Use Export to prepare Flash content for use in other applications. Unlike Publish, you can only specify settings for one type of media each time you use Export Movie or Export Image. Also, Flash does not store Export settings separately with each file as it does with Publish Settings. (Use Publish to create all the files you need to put a Flash movie on the web. See Publishing Flash movies.)
Use the Export Movies command to export the complete content of the current Flash Movie to one of the supported file types. If you use Export Movie to export a Flash movie to one of the still image formats, Export creates a numbered image file for every frame in the movie. You can also use Export Movie to export the sound in a movie to a WAV file (Windows only).
Use Export Image to export the content of the current frame or the currently selected image to one of the still-image formats, or to a single-frame Flash Player movie.
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When you export a Flash image as a vector-graphic file (Illustrator), 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 Photoshop, but you can no longer edit them in vector-based drawing programs. |
To use Export Movie or Export Image:
| 1 | If you are exporting an image, select the frame or image in the current movie that you want to export. |
| 2 | Choose File > Export Movie, or File > Export Image. |
| 3 | Enter a name for the output file. |
| 4 | Choose the type of file from the Format pop-up menu. |
| 5 | Click Save. |
| If the format you selected requires more information, an Export dialog box appears. | |
| 6 | Set the export options for the format you selected and click OK. |
| See the following sections for descriptions of Export options. | |
| 7 | Click Save. |
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The Export options for a Flash movie are identical to the Publish Settings options, see Flash publish settings. For a description of other options, see About export file formats.