Hey Flash people, check this out...

[Corey]

Here's a cool new tool which is in the alpha stages from a very cool dude named Matthias Kramm http://www.quiss.org/swftools/win32/swfc.exe

Try this:

1. Download the file from the link above.
2. In a text editor create a file named file.sc (in same directory as swfc.exe is in) and put this in it:

.swf name="box.swf"
.box b1 100 100 color=yellow fill=red
.put b1 pin=center scale=0%
.frame 100
.change b1 pin=center scale=100%
.frame 200
.change b1 pin=center scale=0%
.end

3. In a DOS/command window (RUN > CMD in XP Pro) navigate to the same directory as swfc.exe/file.sc and type:

swfc file.sc

Voila! Check out the resulting .swf! Pretty cool, eh? This tool os just alpha so there doesn't seem to be a whole lot in the way of docs yet but here's a bit about it http://www.quiss.org/swfc/swfc.html

This tool has a great future for users of AMS because theoretically you can use it to create wrapper .swfs for videos, .swf banners, and other .swf content dynamically at runtime. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif Once I can figure out how to use it to create a movie with very specific frame rate, stage dimensions, and frame length I'll post a tool to create wrapper .swfs (for video) on the fly. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif (AGRO, this would be perfect for what you mentioned about having a way for people who know no flash to be able to wrap their flash video with an fscommand on the last frame)

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)

[Corey]

Try this one too, same method:

.swf bbox=200x200 version=5 fps=25 name="transparency.swf"

.box box1 90 90 color=yellow fill=blue line=5
.box box2 90 90 color=white fill=red line=5

.put b1=box1 75 75 rotate=0
.put b2=box1 75 75 rotate=90
.put b3=box1 75 75 rotate=180
.put b4=box1 75 75 rotate=270
.put box2 30 30 alpha=100%
.frame 300
.change b1 rotate+=360
.change b2 rotate+=360
.change b3 rotate+=360
.change b4 rotate+=360
.change box2 alpha=0%
.end

That's from some stuff Matthias emailed me which isn't on the web yet, very cool... I can hardly wait to see how this little tool shapes up...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)