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| How
to build teleprompter using Wildform Flair |
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| Introduction |
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tutorial will help you create a teleprompter
using Wildform Flair. Wildform Flair contains many
features that are not covered here. Instructions
on how to use these features are located in the
Help file of the Wildform Flair program itself.
We also offer numerous tutorials on how to use
Wildform Flair in the tutorials section of our
web site. |
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One: Getting started |
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Wildform Flair and at the start screen click “Create
New Project.” We will label this project, “Teleprompter”. |
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Wildform Flair program will now open. |
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Two: Setting project dimensions |
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will now set the dimension of out teleprompter.
For this demonstration I want a rectangular shape.
In the Project Settings toolbar, change the dimensions to 600 x 175. |
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Three: Changing your projects background color |
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we will change the teleprompter’s background
color. For this project we will use the color
black.
NOTE: You can also have a transparent
background by going to the Slide Settings window
and selecting the Transparent Background box.
To change your project’s background color
select the “Fill Color” button on
the draw toolbar. |
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a color and choose from solid, linear and radial
gradient options. |
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Four: Opening text effect animator and typing
in text |
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are several ways you can create animated text
effects with Wildform Flair. You can use the text
effect wizard, you can select Create Text Effect
from the Text menu. |
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your text in the text field of the main tab. You may also change your font attributes and font color in this window. We
will now select a scrolling text effect for our
teleprompter. Wildform Flair has an excellent
effect for this.
In the Type folder select the Scroll Up Block
effect. To
save and insert the text animation onto the stage
click the Save & Insert button. |
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The text animation has now been placed on the
stage.
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Five: Sizing your text effect |
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We
will now size the text effect to be the same
as our project stage.
Open the Object tab of the Settings window; in the Appearance
tab adjust the Width and Height in the Transform
Options section. |
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center your text over the stage use the Horizontal
and Vertical Center In Slide icons in the Align toolbar. |
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preview your teleprompter click the play preview
button. |
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Six: Playback |
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Now
that our teleprompter is functional we want to
add a couple finishing touches. We don’t
want our project to start playing automatically,
so we will include a click to begin playback
feature. We will also include one the many players
available with Wildform Flair.
To insert the click to begin playback feature
open the Export tab in the Settings window. Select the
Flash SWF tab and in the ‘Start of movie
options’ section select the ‘Click
to begin playback’ button. |
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include a player select the Player tab in the
Export tab in the Settings window. In the Player skin options
check the ‘Include player when exporting’ box.
You may choose any of the players listed, to
preview the player click the View skin button. |
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controls will only work to rewind to the beginning
because of the way this scrolling text animation
is generated – they cannot be used to ff
or rew etc. |
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Seven: Export your Flash file |
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Select Export File under the File menu to export your file. At
the Export File box you may change file name. Click
Save.
You can then play your file
while you are recording a voiceover or video
presentation in another project. |
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| Conclusion |
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have now covered everything necessary to create
a teleprompter with Wildform Flair. You can do
much more with Wildform Flair including adding
images, audio, and even video. Other tutorials
will cover these subjects. The Wildform Flair
help file also addresses these topics. |
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