taking flash videos to edius

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hi,
i have a problem, for a project i have to take some flash video to edius and edit them. because of the using codes my friend cant export a movie from flash. so i take the swf folder to after effects and export from there as a quicktime animation codec.
but when i take it into edius the quality is very bad.. text cant read its wiggling and flickering...
u got any idea to fix that problem?

ps: i also treid some field choices to fix it

[Rusty]

There is no good Flash to .avi converter out there. (that I've seen anyway)
Edius will not make lousey video better.

[bejay]

Do a search for this program:

Pazera_Free_FLV_to_AVI_Converter

I've had pretty good luck with it - YMMV.

[STORMDAVE]

There is 2 types of flash animations -- Vector & Video (such as H.264). The latter is easier to bring in as you can just open take the .mp4 out from the container.

As far as vector flash animation, they usually use low framerates such as 15fps, etc, and the resolution is low (because it's used for web, mostly).

If your animation is at least 30fps and the resolution at least 640x480+, then you will have ok looking conversion to video.

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he is working on 30 frame rate, when i take to swf video to after affects i change the video footage to 25, because i work in pal in edius, some problems at graphics could be acceptable but in text it cant, because it really sucks so cant readable

[STORMDAVE]

Text will look bad, especially serif fonts, because in television there are standards. One of them is that you have to use text that is at least 18pt in size.

[halo_bone]

What is the final product? I suspect if it's standard def, the quality won't quite be there, especially in the final export. I've had quite a bit of luck using either/or premiere or after effects to export anywhere from 720p to 1080p material. If stretching from original resolution--flash being vector is great stuff!--make sure your 'continuously rasterize' switches are on in AE.

[THoff]

As far as vector flash animation, they usually use low framerates such as 15fps, etc, and the resolution is low (because it's used for web, mostly).

The framerate is usually quite low, but the resolution is not because vector graphics scale. Because there is no compression, the quality is at least on par with H.264 video, even at high bitrates.

[GrassValley_BH]

If there are raster elements in the animation (often the case), they don't scale and will look bad when the animation is not played back at the intended resolution.

[STORMDAVE]

The framerate is usually quite low, but the resolution is not because vector graphics scale. Because there is no compression, the quality is at least on par with H.264 video, even at high bitrates.

What I meant by low resolution of vector flash files was that they usually have web sizes, such as 320x120, etc. When you scale these up, you won't lose quality, but the aspect ratio is totally not for video.

And like Brandon mentioned, if there are raster images in the flash animation, scaled up, it will look terrible.

So the point is, say no to flash to video. Even if the client forces you.

Thanks :D

[GrassValley_BH]

Flash definitely should not be the preferred method of delivery for editing. Most other formats would serve better.

Recently had an HD-resolution (1920x1080) Flash animation that needed to be converted to video, and nothing short of After Effects would handle it properly. EDIUS didn't like it (not sure why, but it didn't), the dedicated Flash-to-Video converters didn't take them, distored the aspect ratio, or cropped them.

That said, Flash generally can be imported, but expectations must be lowered appropriately. Especially when there is audio. If there's any other format that can be used, those should be seriously considered instead.