Publishing and Exporting > Publishing Flash movies > Publishing QuickTime 4 movies

The QuickTime Publish option creates movies in the QuickTime 4 format, copying the Flash movie onto a separate QuickTime track. The Flash movie plays in the QuickTime movie exactly as it does in the Flash Player, retaining all of its interactive features. If the Flash movie also contains a QuickTime movie, Flash copies it to its own track in the new QuickTime file. For more information on QuickTime movies, see your QuickTime documentation.

To publish a QuickTime 4 movie with the Flash file:

1	Choose File > Publish Settings.
2	Select the QuickTime Image type. Enter a unique name for Filename, or select Use Default Name to create a file with the Flash file name plus the .mov extension.
3	Click the QuickTime panel to display its settings.
4	For Dimensions, enter a Width and Height in pixels for the exported QuickTime movie, or select Match Movie to make the QuickTime movie the same size as the Flash movie and keep its aspect ratio.
5	Choose an Alpha option to control the transparency (alpha) mode of the Flash track in the QuickTime movie without affecting any alpha settings in the Flash movie:
	Alpha Transparent to make the Flash track transparent and show any content in tracks behind the Flash track.
	Copy to make the Flash track opaque and mask all content in tracks behind the Flash track.
	Auto to make the Flash track transparent if it is on top of any other tracks, but opaque if it is the bottom or only track in the movie.
6	Choose a Layer option to control where the Flash track plays in the stacking order of the QuickTime movie:
	Top to place the Flash track always on top of other tracks in the QuickTime movie.
	Bottom to place the Flash track always behind other tracks.
	Auto to place the Flash track in front of other tracks if Flash objects are in front of video objects within the Flash movie, and behind all other tracks if Flash objects are not in front.
7	Select Streaming Sound to have Flash export all of the streaming audio in the Flash movie to a QuickTime sound track, recompressing the audio using the standard QuickTime audio settings. To change these options, click Audio Settings; see your QuickTime documentation for more information.
8	Choose Controller to specify the type of QuickTime controller used to play the exported movie—None, Standard, or QuickTime VR.
9	Select Playback options to control how QuickTime plays a movie:
	Looping repeats the movie when it reaches the last frame.
	Paused at Start pauses the movie until a user clicks a button in the movie or chooses Play from the shortcut menu. By default, the option is deselected and the movie begins to play as soon as it is loaded.
	Play Every Frame displays every frame of the movie without skipping to maintain time and does not play sound.
10	Choose File Flatten (Make Self-Contained) to combine the Flash content and imported video content into a single QuickTime movie. Deselecting this option makes the QuickTime movie refer to the imported files externally; the movie won't work properly if these files are missing.
11	To save the settings with the current file, click OK.