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January 16, 2023
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How do I convert a .swf slideshow to work on site?

  • January 16, 2023
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I have an old site in dreamweaver that has a .swf slide show on an opening page.

Is possible to convert it to a file and replace the .swf so that it plays?

Novice here, thanks for any help!!!

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2023

    Nope.  Flash Player was discontinued in 2020.  There's no way to play SWF files anymore.  It's a dead technology.

     

    If you have the original image files (bmp, jpg, png), you can use plain vanilla JavaScript to create a slideshow, no fancy players or special add-ons needed.  Any browser can view them. 

     

    If you don't have the orignal image files, you'll need to create new ones or buy some royalty free images from Adobe Stock.   Stock has 160 million assets in inventory.

    https://stock.adobe.com/

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Participant
    January 16, 2023

    Yes i know flash doesn't work, but can i convert the .swf file so that it will work?

    like with Adobe animate or something else?

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2023

    I am not aware of any software that can extract images from old SWF files, sorry

    Feel free to ask the Animate experts.  

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate/ct-p/ct-animate

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Participant
    January 16, 2023

    opps forgot

     

    The site is www.bradhitz.com

    The slide show used to play in the white area of the window..

    Thanks

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2023
    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert