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2 Specify a filename and location, and click Save (Windows) or OK (Mac OS).
3 Specify the following options and then click OK.
For JPEG Quality, specify the image quality by typing a number, selecting an option for
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JPEG Quality, or dragging the slider. The higher the quality, the larger the file. The JPEG
quality setting is used for all JPEG-compressed bitmaps exported to the SWF file,
including bitmaps generated from composition frames or Adobe Illustrator files if
Rasterize is selected for Unsupported Features.
For Unsupported Features, select Ignore to skip all features that are not supported by
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the SWF format, or select Rasterize to render all frames that contain unsupported
features as bitmap images. Selecting Rasterize increases the file size and may signifi-
cantly reduce the streaming quality.
Under Audio, specify the sample rate, mono or stereo channels, and bit rate. Select Auto
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for Bit Rate to get the lowest bit rate available given the Sample Rate and Channels
settings. Higher bit rates increase file size. For more information on audio output, see
"Changing output module settings" on page 284.
Select Loop Continuously if you want the exported SWF file to loop continuously during
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playback. If you plan to specify looping by writing HTML to control the Flash player,
select Loop Continuously.
Select Prevent Import to prevent the SWF file from being imported into editing
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programs.
Select Include Object Names to include layer, mask, and effect names. Selecting this
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option increases file size. See "Including object names in a SWF file" on page 288.
Select Include Layer Marker Web Links if you want layer markers to be used as URL Web
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links. See "Including Web links in a SWF file" on page 288.
A report is created in the same folder into which the SWF file was exported. The report has
the same name as the SWF file, followed by R.htm. Open the report in a browser to see
which items in the composition were unsupported in the SWF file.
Supported features for SWF export
When creating compositions intended for the SWF format, note the following:
Layers Only Normal mode is supported. Track Mattes, 3D Layers, 3D Cameras, and 3D
Lights are unsupported. The following layer switches are unsupported: Preserve Trans-
parency, Adjustment Layer, Collapse Transformations, and Motion Blur.
Masks Only Add mode and Difference mode are supported. If multiple masks are applied
to a layer, they must all have the same mode to be supported. Partial Opacity and the
mask Inverted option are supported only if Add mode is specified. Nonzero Mask feathers
are unsupported.
Effects Path Text is the only supported effect. Several Path Text options are unsupported,
including Composite on Original, Fill and Stroke/Options/Fill Over Stroke, and Advanced/
Mode/Difference. Multiple effects per layer are unsupported.
Adobe Illustrator files Only stroked paths and filled paths in CMYK or RGB color spaces
are supported. Note that if Rasterize is selected for Unsupported Features, unsupported
elements in an Illustrator file will result in the rasterization of only the layer to which the
Illustrator file is source, not the entire composition frame.
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