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import from CS4 text to CS5 workflow

workflow to preserve classic text:

1. create slides in il.
2. paste into cs4 (as many as you can at once) I once got 7. Sometimes one or two. Put them all into one slide if using TC's system
3. save them and reopen in cs5
(aside: in audacity, remove all long tails and split audio at the slide breaks.)
4. put slides together so that audio breaks where it should stop.
5. copy each slide and synch the images to the slide.
6. Watch through and start putting the animation in.

illustrator shortcuts to integrate (for swatch colors

X Toggle between Fill & Stroke
Shift-X Swap Fill & Stroke
D Default Fill & Stroke (white fill/black stroke)
< Fill or Stroke w/Color
> Fill or Stroke w/Gradient
/ Fill or Stroke w/None

ai to fla steps worflow

1. create each scene as a symbol
2. save ai.
3. import ai into as2 fla
4. move all symbols into as3 ai
5. copy objects from each symbol into the scene
thus you save a lot of import steps
and text comes in as classic mode and formatted nicely.

Bringing text into Flash from illy painlesslessly

1. you saw the post on pdf to ai
2. Now, create symbols, based on previous post (downsaving as illy 10)
3. Import into a AS2 fla file (this enables all text to come in as classic and avoiding the tlf formatting mess)
4. move symbols into your AS3 doc.


Now all I need is an artboard to symbols script

converting ai to fla

http://clussman.com/quick-tip-importing-art-from-illustrator-to-a-flash-library/

Quick Tip: Importing Art from Illustrator to a Flash Library

Flash has the ability to import native Adobe Illustrator (AI) files but there are a few quirks to be aware of.

First, it imports every layer, including every sub-layer, as a separate symbol. That means every single component of your artwork will end up as a separate symbol. Completely unworkable. To get around this, anything that you want to be a single symbol in Flash needs to be converted into a symbol in your Illustrator file. Here’s the trick though: after converting it to a symbol, delete the original artwork and then drag your symbol to the artboard. That symbol will exist on one layer with no sub-layers.

Second, Flash will tell you that it can import native Adobe Illustrator files up to version 10 but it will happily try (and fail) to import your CS3 file. Do as it says and not as it does. Save your artwork to version 10 before importing.

You can’t import an Illustrator symbol library directly into Flash, at least not in CS3.

Steps
Create your artwork in Adobe Illustrator.
Select the elements you want grouped as a symbol in Flash.
Drag those elements to your Illustrator symbol library.
Repeat until you’ve created all your symbols.
Select all. Delete all. (Clear your artboard.)
Drag each symbol back to the artboard.
Save as an Illustrator 10 file.
In Flash, choose File => Import to Library.
Select your Illustrator file and you should be done.
A note about color: if you’re experiencing the classic Adobe color shift, open up your Illustrator artwork and manually assign it your monitor profile (Edit => Assign Profile…). Re-save your artwork and re-import it to your Flash library and the color shift should be gone.

Tags: Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Miscellaneous, Quick Tips

ai to fla

make symbols in ai.
import ai to library in fla

is fxg better?