Re: FLASH: SWF to TV

[Till Steinmetz]

Hi,


>Can anyone tell me how to convert a SWF to mpeg format? I don't have the

>source - just the SWF. It will eventually be imported into an Avid system

>for video.


MPEG is not be the best solution if its going to be imported in an Avid. 

What kind of Avid system is it? Media Composer on a Mac ? If you have a Mac 

available you can get the AVID Software Codec from Avids website and export 

the Flash movie with this codec. (import will be a lot faster)


1. Import the SWF into Flash, export it as AVI or MOV. If it's protected 

get something like SWFbrowser to disable protection.


2. If it has a lot of interaction or movie clips, method 1. does not work. 

Get a video card like the Matrox G400 Dualhead instead. These graphic cards 

can clone the image from yout VGA monitor to a composite / s-video out. 

Connect a Beta deck, a DV camera with analog-in or a VHS deck (if image 

quality is not an issue).


General Tips:


Watch out not to have 1 Pixel horizontal lines. They will flicker like hell 

due to interpolation on tv sets.

Watch out to stay in broadcast color space (no 100% saturation) and within 

allowed luminance levels. Rent a vectorscope if this is important.

If you need the background to be transparent, only PNG sequence export will 

correctly export an alpha channel. AVI and MOV have an option to export

"with alpha" but it doesnt work. After Effects can handle PNG sequences.

If you live in PAL country, the export size you need will be 720x576 pixel 

(D1, like newer Avids and other new video like DV500, RT2000 cards have)

If it's for an old editing system it will be 768x576.


Till




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