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Wildform
is the creator of the Flix SWF video encoder and the SWfX
SWF text effects generator.
©2001 Wildform, Inc. |
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Creating Your Own Movie |
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Library Font Settings Movie Settings SWF Settings Text Entry |
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| Effects Library | |
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each effect you can choose whether to animate all the characters simultaneously
or one at a time in order, by selecting or deselecting the "sync
letters" check box. To speed up or slow down the animation, simply
increase or decrease the number in the frame duration field.
The effects library lists all the effects that come included with SWfX, as well as any custom effects you put in your effects directory. Simply scroll to see all of them. The Flash 3 (non-highlighted) effects are listed first. The Flash 4 (highlighted) effects are listed second. |
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| Font Settings | |
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this window to load any font that you have installed on your system. The
various options allow you to customize location, size, color, and alignment
of any installed TrueType font. (SWfX works with any of your installed
true-type fonts, except for unicode fonts.)
The "letter space" field allows you to adjust the space between the animated letters. The "line space" field allows you to adjust the space between the animated lines of text. The color box pops up the Color selector; simply select a color and click "OK". The x field determines the x-coordinate of the beginning of the text in the SWF. The y field determines
the y-coordinate of the beginning of the text in the SWF. |
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| Movie Settings | |
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fields in this panel allow you to customize your movie settings, such
as dimensions, background color, and whether or not to embed a link.
The "height" field allows you to adjust the height of your movie. The "fps" field allows you to adjust the framerate (frames per second) of your movie. The "bg color" box pops up the Color selector; to change the background color of your movie, simply choose a color and select "OK". Check the "link box" to make your movie link to another URL. Enter the URL you want your SWF to link to in the field next to the link check box. Enter the browser
target in the "target" field. Default targets include '_blank', '_parent', and '_self'. |
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| SWF Settings | |
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this window, you can customize SWF output settings, and save or preview
your movie. Click the "preview" button to preview your SWF animation according to current settings in the Preview window. Click the "save" button to save your SWF animation. Check the "loop preview" box to loop the preview of your animation. Checking the "view cursor" checkbox toggles the cursor which appears in the preview window and allows you to move the X, Y start coordinate for your animation. Also, in view cursor mode, the movie's dimensions can be changed by dragging the Preview window border. Checking the "auto preview" checkbox toggles the preview to update each time you select a new effect or font. Checking the "loop output" checkbox makes your saved SWF animation loop. Checking the "protect swf" checkbox protects your output animation from being imported into Flash. Do not select this option if you wish to import your animation into Flash. Checking the "export HTML" checkbox causes SWfX to output an html file that will play your SWfX created SWF. |
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| Text Entry | |
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| You can enter in many rows and columns of text in SWfX. Simply type in the text entry window. Please note that you have to hit "enter" or "return" to begin a new line. The amount of text you can animate at once depends on the current SWfX settings. For text that exceeds the size of the window, use the scroll bars to navigate back and forth. To clear all the text in the window, simply click the "clear" button. | |
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