How to open Editable Adobe Flash project (animation, movie, flash application) .fla files
Have you had trouble opening the fla file on your computer? What are fla files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is fla file?
An fla file extension is used for editable Flash animations, apps, movies etc. Usually used before the flash project is finalized during its development. Can be opened in Adobe Flash.
Editable Adobe Flash project (animation, movie, flash application) description
The fla file extension is used for projects created by Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash).
Adobe Flash is used for creating animations, banners, movies or whole apps, flash websites or games.
The fla files are used for the basic project file, which are used in the development context. This file contains library of objects and source files needed for creating an animation or whatever flash developer wants.
It should contain all the settings, layers, scripts and libraries with vector graphics, sounds, pictures, texts, scripts, videos etc.
After its development, a Flash project needs to be "published" or "compiled" for the use on the Web. It then gets a swf extension which can be played with an Adobe Flash player.
Suggested software to open fla file
Adobe Animate CC
Multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages
Adobe Animate CC for Mac
Multimedia platform for Mac used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages
Adobe Flash
Multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages
Adobe Flash for Mac
Mac version of Flash development platform from Adobe
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe's program for viewing animations and movies in Flash format
Adobe Creative Cloud
Latest, subscription based productivity suite from Adobe
There are other FLA filename extensions with the same .fla suffix
fla - Audio files encoded by Flac - free lossless audio codec
A fla file extension is associated with the FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec. FLAC is open-source audio format that uses lossless audio compression, meaning it does not remove any of the original audio data - compresses audio with no loss in quality.