Animating on .mov Video in Flash CS4 at DVinfo.net

Corey Aumiller · September 17th, 2009, 05:09 PM

Hello, I am trying to find a solution to a problem which arose when I upgraded to Flash CS4 from an older Macromedia version.

I want to create some clunky little animations to overlay on video in FCP6. In the past, all I had to do was import .mov video files to the stage in Flash. The video would show up frame by frame and I could animate right over top of it in a new layer, then delete the video layer, export the Flash animation as a .mov with a bright green background, take it into Final Cut and chroma key out the green.

Ta-da! Fun goofy little animation integrated with HD video!

CS4 seems a bit too professional to let me do this... any suggestions on how to accomplish this effect with my new gear? Thanks a lot.

Jonathan Jones · September 19th, 2009, 01:22 AM

I know very little about working with Flash, but it seems you should be able to just export your .mov file using the Animation codec with "millions of colors +" (I think it is). Don't even bother with creating the green layer that you'll have to key out anyway. This codec should create a transparency layer where the green would be anyway, and when you drop it into FCP, the transparency should still be intact.

-Jon

Corey Aumiller · September 21st, 2009, 05:35 AM

I appreciate the response. The main problem I'm having is getting video to show up on the Flash timeline to begin with. It wants to encode the video and give it a "skin" which I don't want. Any suggestions on that?

September 17th, 2009, 05:09 PM	#1
Corey Aumiller Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 44	Animating on .mov Video in Flash CS4 Hello, I am trying to find a solution to a problem which arose when I upgraded to Flash CS4 from an older Macromedia version. I want to create some clunky little animations to overlay on video in FCP6. In the past, all I had to do was import .mov video files to the stage in Flash. The video would show up frame by frame and I could animate right over top of it in a new layer, then delete the video layer, export the Flash animation as a .mov with a bright green background, take it into Final Cut and chroma key out the green. Ta-da! Fun goofy little animation integrated with HD video! CS4 seems a bit too professional to let me do this... any suggestions on how to accomplish this effect with my new gear? Thanks a lot.

September 19th, 2009, 01:22 AM	#2
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	I know very little about working with Flash, but it seems you should be able to just export your .mov file using the Animation codec with "millions of colors +" (I think it is). Don't even bother with creating the green layer that you'll have to key out anyway. This codec should create a transparency layer where the green would be anyway, and when you drop it into FCP, the transparency should still be intact. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

September 21st, 2009, 05:35 AM	#3
Corey Aumiller Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 44	I appreciate the response. The main problem I'm having is getting video to show up on the Flash timeline to begin with. It wants to encode the video and give it a "skin" which I don't want. Any suggestions on that?