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This article will show you how to Convert Flash Video to HTML5. Over the years, Adobe Flash-Flex-ActionScript and HTML-JavaScript-CSS have been the two main ways to build the front end of any web-based game. Flash, on the other hand, can’t do everything on mobile devices, which is why HTML5 has become so popular so quickly.
HTML5 has the ability to handle multimedia content (audio, video, and animations) and to meet the growing usability needs of mobile and desktop devices with different-sized screens. This is the end of material made with Flash. So, if you still have content that runs on Flash, you’ll need to switch it to HTML5 if you want it to be accessible on the web.
As more and more websites moved to the new HTML5, converting Flash to HTML5 became a new website development industry. In fact, Adobe has said that the flash player plug-in will no longer be supported after 2020. It makes sense that Apple, Facebook, Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft all have the Flash plug-in turned off by default in their computers.
Ways to Convert Flash Video to HTML5
Use a robust authoring tool and follow the conversion process
You can convert Flash to HTML5 with tools like Adobe Captivate, Lectora Inspire, Adobe Wallaby, Google Swiffy, Sothink – Flash to HTML5 conversion tool, Apache FlexJS, and Articulate Storyline. Here are some of the most famous tools you can use right now to turn Flash websites into HTML5:
- Google Web Designer: It is a free web builder that can change Flash to HTML5. You don’t have to pay Adobe for a contract to use this tool. Instead, you only have to pay for the quality of the conversion.
- Adobe Animate CC: If you already have the.fla source files for your Flash project, Adobe Acrobat Animate CC is a great way to turn them into HTML5 files. Adobe is Flash’s main platform, so this tool does the best job of converting projects like these to HTML5.
- Zoe Tool From CreateJS: Zoe is a stand-alone tool that can turn.swf animations into sprite sheets that can be used in HTML5 Canvas. It is part of a JavaScript library package and is supported by Adobe, Microsoft, and Mozilla. The best thing about this tool is that it can automatically identify the size of your assets, keep the same frame labels, and work with nested graphics.
Plan thoroughly
Transitioning from Flash to HTML5 is a time-consuming process that could take a lot of time depending on how much material you have to convert.
So, to get started on the work, it’s a good idea to make a specific plan. This will save you the trouble and stress of having to find out more things, and you’ll be able to move forward with the process without any problems.
Follow the conversion process
- Open your Flash file in any of the Flash to HTML5 conversion tools such as Animate.
- Click Command > Convert to Other Document Formats
- The next step is to choose HTML Canvas and click OK
- Click Code Snippets and change Actions script
- Choose Convert to Bitmap to be able to Convert vectors to bitmaps by right-clicking
- Check Export all bitmaps as Spritesheets and check Convert text to outlines followed by clicking OK to Publish.
Collect the source files
Make sure you have all the source files (XML, FLAs, etc.) and all the media and related files before you start converting Flash to HTML5.
Extract media and content
Then, copy the text and names of the navigation buttons in the GUI (graphical user interface) into a PPT or MS-Word document.