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Deveren · 2006-01-21 #40

First of all I would like to thank Eric Jordan for bringing this too Ultrashock for our opinions.

Next, this is how I use flash and AE together when designing for the web. I first do my layout in Photoshop and then I separate the Photoshop layers into different sections so I can work with them independently of each other. I then take the part that I want to animate or add an effect to like shine, lux, or a text effect into AE.

Once I am in AE and I have the animation I want; I then export as an AVI which I then import into Sorenson Squeeze which then is exported into an flv which I can not really use in flash on a frame by frame basis, so I then take the flv from Sorenson Squeeze and use a program called Sothink which decompiles the flv into an swf.

I don�t know if my process is the way a lot of developers use the combination of AE and Flash but that is how I do it.

I think AE should be more focused on compression or integrating Sorenson Squeeze into AE. Also the ability to use more web functionality in AE for layout and design and using some type of engine to export to a hybrid flash and HTML document like Fireworks exports to Dreamweaver; the ability too do this would help the Web development community be able to create more interesting sites. I myself like to create one of kind designs and give my clients a unique site that helps me as a developer get more clients and I have been able to do this with AE and Flash together.

It just takes a long time, and I would like away to shorten the process.

Thank you,

Deveren

	Deveren	2006-01-21 #40
	My Process First of all I would like to thank Eric Jordan for bringing this too Ultrashock for our opinions. Next, this is how I use flash and AE together when designing for the web. I first do my layout in Photoshop and then I separate the Photoshop layers into different sections so I can work with them independently of each other. I then take the part that I want to animate or add an effect to like shine, lux, or a text effect into AE. Once I am in AE and I have the animation I want; I then export as an AVI which I then import into Sorenson Squeeze which then is exported into an flv which I can not really use in flash on a frame by frame basis, so I then take the flv from Sorenson Squeeze and use a program called Sothink which decompiles the flv into an swf. I don�t know if my process is the way a lot of developers use the combination of AE and Flash but that is how I do it. I think AE should be more focused on compression or integrating Sorenson Squeeze into AE. Also the ability to use more web functionality in AE for layout and design and using some type of engine to export to a hybrid flash and HTML document like Fireworks exports to Dreamweaver; the ability too do this would help the Web development community be able to create more interesting sites. I myself like to create one of kind designs and give my clients a unique site that helps me as a developer get more clients and I have been able to do this with AE and Flash together. It just takes a long time, and I would like away to shorten the process. Thank you, Deveren