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As a favored video editor in the market, Adobe Premiere Pro is not only widely used by broadcasters like BBC but also used in various famous movies like The Social Network. Released in 2009, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.1 not only obtained all advantages of its predecessors but also some major updates designed to enhance its editing functions. Moreover, as a timeline based video editing application, Premiere Pro CS4 can support the import of video with a resolution up to 10,240-by-8,192 pixel.

Though users can edit Flash file with Windows Movie Maker or edit Flash file with After Effects 7.0, Premiere Pro CS4 seems to be a more favored choice for its powerful functions. Well-known for rough video quality and small storage occupancy, Flash can be much more attractive after being polished by Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. However, before that, one must import Flash into Premiere Pro CS4. Actually, since there are various ways to add SWF file to Premiere Pro CS 4, this post will present users two of them.

Method I: Import Flash into Premiere Pro CS4 directly

In fact, SWF file can be imported into Premiere Pro CS4 directly with an alpha channel. In this way, users will get a SWF file without audio or interactive content. To manage the importing process, click "File" button in the menu bar and then choose "Import…" option in the drop-down menu.

Method II: Convert SWF to AVI for Premiere Pro CS4

In order to import SWF file into Premiere Pro CS4 with original effects retained, one can convert SWF file to AVI video for Premiere Pro CS4. In this way, not only is the original audio file retained but also the scripted animation of the Flash file after the importing process. Moreover, to manage the conversion from SWF to AVI, Windows users can refer to Moyea SWF to Video Converter while Mac users to SWF Converter Mac.

Step 1: Download and launch Moyea SWF to Video Converter, a powerful Flash for Premiere Pro CS4 converter.

Step 2: Import Flash for the conversion. To import the SWF file, click "Browser…" button and then choose "From Fold" option in the drop-down menu.

Step 3: Set the output file. To manage the conversion from SWF to AVI for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, click "Export" tab, check "Video" box and then set the output file as AVI video in the drop-down menu of "Style".

Step 4: Start the conversion process. Click "Convert" tab to enter corresponding panel and then click "Play and Capture" button to start capturing. When the Flash file ends, click "Finish" button to manage the conversion from SWF to AVI.

Step 5: Import the converted Flash into Premiere Pro CS4. After all those steps, one can convert import the AVI video into Premiere Pro CS4 by choosing "Import…" option in the drop-down menu of "File".