Comments on: Exporting XFL Format from After Effects to Flash

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:37 +0000

what are the size limitations of the .xfl?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:38 +0000

When I try this method, it says that the resulting .xfl file will be too big for flash to open.

But when change the compression to .flv from .png (which it recommends to do) I get a file that very pixelated. Anyone have this same issue or a solution?

By: ujjwal agarwal

ujjwal agarwal — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:08:59 +0000

well if does not help me reduce the file size of my swf .. its redundant yeah ..
easily export a movie or image sequence and import in flash .. why go for all this

By: greg

greg — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:35:00 +0000

how do you do it with audio?

By: elis lasop

elis lasop — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:11:52 +0000

I haven’t tried this at home but I hope it will reduce the size of the exported ae file when is published through flash. That is the main pain for me, when I am importing ae files into flash they get “heavier” than a normal flash swf file.

By: johnnyBlaze

johnnyBlaze — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:27:02 +0000

come on.
it never was hard to export movies and sequences for flash. this is a redundant feature. i thought this was going to be interesting tut, but was mistaken.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:00:56 +0000

Thanks Todd.. Makes sense now

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By: Todd Kopriva

Todd Kopriva — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:11:26 +0000

Thanks, Tom. I just added a comment to the “Working with Flash and After Effects” page of After Effects Help to point to this video tutorial.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WSDE67F770-09B6-4f4b-AF9B-9E577311067A.html

Responding to Jimmy: Exporting the composition as an XFL file can make the individual layers in the composition available for independent animation and manipulation in Flash, unlike the old way that required you to render and export a flattened movie without individual layers exposed to Flash.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:27:32 +0000

“Fomrat?” I’ve been in the digital industry for a few years now & I’ve never heard of this ‘fomrat’ you speak of. Sometimes I type too fast and reverse letters too .

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:28:42 +0000

I’m just wondering what the difference is.. BEcause I’ve exported stuff form after effects the normal way.. In fact I followed a tutorial from you about the rain you animated in the picture. Why did that work without the “XLF” ?