -- was frustrated that I had spent a long time looking and hadn't found any responses yet.
You mentioned using buttons rather than hyperlinks, and that worked for me -- but it might have just been a problem with my browser not properly reloading the flash file, too -- as I mentioned in my response.
But in any case, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION! -
Why is my swf exporting as a small blank file?
I am very new to After Effects. I created an animated banner with text effects, images and movie files. It is 1 minute long. I am trying to export this to an SWF so I can add dynamic links in Flash. When the file had less layers, it rendered and saved just fine, but now that it is completed with many more layers (28 layers) and is full length it will not export properly.
Let me clarify. When I export to SWF it goes through the motions, creates the files and everything, but when I open the SWF (either in a browser or in Flash) it is blank. When I get the properties of the file, it is only 23 bytes large. What am I doing wrong? I have tried to ignore and to rasterize unsupported content with the same result.
FAQ Checklist answers
I'm using After Effects Cs6 version 11.0.0.378
I just installed updates yesterday.
I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Source files are mostly png and jpg. There is one wmv file, but I don't know any other details about it. (I'm a newb)
No error messages
I am exporting to SWF
The file exported properly before I added additional layers and effects
Quicktime version 7.73.80.64
I closed all other running software to test the export, I even restarted my computer.
No 3rd party add-ons for AE
Intel Core i7 2.8Ghz, 12GB DDR3 RAM (1600Mhz), 500GB Hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 240 video card
No 3rd party I/O hardware
No OpenGL features
Final output has the issue, I can play the file within AE without any issues.
Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously is not enabled
See steps I've taken in description at the beginning of post.After Effects CS6 (11.0) has a bug with exporting SWF files that is fixed in After Effects CC (12.0), as mentioned in the "a few choice bug fixes" section here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/04/whats-new-changed-after-effects-next.html
But why are you exporting to SWF at all?
If you're exporting for further use in Flash, export to one of the video formats that Flash can import, preferably F4V. SWF is not a good choice for video. (You can, of course, in Flash create a SWF that embeds or links to an F4V file; that works well.)
Also, this part of your checklist seems wrong:
I'm using After Effects Cs6 version 11.0.0.378
I just installed updates yesterday.
If you installed the updates, you'd be using After Effects CS6 (11.0.2), not 11.0.0. Choose Help > Updates now to install the updates. There are a lot of bug fixes in the most recent updates. -
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Does this thread help?
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Swf Export problem in indesign
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Screen grab from indesign
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Thank youHi All,
I have now pretty much solved all the issues by creating the SWF in Flash rather than Indesign. I would advise anyone looking to create an interative PDF with animation and interactivity to go with Flash from the start. While Flash is a little more involved to create the same effects as Indesign, the extra time taken will ensure a more controllable and better looking PDF in terms of text quality, scalability and so on. Plus you will not spend days trying to get video to work along side imported SWF etc in Indesign. One of the best controls in Flash is being able to set the stage.scaleMode for the document so the PDF still looks crisp when zooming, no white borders etc. So, create the .fla, export to .SWF, open the .SWF with Acrobat, modify the advanced settings to enable start on page load and save as a PDF. If you don't know Flash, I didn't a couple of days ago, watch a couple of tutorials on Youtube.. buttons, tweens, embedding video and you'll be ready. Don't be put off by ActionScript, there are really handy Code Snippets in CS6 that do all the heavy lifting for you.
Sorry Indesign!
Best,
Em -
CR report with embedded SWF: Export to PDF displays nothing
I'm creating CR 2008 reports with embedded SWFs as described in the whitepaper [EMBEDDING XCELSIUS 2008 VISUALIZATIONS IN CRYSTAL REPORTS 2008|http://www.businessobjects.com/pdf/product/catalog/crystalreports/cr_xc_integration.pdf].
From CR, I can export the report to html and view the report fine. But when I export to pdf, ppt, etc. The SWFs are not viewable. Is this a bug or by design?
This section of the white paper seems to imply that maybe you cannot export to pdf:
>TECHNICAL DETAILS
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>Viewing Flash objects embedded in a Crystal Report is supported in the:
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>Crystal Reports 2008 Preview tab
>Crystal Reports 2008 .NET Webform viewer
>Crystal Reports 2008 Java DHTML viewer (used in BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 and other products)
>
>Exporting and printing of Flash objects with connections to Crystal Reports data is not supported.
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>Embedded Flash objects that do not have connections to Crystal Reports data can be exported to PDF only.
I'm using the latest version of Adobe products:
- Adobe Flash Player ActiveX, Version 9.0.124.0
- Adobe Flash Player Plugin, Version 9.0.115.0
- Adobe Reader 9, Version 9.0.0
Also, I downloaded [CR Viewer 2008|http://www.businessobjects.com/product/catalog/crystalreports_viewer/] and can see the CR reports I've created with embedded Xcelsius swfs.
Any information is appreciated. Thanks.
Tim> ... it states in your first post, the export is not supported,
True. It says:
> Exporting and printing of Flash objects with connections to Crystal Reports data is not supported.
But I can export such reports to html and view and print the flash objects.
It seems inconsistent to me. I can export static flash charts to pdf, yet I cannot export dynamic flash charts to pdf, which is from Adobe, as is Flash?
I'm hoping this is a temporary bug either in Crystal or pdf reader and is to be fixed in a patch release. Or an explanation of why the limitations exist.
Thanks for the response.
Tim -
Buttons work in PDF but not in SWF export
I have setup two buttons (A and B for the purpose of this explanation). I have it setup so that when button A is clicked, button B (which is actuall an image that has been converted into a button) is displayed. When you click on button B, it hides. Button B is setup to hide in PDF for initial view.
This allows me to have a reader click on several headers to display different images. It works great in PDF, but it doesn't work at all in SWF. I am using CS4.
Any suggestions why it doesn't work?
Also, if there is a better way to do this, please let me know.
Thank you very much,
FernandoShow/Hide buttons is PDF-only feature, it´s not supported in exported SWFs.
Only thing you can do is upgrade to CS5/CS5.5, then you will have Multistate Objects in use, with them you can do that same thing (and much more actually) -
Blank browser page when viewing html/swf exported from Indesign
We've created a 'flip book' in Indesign and exported it as a swf and html docs. These docs both view correctly locally, but when uploaded into the same directory on our server and viewed via safari or chrome, they both appear as blank browser pages.
html page is here: http://www.thinktankcd.com/SmartsquareBrochure_030215_test.html
Any idea what we've done wrong?
Indesign CC 2014 OSX10.9.2Thanks Sumit, but ID didn't create any other resources to go along with the swf and html files. Besides, it doesn't need to; there are no other resources but it still works locally. The swf is a stand alone file, the html just gives access to that file when accessed via a browser.
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Help!!! My video disappears in my interactive .swf export
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everything is working perfectly. Once I upload the files (the Resource file, the
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to that page, I see the video image for a split second and it then disappears. I have it set in InDesign,
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should appear. Online, I see none of that...just an empty square, where the video should be. It is
apparent that something is going wrong when viewing it online. Please help! I would like to show my client
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SWF export error unsafe operation
Hi, i am new to cs5 but when i am exporting from indesign to SWF or Interactive PDF an error comes :Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation etc etc.
when I am linking out to a URL or File on my local server.
The links work in the 'Preview and so I know they are all good.
Can anyone help. I have tried the Flash Global security settings and adding URLs etc ....this does make a difference?
Is there a setting some where that I need to unchesk to allow the links to be recognised once exported?
Desperate and all that!
Any ideas much appreciated.Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately, you have posted to the PrElements forum. PrE is a consumer-level video editing program.
You want to post to the InDesign Forurm instead.
Good luck,
Hunt
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