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Embedded flash poster question

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2010-02-24 10:26:19
blinkWayne
Registered: Feb 24 2010
Posts: 2

Hi all,
I have a question about creating posters for embedded swf files. Is there a way to have acrobat generate a poster file from the flash movie without the generic play button in the lower left hand corner of the poster. I am using a custom button in my pdf to play the swf's. The only method I have found is to embed the swf and then take a screen cap of the page and then use Photoshop to remove the button. The problem I am having with this method is that is hard to get a final poster file that is exactly the same as the flash content so when the play button is pushed the graphic jumps slightly and doesn't appear seamless like it does when I use the generic poster created from the swf file.

Is there a way to export the Acrobat created poster file to be able to edit in Photoshop so the size of the edited poster is exactly the same?

Thanks in advance for any help, idea or suggestions.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.2, Macintosh
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2010-03-19 13:05:43
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joshcorey
Registered: Jul 14 2008
Posts: 79
I looked into this a bit for you and unfortunately do not have a solution. The "play button icon" is always embedded in the auto-generated poster image, no way to turn that off. I was not able to learn of any way to export/extract the poster image out of Acrobat to edit.

Would knowing the exact dimensions of your annotation help? You might not get the exact same frame as the SWF starts at in the annotation, but I don't think you get that in the auto generated image (it is a few frames in since often the first frames are blank/black/white). If you knew the dimensions of the annotation you could use another application (Flash Pro you can export an image, or in the stand alone Flash Player you can step through frames and then capture) and either export or capture the closest frame to where the SWF starts in the PDF you could size the image in Photoshop to match the annotation dimension. This might not get you exactly what you are looking for but should be cleaner than a screen grab and edit of the SWF embedded in the PDF, it might also give you a pretty smooth transition if you can get the right frame.
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