From: "Greg Balint" Received: from mail-oi0-f45.google.com ([209.85.218.45] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6351393 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:50:35 +0100 Received: by mail-oi0-f45.google.com with SMTP id a132so6820983oih.11 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:53:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=vqsatgsDzdArFEjbva5jg2qvPBzJ7ImOP9J21v1RvjM=; b=dkV02g69qmP7vub937UK/xWGqv46EMe4XIP8ZLuXEcIEsCOJGT3wK0pPpOowUpZEqu ypD1sbbKiVhjrGmnFaI45G95wWRK5E8aCbGgA6A1FPxeaEdWHshNcXyb9+uJ1+BjbSuK AFDEGotbXXNon+W+bnHEq69UKdp0b8edvrxiWkzaS8AqyqcL/J0toWR3/X7LsWwAOMUj GtvCb8BFQvzQfLc5/gF6Pyoqj4p/AT45i5h9vUI/g/y2fKh98O72tRS4b9JRGiHy3nYN s3UIpmZP0PcEoo9yhiReHjZ/PTY6m5kteofUQTMrLuBCRQM2aySYRNHLeGbtCJk3eSqR DHTQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=vqsatgsDzdArFEjbva5jg2qvPBzJ7ImOP9J21v1RvjM=; b=t+peLbHaIgsUOmTG3uHuOdmHgY2F3mfuuN6G4BOYRhmcz6tDsIt7AnLsq9Olz1NFuG ISJgPcF1+ChFv6HYytT9rQmMnKRASLHlNtlS8itAa/pRiun8z7h/BOnN0KxrAsaTYA+d 9ExHs94z0phHWloFUYoVB/9N9z5EFZX424QL8iuuXgG522OJsBmfzefgMG6wYySo95LA WyacpuDehSCcnoRCb2y13v4ISCblpOTcvEQn5q9nmtwls4SIvKRjbe22vfGDOCQFEzgO XR7H8cPEecHdNA6Mwr5zTDQE33kDHFlqeHnMGJR3rrhHxQ8YzpUSI8evoGffBQyQp9k7 d13w== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaWom+MtTWhkDOEBjV9Dw48YpqVMzrDDxhOlDSQdoKmchJBGGbt3 BZDmZgvEZJcwvZfPGgp2m9nE1zPZgqMPSTefPv0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+QWloOZRlxGyNZ64H2TEYNSHjOWVLxdSFPryJXGiFNwfv1fLcpRlKtciS83E6Tb44YQfdvvav9hRxw0so1MWj0= X-Received: by 10.202.114.206 with SMTP id p197mr8803838oic.97.1509969211249; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:53:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.157.29.6 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 03:53:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.157.29.6 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 03:53:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 06:53:30 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Creating swf from After Effects To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a1134f46075578c055d4f1a34" --001a1134f46075578c055d4f1a34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could you possibly look into using something like the BodyMovin script which exports an html 5 animation from ae and then somehow convert html 5 to swf? Adobe animate might be your middle man there? On Nov 6, 2017 1:02 AM, "Chris Zwar" wrote: > 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 le= ast 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 l= ayers in > CC 2014 and earlier, a small reminder of some of the improvements over th= e > 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 > wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > Cheers, Rob > > > >> On 6 Nov 2017, at 3:20 pm, Chris Zwar wrote: > >> > >> So here=E2=80=99s a first for me, after working on an animation for se= veral > days I=E2=80=99ve just been told the only format they can play back is sw= f. 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. > >> > >> 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 d= id > this - I can=E2=80=99t remember when the SWF feature was removed from AE. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> -Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --001a1134f46075578c055d4f1a34 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Could you possibly look into using something like the Bod= yMovin script which exports an html 5 animation from ae and then somehow co= nvert html 5 to swf? Adobe animate might be your middle man there?=C2=A0

On Nov 6, 2017= 1:02 AM, "Chris Zwar" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Thanks, I=E2=80=99ll look into that.

So far I have discovered that CS 6 can export an swf.=C2=A0 I can reduce my= project so there is nothing in it but some solids so I think the export sh= ould work.=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s a pain back-saving from 2017 to CS 6 but at l= east 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 keyfram= es before I export.=C2=A0 With 10 minutes of animation and 800+ layers this= is going to take some time.=C2=A0 You can=E2=80=99t feasibly select 800 la= yers in CC 2014 and earlier, a small reminder of some of the improvements o= ver the years, so I=E2=80=99m doing as much as I can in 2017 before back-sa= ving a heavily reduced project to CS 6.=C2=A0 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:
>
> 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 l= ike =E2=80=98Wondershare Video converter Pro=E2=80=9D
>
> Cheers, Rob
>
>> On 6 Nov 2017, at 3:20 pm, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
>>
>> So here=E2=80=99s a first for me, after working on an animation fo= r several days I=E2=80=99ve just been told the only format they can play ba= ck is swf.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m actually creating patterns for a lighting show= , and the file is going to some type of lighting desk console.=C2=A0 I have= no idea what, but it isn=E2=80=99t like it=E2=80=99s going to be played on= a desktop PC.
>>
>> So considering that I=E2=80=99ve been working in CC 2017, what opt= ions do I have?=C2=A0 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 pa= st AE could export a swf for vector images, which my animation is.=C2=A0 Ho= wever I=E2=80=99m not sure if I can back-save far enough to the last versio= n of AE that still did this - I can=E2=80=99t remember when the SWF feature= was removed from AE.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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