User Guide

About export file formats 351
These export options are identical to QuickTime publish options. See “Specifying publish
settings for QuickTime videos” on page 325.
QuickTime Video (Macintosh)
The QuickTime Video format converts the Flash document into a sequence of bitmaps
embedded in the file’s video track. The Flash content is exported as a bitmap image without any
interactivity. This format is useful for editing Flash content in a video-editing application.
The Export QuickTime Video dialog box contains the following options:
Dimensions specifies a width and height in pixels for the frames of a QuickTime movie. By
default, you can specify only the width or the height, and the other dimension is automatically set
to maintain the aspect ratio of your original document.To set both the width and the height,
deselect Maintain Aspect Ratio.
Format selects a color depth. Options are black-and-white; 4-, 8-, 16-, or 24-bit color; and 32-bit
color with alpha (transparency).
Smooth applies anti-aliasing to the exported QuickTime movie. Anti-aliasing produces a higher-
quality bitmap image, but it can cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around images when placed
over a colored background. Deselect the option if a halo appears.
Compressor selects a standard QuickTime compressor. For more information, see your
QuickTime documentation.
Quality controls the amount of compression applied to your Flash content. The effect depends on
the compressor selected.
Sound Format sets the export rate for sounds in the document. Higher rates yield better fidelity
and larger files. Lower rates save space.
WAV audio (Windows)
The WAV Export Movie option exports only the sound file of the current document to a single
WAV file. You can specify the sound format of the new file.
Select Sound Format to determine the sampling frequency, bit rate, and stereo or mono setting of
the exported sound. Select Ignore Event Sounds to exclude events sounds from the exported file.
Windows AVI (Windows)
This format exports a document as a Windows video but discards any interactivity. The standard
Windows movie format, Windows AVI, is a good format for opening a Flash animation in a
video-editing application. Because AVI is a bitmap-based format, documents that contain long or
high-resolution animations can quickly become very large.
The Export Windows AVI dialog box has the following options:
Dimensions specifies a width and height, in pixels, for the frames of an AVI movie. Specify only
the width or the height; the other dimension is automatically set to maintain the aspect ratio of
your original document. Deselect Maintain Aspect Ratio to set both the width and the height.