Exporting to Quicktime! Please help!

[Gene Goldstein]

Hello there, FLAnimators! I have an issue and I was wondering if someone could help me.

I'm trying to export out a 20 second long, 720x480 flash animation as a Quicktime file using Flash CS3. The reason why is because I used some JPEG elements in it, and I dont want them to look jaggedy when I export the final animation, like with a SWF.

I figured out how to export it at half the dimensions (as I intended it to be) through Quicktime settings. But now, despite only being 15 MBs, the animation slows down during parts with heavier amounts of animation. With a different compressor, I can make it as small as 6 MBs, and this still happens.

I was wondering if someone knew a good solution to this. Is there a way to export a FLA as a video file so that every frame is consistently loaded at the same rate, and there is no slowdown? Please help! Thanks!

PS - Here is the settings I am exporting at:

Compression: Animation
Depth: Thousands of Colors
Quality: Best
Frame Rate: 24
Key Frame Rate: 24
Dimensions: 360x240
NO Sound
NO Internet streaming

The file is attached.

[Ralph Sutter]

Try setting the quality to medium. Also, what kind of machine are you exporting it on? If it is a somewhat older (or less powerful than modern) machine, it sometimes chokes during export.

~ Ralph

[Gene Goldstein]

I've tried changing the quality...didn't help..My computer is not too old. It should handle this type of thing easily.

But, I think I figured out the problem. Apparently, if the file size gets to be as high as 720 x 480 with a high framerate like 24, Flash has trouble exporting it. A website I found recommended I export at 12 fps and then change the framerate to 24 in a different program.

Now, to find a copy of After Effects or Premiere that works on my comp....