From: "Chris Zwar" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: Re: [AE] Creating swf from After Effects
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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 17:00:50 +1100
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Thanks, I=E2=80=99ll look into that.

So far I have discovered that CS 6 can export an swf.  I can reduce my =
project so there is nothing in it but some solids so I think the export =
should work.  It=E2=80=99s a pain back-saving from 2017 to CS 6 but at =
least it=E2=80=99s possible.

The problem I have is that I have an expression driving the opacity of =
each layer, and I am assuming I will need to convert the expressions to =
keyframes before I export.  With 10 minutes of animation and 800+ layers =
this is going to take some time.  You can=E2=80=99t feasibly select 800 =
layers in CC 2014 and earlier, a small reminder of some of the =
improvements over the years, so I=E2=80=99m doing as much as I can in =
2017 before back-saving a heavily reduced project to CS 6.  Fun & games!

I might have to script it and leave it over a weekend=E2=80=A6

> On 6 Nov 2017, at 4:30 pm, Robert Davidson <AE-List@media-motion.tv> =
wrote:
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> It=E2=80=99s been a long while since I did this in AE.
> Might be easier to render an mp4 and convert to swf with a converter =
like =E2=80=98Wondershare Video converter Pro=E2=80=9D
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> Cheers, Rob
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>> On 6 Nov 2017, at 3:20 pm, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv> =
wrote:
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>> So here=E2=80=99s a first for me, after working on an animation for =
several days I=E2=80=99ve just been told the only format they can play =
back is swf.  I=E2=80=99m actually creating patterns for a lighting =
show, and the file is going to some type of lighting desk console.  I =
have no idea what, but it isn=E2=80=99t like it=E2=80=99s going to be =
played on a desktop PC.
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>> So considering that I=E2=80=99ve been working in CC 2017, what =
options do I have?  The good news (if any) is that the animation is just =
white solids on a black background, and I know that at some stage in the =
past AE could export a swf for vector images, which my animation is.  =
However I=E2=80=99m not sure if I can back-save far enough to the last =
version of AE that still did this - I can=E2=80=99t remember when the =
SWF feature was removed from AE.
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>> Any suggestions?
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>> -Chris
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