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rebeccarmcolerm
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November 15, 2016
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How can I convert an mp4 file to a SWF or FLV?

  • November 15, 2016
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I am new to animation but it seems really dumb that Adobe designed Animate to ONLY use SWF or FLV files and then they remove those options from their own Video programs like Premiere and Encoder. I can't figure out how to get a video into my animation at all. Any suggestions? I have searched everywhere and I have CC so I can't go back to older programs for the Encoder.

Correct answer Colin Holgate

In Premiere, look at Video Effects/Distort/Corner Pin in the Effect browser. I don't know how to use it, but it should let you distort the video to fit in the space you need it in.

You could still do the animation in Animate, and have a hole where the video will need to appear. Export the animation as Video, but don't send it to Adobe Media Encoder. Instead let it export as MOV, and you should have an alpha channel with that hole being seethrough. You then place the animation video on top of the distorted video layer in Premiere, and render them both out to the MP4 you'll post.

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
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November 15, 2016

Yes, it is dumb that Adobe removed FLV encoding. There is a chance that you may not really need FLV, can you say more about your overall goal?

If you do need FLV you can go to the Creative Cloud menu and in the list of apps you can select Previous Versions. Choose that and then install Flash Professional CS6. That comes with an older version of Adobe Media Encoder that can make FLV files.

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    rebeccarmcolermAuthor
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    November 15, 2016

    I have a holiday animation that I need to import a short video clip into. Kind of like an animated greeting card. I could do this in Premiere but they want the video part to look "included" in the animation like pasted onto a sign and Premier makes video clips take up the whole screen.

    Colin Holgate
    Colin HolgateCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    November 15, 2016

    In Premiere, look at Video Effects/Distort/Corner Pin in the Effect browser. I don't know how to use it, but it should let you distort the video to fit in the space you need it in.

    You could still do the animation in Animate, and have a hole where the video will need to appear. Export the animation as Video, but don't send it to Adobe Media Encoder. Instead let it export as MOV, and you should have an alpha channel with that hole being seethrough. You then place the animation video on top of the distorted video layer in Premiere, and render them both out to the MP4 you'll post.

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