About Export File Formats - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

Remember the following considerations:
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When you export a Flash image as a vector-graphic file (in Adobe Illustrator format), you
preserve its vector information. You can edit these files in other vector-based drawing
programs, but you can't import these images into most page-layout and word-processing
programs.
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When you save a Flash image as a bitmap GIF, JPEG, PICT (Macintosh), or BMP (Windows)
file, the image loses its vector information and is saved with pixel information only. You can
edit Flash images exported as bitmaps in image editors such as Adobe Photoshop, but you can
no longer edit them in vector-based drawing programs.
To export a Flash document or image:
Open the Flash document you want to export, or if you are exporting an image from the
1.
document, select the frame or image in the current document that you want to export.
Select File > Export Movie or File > Export Image.
2.
Enter a name for the output file.
3.
Select the file format from the Format pop-up menu.
4.
Click Save.
5.
If the format you selected requires more information, an Export dialog box appears.
Set the export options for the format you selected. See the following section.
6.
Click OK, then click Save.
7.

About export file formats

You can export Flash content and images in more than a dozen formats, as shown in the following
table. Flash content is exported as sequences, and images are exported as individual files. PNG is
the only cross-platform bitmap format that supports transparency (as an alpha channel). Some
nonbitmap export formats do not support alpha (transparency) effects or mask layers.
For more information on a specific file format, see the sections listed in the following table:
File type
"Adobe Illustrator" on page 347
"Animated GIF, GIF Sequence, and GIF Image"
on page 347
"Bitmap (BMP)" on page 348
"DXF Sequence and AutoCAD DXF Image"
on page 348
"Enhanced Metafile (Windows)" on page 348
"Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) 3.0 with
Preview" on page 348
"Flash document (SWF)" on page 349
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Extension Windows
.ai
.gif
.bmp
.dxf
.emf
.eps
.swf
Macintosh