Combinig .fun projects

[VidE]

I am trying to export a Kool Moves project as captured frames to turn it,
>>eventually into an AVI file that I can load into Premiere. I'm doing
>>this so I can add and edit some sound effects. The problem is that my
>>character was created independently in another .fun project and imported
>>as an '.swf as object' file. The frame capture export in the 'combined'
>>project sees the .swf as the program does; an outlined rectangle. This
>>has given rise to two questions. Is there a way to to make an imported
>>.swf file show up in an export? (By the bye, I've already tried
>>exporting the 'combined' project as an .swf file, imported it into Flash
>>5 to see if I could use that program to export it and Flash 5 just
>>garbles up the file.) Second question; is there a good way within Kool
>>Moves to sync character movements to sound f/x? The keyframe times can
>>give you a rough idea but for timing tiptoeing footsteps they are
>>inadequate. This is my first animation ever so there are techniques I'm sure I'm unaware of. Thanks for your time.
>>Eric

[johnie]

Actually other Fun Files can be directly imported into another project through the Insert Movie option. This option is under File> Insert Movie.

I have found the sound and actions interface in KoolMoves to be the most accurate with synching sound files.


As far as making AVI's from SWFs. I have found the best way is by using software that turns the SWF playback into still images and then creates a an AVI out of it is most effeciant. The source code, in Python, to build such a device was posted on the Open SWF board about a year ago. 2 Companies have made tools from that code;

1. Flash Ants. SWF2Video $19.00 http://www.flashants.com

2. Pizzini Net. SWF2AVI Free http://www.pizzinini.net/swf2avi/

Both tools will record actionscripts and imported movies.

You need to be aware that SWF doesn't synch sound well. SWF playback speed is more or less determianed by the machine it is playing on. There is a way to get A SWF file that is synched with a MP3 with Flash and it is in the spec but when you use it the result is that the Flash Player will actually through away frames so that the files synch, which isn't a good solution.