Storyline 3: The End of Flash Importing and Publishing
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Since Adobe discontinued Flash at the end of 2020, we removed the options to import Flash movies and publish Flash output from Storyline 3 on April 13, 2021.
Storyline 3 was built without Flash dependencies. The April 2021 update didn't change that. It simply removed the Flash authoring features, as described below. Let us know if you have any questions. We're happy to help!
Flash Movies
You no longer have options to import Flash content (FLV or SWF). Those options were removed from the Storyline 3 interface.
However, Flash content will continue to work in existing projects, imported slides, and Storyline templates.
Flash Publishing
New Storyline 3 projects only publish HTML5 output, which works beautifully in all major browsers on desktop computers and mobile devices. As a result, you won't see a Formats property or an option to publish Flash output, as shown here.
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If you previously published an existing project with Flash output and saved the project file, you still have the option to republish that particular course with the same formats as before, including Flash.
We don’t recommend publishing to Flash. Since Adobe discontinued Flash, it could pose a security risk. We no longer update Flash features or provide technical support for Flash publishing.