Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Convert Flash swf to HTML5 - free!


I've written posts in the last 18months about the slow demise of Flash (click the Flash label on side panel) and the rise in HTML5.  So wouldn't it be great to convert SWF to HTML5.
Now you can, free!!!!!

Google labs have the swiffy tool www.google.com/doubleclick/studio/swiffy/ - upload your swf file and it converts to HTML5.
There are a few technical restrictions - file size to 1MB and restricted to ActionScript2.0 (read the FAQ for more details)

It does a lovely job of converting vector graphics to SVG and using HTML animation.
This is a major bonus - html5 banners and headers, slideshows.. anything that is a vector and isn't too complex in AS2 code.
There is also a download for an Adobe Flash Extension that integrates Swiffy into Flash - get it here - nice!

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4 comments:

  1. this article is really helpfull.thanks. website design perth

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  2. Excellent pieces. Keep posting such kind of information on your blog. I really impressed by your blog.
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  3. I don’t think Flash is the one that requires a lot of computing power, it’s the fact of decompressing and decoding a very complex data in real time called “Digital Video”, or you think HTML5 wont use the processor exhaustively to achieve a realtime HD video decoding ?, smoothly and leaving some computing for the another tasks ?, like Flash actually does it ?, yes its a lot of computing power, but for seeing a Full HD video (1920×180) at a 60fps, in full screen and my computer still alive for another tasks…Flash makes transparent the hardware calls implementation for the developers, with swf to html5 converter you will need to deal with conversion of flash to html5 players by rendering a lot of hardware engines, then multi-platform apps will be a true headache for the developers, the same problem than always: HTML hacks for each browser but with a more complex technology: HTML5

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  4. This is a great information. Beginners like me can learn more from these as a web developer in Philippines. Thanks! :)

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