Transparent flv creation plug in

Hi Guys
I am looking to find a plug in or stand alone application
that will allow you to take a series of images such as Targa files
with alpha channel and then create an flv with a transparent
background. I have used Adobe After effects in the past which is
great but its a very expensive package to buy when all i really
want it for is making transparent flvs.
Does anyone know any other programs or plugins?
Many thanks
Trevor

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Regarding transparent gif creation

To anyone who knows more about this subject, I'm looking for some sample code.
I've been having trouble redrawing an image as a gif while introducing transparent regions.
The following method results in blackness where the transparency should be:
    [http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.awt.image/DrawOnImage.html]
The next method accomplishes the transparency, but the non-transparent areas suffer in quality (I am drawing a BufferedImage of an outdoor scene after the transparency is drawn - it come out grainy). I think this is because in creating a new ColorModel to establish the transparent pixels, the original colors are approximated.
    [m-10305410]
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Thanks.

I think I can accomplish what you suggest by creating the bufferedImage as type TYPE_INT_ARGB.
Although it doesn't show the creation of the BufferedImage in the first link of the two above, specifying TYPE_INT_ARGB doesn't seem to make a difference.
The second link seems to provide a way around this by setting the transparency through use of a new ColorModel.
This is guesswork. If it's a false assumption that initializing a BufferedImage with TYPE_INT_ARGB provides alpha support, let me know.
By grainy, I mean pixelated.
The code I used can be found at:
     [http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5333259&tstart=45]
I had posted the subject there earlier, but I think I didn't get to the point soon enough (no replies).
You can cut and paste that code and try the two methods bWITH_TRANSPARENCY=true & bWITH_TRANSPARENCY=false and see the difference in the quality of the images produced. Just change "c:\\myjpg.jpg"; to point at a JPG file on your system.

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Cya

Aye, you are right, i should/could have posted this somewhere else. I just hoped, that i can get a good answer here, cause ppl helped me out very nice before.
Im sorry if i offended users of this forum...
The "advice" is recognized and i will post somewhere else in case i have a eclipse specific problem.

FLV creation

So Adobe has stopped supporting their own format FLV in Media Encoder now in 2014.
Removal of FLV and F4V export features from Adobe Media Encoder, After Effects, and Premiere Pro
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/06/removal-flv-f4v-swf-export-adobe-media-encoder -after-effects-premiere-pro.htmlhttp://
So how do I export my video reference FLV out of Premiere Pro (using Media Encoder) and bring into Flash Pro and place it on the timeline now? You guys basically just broke the entire workflows.
Sounds like one hand doesn't talk to the other over there.

You posted to the wrong forum for Yosemite. If you are running Yosemite, the operating system in your signature, numerous FLV players exist for Mac OS X on the Mac App Store. Usually any Adobe Flash Player enabled web browser should be able to open the FLV file. Quicktime Player does not do Flash. There are converters to MPEG-4 formats which Quicktime can handle. Mac OS X 10.3.x and earlier, the forum you posted to can only run older versions of Flash, and can't run on the MacBook Air. If you intent to play the FLV file on your 10.3 machine, convert it to MPEG-1 first on the MacBook Air, and then it should work on your 10.3 machine. Mind you MPEG-1 files tend to be very large and take a long time to convert to. Using Sorenson compression if possible can help for those older Macs.

Question: how to get the adobe plug in to play a downloaded flv file ?

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Extract: NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe
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also perhaps FLVPlayer.swf of about 9Kb may have something to do with it?
And the latest update i have was about jan 13 when it seemed to automatically take over my system and update itself.x
I know it has the ability to do what i want- which is full screen cropped ,change aspect ratios etc. and seems
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The plugin is what it is: a browser plugin - it cannot act as a standalone player.
To play local flv files you either need to
download/install the standalone player (Projector) from http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
download/install Adobe Media Player http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/

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I have a macbook with FCP 5.1.2, Quicktime 7.1.3 and Flash Pro 8 installed.
The same as with my G5, but different release of FCP (FCP 4.5 HD in G5)
On my G5 all is fine. I see the FLV export plug in.
The problem is in my Macbook : I can't see the FLV export plug option in Quicktime (export) nor in FCP (file>export>via Qt conversion).
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Perhaps a problem with the Flash 8 Professional installation on Intel Macs ?
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Could anyone help me to resolve that situation ?
Many thanks in advance. I always got a solution from you Guys!
Daniel

QuickTimeKirk, thanks for the reply.
Yes, I think as you that the problem is from FLV exporter from Flash 8. It is not Universal. I will not go backward with QT. I prefer to wait until the UB Flash 8 Pro see the light..... or Flash Pro 9 (for sure it will be Universal)
Thanks again !

Transparent Gif Background?

Hello,
I've been trying to make a gif with a transparent background, however I've been having a few problems with it.
While the gif does start fine and the background is transparent at the beginning, after a few frames the background color would come up and then after a few frames more it'll be transparent again, then colored again.
It's really troubling since I've been stalking every forum I could find on the subject, however my research had deemed fruitless.
The best I could find out is that when I change its palette on the 'Publish settings' to either Web 216 or Web Snap Adaptive--the background stays transparent! However in return, the colors of the gif turn really ugly. The only palette setting I could go with that won't ruin its colors is 'Adaptive' of course, but I really want it to be transparent and it would absolutely not give me that choice. The other option for the palette choice is Custom which also makes the background transparent--however I don't know what palette to use for it since even if I chose the photo itself as a palette resource the colors still come out undesireable. I'm not really sure what the best 'palette choice' is for custom. (do you have a specific file to use for that?)
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Thanks,

Since the lounge is for non-technical discussions, you need to start at
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Hello,
When I import .flv format file. Error: not supported.
Can I help you?
Thanks,
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Sorry to hear of your issue, but did see that you were able to roll-back, and get with your Project.
FLV Import support has been a bit of a mixed bag. Going back several versions of PrPro, one could purchase an inexpensive, and very good, FLV Importer plug-in from Moyea, a 3rd party supplier of many things FLV-related. Then, with PrPro CS 4, that plug-in would not function, though with about the second update to CS 4, Adobe did add FLV Import support, with just a few limitations.
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MtD
Message was edited by: Meg The Dog to fix what I was trying to say

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Hi, I'm on Premiere Pro CS 4.2.1.
When I import this particular flv file into Premiere, it sees it as an audio file, rather than a video file. I assume I am missing a codec, or perhaps it was encoded with something that doesn't work with Premiere. However, I can open and play the file properly using Adobe Media Player, so the file itself is not broken.
Here's what MediaInfo reveals about the file. Anything obvious here that would be causing the problem?
General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\xxxxxxx\1280_test.flv
Format : Flash Video
File size : 301 MiB
Duration : 15mn 14s
Overall bit rate : 375 Kbps
liveXML :
Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : 7
Duration : 15mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 319 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.4 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 960 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 14.985 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.017
Stream size : 34.8 MiB (12%)
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 2
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 15mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 22.05 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
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Ed,
There can be one of several CODEC's inside of the FLV wrapper. Your PrPro CS 4.2.1 should natively handle some, though possibly not all. You might want to look at Moyea, as they offer several FLV editing/conversion solutions. Note: through PrPro CS 3, Moyea had a great plug-in, Premiere FLV Importer. Things changed with CS 4, and that plug-in no longer worked, but by about the second, or maybe the third update to CS 4, native support for some FLV CODEC's was incorporated into the program - but there are probably some missing from that native support. Still, Moyea might have just what you need. I have also used a freeware program, FLV to AVI, but did not need that, when I discovered the Premiere FLV Importer plug-in, up through PrPro CS 3.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Hi
I'm new to FMS and have a question
I know it's possible to capture a webcam and save it down to
file
But is it possible to:
• Record a stream from a webcam
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• Then save this down as 1 flv on the server?
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Andy

Thanks for the response
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I have made a FLV with PE9 but can I import one and use it for editing?
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Ted,
You might want to look into some of the products from Moyea. They have a lot of FLV tools.
PrPro, up to about CS 3 could use the Moyea FLV Importer plug-in (works great in PrPro) to Import most FLV's. As of CS 4, that plug-in would no longer work. With about PrPro CS 4.2.1, that program will now natively support most FLV's, but not those using the Sorensen Spark CODEC.
Moyea never developed a plug-in for PrE, though they were working on one. About the time that PrPro added FLV support, that project was dropped, last I heard.
Good luck,
Hunt

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