Specify publish settings for Animate

Select an ActionScript document > File > Publish settings > Other formats > SWF archive.

Browse and select the locally saved SWF archive file in the Output name field. An archive file is generated with a zip file. It combines SWF file of all the layers into a single zip file. The naming convention of the zipped file is prefixed with a 4-digit number, underscore and the layer name.

Select File > Publish Settings, and select a Player version from the Player pop-up menu. Not all features work in published SWF files that target Flash Player versions earlier than Flash Player 10. To specify Flash Player detection, click the HTML Wrapper category in the left column and select Detect Flash Version and enter Flash Player version to detect.

 In Flash Pro CS5.5, the Flash Player 10.2 setting creates a SWF file using version 11 of the SWF format. The Flash Player 10 & 10.1 setting creates a SWF file using version 10 of the format.

Select the ActionScript® version from the Script pop‑up menu. If you select ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0 and you’ve created classes, click the ActionScript Settings button to set the relative classpath to class files that differ from the default directory path set in Preferences.

 With Animate, only ActionScript 3.0 is supported.

To control bitmap compression, click the Animate category in the left column and adjust the JPEG Quality value. Lower image quality produces smaller files; higher image quality produces larger files. Try different settings to determine the best trade-off between size and quality; 100 provides the highest quality and least compression.

To make highly compressed JPEG images look smoother, select Enable JPEG Deblocking. This option reduces typical artifacts resulting from JPEG compression, such as the common appearance of 8x8-pixel blocking of the image. Some JPEG images may lose a small amount of detail when this option is selected.

To set the sample rate and compression for all streaming sounds or event sounds in the SWF file, click the values next to Audio Stream or Audio Event and select options as needed.

 A streaming sound plays as soon as enough data for the first few frames downloads; it is synchronized to the Timeline. An event sound does not play until it downloads completely, and it continues to play until explicitly stopped.

To override settings for individual sounds specified in the Sound section of the Property inspector, select Override Sound Settings. To create a smaller, low-fidelity version of a SWF file, select this option.

 If the Select Override Sound Settings option is deselected, Animate scans all streaming sounds in the document (including sounds in imported video) and publishes all stream sounds at the highest individual setting. This can increase file size if one or more stream sounds has a high export setting.

To export sounds suitable for mobile devices, instead of the original library sound, select Export Device Sounds. Click OK.

To set Advanced settings, select any of the following options:

(on by Default) Compresses the SWF file to reduce file size and download time.

Two compression modes are available:

• Deflate - This is the older compression mode that is compatible with Flash Player 6.x and later.
• LZMA - This mode is up to 40% more efficient than Deflate and is compatible only with Flash Player 11.x and later or AIR 3.x and later. LZMA compression is most beneficial for FLA files that contain a lot of ActionScript or vector graphics. When SWC is selected in Publish Settings, only Deflate compression is available.

(Default) Exports all hidden layers in the Animate document. Deselecting Export Hidden Layers prevents all layers (including layers nested inside movie clips) marked as hidden from being exported in the resulting SWF. This lets you easily test different versions of Animate documents by making layers invisible.

(Default) Exports all metadata entered in the File Info dialog box. Click the Modify XMP Metadata button to open the dialog box. You can also open the File Info dialog box by choosing File > File Info. The metadata is viewable when the SWF file is selected in Adobe® Bridge.

Generates a report listing the amount of data in the final Animate content by file.

Causes Animate to ignore ActionScript trace statements in the current SWF file. When you select this option, information from trace statements does not appear in the Output panel. 

Activates the Debugger and allows remote debugging of a Animate SWF file. Lets you use password protection with your SWF file.

Optimize for After Effects  This option generates a compatible SWF that can take camera effects, layer depth and parenting to After Effects. Also, this option is enabled by default when FLA is dragged drop into After Effects to preserve the advanced layers feature as it is in After Effects.

 Camera Adjust color and Layer effects are ignored.

Prevents others from importing a SWF file and converting it back into a FLA document. Lets you use password protection with your Animate SWF file.

If you are using ActionScript 2.0, and selected either Permit Debugging or Protect From Import, enter a password in the Password text field. If you add a password, other users must enter the password before they can debug or import the SWF file. To remove the password, clear the Password text field and re-publish. 

Note: ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 is not supported with Animate. 

To set a maximum time that scripts can take to execute in the SWF file, enter a value for the Script Time Limit. Flash Player cancels execution of any scripts that exceed the limit.

Select the Animate security model to use from the Local Playback Security pop‑up menu. Specify whether to grant your published SWF file local or network security access.

Lets the published SWF file interact with files and resources on the local system but not on the network.

Lets the published SWF file interact with files and resources on the network but not on the local system

To enable the SWF file to use hardware acceleration, select one of the following options from the Hardware Acceleration menu:

Direct mode improves playback performance by allowing Flash Player to draw directly on the screen instead of letting the browser do the drawing.

In GPU mode, Flash Player utilizes the available computing power of the graphics card to perform video playback and compositing of layered graphics. This provides another level of performance benefit depending on the user's graphics hardware. Use this option when you expect that your audience will have high-end graphics cards.

If the playback system does not have sufficient hardware to enable acceleration, Flash Player reverts to normal drawing mode automatically. For best performance on web pages containing multiple SWF files, enable hardware acceleration for only one of the SWF files. Hardware acceleration is not used in Test Movie mode.

When you publish your SWF file, the HTML file that embeds it contains a wmode HTML parameter. Choosing Level 1 or Level 2 hardware acceleration sets the wmode HTML parameter to “direct” or “gpu” respectively. Turning on hardware acceleration overrides the Window Mode setting you may have chosen in the HTML tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, because it is also stored in the wmode parameter in the HTML file.

Select File > Publish Settings and click the HTML Wrapper category from the left column of the dialog box.

Use the default filename, which matches the name of your document, or enter a unique name, including the .html extension.

To select an installed template to use, choose one from the Template pop‑up menu. To show a description of the selected template, click Info. The default selection is the Animate Only template.

If you selected any HTML template other than Image Map, and you set the Flash Player version to 4 or later, select Animate Version Detection. For more information, see Specify publish settings for Flash Player detection.

 Animate Version Detection configures your document to detect the version of Flash Player that the user has and sends the user to an alternative HTML page if the user does not have the targeted player. The alternative HTML page contains a link to download the latest version of Flash Player.

Select a Size option to set the values of the width and height attributes in the HTML object and embed tags:

(Default) Uses the size of the SWF file.

Uses the Width and Height you specify. Enter the number of pixels for the width and height.

The SWF file occupies the percentage of the browser window that you specify. Enter the percentages for width and height that you want to use.

To control the SWF file’s playback and features, select Playback options:

Pauses the SWF file until a user clicks a button or selects Play from the shortcut menu. (Default) The option is deselected and the content begins to play as soon as it is loaded (the PLAY parameter is set to true).

Repeats the content when it reaches the last frame. Deselect this option to stop the content when it reaches the last frame. (Default) The LOOP parameter is on.

Shows a shortcut menu when users right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the SWF file. To show only About Animate in the shortcut menu, deselect this option. By default, this option is selected (the MENU parameter is set to true).

(Windows only) Substitutes anti-aliased (smooth-edged) system fonts for fonts not installed on the user’s system. Using device fonts increases the legibility of type at small sizes and can decrease the SWF file’s size. This option affects only SWF files that contain static text (text that you create when authoring a SWF file and that does not change when the content appears) set to display with device fonts.

To determine the trade-off between processing time and appearance, as described in the following list, select Quality options. These options set the QUALITY parameter’s value in the object and embed tags.

Favors playback speed over appearance and does not use anti-aliasing.

Emphasizes speed at first but improves appearance whenever possible. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned off. If Flash Player detects that the processor can handle it, anti-aliasing is automatically turned on.

Emphasizes playback speed and appearance equally at first but sacrifices appearance for playback speed if necessary. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned on. If the actual frame rate drops below the specified frame rate, anti-aliasing is turned off to improve playback speed. To emulate the View > Antialias setting, use this setting.

Applies some anti-aliasing but does not smooth bitmaps. Medium produces a better quality than the Low setting but lower quality than the High setting.

(Default) Favors appearance over playback speed and always uses anti-aliasing. If the SWF file does not contain animation, bitmaps are smoothed; if the SWF file contains animation, bitmaps are not smoothed.

Provides the best display quality and does not consider playback speed. All output is anti-aliased and bitmaps are always smoothed.

Select a Window Mode option, which controls the HTML wmode attribute in the object and embed tags. The window mode modifies the relationship of the content bounding box or virtual window with content in the HTML page as described in the following list:

(Default) Does not embed any window-related attributes in the object and embed tags. The background of the content is opaque and uses the HTML background color. The HTML code cannot render above or below the Animate content.

Sets the background of the Animate content to opaque, obscuring anything under the content. Lets HTML content appear above or on top of content.

Sets the background of the Animate content to transparent, allowing the HTML content to appear above and below the content. 

If you turn on Hardware Acceleration in the Animate tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, the Window Mode you select is ignored and defaults to Window.

For a demonstration of setting the Window Mode, see the TechNote titled How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background.

 In some instances, complex rendering in Transparent Windowless mode can result in slower animation when the HTML images are also complex.

Uses the Stage3D render method, which uses the GPU whenever possible. When using Direct mode, it is not possible to layer other non-SWF graphics on top of the SWF file in the HTML page. 

For a list of processors that do not support Stage3D, see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/921/cpsid_92103.html.

To show error messages if tag settings conflict—for example, if a template has code referring to an alternative image that was not specified—select Show Warning Message.

To place the content within specified boundaries if you’ve changed the document’s original width and height, select a Scale option. The Scale option sets the SCALE parameter in the HTML object and embed tags.

Shows the entire document in the specified area without distortion while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the SWF files. Borders can appear on two sides of the application.

Scales the document to fill the specified area and keeps the SWF file’s original aspect ratio without distortion, cropping the SWF file if needed.

Shows the entire document in the specified area without preserving the original aspect ratio, which can cause distortion.

Prevents the document from scaling when the Flash Player window is resized.

To position the SWF file window in the browser window, select one of the following HTML Alignment options:

Centers the content in the browser window and crops edges if the browser window is smaller than the application.

Align SWF files along the corresponding edge of the browser window and crop the remaining three sides as needed.

To set how the content is placed within the application window and how it is cropped, select the Flash Horizontal Alignment and Flash Vertical Alignment options. These options set the SALIGN parameter of the HTML object and embed tags.

Select File > Publish Settings, and click the HTML Wrapper category in the left column.

Select one of the Animate Only templates or the Animate HTTPS template from the Template pop‑up menu. These templates support the single-page HTML detection kit. Any of these templates enable the Detect Animate Version check box and the version number text fields.

Select the Detect Animate Version check box. Your SWF file is embedded in a web page that includes Flash Player detection code. If the detection code finds an acceptable version of Flash Player installed on the end user’s computer, the SWF file plays as designed.

(Optional) To specify precise revisions of Flash Player, use the Major Revision and Minor Revision text fields. For example, specify Flash Player version 10.1.2 if it provides a feature specific to displaying your SWF file.

When you publish your SWF file, Animate creates a single HTML page in which to embed the SWF file and the Flash Player detection code. If an end user does not have the version of Animate you’ve specified to view the SWF file, an HTML page appears with a link to download the latest version of Flash Player.

Select File > Publish Settings, and click GIF Image in the left column of the dialog box.

For the GIF filename, use the default filename or enter a new filename with the .gif extension.

Select options for the GIF file:

Select Match Movie to make the GIF the same size as the SWF file and maintain the aspect ratio of your original image or enter values for width and height in pixels for the exported bitmap image.

Determines whether Animate creates a still (Static) image or an animated GIF (Animation). If you select Animation, select Loop Continuously or enter the number of repetitions.

To specify additional appearance settings for the exported GIF file, expand the Colors section and select one of the following options:

Removes any unused colors from a GIF file’s color table. This option reduces the file size without affecting image quality, but slightly increases the memory requirements. This option has no effect on an adaptive palette. (An adaptive palette analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected GIF file.)

Incrementally shows the exported GIF file in a browser as it downloads. Lets the user see basic graphic content before the file completely downloads and can download the file faster over a slow network connection. Do not interlace an animated GIF image.

Applies anti-aliasing to an exported bitmap to produce a higher-quality bitmap image and improve text display quality. However, smoothing might cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around an anti-aliased image placed on a colored background, and it increases the GIF file size. Export an image without smoothing if a halo appears or if you’re placing a GIF transparency on a multicolored background.

Applies dithering to solid colors as well as gradients.

(Default is off) Converts all gradient fills in the SWF file to solid colors using the first color in the gradient. Gradients increase the size of a GIF file and are often poor quality. To prevent unexpected results, select the first color of your gradients carefully if you use this option.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) To determine the transparency of the application’s background and the way alpha settings are converted to GIF, select one of the following Transparent options:

Makes the background a solid color.

Makes the background transparent.

Sets partial transparency. Enter a Threshold value between 0 and 255. A lower value results in greater transparency. A value of 128 corresponds to 50% transparency.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) To specify how pixels of available colors are combined to simulate colors not available in the current palette, select a Dither option. Dithering can improve color quality, but it increases the file size.

Turns off dithering and replaces colors not in the basic color table with the solid color from the table that most closely approximates the specified color. Turning dithering off can result in smaller files but unsatisfactory colors.

Provides good-quality dithering with the smallest increase in file size.

Provides the best-quality dithering but increases file size and processing time. Works only with the web 216-color palette selected.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) To define the image’s color palette, select one of the following Palette types:

Uses the standard 216‑color, web‑safe palette to create the GIF image, for good image quality and the fastest processing on the server.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected GIF file. Best for systems displaying thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but increases file size. To reduce the size of a GIF file with an adaptive palette, use the Max Colors option to decrease the number of colors in the palette. To set the number of colors used in the GIF image, enter a value for Max Colors. A smaller number of colors can produce a smaller file but can degrade the colors in the image

Is the same as the Adaptive palette option except it converts similar colors to the web 216-color palette. The resulting color palette is optimized for the image, but when possible Animate uses colors from the web 216-color palette. This produces better colors for the image when the web 216-color palette is active on a 256‑color system. To set the number of colors used in the GIF image, enter a value for Max Colors. A smaller number of colors can produce a smaller file but can degrade the colors in the image

Specifies a palette that you optimized for the selected image. The custom palette is processed at the same speed as the web 216-color palette. To use this option, know how to create and use custom palettes. To select a custom palette, click the Palette folder icon (the folder icon that appears at the end of the Palette text field), and select a palette file. Animate supports palettes saved in the ACT format that some graphics applications export.

Select File > Publish Settings, and select JPEG Image in the left column.

For the JPEG filename, either use the default filename, or enter a new filename with the .jpg extension.

Select options for the JPEG file:

Select Match Movie to make the JPEG image the same size as the Stage and maintain the aspect ratio of your original image, or enter values for width and height in pixels for the exported bitmap image.

Drag the slider or enter a value to control the amount of JPEG file compression. The lower the image quality, the smaller the file size, and the reverse. To determine the best compromise between size and quality, try different settings.

 To change the object’s compression setting, use the Bitmap Properties dialog box to set the bitmap export quality per object. The default compression option in the Bitmap Properties dialog box applies the Publish Settings JPEG Quality option.

Show Progressive JPEG images incrementally in a web browser, which makes images appear faster when loading with a slow network connection. Similar to interlacing in GIF and PNG images.

Click OK.

Select File > Publish Settings, and select PNG Image in the left column.

For the PNG filename, either use the default filename, or enter a new filename with the .png extension.

For Size, select Match Movie to make the PNG image the same size as the SWF file and maintain the aspect ratio of your original image, or enter values for Width and Height in pixels for the exported bitmap.

For Bit Depth, set the number of bits per pixel and colors to use in creating the image. The higher the bit depth, the larger the file.

per channel (bpc) for a 256-color image

for thousands of colors

for thousands of colors with transparency (32 bpc)

To specify appearance settings for the exported PNG, select from the following options:

Removes any unused colors from a PNG file’s color table, reducing the file size by 1000 to 1500 bytes without affecting image quality but increasing the memory requirements slightly. Has no effect on an adaptive palette.

Incrementally shows the exported PNG in a browser as it downloads. Lets the user see basic graphic content before the file completely downloads and might download the file faster over a slow network connection. Do not interlace an animated PNG file.

Applies anti-aliasing to an exported bitmap to produce a higher-quality bitmap image and improve text display quality. However, smoothing might cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around an anti-aliased image placed on a colored background, and it increases the PNG file size. Export an image without smoothing if a halo appears or if you’re placing a PNG transparency on a multicolored background.

Applies dithering to solid colors and gradients.

(Default is off) Converts all gradient fills in the application to solid colors using the first color in the gradient. Gradients increase the size of a PNG and are often poor quality. To prevent unexpected results, select the first color of your gradients carefully if you use this option.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) If you selected 8‑bpc for Bit Depth, select a Dither option to specify how pixels of available colors are mixed to simulate colors not available in the current palette. Dithering can improve color quality, but it increases file size. Select from the following options:

Turns off dithering and replaces colors not in the basic color table with the solid color from the table that most closely approximates the specified color. Turning dithering off can produce smaller files but unsatisfactory colors.

Provides good-quality dithering with the smallest increase in file size.

Provides the best-quality dithering but increases file size and processing time. It also works only with the Web 216-color palette selected.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) If you selected 8‑bpc for Bit Depth, select one of the following Palette Types to define the color palette for the PNG image:

Uses the standard 216‑color, web-safe palette to create the PNG image, for good image quality and the fastest processing on the server.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected PNG file. Best for systems showing thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but results in a file size larger than a PNG created with the web-safe 216-color palette.

Is the same as the Adaptive palette option except that it converts colors similar to the web-safe 216-color palette. The resulting color palette is optimized for the image, but when possible, Animate uses colors from the web-safe 216-color palette. This produces better colors for the image when the web-safe 216-color palette is active on a 256‑color system. To reduce the size of a PNG file with an adaptive palette, use the Max Colors option to decrease the number of palette colors.

Specifies a palette that you optimized for the selected image. The custom palette is processed at the same speed as the web-safe 216-color palette. To use this option, know how to create and use custom palettes. To select a custom palette, click the Palette folder icon (the folder icon that appears at the end of the Palette text field), and select a palette file. Animate supports palettes saved in the ACT format that leading graphics applications export.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) If you selected the Adaptive or Web Snap Adaptive palette, enter a value for Max Colors to set the number of colors used in the PNG image. A smaller number of colors can produce a smaller file but might degrade the colors in the image.

(CS6 and earlier versions only) To select a line-by-line filtering method to make the PNG file more compressible and experiment with the different options for a particular image, select one of the following Filter Options:

Turns off filtering.

Transmits the difference between each byte and the value of the corresponding byte of the previous pixel.

Transmits the difference between each byte and the value of the corresponding byte of the pixel immediately above.

Uses the average of the two neighboring pixels (left and above) to predict the value of a pixel.

Computes a simple linear function of the three neighboring pixels (left, above, upper left), and selects the neighboring pixel closest to the computed value as a predictor of the color.

Analyzes the colors in the image and creates a unique color table for the selected PNG file. Best for systems showing thousands or millions of colors; it creates the most accurate color for the image but results in a file size larger than a PNG created with the web 216-color palette. Reduce the size of a PNG created with an adaptive palette by decreasing the number of colors in the palette.

Click File > Publish Settings.

On the left panel of the Publish Settings dialog box, select OAM.

In the Output File box, select a location and type the name of the package.

Under Poster Image, select one of the following:

• If you want to generate the OAM package from contents of the current frame, select Generate from current frame (PNG). Select Trasparent if you want to generate a transparent PNG image.
  
• If you want generate OAM from another file, specify the path of the file in the Use this file box.
  
• To generate transparent OAMs, set the Stage background to transparent and publish as OAM. For more information on setting the stage background, see Canvas transparency.
• To generate responsive OAMs, set the responsive setting in the Publish Settings dialog box. For more information on responsive settings, see Responsive scaling.

Click Publish. You can view the OAM package in the saved location.

Select File > Publish Preview, and select the file format to preview.

Using the current Publish Settings values, Animate creates a file of the specified type in the same location as the FLA file. This file remains in this location until you overwrite or delete it.

 If a FLA created in Animate is opened in Flash Professional CS6, the publish settings for those fields unavailable with Animate, are set to default.

In the Publish Settings dialog box, click the Profile Options menu and choose Create Profile.

Name the publish profile, and click OK.

Specify the publish settings for your document, and click OK.

From the Profile pop‑up menu in the Publish Settings dialog box (File > Publish Settings), select the publish profile to use:

• To create a duplicate profile, click the Profile Options menu and choose Duplicate Profile. Enter the profile name in the Duplicate Name text field, and click OK.

• To modify a publish profile, select it from the Profile menu, specify the new publish settings for your document, and click OK.

• To delete a publish profile, click the Profile Options menu and choose Delete Profile. Then click OK.

Select File > Publish Settings, click the Profile Options menu, and choose Export Profile.

In the Profile Options menu, select Export Profile. Export the publish profile as an .APR file for import into other documents.

Accept the default location in which to save the publish profile or browse to a new location, and click Save.

Select File > Publish Settings, click the Profile Options menu, and choose Import Profile.

Browse to the publish profile .APR file, and click Open.