I have been tinkering all day trying to get a simple animation to export out in flash format (.swf) and no success. 1.) it won't render right, it looks like its rendering in some sorta toon shaded render instead of the real firefly type render. and 2.) I can't get the program to simply put out a .swf file, it exports but not the .swf. Is it me, or is this a bug in P5 Can anyone do a simple test and help me. Thanks, Cedric

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Because Flash is a vector based tool the program will always render a "sorta toon shaded" render. That is what it is supposed to do. If you want a full render to play using a flash player you have to save the animation using one of the animated rendering codecs like an avi then convert it to a QuickTime file and import it into Flash MX.... I just ran a test in P5 and it seems to work as it always did. *Notice the "Flash Settings" in the lower left hand corner of the "Make Movie" dialog box.... this is where you establish the detail of the flash file. Notice the programs default is 4 colors. The more colors you add the more detail you will get and it quickly also increases the file size. Also _ Just so you don't get too excited... the swf's tend to be pretty large so you will have to be creative if you plan on using them on the web.... Here is an example of some flash files that I created in P4 http://www.pmaonline.net/theater/sometimes.htm You will see that I wasted a lot of time putting in nonsensical type things just to get to the couple of frames that I created using Poser. I hate preloaders and I try to avoid them as much as possible. Sorry about the rambling.... I hope this helps Christian