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March 31, 2001 The SWF Format  Tips: March 2001
Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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The SWF (pronounced 'swiff') file format was designed especially for delivery of graphics and sounds over the Internet. It was not designed as a graphic format to be exchanged between graphic editors. It was designed as a very efficient delivery format. The SWF file can be generated by the Flash editor, similarly to the FLA native flash format. You cannot simply load an SWF file into the Flash editor for modifications, because you may lose information during the process. The name SWF came from the previous-generation player, Shock Wave. Here are some of the objectives that guided the development of SWF:
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