SWF stands for “small web format” or “Shockwave Flash” and represents an animated image extension currently part of the Adobe group of proprietary formats. Together with GIF and PNG, SWF represents one of the most widely used extensions for posting online short animations or applets than can include interactive features. Some of the main advantages of using SWF include fast loading time, supporting scalable graphics and transparencies.

While some users think creating SWF animated images requires having Illustrator, Flash Builder or another advanced image editing software from Adobe, with reaConverter’s latest edition SWFs can be created in a matter of seconds. This powerful program allows you to do batch conversion of image files directly into the SWF format.

Install reaConverter

How does it work?

Add all the images you intend to include in the output SWF animated file. They can be of the same extension or of different ones. reaConverter can read over 600 image extensions, including vector and rare formats.

Drag-and-drop the images of your choice or use the Advanced file select option, that allows you to automatically add all files with a specific extension or size from a folder.

SWF saving settings

Go to the Menu button, and then to Saving settings → Format saving settings → SWF

Make sure the Create animated SWF box is ticked and then choose an animated frame rate and a percentage to define the quality of embedded images. You can also reach this window by placing the pointer over the SWF button from the Convert to area of reaConverter’s main window, and clicking the Settings icon in its upper left corner.

Multipage saving settings

Go back to the Menu button and then to Saving settings → Multipage files

Here select Save all processed files to one file

Save the result

In the Saving options tab, pick the location of the output animated file.

Finally, don’t forget to click the SWF button from the Convert to area. And just press Start!

Video Tutorial

Advanced users can create SWF animation from command line interface or using DLL in manual, automated or scheduled mode. You are welcome to contact our technical support when you have any questions about reaConverter.

The SWF format is one that you’ll find commonly used for browser games, vector animations and other types of multimedia that imply video, sound and/or user interaction. Initially developed by Macromedia, SWFs are currently Adobe Flash files and their name is an acronym for ShockWave Flash or Small Web File.

SWF files can contain a collection of images, including both vectors and bitmaps, as well as ActionScript content — a scripting language that facilitates user interaction. A SWF file can contain from few images to more than a hundred pictures with text, animation, and scripts in various combinations. For example, one page with text and several raster images inside it. Extracting all raster images by converting a SWF file to one or more image files can be a tricky operation and requires using a software program that can process multi-page image files, such as reaConverter.

Here Is How It Works:

Download and install reaConverter. It can be downloaded and tried for free at this address: www.reaconverter.com

Install reaConverter

Load Your SWF Files

Start reaConverter and load one or more SWF files into reaConverter by using the drag-and-drop tool or by browsing them manually from your hard drive.

Set-up SWF Loading Options

Go to the Menu button and click Saving settings → Additional saving settings and go to the Multipage tab. Here you can customize the way you want your images to be grouped after conversion from muti-page SWF.

To extract raster images from vector images included in the SWF file, go to Loading settings → Vector format loading settings. In the newly opened window, click Extract images from SWF.

Save the Result

Finally, go to Saving options and pick a location for your converted images, as well as their format — from the buttons conveniently placed in the lower part of the screen. In case you choose a single page format, such as JPG, your output images can be stored separately from one another, but if you pick a multi-page one, such as PDF or TIF, all images included in the SWF file can be collected in a single output file. Also, if you pick GIF, the result will be a similar animation, but one that might be easier to handle than its Adobe Flash input version.

After selecting the desired format, simply press Start and your new images will soon be ready!

Video Tutorial

Advanced users can convert SWF files using command line interface or via DLL in manual, automated or scheduled mode. You are welcome to contact our technical support when you have any questions about reaConverter.