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User Guide
3 Select a location for the file, type a filename, and then click OK.
4 Click OK to close the Output Module Templates dialog box.
To load a saved output module template file:
1 Choose Edit > Templates > Output Module.
2 Click Load.
3 Select the template file, and then click Open.
4 Click OK to close the Output Module Templates dialog box.
Exporting to Macromedia Flash (SWF) format
You can export compositions as Macromedia Flash (.swf) movies. Web browsers with the
Flash player plug-in can play the SWF format. During export, After Effects maintains
vectors as much as possible. However, raster images and certain features such as pixel
effects, layer modes, and motion blur cannot be represented as vectors in the SWF file. For
information on which After Effects features are supported for SWF export, see “Supported
features for SWF export” on page 366.
You can choose to ignore these unsupported items so that the SWF file includes only those
After Effects features that can be converted into native SWF elements, or you can choose
to rasterize frames that contain unsupported features and add them to the SWF file as
JPEG-compressed bitmaps, which may reduce the efficiency of the SWF file.
Audio is encoded in MP3 format and added to the SWF file as a stream sound.
To export a composition to Macromedia Flash (SWF) format:
1 Select the composition you want to export, and then choose File > Export > Macro-
media Flash (SWF).
2 Specify a filename and location, and click Save (Windows) or OK (Mac OS).
3 Specify the following options and then click OK.
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