RE: FLASH: Broadcast-quality 2-d animation

[pete clark]

Joe,


Here's the lowdown, the programs most used to make broadcast quality film/tv

are Avid, Adobe Premiere and Discreet Edit*.  Premiere is the cheapest at

about $600, then Avid (I don't know how much), then Edit* at about $12,000.

There are some cheaper video editors but I am not too familiar with them and

I'm not sure if they support broadcast quality.


Basically, what you do is build your animation in Flash, you'll need to make

sure it's the proper dimensions and Frame rate (usually 30 works) for your

format and video editing application. Then export it as an AVI and select an

appropriate Codec for your purpose.


You should then be able to import your AVI into a video application and make

any edits you want. Then you need a video card that supports some kind of

output to some kind of tape. If you don't want to buy a video card, there

are businesses that will transfer it to tape for you.


If you are doing this for fun or a non-business project, probably VHS is

alright for you. If, however, you absolutely need a broadcast quality Master

tape, then you need to learn about HI-8, or DV formats, which are industry

standard formats. They also require some serious bucks for the equipment.


Here's some more info at the Macromedia site:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/how/expert/flashontv.html


Let me know if you have any more questions!


pete clark

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> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 8:28 PM

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> Subject: FLASH: Broadcast-quality 2-d animation

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> I'm sure that some of you on the list can answer this.....

>

> What programs are used to make high resolution 2-d animation in

> film and TV

> (just curious).

>

> And do those programs accept file formats that Flash can save in and be

> imported into them?

>

> Just curious,

>

> Joe

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