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Asked: 2026-05-15T02:49:54+00:00

I would like to write a python script that takes a bunch of swf

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I would like to write a python script that takes a bunch of swf files and renders them to individual image files.

Each swf file has just one frame (text, pictures etc.) and no animations at all. I have already tried the render command from the swftools toolset (The windows version), but the resolution of the resulting image is too low.

So what I need is:

A command line tool (Windows/Linux) or a python library which renders one frame from a swf to a bitmap or better to something like a PDF (It would be cool if the text data could be retained). It would be great if the target resolution/size could be set manually.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could for example build an AIR app that loads each SWF, takes the screenshot and writes it to a file.

    The thing is you’ll need to kick off something to do the render and, as far as i know, you can’t do that without the player or some of its Open Source implementation.

    I think your best bet is going AIR, the SDK is free and cross-platform. If you are used to python, the AS3 necessary should be easy enough to pick up.

    HTH,

    J

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