Maya-animation into Flash movie?

[Danneman]

Hi,

Im wondering if its possible to export a Maya-animation (a little movie-scene) to a Flash-format of any kind?

Thanks

[.soulty]

well depending on how complex the animation is, maya 5 can export straight to a swf file with its vector renderer. There are also plugins you can get for swf output for maya 4 and 4.5.

if the animation is too complex , it would be better to render out to a .mov then import that into flash.

cheers
.soulty

[Danneman]

Thanks for the reply :)

Btw, can you use Maya PLE to export these .swf-files, or is that possibility restricted to Maya Complete/Unlimited?

[.soulty]

no probs.:)

what animation did you have in mind?

[.soulty]

i think ple has restrictions to exporting with swf. let me check

[.soulty]

no can do with PLE, thats a shame.

http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/faq.shtml


1.4 Rendering and Image Output

You cannot render using mental ray.
You cannot render using the vector renderer.
You cannot output 16-bit rendered image formats.
Camera's film fit offset and film offset are limited to 0.
Rendering is limited to a single CPU.
Images from the following tools have been limited to 1024x768:

Software rendering output in Render View and batch mode
Hardware rendering output in Render View and batch mode
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Paint Effects canvas mode and scene mode
UV snapshot in UV texture Editor
3D Paint Tool

[Danneman]

Oh, bummer :(

Well, what about if I use Macromedia RoboDemo 5 (http://www.macromedia.com/software/robodemo/?promoid_pu3_homepage_robodemo_030304#) to capture what is going on on the screen as I play the animation within Maya PLE (wihtout having exportet, that is)? Could that be done, you think?

What Im doing is an educational software for a studentcenter in Flash.
I want to have some movies where there is a talking head (lipsynced) saying different stuff, and then the student would reply choosing between alternative replies.
I was thinking of using this book as a tutorial so that I can get a lip-synced animation going: "Stop Staring" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782141293/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/103-5608772-3022238). Doable?

[grinch]

Hey Danneman,
this is kind of off subject, (sorry to budge in) but is that marcomedia program capable of taking many frames of video when a large program is up?
Say for example: a computer game?
thanks

grinch:kir:

[Danneman]

Hi grinch,

well, I just found out about that software today, so I havent dug deep into its features yet. However, I doubt that you will be able to get a good frame-rate video-capture of a game, or in my case of the animation. It seems its primarily for making tutorials without the need for speed.

Maby (hopefully) Im wrong, though :)

[Danneman]

Great news - it seems I was wrong :)

http://www.macromedia.com/software/robodemo/productinfo/features/static_tour/rich_media/#item-1