Using The Video Import Wizard - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

Use clean video
The higher the quality of the original, the better the final result. Although
frame rates and sizes of Internet video are usually smaller than those of television, computer
monitors have much better color fidelity, saturation, sharpness, and resolution than conventional
televisions. Even with a small window, image quality can be more important for digital video than
for standard analog television. Artifacts and noise that would hardly be noticeable on TV can be
quite obvious on a computer screen.
Remove noise and interlace After you capture your video content, you might need to remove
noise and interlace.
Follow the same guidelines for audio
The same considerations exist for audio production as
for video production. To achieve good audio compression, you must begin with clean audio. If
you are encoding material from a CD, try to record the file using direct digital transfer instead of
through the analog input of your sound card. The sound card introduces an unnecessary digital-
to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion that can create noise in your source audio. Direct
digital transfer tools are available for Windows and Macintosh platforms. If you must record from
an analog source, you should use the highest quality sound card available.

Using the Video Import wizard

The Video Import wizard provides a streamlined interface for importing video into a Flash
document. The wizard lets you select whether to import a video clip as an embedded or a
linked file.
When you import a video clip as an embedded file, you select options in the wizard for encoding
and editing the video. Click the Next button to advance through panes in the wizard, and click
the Back button to return to previous panes.
You can import video clips as embedded files in several file formats, depending on your system.
For information on supported file formats, see "About file formats for imported video"
on page 178. You can preview frames of an imported video by dragging the playhead along the
Timeline. However, the sound does not play back. To preview the video with sound, use the Test
Movie command. For more information, see "Testing document download performance"
on page 41
When you import a video as an embedded file, you have the option to edit the video before
importing it. You can also apply customized compression settings, including bandwidth or quality
settings, as well as advanced settings for color correction, cropping, and other options. You select
editing and encoding options in the Video Import wizard. After a video clip is imported, it
cannot be edited.
Embedded video is encoded using the Sorenson Spark codec. For more information, see "About
the Sorenson Spark codec" on page 179.
Using the Property inspector, you can give an embedded clip an instance name; change its width,
height, and position on the Stage; and swap the embedded clip with another video clip. You can
use the Embedded Video Properties dialog box to rename a video clip, update an imported video
clip that you have edited in an external application, or import another video to replace the
selected clip. For more information, see "Changing the properties of a video clip" on page 190.
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