Re: FLASH: Video in Flash

[Eric Blanpied]

Michael Penney wrote:


> You can also create a QT movie as has been suggested, set up your flash

> presentation with the video in flash and export as QT. Be prepared to do

> some testing/futzing with compression, etc. to get the alpha channels

> working right.


Flash and QT work great together.


To do a simple combination of a Flash Track and a Video Track in QTPlayer

Pro is not that hard. Here's an example for a single-frame Flash movie with

video:


1. Publish your SWF as Flash 3 (4 if you want to mess with the Public

Preview of QT5).

2. Prepare your audio/video movie to the compression settings that suit you

(this is not the list for that discussion, is it?)

3. Open both in QT Player

4. Select all in the Flash movie and copy.

5. In the video movie, select all.

6. Hold down option (alt) and shift and select "Add Scaled" from the Edit

menu (where Paste normally is).


This adds the Flash track as a new track, scaling it *In Time* to fit the

duration of the selection. This approach has the advantage of just using one

long frame to get the duration right for the Flash Track. You don't have to

spend any time messing around with getting the right number of frames in

Flash to match the duration of the video.


To fix the layering:

1. Open the Info Panels.

2. Select the Video Track from the left popup.

3. Select "Layer" from the right popup.

4. Change the layer number of the video track to something (-1 or -2 will

usually do).


To reposition the video track:

1. From the right popup select "size"

2. Click "adjust"

3. Drag the video around, and experiment with the (admittedly strange)

handles.

4. Click done when you're finished.


When you have it the way you like it "Save As", *Clicking the Make

Self-Contained* radio button.



You can do similar things to add streaming video tracks to Flash tracks.


-- 

Eric Blanpied

QuickTime

Apple Computer, Inc.



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