I have made a text type animation and i want to export it to flash but with combustion 3 u can export to flash only with paint mode is it possible to import my text animation in paint mode and then export it to flash. I've made "new/paint" and then "import workspace" and i've selected my text animation but in the workspace panel i don't manage to merge my text animation with the paint workspace to enable flash exportation. Someone can help me???
Hi,
The flash exporter engine in combustion exports vectors from the paint module. It does not export flash video files.
This is the reason for the export button appearing in the paint settings.
In paint you would create your text shapes and vector shapes and animate them. Everything inside the paint module (that is supported by flash) will be exported.
If you have an image that is being fed into the paint operator as a background , such as a video-clip or workspace etc, it will be ignored and the background in the exported SWF file will be black. This is because the background is bitmap based and not vector based like flash.
You can import the SWF file into flash and add your bitmaps and FLA files into the equasion.
Lastly in combustion's vector paint tools are far more advanced then what is supported in Flash. So remember to turn the "Flash mode" on before making your flash animation. This will temporarily disable tools which will not be carried over in the export therefore you won't be tempted to apply them 
In the window menu, you can also apply the flash view mode to your paint project. This is the macromedia flash player and it will show you your SWF project as it will look before exporting to the SWF file.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Grant
DISCREET EMEA
Thanx,
So I have to remake my text animation in a new paint project?
No,
Just double-click on the paint operator in the workspace panel to load the controls and the viewport. Go to the settings menu in the paint controls and do the export.
Once the export is completed, close combustion and go to the directory where you specified for the export. Double click on the HTML file and you will see that the result is just the contents of the paint operator and not your entire composite.
Regards
Grant
DISCREET EMEA