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 Max4: Morphing, Filters, Blendings and much more!
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The Stereo Mix device captures all sounds from the computer and presents them as an input to other audio applications. SWiSH Max4 requires this device during the export to AVI process to capture sound track audio. In addition, the Stereo Mix device can be used with Windows Media player and audacity to convert midi files to mp3 or wav files which can then be imported into SWiSH Max. Unfortunately, the Stereo Mix device facilitates the potentially unauthorized recording of any streaming audio received by the computer. I suspect that for this reason, its existence is being phased out or hidden. This blog article provides some suggestions on how to gain access to the device and alternate work arounds that allow a soundtrack to be added to an exported avi movie if the device is not available.
Many users may not be aware that it is possible to use SWiSH Max4 to author custom effects such as the one shown below. A custom effect can be based on any of the ten core effects. Custom effects use a Custom interface to offer a specialized user interface that is easier to use than the underlying core effect interface tabs.
Our Polish friends have created a component map of the European Union in their blog. This map was based on the Map_USA component. They have kindly given us permission to re-publish their work and include their component in future releases of SWiSH Max4.
Radio buttons, along with Check boxes and Combo controls are some of the most familiar interfaces on the web. Every component enabled version of SWiSH Max and SWiSH miniMax (versions 2, 3 and 4), come with a radio button component: Buttons | Radiobutton | Radiobutton. Knowing how to use this component could save you a considerable amount of time when creating your movie.
A keen SWiSH Max user, Lagnajeet Pradhan, has created a novel animated keyboard in SWiSH Max3. He has also authored tools (php or .exe file) that can analyze a dual channel midi file and create Max script to animate the keys. Once the script is created, it can be pasted directly into the script panel. Check it out!
Following on from previous articles: World Map and Import .svg, we have released a versatile component that depicts a map of the USA. The component allows user selection of the 4 map colors and border color. It also allows the user to adjust settings for the filter that is used during mouse over events.
Windows DVD Maker is a DVD authoring program that is included with Vista and Windows 7. It works well but is unable to convert .flv movies to DVD format. The .flv video format is used by many websites including Youtube. In addition, flv is the preferred video format exported by Flash and SWiSH Max. This tutorial explains how to author a DVD comprising of flv videos using VLC (a free download) and Windows DVD Maker.
We have had a few requests recently asking how to create a flag. There is currently a USA flag provided with our components (see Shapes | 2D | Artwork | Flag_USA). However if you want to create a flag for a different country, this tutorial will guide you through the steps.
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), a W3C standard, is a XML file format that defines two dimensional vector graphics. Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons contain a vast amount of images, much of which is available in SVG format without copyright restrictions. For example, this map of the USA. Although SWiSH Max cannot import this format directly, a free application, Inkscape, can be used to open these images and re-export as .emf files which Max can import.
