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Subject: Re: FLASH: Video in Flash
From: Michael Penney
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 22:21:52 +0100

Yes, on a go to frame, get url, etc. basis. You can see some of this here:
http://www.bigtimeweb.com/about/aboutnetmercial.html (get url from animated
flash track).

Beware of alpha dumping with too (def. of 'too' depends on your minimum
target playback machine) processor intensive a codec, though;-).

For the best in Webcasted Video Entertainment:
http://www.bigtimeweb.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Damien Morton" <Mortonatdennisinter [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Cc: <ericbatapple [dot] com>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: FLASH: Video in Flash


> OK, so now we have Flash 3 in a Quicktime movie.
>
> How do Flash and Quicktime interact with each other?
>
> Can Flash control the Quicktime Movie?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Blanpied [ericbatapple [dot] com (mailto:ericbatapple [dot] com)]
> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:45 PM
> > To: Flash-R
> > Subject: Re: FLASH: Video in Flash
> >
> >
> > 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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