Re: FLASH: hello from new member; prob importing files

[James Poulakos]

But, I *can* drop a QT into Flash, so long as I export it as a Quicktime movie

[since the Flash layers can be played in the Quicktime player]. I preset my

export settings to skip the Flash movie and HTML, and just export a Quicktime

movie. As I understand it, the Quicktime source movie still has to be there,

and the Flashed Quicktime movie just keeps a reference to the source.


Anyway, it works for me--playback, that is. If I drop a QT movie into Flash [or

use the Import command from the menu] a *second time*, Flash claims to be

unable to recognize the file type. Happens with JPGs too. I think I've narrowed

it down to a problem with certain types of JPG, because I just found one that I

can drop in, and one that I can't--it only worked the first time, and never

again during this editing session.


BTW, this relates to recent response on 'Bitmap Fadein - Fadeout', because I

discovered I can't animate [or change] the alpha property of a symbol with a QT

movie in it. I wanted a small video 'window' to enlarge as well as fade in.


So I tried settling for a JPG of the movie's first frame--I should have been

able to place that in a symbol and animate its alpha setting. I found that, on

my main work PC, this did not work until I changed the bitmap's compression

settings. With a different JPG, I find no trouble following Marc Hoffman's

suggestions, and the Alpha fade works.


Thanks, Bob and Marc.


"Merrill, Bob" wrote:


> Hi James,

> You cannot "drop" a QT movie into Flash. You'll see that when you export it

> you have no movie. There are other ways to get a QT movie to play in Flash.

> One method is to Export your QT movie as a series of frames. Then import

> these into Flash. I came in a little late on this thread so if that's not

> what you are asking, sorry.

>

> BobMerrill

>

> > > > .... Flash 4 [PC], upon importing a QuickTime [QT4

> > > > sorenson, cinepak or video] or JPG the *2nd* time in a session,

> > refuses to

> > > > recognize it. Instead, it says, "This file type is not recognized....

> > >

> > > Do you have the latest version of Quicktime 4 installed?

> > > Make sure you can play the QT 4 movie sans Flash 4 first.

> >

> > Thanks, but I did try that. I have the latest QT available, and the

> > movie plays wonderfully in it.

> >

> > > Just a reminder QT 4 can not be exported in an SWF file. It's main

> > > purpose is to combine Flash with Quicktime content and export as a QT 4

> > > movie.

> >

> > So far, I'm clear, then. It looks like a bug, to me. The first time I

> > drop in a QT movie, it works. Any subsequent time, it gives an error

> > message as if QT4 weren't recognized. This happens to JPG files, too.

> >

> > It seems to play fine. It's only when editing or creating that I have

> > problems. Sometimes, only a reboot seems to solve the prob.

> >

> > Thanks, though,

> >

> > James

> >

> >

> >

>

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