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SWiSHmaxQuickStartWhat if you want to have an animated logo to add some punchto your Web site? Or show your customers your products inan interactive a

12Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmax4. In the Shape panel, click the Name field to make it active and type a name to identifythe shape. The rectan

13Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartHex refers to Hexadecimal, which is a color system. You learn more about this method ofnaming color in Chapter 7.In a

14Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxFigure 1-8: Use the Text tool to add text to the movie.SWiSHmax allows you to customize the text you add to a

15Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartThere are a number of common fonts you can use if you don’t have the suggested font inyour system. Arial, Bank Gothic

16Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxThere are numerous variations to use with the pre-built animations. Animations involve chang-ing an object vis

17Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStart5. In the Timeline, click the Frame on the time ruler where you want to start the effect.The play head moves to the s

18Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmax1. Click the background image’s layer in the Timeline to select it. For the sample pro-ject, click the map.jpg

19Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStart3. Click the frame on the image’s row on the Timeline where you want the new effectto be placed. For the sample proje

20Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxAdding text animationText can be boring; text can be interesting. I vote for interesting. In this QuickStart,

21Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartFigure 1-14: Choose a custom color to use for the text animation.Previewing and Exporting a MovieOnce your movie is c

4Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmax✦ The content of a movie changes based on time. You work with the SWiSHmax Timelineto control the appearance an

22Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxIf the stand-alone Flash Player is not detected on your system, SWiSHmax uses a projectorinstalled with the pr

23Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartSummaryThis chapter described some basics of creating movies in SWiSHmax and gave you an oppor-tunity to try out the

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5Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartFigure 1-1: Your movie takes place in both the Timeline and the Layout panels. In the Layout panel, you construct, ass

6Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxYou can use the files provided for the sample project or work with your own files. The sampleproject builds a s

7Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartStarting a SWiSHmax projectA SWiSHmax project contains all the objects used in the final movie, as well as actions,scr

8Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxFigure 1-3: Make changes to the background color and speed of the movie.2. Select an alternate color for the ba

9Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartThe sample project has four visual elements and one sound used as a soundtrack. Two of theobjects are imported images,

10Part I ✦ Getting Started with SWiSHmaxYou can select the elements for your movie in the Open dialog box in the order you wantthem to appear in the s

11Chapter 1 ✦ SWiSHmax QuickStartCreating objectsThe SWiSHmax Toolbox contains a number of drawing tools that you can use to create graph-ical element