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Encoding Flash video

Encoding Flash video

One of the most transformative events in the history of the web has been the introduction of video through Flash. Flash changed the nature of video online almost overnight. The ease at which Flash allows video to be created and deployed over the web is directly responsible for the recent explosion of online video. In showing how committed they are at easing the delivery of online video, Adobe has given Dreamweaver the capability to insert Flash video or FLV files directly into your site, even if you don't own or even understand Flash itself. Before we start using Flash video on our site, it's worth discussing how those FLV files are created. Almost every video creation and editing tool now has the capability of exporting FLV files. So if you're a video editor, you should be able to create FLV files from your favorite source editing program. If you're not, Adobe ships the Adobe Media Encoder with many versions of the Creative Suite and Flash. If you don't have it, you can download a…

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