Quick Tutorial #3 - Create a Flash Screensaver

Before starting this Tutorial, we recommend that you to read the following topics:

• What is a screensaver?

• Introducing The User Interface

Create a Flash Screensaver

Adobe Flash is a powerful product which permits to create sophisticated vector animations for the Web. SWF is the file format used by Adobe Flash to deliver graphics, animation and sound over the Internet. These techniques are rapidly changing the way we play, work, or just browse online.

What are vector graphics? Vector graphics, which manipulate coordinates and mathematical formulas rather than pixel-by-pixel images, produce graphics files that are one-tenth the size of bitmaps. Additionally, SWF can deliver animation, rich colors, sound, and interaction. To view a Flash animation, the user must download and install the Flash® player. To ensure the user will be able to play the Flash movie on his computer, you can include a genuine Flash plug-in installer in the screensaver installation package. Flash® is a great format to create gorgeous screensavers.

• Lesson 3.1 - Creating the new project

• Lesson 3.2 - Defining the background

• Lesson 3.3 - Specifying the Flash® file

• Lesson 3.4 - Specifying display settings

• Lesson 3.5 - Saving the project

• Lesson 3.6 - Compiling the screensaver

• Lesson 3.7 - Creating an install package