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SWiSH Max 3 - The Ultimate Flash Creation Tool

by Herbert J. Kellner


Advanced Flash creation tool for the graphic artist or web professional. Advanced drawing tools, scripting, Flash video - everything you need for a dynamic Flash animation. New in SWiSH Max3: Project Templates, Knife tool, and much more! With SWiSH Max3 you can create Flash movies quickly and easily. SWiSH Max3 is packed with features that lets you make stunning interactive Flash animations. Here are some of the features that make SWiSH Max3 so powerful:

Advanced Flash Creation Tool For The Graphic Artist Or Web Professional

  • Creates Stunning Flash Animations and Websites with Ease
  • Includes over 350 Preset Multimedia Effects
  • Includes over 180 Ready-to-use Components and Vector Shapes
  • Import Images, Graphics, Sound and Video from all popular formats
  • Export Presentations to Flash, Video, EXE, GIF Animation or Image Sequence
  • Powerful Scripting Language for Advanced Users
  • Tools to Control Motion, Draw Shapes, Edit Text, and more
  • NEW! Project templates - Instant Results Using the Wizard Panel
  • NEW! Drawing Tools - Shape Operations, Knife Tool, Component Tool
  • NEW! Improved Motion Path - Editable Bezier Curves, Convert a Shape to Path.

Multimedia Effects & Components
  • Advanced Flash design for the graphic artist or animation programmer. Full design control.
  • NEW! Project Templates and Wizard Panel for quick publish of included projects.
  • Bundled with over 350 built-in multimedia effects and a simple effects browser.
  • Built-in effects make creating animations quick and easy using your videos, text, images, graphics or sounds.
  • Effects can be applied to multiple objects.
  • Supports multiple overlapping soundtracks with multiple sound effects.
  • Choose from over 250 components and vector shapes, or add your own custom built components.
  • Create and distribute your own special effects and components.
  • NEW! Component Tool for fast and easy placement of common components.

Over 350 Built-In Multimedia Effects

SWiSH Max3 comes bundled with over 350 built-in multimedia effects that let you make fantastic animations with your video, text, images, graphics or sound. The Effects Browser lets you step through each effect to preview your animation - with so many effects the only problem is deciding which one to use!


Drag & Drop Components

Need a button, list, menu or preloader? Simply drag it onto the stage. Choose from over 250 SWiSH Max3 components and vector shapes, or make your own to simplify common tasks. NEW! Now including Autoshape components.


Drawing Tools

  • Type text directly on the stage and even give each character an individual attribute (bold, font, size etc.).
  • Advanced drawing tools include: Line, Pencil, Pen, Text, Ellipse/Circle, Rectangle/Square, Perspective and AutoShapes.
  • Keyboard short cuts are available for all the drawing tools.
  • Complex Shape editing options make it easy to modify your shapes.
  • Use AutoShapes to place arrows, stars, polygons and more.
  • Guides, grids, and alignment tools.
  • NEW! Knife tool and Shape Operations.
  • NEW! Bezier curves for motion paths. Convert shapes to motion path.

Advanced Drawing & Editing Tools

SWiSH Max3 comes complete with a set of professional quality drawing tools including Line, Pencil, Pen, Text, Elipse/Circle, Rectangle/Square and AutoShapes. Complex Shape editing options also make modifications simple.



Guides, Grids and Alignment Tools

Guide, grids and alignment tools make positioning your movies elements a breeze. You can simply snap to grids or guides to constrain the objects you are editing. Objects can also be aligned or spaced out evenly.



User Interface
  • A simple yet comprehensive interface puts all the tools within easy reach.
  • Objects, frames and effects can all be added, modified or deleted directly from the timeline.
  • Open multiple documents simultaneously to manage your large projects.
  • Moveable panels can be hidden to clear your workspace.
  • Preview all your work within SWiSH Max3, even playback at different internet speeds.
  • Sharing resources between your Flash movies is a breeze with the content library and assets.

Import & Export
  • Import SWF movies produced by any other Flash application.
  • Import videos, sounds, graphics and text files.
  • NEW! Paste Special offers a choice of import formats when transferring from other applications.
  • SWiSH Max3 SWF movies can be imported into any other Flash application with ease.
  • Advanced compression features help keep your SWF file sizes small.
  • Exported HTML can use a custom template to include Javascript, CSS, PHP and more.
  • Export straight to AVI, EXE, PNG or GIF animation.

Scripting
  • All interactivity can be added through a simple menu interface.
  • Script editor allows advanced user to enter scripts directly.
  • A debugger simplifies finding and fixing errors in your scripts.
  • Syntax coloring, custom keywords and support for external script files.
  • NEW! Advanced scripting now includes support for Adobe Flash Actionscript 2 (AS2) Classes.

Conclusions

We tested SWiSH Max3 during the production of a sales simulator and came to the conclusion that this software package is a must-have for all training departments and independent video producers. The program is much easier to use than Adobe Flash and the results are outstanding. The program pays for itself with the first production. We highly recommend SWiSH Max3.


About SWISHzone.com

Founded in 1999, SWiSHzone's product range has grown from a single text animation tool to a suite of products that make it easy to create Flash-based video, photo albums, PowerPoint™ presentations and more. SWiSHzone's flagship product SWiSH Max3 is a professional Flash authoring tool with enough power and flexibility for the most demanding of users. Today, SWiSHzone has sold more than 1/2 million software licenses in over 200 countries. The SWiSHzone.com websites receive 350,000 unique visitors per month, and SWiSH Max alone has been downloaded more than 6.5 million times.

www.swishzone.com

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