DISQUS

Stephen M. Levinson · 1 year ago

I usually get that when I use mpeg-4. Try compressing with h.264 at best quality. That always works for me..

Justin "Denny" Furlong · 1 year ago

Some return to the animation community this is, but:

Your description is a little vague so I'll give my two leading hypotheses; first and foremost, this could simply be a playback issue caused by playing a high resource file on a low resource computer. I imagine you've tested the file on other systems, but in the event all available systems have the same configuration, I'll continue. I see this type of issue when playing HD test material on not-so-HD equipment. The best solution is to render a preview movie to the specifications you want and convert it to a DVD format (you don't actually have to burn anything) and play that way (Toast, iDVD, iMovie, DVD Studio Pro, and even Apple's built-in burning solution give you the option to preview mount a disk image). If the issue is resolved, you can show it to your boss and get a spiffy new computer.

Option B is a software matter in either Flash, Quicktime, or the codec itself. If you run Windows (for anyone else suffering this problem), there's a good chance you have a corrupted codec pack (the solution is to re-download your codec of choice). Regardless of OS, there's a good chance Flash is simply rejecting the new liver Adobe gave it during the drunken Macromedia buyout. Quicktime is the least likely of the three simply because Apple constantly releases updates and simultaneous reminders... the problem would have resolved itself. My advice in this case is to export an uncompressed movie from Flash using Apple's Animation codec and converting it to the desired format using Compressor, Quicktime (Pro), or any number of other applications that removed this once miserable task from the most compelling causes of suicide in the film industry. The uncompressed method has the added benefit of saving you the trouble of doing this again in the event of a DVD, Blu-Ray, or theatrical release.

I hope this helps; it was the best I could do with what you gave me. Let me know if anything else goes wrong, but after ten solutions I ask to be put on payroll.
~Justin "Denny" Furlong

Tim · 1 year ago

When you export as a quicktime in flash quicktime actually records the flash movie pretty much.

If you are on a slower computer then when you export they will be choppy and other things like this can happen.

Try exporting using flash cs3 on a better computer and see if that helps at all.

bdunham · 1 year ago

I crashed this particular car when doing a particle effect in CS3. As Tim said, Flash captures the output in real time - it's like a 30 fps screen grab. The work around I used was to reset the framerate of the Flash project to 1 before performing the Export to Quicktime. Import the .MOV file into Final Cut with a new frame rate (30 fps). Rendering Quicktimes at 1 frame per second doesn't overwhelm the conversion when the scene is heavy.

Really looking forward to the new shows!

oyunlar · 1 year ago

When you export as a quicktime in flash quicktime actually records the flash movie pretty much.

If you are on a slower computer then when you export they will be choppy and other things like this can happen.

Try exporting using flash cs3 on a better computer and see if that helps at all.

craigpatches · 2 months ago

For optimal quality, export your movie as a PNG sequence from Flash; export movie to AIFF sound file; combine the two (sequence and audio) with Final Cut, Motion, or AfterEffects, and it will look great.