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About export file formats

You can export Flash movies and images in more than a dozen different formats, as shown in the table that follows. Movies are exported as sequences, and images as individual files. PNG is the only cross-platform bitmap format that supports transparency (as an alpha channel). Some nonbitmap export formats do not support alpha (transparency) effects or mask layers.

Note: You can export video clips in FLV format. See Importing video.

For more information on a specific file format, see the sections that follow.

File type

Extension

Windows

Macintosh

Adobe Illustrator

.ai

Animated GIF, GIF Sequence, and GIF Image

.gif

Bitmap (BMP)

.bmp

 

DXF Sequence and AutoCAD DXF Image

.dxf

Enhanced Metafile

.emf

 

EPS (Version 6.0 or earlier)

.eps

Flash movie

.swf

FutureSplash Player

.spl

JPEG Sequence and JPEG Image

.jpg

PICT Sequence (Macintosh)

.pct

 

PNG Sequence and PNG Image

.png

Choosing publish settings for QuickTime 4 movies

.mov

QuickTime Video (Macintosh)

.mov

 

WAV audio (Windows)

.wav

 

Windows AVI (Windows)

.avi

 

Windows Metafile

.wmf