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About export file formats

You can export Flash movies and images in more than a dozen different formats, as shown in the table that follows. Movies are exported as sequences, and images as individual files. PNG is the only cross-platform bitmap format that supports transparency (as an alpha channel). Some nonbitmap export formats do not support alpha (transparency) effects or mask layers.

For more information on a specific file format, see the sections that follow.
File type Extension Windows Macintosh

Adobe Illustrator

.ai

Animated GIF, GIF Sequence, and GIF Image

.gif

Bitmap (BMP)

.bmp

DXF Sequence and AutoCAD DXF Image

.dxf

Enhanced Metafile

.emf

EPS (Version 6.0 or earlier)

.eps

FutureSplash Player

.spl

Generator template

.swt

JPEG Sequence and JPEG Image

.jpg

PICT Sequence (Macintosh)

.pct

PNG Sequence and PNG Image

.png

Publishing QuickTime 4 movies

.mov

QuickTime Video (Macintosh)

.mov

WAV audio (Windows)

.wav

Windows AVI (Windows)

.avi

Windows Metafile

.wmf