.swf support...NOT

Sidecar wrote on 9/19/2004, 3:21 AM
Sony's pulled a Rather. Big headline...not much truth.

"New! Import .SWF files." Seems clear enough.

I received a CD with a flash .swf video file on it that I was asked shorten. As it was loudly trumpeted that Vegas now allows me to import .swf files, I thought Vegas would save the day.

Turns out Vegas only imports Flash text files, nothing more.

I'd call that "partial" support at best...not really worthy of a headline and it didn't help me at all when I really needed it.

Comments

taliesin wrote on 9/19/2004, 4:13 AM
Vegas does import .swf-files. The limitations are vector property is not supported and Flash version 6 is not yet supported. Any else works fine on my system.

Marco
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/19/2004, 7:34 AM
The purpose of SWF support in Vegas 5 is to read .swf files for use as animated text. Flash 6 supports several kinds of actions, embedded movies etc, plus audio. Vegas only supports opening .swf vector files for use as text - no audio, no compressed movies, nothing besides vector text. Since Screenblast Movie Studio 3.0 makes movies in the Flash 6 format, they will not open in Vegas 5.0. If you are exporting your animation from Flash MX for use in Vegas, you will need to follow the instructions below when outputting.
garo wrote on 9/20/2004, 9:59 PM
What "instructions below"?

//Garo
JasonMurray wrote on 9/21/2004, 4:15 PM
I think that mighta been snipped from a manual or help file around the site :)
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/21/2004, 5:04 PM
http://www.custcenter.com/cgi-bin/sonypictures.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1042&p_created=1081262453&p_sid=tjno24mh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MyZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPXNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT0mcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9JnBfY2F0X2x2bDE9JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9LnN3Zg**&p_li=
is the direct link.
Yeah, it was snipped from the knowledge base. Click on support/knowledgebase and search for .swf.
PikeyMick wrote on 12/13/2004, 6:07 PM
Yeah still doesn't work... I've used the exact settings and a million others to get it working, and it still doesn't who up in Vegas....