Frequently Asked Questions

• Why I got "Powered by Sothink" when I previewed or exported the animation?
• What are *.GLS, *.GLB, *.GLM formats?
• What are vector graphic formats the program supports?
• Some elements are covered by others, how can I select them?
• How to edit a shape?
• How to edit a button?
• What is the difference between static text and dynamic text?
• How to add links to elements?
• How to add a preloader to my animation?
• Where can I find more resources (Shape, Button, Image, Sound, and etc.)?
• Can I edit the effect once I add an effect to an element?
• Can I edit multiple effects to an element?
• I have added motion path to an element, but the element did not move along this motion path, what's wrong?
• Can I add ActionScript to my animation?
• How to publish my animation?
• What is Background Scene? How to use it? Is it different from background?

 

Why I got "Powered by Sothink" when I previewed or exported the movie?
That's because you are using the trial version of Sothink SWF Easy. If you register the program, there will be no such text on every movie you created.

What are *.GLS, *.GLB, *.GLM formats?
*. GLS: SWF Easy Shape file. This format can be saved or imported in SWF Easy.
*. GLB: SWF Easy Button file.
*. GLM: SWF Easy Movie Clip file. This file type can be exported in the next version of SWF Quicker.

What are vector graphic formats the program supports?
Vector graphic format supported (standard bitmap image format) are following:
WMF / EMF : Windows Metafile format, vector graphics
AI : Adobe illustrator format, vector graphics
SVG : Standard Vector Graphics, vector graphics

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Some elements are covered by others, how can I select them?
You can use Tab/Shift+Tab to select the elements.

How to edit a shape?
After you add a shape to the canvas, the Properties panel turns to be the one for Shape, you may edit your shape through the setting options in its Properties panel.

How to edit a button?
After you add a button to your animation, the Properties panel turns to be the one for Button, you may edit your button through the setting options in its Properties panel.

What is the difference between static text and dynamic text?
The dynamic text is different from the static text. The static text cannot be updated dynamically, while the dynamic text has the ability. You can bind an ActionScript variable to a dynamic text. When the value of the variable is changed, the content of the dynamic text can be updated immediately, and vice versa. The format of every character of the dynamic type should be the same, such as font, font size and color, but the static one might be various.

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How to add links to elements?
Select an element, go to the Properties panel of the element. Under tab Action, first select a mouse event from the event list, then click button Add Action and select Open URL from the pop up menu. Then set URL in the dialog Open URL appeared, and choose a target.

How to add a preloader to my animation?
A preloader is to show the loading process of a Flash animation. In SWF Easy, you can easily add a preloader to your Flash animation. The program offers some preloaders for your directly choosing. Click the empty place in the canvas, then the Properties panel turns to be the one for whole animation. Under tab Properties in the Properties panel, click the drop-down arrow besides Preloader and select one from the list. Then you have added a preloader to your animation.
The preloader won't show if the download speed is very high. Do put the preloader in the first scene, followed by the real flash content in the next scenes. You can also modify or replace the preloader elements.

Where can I find more resources (Shape, Button, Image, Sound, and etc.)?
A. You can find more resources from our site. Later on we will provide more.
B. Import external resources from SWF files. Simply browse and choose a swf file in the Files panel. There will be a sign "+" before a folder in the folder tree. Expend it and then you can see and use the resources in it.
C. Use Sothink SWF Quicker to design yourself.

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Can I edit the effect once I add an effect to an element?
Yes. You have fully control on the effect you've added. You can edit its start/end time, length, loop, settings, and etc.

Can I edit multiple effects to an element?
Yes. In Sothink SWF Easy, you can add more than one effect to elements. By default, the element plays effect by effect. You can even create totally new effects with the unique technology of Sothink SWF Easy-- Effect Stacking .

I have added motion path to an element, but the element did not move along this motion path, what's wrong?
This problem normally happened when you added more than 2 motion paths to an element. Suppose you've added 2 motion paths to an element. In this case, the second motion path shown on the canvas is not the real location where the element will move. Actually, the start point of the second motion path is the end point of the first motion path. So the element maybe move outside of the canvas and what you saw was the element did not move along motion path you defined. To solve the problem, you need to adjust the path direction to let the element move within the canvas.

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Can I add ActionScript to my animation?
Yes. in Sothink SWF Easy, you can add any customized actions to a scene and an element, which could be shape, button, text, movie clip, and etc.

How to publish my animation?
1. You can use Publish Wizard to publish your Flash animation to an HTML page. In Sothink SWF Easy, click File>Publish, and you can open the wizard.
2. If you use Macromedia Dreamweaver, first you have to publish or export your GLS, GLB or GLM file, which created in SWF Easy to SWF file, GIF file or AVI file, and then place your cursor to the location where you would like to insert the Flash animation, click Insert>Media>Flash to choose the SWF file(or GIF/AVI), and the Flash animation will be added to your page.
3. If you use Microsoft Frontpage, place your cursor to the location where you would like to insert the Flash animation, click Insert>Web Component>Advanced controls>Movie in Flash format to choose the SWF file(or GIF/AVI) created in SWF Easy, and the Flash animation will be added to your page.

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What is Auxiliary Scene? How to use it? Is it different from background?
Auxiliary Scene is used to be the background of main scene. You can set more than one auxiliary scenes to be background of one main scene. And each auxiliary scene used, is a part of the background. About the details please refer to Help.
While background, which is totally different from auxiliary scene, is some element on canvas in fact, like image, shape, text or movie clip. You can set element to be background of a main scene or an auxiliary scene. But the operation is done on the main scene or auxiliary scene since the background is a part of scene.

 

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