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| Creating
a Screensaver with Flix Pro 4 |
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Flix
Pro 4 has a very useful feature that lets you
automatically:
- export a screensaver
of any SWF file you export using Flix
- convert any existing
SWF file into a screensaver.
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| Exporting
a screensaver during encoding |
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Step
One
Open Flix Pro. You will see the File tab. |
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Step
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Browse to your source video.
Step Three
Select a SWF preset (either an MX SWF, Flash
3+ SWF or Vector SWF preset - you cannot export
a screensaver for an FLV video.) If you don’t
want to use a preset, you can fill in your own
settings in the Video/Audio tab. Remember that
when your screensaver plays, it will fill the
entire screen, so you will want to keep that
in mind. If you export a small dimension image,
it will be stretched to the full screen size
and may look considerably different. The exception
to this is Flix Pro’s vector output which
will scale to any size without distortion.
Step Four
Open the Output tab. |
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Step
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Select “Export Windows Screen Saver”.
The output filename will automatically fill in.
If you want to change the name or location for
the output file, you can type the changes directly
into the field.
Step Six
Encode your file (you can use the “encode” button
in the File tab, the Encode icon in the toolbar
or the Encoding>Encode menu item. Once you
have encoded your file, the screensaver (.exe)
file will be in the location specified in the
Output tab. To install the screensaver, simply
run the .exe. |
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| Converting
an existing SWF file into screensaver |
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convert an existing SWF into a screensaver,
use the Existing SWF/FLV tab of the Flix Pro
Players window. You can access this window
by selecting the Player Maker icon from the
toolbar or the View>Create Player menu item. |
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Step
One
Browse to find your source SWF file (Note: you
cannot export a screensaver for an FLV files).
The output filename will automatically fill in
and add “_player” to the name. This
is done so you don’t overwrite your original
SWF file by accident. If you want to change the
name or location for the output file, you can
type the changes directly into the field.
Step Two
Select the “Blank” player from the
players list. The blank player does not actually
add a player to your output, but it creates a
placeholder that is the same dimensions as your
source SWF file and can be used to add any of
the features in the Existing SWF/FLV tab of the
Players window to any existing SWF or FLV file
(but remember you can only convert SWF files
to a screensaver – not an FLV).
Step Three
Select the “Export Windows ScrSvr” option
from the Export options list. The output filename
will automatically fill in. If you want to change
the name or location for the output file, you
can type the changes directly into the field.
Step Four
Click “Create Now”. Once you have
created your file, the screensaver (.exe) file
will be in the location you specified. To install
the screensaver, simply run the .exe.
Note: In addition to using the
existing SWF tab of the Players window to convert
any SWF into a screensaver, you can also use
this feature add a player and/or a preloader
to any SWF file as well as export Windows, Mac
and Linux projectors and the HTML code to play
your SWF files in a web browser or an email client. |
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