SWF to HTML5 Converters

Having trouble creating banners and animations in HTML5/CSS3? Now, you can use best tool in the market to make your animations and convert it into HTML5 to work on all the devices. Here is how:

Adobe and Google have released Wallaby and Swiffy respectively to convert SWF to HTML5.


Adobe Wallaby
"Wallaby" is the codename for an experimental technology that converts the artwork and animation contained in Adobe® Flash® Professional (FLA) files into HTML.

Please note that not all Flash Professional features are supported in the HTML5 format. See these Wallaby Release Notes to know what features are supported, differences between browsers and currently known issues.

Adobe Wallaby is a little AIR application, which you can download and install it in your computer.
Download Link: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wallaby/

Wallaby example by Mr. Lee Brimelow: http://blog.theflashblog.com/?p=2625


Google Swiffy
Swiffy allows you to convert Flash SWF files to HTML5, so you can use any supported modern browser to load the content, even if the browser happens to be Mobile Safari. "Swiffy currently supports a subset of SWF 8 and ActionScript 2.0, and the output works in all Webkit browsers such as Chrome and Mobile Safari."

Online Application Link: http://swiffy.googlelabs.com

Swiffy example by Mr. Lee Brimelow: http://blog.theflashblog.com/?p=2787

See this release announcement for more details:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/google-swiffy-converts-flash-to-html5.html



Both these tools are in beta/testing versions with their limitations and issues, but these tools give glimpse of what to come next and these tools will graduate from labs to fully working products.
These two companies are putting their efforts to make these two technologies grow and live together, they haven't created these tools to facilitate the iDevices only, but they took this step forward to enhance the use of technology. Now you can use your favorite tool in which you have been working from many years and have good expertise in it to create compelling animations for the web and convert it into HTML5 for those devices which only support HTML5. Now more designers, developers can publish their content for all the different kind of devices available today.

Adobe and Google support Flash and HTML5, you know why? Because they love CHOICE. They know that both Flash and HTML5 have great future ahead together, and the most important thing is the end user is least bothered about what technology has been used to deliver a great experience over the web. So, have fun with these tools and be patient if you don't get desired results as these tools are in their initial phases of development and will be more mature with time.

FLASH ON!

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