The most important reason for using the SWF format is to save and animate vector lines. Although you can also export SWF files with embedded bitmapped graphics, the main strength ist the vector output (for animations that include embedded bitmapped graphics, use .avi, .mov or .mgp instead of SWF). When producing vector output, FlashEx converts the three-dimensional data to two-dimensional vector lines, optimizes them and saves them while maintaining the smallest possible SWF file size. Bitmapped textures and procedural shaders are ignored, as are bump maps, fog, transparencies and anything else that can't be displayed as vectors, such as Sky objects. Camera settings such as zoom are supported. However, note that FlashEx supports the Perspective camera view only.
General tab Duration, Frame Rate, File On this page you'll find settings much like the ones on the Output page of the render settings. here you can set the duration, frame rate and choose the filename and save location for the SWF file that will be created. If you want to use the same settings as defined in the render settings, click the Render Setting button. These settings will then be loaded into the FlashEx dialog. Generate HTML In addition to creating an SWF file, you can also generate a HTML page which includes the SWF file. You can cut-and-paste the HTML code from this page directly into your own HTML pages or edit the code. Optimize For The Width and Height input boxes enable you to specify the optimum display size. When an SWF file is opened directly, most Internet browsers will display it in full screen mode but if you have enabled the Generate HTML option it will be displayed using this optimum size if possible. This size can be changed afterwards using any HTML editor. Optimize For settings are especially important for display of lines and the Gouraud and Comic modes. Mode This drop-down list enables you to change the render mode. The Wireframe, Hiddenline, Outline and Solid modes are rendered using vector lines. SWF files using these modes are fully scalable without loss of quality. The other modes are based on vectorized raster images and therefore loss of quality is possible when scaling them. Wireframe Hiddenline Outline Solid Gouroud Limited Comic Flat Limited, Comic Round Limited Polygons This setting determines whether all polygons are drawn (All) or only those facing the camera (Only Frontfaces). Each polygon has a surface normal and two faces: a front and a back face. The direction of the surface normal defines which side is the front face and which is the back face. In general, all objects should be modeled with the surface normals pointing outwards. In this case, polygons whose surface normals point towards the camera are also at the front of the objects and those that are pointing away are at the back. If you want to see the back faces in Wireframe mode, set Polygons to All. If instead you set Polygons to Only Frontfaces, only the front faces will be drawn. For all rendering modes apart from Wireframe, you shold generally set Polygons to Only Frontfaces. This is because in most cases the front faces will cover the back faces and so you won't see the back faces anyway. Calculating back faces in these case is a waste of render time. Background tab The background color is defined on this page of the FlashEx dialog. When importing SWF files into certain applications such as Macromedia Director, this background color can be made transparent. Lines tab Outline If this option is enabled, lines are drawn for all outer edges and intersecting lines. Edges Angle If this option is enabled and two polygons face each other at an angle greater then one entered, they are drawn as edges. Width This slider defines the vector line width and ranges from 0 to 20. A value of 0 creates a hairline which is still drawnas a hairline even if the SWF file is scaled larger in the Internet browser. When using values abaove 0, the lines ar scaled with the document. An SWF file with an optimal size of 320 x 240 pixels and a line width of 1 pixel will display a line width of 2 pixels if it is scaled to a document size of 640 x 480 pixels. Color, Brightness, Transparency These sliders control the color and opacity of the lines. Setting the line color to black and setting Transparency to 80% results in slightly visible lines which let the object color shine through. HTML tab These setting correspond to the Macromedia Flash settings and are saved within the HTML document. The HTML settings allow you to determine if the animations play repeatedly (Loop) or once only; if the animations are played as soon as they are loaded and whether the quality setting should adjust automatically according to the processor performance. These settings can still be adjusted afterwards using a HTML editor. The default options should be fine in most cases. For example, a quality setting of Automatic Heigh results in the lines being antialiased. However, if the processor is unable to play back the animation properly with this setting, the Quality is reduced an the lines are drawn without antialiasing. The browser will do this automatically. FAQ
The unregistered version runs automaticly in demo mode. Restrictions: You can enter the old registration key or copy the file "register.txt" in the new folder.
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