Optimize and Publish

Flash movies can be published for the web, exported to video to be burned onto a DVD, or imported into video compositing software such as Adobe After Effects for further enhancement. This chapter offers some tips to optimize and publish Flash movies for the web and video. Performance is key when publishing Flash movies to the web. Vector images are drawn using mathematical formulas to provide scalable graphics in a compact size. One way to keep the user from moving on is to visually show them how long the files is going to take to load. The QuickTime Exporter in Flash allows to save the movies as a QuickTime, Windows AVI, or an image sequence. There are two methods in which one can export the Flash file. The first method renders on a frame-by-frame basis all content placed directly on the Flash Timeline. The second option allows to export dynamic content over a period of time.