# Maya and flash **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517 "2003-05-09T15:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![molotov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@molotov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/molotov)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/1 "2003-05-09T15:28:39Z")
lets say i create a short animation in Maya, whats the best way to incorporate this into flash? as an avi, mov, or a series of tiffs? What i’m trying to do is have this animation going on in the background along with some other stuff going on in the scene. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/2 "2003-05-09T15:37:44Z")
Have you got Maya 5? you can render it to vector using the new vector renderer. But if you dont , you could bring in a .mov , compress it in flash with its sorenson spark compression and then have that running in the background, though it would be pretty large in size to do that , unless its a small looping animation ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/3 "2003-05-09T15:39:38Z")
There is also a vector exporter for Maya to flash (prior to 5) though from what I could tell from the site, it wasnt very good (and sadly the link escapes me now - though a search could bring it up no doubt) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/4 "2003-05-09T15:40:27Z")
no , not for maya . maybe max , but not maya. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/5 "2003-05-09T15:47:20Z")
yes for maya 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/6 "2003-05-09T15:49:53Z")
lol, 😛 Link please, I never seen a export to flash from maya until Maya 5, It was asked in many sites, 3dbuzz , 3dpalace to name a few, and no one mentioned that there was one available. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/7 "2003-05-09T15:50:31Z")
_sigh_ now I have to find the link 😉 [http://www.cambridgeanimation.com/products/swiffworks.htm](http://www.cambridgeanimation.com/products/swiffworks.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/8 "2003-05-09T15:52:31Z")
Where were you 2 years ago when i needed this!!! But you said it was no good, hhmmm, i admit you made me eat my words and im not even hungry 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/9 "2003-05-09T16:17:22Z")
i’ve got maya 4.5 didn’t think 5 was out yet, but i had heard about its flash support. i’ll give the mov a try, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/10 "2003-05-09T16:49:17Z")
keep me updated on what you end up doing. 😉 :: i’d like to see what you can do in maya. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/11 "2003-05-09T19:30:43Z")
Hey Soulty… VERY COOL WEBSITE… I like!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/maya-and-flash/20517/12 "2003-05-10T00:42:53Z")
thanks mark. Going through some updates, will be a major update soon in the future. 🙂 i should really put that on my splash page, lol