---
name: "png2swf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "swftools"
version: "0.9.2+git20130725-4.1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/png2swf"
---

# png2swf(1)

Takes a number of png files and converts them to a swf movie, one picture per frame.

## NAME

png2swf - Takes a number of png files and converts them to a swf movie, one picture per frame.

## Synopsis

**png2swf \[-X width\] \[-Y height\] \[-o file.swf\] \[-r rate\] file1.png \[file2.png...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This tools converts png image files into an SWF animation. It takes any number of input pictures, and converts them to SWF one-by-one, where every converted picture is a separate frame in the target SWF.

The way the images are encoded in SWF is very similar to PNG (in that a zlib-based, lossless compression algorithm is used).

## OPTIONS

- **-r**, **--rate** *framerate*

      Set movie framerate (frames per second)

- **-o**, **--output** *filename*

      Explicitly specify output file. (Otherwise, output will go to stdout / output.swf)

- **-j**, **--jpeg** *quality*

      Generate a lossy jpeg bitmap inside the SWF, with a given quality (1-100)

- **-z**, **--zlib** *zlib*

      Use Flash MX (SWF 6) Zlib encoding for the output. The resulting SWF will be\
       smaller, but not playable in Flash Plugins of Version 5 and below.

- **-T**, **--flashversion**

      Set the flash version to generate

- **-X**, **--pixel** *width*

      Force movie width to *width* (default: autodetect)

- **-Y**, **--pixel** *height*

      Force movie height to *height* (default: autodetect)

- **-v**, **--verbose** *level*

      Set verbose level (0=quiet, 1=default, 2=debug)

- **-q**, **--quiet**

      Omit normal log messages, only log errors

- **-C**, **--cgi**

      For use as CGI- prepend http header, write to stdout

- **-V**, **--version**

      Print version information and exit

- **-s**, **--scale** *percent*

      Scale image to *percent*% size.

## AUTHOR

Matthias Kramm \<kramm@quiss.org\>