How to convert and edit SWF on Windows and Mac

"Is there a converter out there that you know of that will convert .SWF files to video. Everything I use results in audio only."

SWF is a file extension for a Shockwave Flash file format created by Macromedia and now owned by Adobe. SWF stands for Small Web Format. SWF files can contain video and vector based animations and sound and are designed for efficient delivery over the web.

Some screen capture and recording software like TechSmith can also record videos in SWF format. There are many kinds of SWF files, such as SWF videos, SWF movies, SWF games and SWF animations etc.

SWF files are generally played on specific Adobe Flash Player, other programs can seldom play or edit SWF files. Therefore, it is maybe unconvenient for you to play or edit SWF files without Adobe Flash Player.

Don't worry, you can always find another solution. Generally speaking, you can convert SWF to any videos you like with a SWF Converter. There are some when you search on the Internet. But I want to share my favourite SWF Converter for you.

SWF Converter is actual a pair of SWF conversion programs named SWF Video Converter and SWF Converter for Mac for you to fast and best covnert SWF to almost all popular videos such as AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, MKV, VOB, DV, RMVB etc on Windows and Mac.

By converting SWF to whatever format you want, you can free import your SWF files to Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro etc for editing, or play SWF videos on your poratble devices iPad, iPhone, Samsung, Kindle Fire etc, burn SWF to DVD for enjoying with family for friends or upload to video sharing websites YouTube, Myspace, Yahoo Video etc for sharing with more people.

As SWF Video Converter and Mac SWF Converter share the same function, they only differ in interface, below we will take SWF Video Converter as an example to show you how to convert SWF on Windows.

Step by step to convert SWF files on Windows

Step 1: Load SWF files
Click "Select File" to import .SWF video into SWF Video Converter

Step 2: Choose your desired output format
Click "Next" to go to the new window and select your target video format. You can also custom the folder to save the output video as well.

Step 3: Convert SWF videos
Click "Next" at the bottom right. Then click "Start" to launch the conversion.

Other features that can be expected from SWF Video Converter

Tip 1: Grab SWF files
Additionally, the SWF Video Converter can also support you to download SWF videos from any webpage. If you prefer to download it, hit "Download SWF". Want to play back the video on portable device, you can press "OK" button to proceed the SWF conversion for your target player.

Tip 2: Crop SWF movie
You can go on the step, if you would like to add image watermark as logo or copyright on the video.

After loading .SWF file into SWF Video Converter, click "Crop" to alter the video dimension or embed the watermark on the video. These image formats are supported: BMP, PNG, JPG, JPEG and GIF etc.