From: "Lloyd Alvarez" Received: from aescripts.com ([162.252.107.88] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6351419 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:34:38 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aescripts.com; s=dkim; h=Content-Type:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:From: In-Reply-To:References:MIME-Version:Sender:Reply-To:Cc: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=dm6g8awbntQZuFxL3BTnaBDZI1DEihB/osngCQ1Lso0=; b=BMj9l/ZkuAG+AgvGFvZnEe3yP yYooD7ga8XU6knZbxiojZsedsrhgfx8dh0gP7OkvQOde9BXwEqKQUO4aCJTlq0TJu5muPrW2UMxOK NYWsESuGKfiL9WrGdd5SlBtq2jePbr3vUxutFYr2qciylDEDYLt10taxMICnCiYAASMlWYbpGVmiE V5fs4YFFeaiavGi5d+KX0pBrE6T2WkMQ8jqXJw6JSnvhE3rQYxPKDqySKnNl3OybkwNZ5VMn8bRG+ 9nInZ5SPKO38WMVLv4D3iIjApIHvvJu+xhm2EFt0DadeyNOUhDOK/toVzFMLmzwc4tAS1Ut4SUOXq g1fsKyA6w==; Received: from mail-ua0-f176.google.com ([209.85.217.176]) by aescriptsmhm.magemojo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eBgek-000Xar-7R for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:37:34 +0000 Received: by mail-ua0-f176.google.com with SMTP id u32so6294919uau.0 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:37:34 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaVqolT9V79m7JtePIygf6nwgCL8+g+vORpfwjMndJchOpuo1JOc C8cSTjOtW+twmqtWFMXqRKAMj6ipFAeundRS68o= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+TWgeQaxiulB4hPEkEKaiVX0ED2cNKtN6Tn6Ko6DPayfpydmzrTNn6vpMGf9AlN86b7Rk007zvtLYwpVly18L8= X-Received: by 10.176.70.153 with SMTP id r25mr11677299uaa.150.1509971848807; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:37:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:37:18 +0000 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Creating swf from After Effects To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="f403045dd46eab497e055d4fb7d0" --f403045dd46eab497e055d4fb7d0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Chris Easy Bake can assist with baking keyframes https://aescripts.com/easy-bake/ Lloyd On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 1:01 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 > --=20 Cheers, Lloyd --f403045dd46eab497e055d4fb7d0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hey Chris

Easy Bake can assist with baking keyframes=C2=A0https://aescripts.com/easy-bake/

Lloyd=C2=A0


On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 1:01 = 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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