Re: FLASH: EPS, FH8, SWF and FLASH

[John Dowdell]

I'm not sure where the problem is. Miscellaneous notes:


--  "EPS" is Encapsulated PostScript, not Editable PostScript. It's best

for uneditable little packages. (Yes, some tools have blurred this

distinction. Altsys and FreeHand originated the EPS format.)


--  .AI is a common vector file transfer format. When going to Flash, don't

put things like graphics or gradients in there. Don't use .AI versions

which came out after Flash 3, either, because Flash could not predict the

future.


--  In FreeHand, just export as SWF. (If you had the Animation PowerPack

you could do this in FH7 too.) Again, you can make complex files which

won't transfer... send things that Flash can use, instead.


--  With any file transfer task, start with a simple file to prove the

path. Then you can start adding complexity.


Summary: People routinely go from FreeHand to Flash, and also from other

vector tools to Flash. I'm not able to accurately guess, from the

description, what might be different there.




John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US

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