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Choosing publish settings for QuickTime 4 movies
The QuickTime Publish Settings option creates movies in QuickTime format if you have QuickTime 4 or 5 installed. If you have QuickTime 5 installed, Flash MX publishes the QuickTime movie in version 5. If you have QuickTime 4 installed, Flash MX publishes the QuickTime movie in version 4.
The Flash movie plays in the QuickTime movie exactly as it does in the Flash Player, retaining all of its interactive features. If the Flash movie also contains a QuickTime movie, Flash copies it to its own track in the new QuickTime file.
The current version of the QuickTime Player (as of this writing) supports playback of Flash Player 4 movies. For best results, Flash movies you export to the QuickTime format should only contain features supported by that version of the Flash Player. Future releases of the QuickTime Player may support additional Flash movie formats.
If you try to export a Flash Player 6 movie to the QuickTime format, an error message will appear indicating that the installed version of QuickTime does not support that type of Flash movie.
To resolve this issue, choose Flash Player 4 from the Version pop-up menu on the Flash tab of the Publish Settings dialog box. For more information, see Choosing publish settings for Flash movie format.
Alternatively, if a newer version of the QuickTime Player becomes available that supports Flash Player 6 movies, and you install that version on your computer, you will be able to export QuickTime movies with Flash Player 6 content.
For more information on QuickTime movies, see your QuickTime documentation.
Publish settings for QuickTime format
To publish a QuickTime 4 movie with the Flash file:
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Choose File > Publish Settings. |
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Select the QuickTime Image type. Enter a unique name for Filename, or select Use Default Name to create a file with the Flash filename plus the .mov extension. |
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Click the QuickTime panel to display its settings. |
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For Dimensions, enter a Width and Height in pixels for the exported QuickTime movie, or select Match Movie to make the QuickTime movie the same size as the Flash movie and keep its aspect ratio. |
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Choose an Alpha option to control the transparency (alpha) mode of the Flash track in the QuickTime movie without affecting any alpha settings in the Flash movie: |
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Alpha Transparent to make the Flash track transparent and show any content in tracks behind the Flash track. |
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Copy to make the Flash track opaque and mask all content in tracks behind the Flash track. |
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Auto to make the Flash track transparent if it is on top of any other tracks, but opaque if it is the bottom or only track in the movie. |
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Choose a Layer option to control where the Flash track plays in the stacking order of the QuickTime movie: |
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Top to place the Flash track always on top of other tracks in the QuickTime movie. |
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Bottom to place the Flash track always behind other tracks. |
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Auto to place the Flash track in front of other tracks if Flash objects are in front of video objects within the Flash movie, and behind all other tracks if Flash objects are not in front. |
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Select Streaming Sound to have Flash export all of the streaming audio in the Flash movie to a QuickTime sound track, recompressing the audio using the standard QuickTime audio settings. To change these options, click Audio Settings; see your QuickTime documentation for more information. |
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Choose Controller to specify the type of QuickTime controller used to play the exported movieNone, Standard, or QuickTime VR. |
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Select Playback options to control how QuickTime plays a movie: |
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Looping repeats the movie when it reaches the last frame. |
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Paused at Start pauses the movie until a user clicks a button in the movie or chooses Play from the shortcut menu. By default, the option is deselected and the movie begins to play as soon as it is loaded. |
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Play Every Frame displays every frame of the movie without skipping to maintain time and does not play sound. |
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Choose File Flatten (Make Self-Contained) to combine the Flash content and imported video content into a single QuickTime movie. Deselecting this option makes the QuickTime movie refer to the imported files externally; the movie won't work properly if these files are missing. |
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To save the settings with the current file, click OK. |
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