• Getting started
• Top and upper Left - Property Description
• Creating a text box
• Recording a SWF screen image
• Mouseovers
• Lower Left - the image jukebox
• Importing images
• Creating jukebox text
• Inserting SWF's
• Adding Mouse Events
• Lower Right - Realtor Information
• Upper Right - Video
• Click to play
• Additional formatting and text
• Adding fade effects
• Conclusion

Click the Start button.

Click ‘CTRL+SHIFT+D' to add a frame to the project (Hot keys are viewable and editable when you click the "advanced button in the Setup tab).

Tip: If you want the screen recording window to stay open, uncheck the "Go to tray on capture start" checkbox in the setup tab. Then when you start recording you can click the "Add frame" button.

To create the mouse over, select the textbox you created earlier and open the Object Settings window.

Select the Mouse Events tab. Check the ‘Add mouse over' box and browse to the SWF screen image in the Captures folder.

Now when the user places their mouse over the text they will view the map.

In the lower left of the real estate presentation is an image jukebox where a user can browse pictures. For this jukebox we are going to encode preview (thumbnail) and full size versions of the images we want to use.

We will begin by encoding the smaller, preview images.

Check the checkbox for "Add suffix to filename", type in "_small" in the field and click "Update filenames" so that text will be added to the output of each filename.

In the Vid/Aud tab you can make adjustments to your image dimensions and image quality.

When you have set all your settings click the Process button in the batch encoding window. (Please note that you need to have your conversion settings set before the "Process" button will become active.)

The converted images will be saved in the same location as the source image files.

Repeat the same process for the larger image.

This time type "_large" in the "Add suffix to filename" field and click "Update names" so that text will be added to the output of each filename.

Set your settings in the Vid/Aud tab. For the larger images we'll use the 320x240 as the dimensions.

The small and larger images will be linked together later.

We now need to create any text that will be included in the jukebox.

Tip: When you want to use one of the alignment options the selected objects will align to the last object you select in the group.

We now want to link the preview-sized images to the full size images. The full sized images will be loaded into the one large image when selected.

Repeat for the remaining images.

When you are finished click preview and test by clicking on all the images to verify that your jukebox is working correctly.

The lower right section of the demo has an animated picture with an email attached.

Once you have encoded your image and it is placed on the stage add an animation.

Open the Object Settings window, select the Animation tab and select the animation of your choice.

We will now create the email address text and add the email link to it.

The upper right portion of the demo has a video with click-to-play functionality.

Browse to your video.

We will now add a player to the video for user controls.

Select the Players tab, check the Export player while encoding and choose a player.

We will first encode a single frame of the video to have an image that appears before the video starts to play (this is what viewers will click on to start the video).

In the Video, Audio, Image importer open the Editor by clicking the Edit/Crop/Filers button.

Check the box, "Use Start/End Times". The Start time should be 0, which is what you want (unless the video starts out black in which case you may want to adjust it). Set the "End" value to be 10 or so (this measurement is in milliseconds).

Now you can encode the full video by de-selecting the "use start/end times" option.

Important: you will need to set the complete video to the "Load_External_File" play mode because it has play controls. If you don't use this play mode, the play controls in the video player will affect the entire project (for instance, if a viewer clicks the stop button it will stop the entire presentation). So remember to use the "Load_External_File" play mode and to include the "Load_External_Files" folder when you distribute your project. To change the play mode, right-click on the full length video (you can leave the single frame video alone) and select "Set Play Mode" and choose "Play with Load_External_File play mode".

You can also add a preloader by checking the Preload box in the Player tab. This can improve performance when videos are played on the Internet by viewers with slow Internet connections. (For more information on preloaders, see the Online training "Adding players and preloaders".)

We will now add a click to play action. This will keep the video from playing until the user activates it.

Using Objects>Create Text Effect insert a textbox instructing the user to ‘Click video to start playing'. Position the text over the single frame video file where you would like it to appear. (You don't have to use a text effect - this is something we are adding to enhance the presentation. Regular text will do just fine.)

Select the ‘Click video to start playing' text and open the Object Settings window. In the play tab check the ‘Hide when done playing' box. This will cause the text to disappear after the viewer clicks the screen (otherwise the text would stay on the screen).

Repeat this same step for the single frame video.

Now move the complete video file at least a couple of frames after the single frame video file.  We can then add a jump to frame action for the video. For this tutorial we'll place the video on frame 71.

Select the single frame video by clicking on it, and open the Object Settings window. Select the Mouse Events tab and check the Add on click box. Click the ‘Jump to frame' button and adjust to Frame number 71.

Repeat this same step for the "Click to play" text effect object (this way if the viewer clicks on either the single frame video or the text the jump action will work).

Now, when the presentation plays, it will stop at the stop action and start again when the viewer clicks on the screen to advance the presentation to the video.

Create a text box that reads ‘Requires Flash 8+ Player'. This text will be linked, in case the user doesn't have the Flash 8 player installed which is required to view the video.

Now that your demo is complete and functional you may want to add some finishing touches. Adding a ‘fade in' effect will help smooth in the transition when opening the jukebox.

Repeat for all the other objects you wish to add a fade to.

Click here to view the real estate presentation.