RE: FLASH: text effects tool needed

[R Blank]

Tom, Darren, Paul:


Thanks for all your posts on SWfX.


We at Wildform are glad to see the positive response to SWfX (pronounced

swiffix), our new SWF text animation tool released during FF2K (I actually

posted about it yesterday in response to someone's question about Flash

standalone applications -- does anyone know if SWfX is the first standalone

with a complete Flash interface?).


So far, everything that's been said is correct. SWfX comes with 44 Flash 3

and 56 Flash 4 effects. You can use these output animations alone, or in a

larger site with the LoadMovie actionscript command, or by importing the SWF

directly into Flash (this works with Flash 3 effects only, because Flash can

not import Flash 4 files). You can use any TrueType or ATM-handled font on

your system. And it's really incredibly easy to use. There are a bunch of

other features that you can read about on http://www.wildswfx.com. Best of

all, it's only $20.


We are especially excited about our custom effect specification, WildFX. We

figured what's the point of an effect animation tool, if you can't create

your own effects. So, we made it really, really easy to do that. You can

download the instructions (to see how easy they are) without purchasing the

app. At http://www.wildswfx.com, go to "Plugins" -> "Learn to create" and

grab the .zip. If you develop your own WildFX, and want to share, trade or

sell them, we will link to you from our site (so that SWfX users can easily

find all the available WildFX). We're incredibly eager to see what can be

done with this spec.


Thanks for your support,


r


    R Blank

rwildform [dot] com

www.wildform.com

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tom

> Delancy

> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 7:38 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com; FLASHmacromediaegroups [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: text effects tool needed

>

>

> 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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