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SWiSH Max4 and SWiSH miniMax4

Screencasts for new SWiSH Max4 and SWiSH miniMax4 features are coming soon, but in the meantime please review the screencasts for SWiSH Max3/miniMax3 below as the user interface is very similar and the general principles still apply.

SWiSH Max3 and SWiSH miniMax3

Projects Templates were introduced with SWiSH Max3 and miniMax3. The next two screencasts demonstrate how to use a Project Template and gives a simple demonstration on how to get started scripting for the Wizard Panel.

Project Templates Demo - Gallery_001 Walkthrough - Watch this movie to see how easy it is to setup the installed sample 'Gallery_001' and publish it to your website using the Wizard Panel.
Creating a Simple Wizard Project - This screencast demonstrates how easy it is to get started scripting your movies to use the Wizard Panel.

This next series of screencasts are also used in our homepage banner. They give a quick overview of the features introduced with SWiSH Max3.

Project Templates Demo - Use one of our supplied Project Templates or make your own to sell or share. Project Templates make customisation easy, all you need to do is use the Wizard Panel to fill in the values and export your movie! SWiSH Max3 is required to create templates, which can then also be used in SWiSH miniMax3.
Convert Shape to Motion Path Demo - A new and easy way to create a path for another object to move along.
Knife Tool Demo - Cutting objects can make new objects or clean up old ones. See how!
Shape Operations Demo - It's easier than ever to create complex shapes by combining multiple simple shapes.
Component Tool Demo - Make your favourite components quick and easy to select using the new Component Tool.
Using Autoshapes - Autoshape Component Demo - New Autoshape components have draggable handles to give quick and easy customisation to commonly used shapes.

Autoshape components are a quick way to create complex shapes, here's how....

Using Autoshapes - Splat - This screencast demonstrates how to use the Splat Autoshape to quickly create an irregular shaped frame for an image.
Using Autoshapes - Spiral - This screencast shows how to use the Spiral Autoshape, then convert it to a motion path for another object.
Using Autoshapes - Cookie Cutter - Use this tool to make stars, fire suns and wavey circles. Here's how!

Note: please review the screencasts for SWiSH Max2/miniMax2 below as the user interface is very similar and the general principles still apply.

SWiSH Max2

My First Site - This eight part tutorials series takes you on a tour through most of the features of SWiSH Max2. At the end you will have a fully functional Flash web site while you learn a lot of tips along the way.

Using Components - This screencast demonstrates how to place and use components.
Building Components - Building components is easy. Watch this quick screencast to get you going.
Scripting with Components - This screencast demonstrates how to setup component parameters and script with them.

SWiSH miniMax2

Simple Photo Album - This SWiSH miniMax2 screencast demonstrates how This tutorial demonstrates how to make a simple photo album using SWiSH miniMax. A written description of this tutorials is included in the SWiSH miniMax2 help file.
Load Movie - This SWiSH miniMax2 screencast demonstrates how to make a menu movie that loads sub movies when the appropriate button is pressed. This type of design can save overall loading time as only the pages that are viewed are loaded. A preloader bar is shown while each of the sub pages is loading. A written description of this tutorials is included in the SWiSH miniMax2 help file.
Simple Audio Mixer - This SWiSH miniMax2 screencast demonstrates how to make a simple audio mixer. A written description of this tutorials is included in the SWiSH miniMax2 help file.

Templates

Example customisation of a Standard Web Site Template using SWiSH Max2 - This screencast demonstrates how to setup and publish a typical standard web site template. These template SWI files are included free in the latest SWiSH Max2 or SWiSH miniMax2 installer.
Example customisation of a Gallery Template using SWiSH Max2 - Gallery 94 - This screencast demonstrates how to setup and publish a typical gallery site template. For this presentation we used Gallery94.
Example customisation of a Dynamic Web Site Template using SWiSH Max2 - Site 23 - This screencast demonstrates how to setup and publish a typical dynamic web site template. For this presentation we used Site23.

General

Download and unlock your Trial - This screencast demonstrates how to download your SWiSHzone.com application and then get a trial key to unlock the product for the trial period. The same process is used to get a full unlock key once you are a registered owner. Note: Some products do not have trial periods - see details on the download page for each product.