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the Flix Exporter with Your Video Applications |
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| Introduction |
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The
Flix Flash Video Exporter Component enables you
to add Flash video export in the FLV and SWF
formats to numerous applications that support
the use of Quicktime plugins, including: Discreet
Cleaner, Discreet Cleaner XL, Canopus Pro Coder
2, Apple Quicktime Pro, and Adobe After Effects.
To use the Flix Exporter with other applications,
simply install the Flix Exporter. Then Flix’s
FLV and SWF video export will automatically be
enabled through your video application’s
export options.
Here are instructions on how to use the exporter
with several different applications. Other applications
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Screenshot of the Flix Exporter (Windows) user
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Screenshot of the Flix Exporter (Macintosh)
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| Apple
Quicktime Pro |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- Go to the File menu, then
select Export.
(Note: some files are protected and might
not be exportable. In that case, the Export
menu is grayed out.)
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- The Save File dialog box
opens (shown below).
Select one of the Flix Exporter formats
(Wildform Flash Video – FLV,
or Wildform Flash Video – SWF)
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- You can click the Options button
to change the Flix Exporter settings.
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- Click Save to export the
file.
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| Discreet
Cleaner 5 |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- In the Project Window,
click the Settings Edit button.
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- If this is the first time you’re
using the Flix Export Component,
you should create a setting by clicking the New button,
and entering a name for the setting. In the
example below, I created a new setting named Flix
Exports.
- Select the setting.
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- You can then select one of the Flix
Export Component formats by selecting
the pull-down button on the Output tab.
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can open the Flix Export Component settings
window by checking the Options checkbox and then
clicking the Set button. |
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| Discreet
Cleaner XL |
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(Cleaner
XL requires Cleaner XL Service Pack 2. You can
find it here.
When you are ready to export, do the following:
- In the Project Window,
select an Output Profile (you
can rename the profile by right clicking
and selecting Rename).
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- Click the Encoder Setting button
to open the Encoder Setting Editor
window (shown below).
- Under the Encoding Format menu,
select Other. You can then
select one of the Flix Export Component formats
(Wildform Flash Video – FLV,
or Wildform Flash Video – SWF)
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- You can open the Flix Export Component setting
dialog by clicking the Configure
Exporter button.
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| Apple
Final Cut |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- Choose "Export">"Using
QuickTime Conversion" from the File
menu.
- Set the "Format" popup to Flash
(FLV or SWF).
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HD |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- From the File menu select "Share..."
- Click on the "QuickTime" icon
in the sheet that's displayed.
- Select "Expert Settings" from
the "Compress movie for:" popup
menu and press the "Share" button.
- A save dialog will be displayed which contains
a popup menu of formats you can export the
movie to.
- Select Flash (FLV or SWF).
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| Canopus
Pro Coder 2 |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- ·Click the Target button,
then click Add.
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- The Load Target Preset window
will open. Select QuickTime Export
File. Click OK.
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- In the Target Parameters window,
select one of the Flix Export Component formats
(Wildform Flash Video – FLV,
or Wildform Flash Video – SWF)
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- To access the Flix Export Component setting
window, click the Modify Exporter
Setting button shown below.
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After Effects 5 and 6 |
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When
you are ready to export, do the following:
- Go to File->Export menu,
select one of the Flix Export Component formats
(Wildform Flash Video – FLV,
or Wildform Flash Video – SWF)
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- You will then be presented with the Save
dialog box.
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- The Flix Export Component setting
dialog will open when you click the Save button.
You can change the export setting at this
time.
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Formats: FLV vs. SWF |
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Export
Formats
The Flix Flash Video Exporter Component exports
three types of Flash video:
- FLV Video: Wildform's
high quality Flash MX FLV video (both 1-pass
and 2-pass* VBR) that plays in the Flash
7 player (and higher) when loaded into the
player using the correct streaming syntax
(SWF files containing this syntax can be
generated automatically using the included
Flix FLV Player program). In addition, FLV
video can be imported directly into the Macromedia
Flash authoring tool (versions MX and higher)
and it can be streamed using the Macromedia
Flashcom Server. Flix outputs FLV files with
either MP3 audio, which is better for use
when deploying the FLV files, and uncompressed
audio which is useful when creating files
intended to be imported into the Macromedia
Flash authoring tool.
Note that FLV files have no 16,000 frame
limit and they handle RAM in a different
way than SWF files, so if you are creating
large video files, it is strongly recommended
that use FLV output. Also, when creating
video for CD, you should use FLV video because
it performs better. FLV files also do not
have a SWF framerate and play independently
of the SWF framerate of any SWF file that
you may load them into.
- MX Video: Wildform's
high quality Flash MX SWF video with both
1-pass and 2-pass* VBR. Wildform's Flash
MX SWF video, which plays in the Flash 6
player (and higher), uses high quality video
compression. It can be brought into the Flash
authoring tool with Load Movie.
MX SWF video is recommended for smaller videos
(25MB and less) and shorter videos (under
16,000 frames).
- Flash 3+ Video: Flash
3+ video plays in any Flash player versions
3 and higher (note: mp3 audio requires at
least the Flash 4 player. It can be brought
into Flash with Load Movie. (Over 98% of
all Web users have Flash 3 or higher installed.)
While the MX SWF and FLV video output is
much better quality, you may want to use
the Flash 3+ video for certain applications
- such as advertising, homepages, etc. because
you can be almost 100% certain that viewers
will be able to view the video without having
to download any player.
Flash 3+ video is recommended for brief clips
used in highly trafficked locations such
as website homepages and advertisements.
*NOTE: 2 pass VBR encoding
is available only if your application supports
2-pass encoding through the Quicktime system.
The Flix Exporter also exports two types of Flash
audio files:
- SWF Audio: Flix's SWF
audio plays in any Flash player versions
4 and higher. It can be brought into Flash
with Load Movie. (Over 97% of all Web users
have Flash 4 or higher installed.)
- FLV Audio: Flix's FLV
audio plays in the Flash 7 player (and higher)
when loaded into the player using the correct
streaming syntax (SWF files containing this
syntax can be generated automatically using
the included Flix FLV Player program). In
addition, FLV files can be imported directly
into the Macromedia Flash authoring tool
(versions MX and higher) and can be streamed
using the Macromedia Flashcom Server. Flix
outputs FLV files with either MP3 audio,
which is better for use when deploying the
FLV files on the Web or CD, and uncompressed
audio which is useful when creating files
intended to be imported into the Macromedia
Flash authoring tool. Note that FLV files
have no 16,000 frame limit and they handle
RAM in a different way than SWF files, so
if you are creating large audio files, it
is strongly recommended that use FLV output.
Also, when creating audio for CD, you should
use FLV video because it performs better.
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