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coreytoons
coreytoons
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April 23, 2020
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swf to html5 or video

  • April 23, 2020
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I created a complex flash training program over 10 years ago with FlashMX and AS2. I have been asked to recreate a similiar project and would like to use my original assets to develop a new project. Should I convert to html5 animations or can I convert animations to videos?  I want to beable to customize and edit my old animations into the new content. 

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    n. tilcheff
    n. tilcheff
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    April 23, 2020

    Hi mate,

     

    You can convert non-interactive SWFs to MP4 videos very easily, using Swivel.

     

    As for interactive stuff, you will need to have your FLA sources and then all the code will have to be re-written in javascript for HTML5. There are also quite a few limitations what you can and cannot with the symbols in HTML5/Canvas FLA.

    As far as I understand the process is not straight forward.

     

    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
      coreytoons
      coreytoonsAuthor
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      April 23, 2020

      Thanks Nick,

      That is helpful, I have never tried Swivel. I can also import my swf files in After Effects and work with compositing the levels and customizing my new video content then export as MP4 videos. The interactive elements on my main interface I will use JS codesnipets. 

       

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