.swf file import...How?

MarkCC777 wrote on 6/8/2007, 2:31 PM

I have a Flash file I'd like to bring into my movie. The .swf file appears in the explorer window but it will not go onto the timeline. It says that it's an unsupported file type. The manual says that I can use these files...but how?

Mark

Comments

Marco. wrote on 6/8/2007, 11:20 PM

It must be flash version 6. If it doesn't work you might use a converter tool like Moyea to convert SWF to AVI or another more suitable format.

Marco

GenJerDan wrote on 6/9/2007, 6:11 PM

Is it really an SWF, or a stub pointing to a FLV or another SWF? (Less likely: not even a video. Just a player.)

MarkCC777 wrote on 6/10/2007, 9:48 PM

Well...it says that it's a .swf file. At least that's what the extension says it is. I found that it's easier to just export the movie created in Flash as a .mov (Quicktime) movie. That file imports very nicely into Vegas at an acceptable quality.

Mark

rmack350 wrote on 6/11/2007, 7:31 AM

Vegas imports old swf formats without actionscript. Basically you'd use this to import things like text animated in Flash, moving arrows, bouncing balls, that sort of thing. I don't know how it would work for video files embedded in the swf but it definitely won't work for swf files that play video through actionscript calls.

Rob Mack