Re: FLASH: text effects tool needed

[Tom Delancy]

Darren:


SWfX is way beyond the capabilities of SWiSH. As you can see from their 

website (http://www.wildswfx.com), it comes with 100 effects (about half are 

Flash 4 and half are Flash 3). From the looks of it, they use a bunch of 

different techniques in their effects, masks included.


But, it also comes with a tutorial on how to create your own "WildFX". 

That's the name they gave to their effect specification. They also give you 

some sample .FLAs to work with. Based on that, all you have to do is create 

any animation you want in Flash for just one letter, export the SWF, and use 

it in SWfX.


So, it way cooler than SWiSH because you can use it to speed up your own 

effects creation. It doesn't try to compete with Flash like SWiSH does (with 

layers, actions and timelines), but it gives you complete control over your 

animation.


As I said yesterday, not only have I tried SWiSH, but I also tried 

FlashKit's FlashTyper. But, that doesn't let you use your own fonts (with 

SWfX, you can use any TrueType or ATM-handled font), and FlashTyper also 

generates larger files than SWfX. Plus, FlashTyper runs waaaay slower than 

SWfX. For $20, to me the advantages are clear.


I have to say, hands down, SWfX is the best alternative out there. (Anyone 

out there from Wildform listening/taking note of my props?).


Tom Delancy

tom_delancy_9hotmail [dot] com

>I purchased SWfX. It's pretty rad. Great effects.

>

>But, the really cool thing is you can create your own effects in Flash and

>run it through SWfX. It's like macros. I had no idea this kind of thing was

>possible. I just saved about 2 days worth of work, for $20.


Please tell us more about this product. I currently have Swish and have used 

it

on several occasions, but have been bothered by some of it's quirks. 

(sometimes

it's hard to center an imported SWF as you don't know where the center is, 

etc)


Also have you imported one of their effects, and some of the effects like 

#41 on

the demo where they have stars or a blurry ball changing into text or 

changing

the color of the text like a rainbow, are these masks??


Is this product more worthwile than swish?


Darren.


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