SWF File
The file format SWF has variably stood for “Small Web Format” or “Shockwave Flash”.
It is a partially open repository for multimedia and vector graphics, originating with FutureWave Software and then coming under the control of Adobe. Intended to be small enough for publication on the web, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function.
SWF currently functions as the dominant format for displaying "animated" vector graphics on the Web. It may also be used for programs, commonly games, using Actionscript.
Originally limited to presenting vector-based objects and images in a simple sequential manner, the format in its later versions allows audio (since Flash 3), video (since Flash 6) and many different possible forms of interaction with the end-user. Once created, SWF files can be played by the Adobe Flash Player, working either as a browser plug-in or as a standalone player. SWF files can also be encapsulated with the player, creating a self-running SWF movie called a "projector".
The SWF file is widely used in website designing for displaying animated vector graphics, far exceeding the W3C open standard SVG, which has met with problems over competing implementations. The SWF file format is designed to be an efficient binary delivery format to deliver vector graphics, text, video, and sound over the Internet, not a format for exchanging graphics between graphics editors.
The most convenient way for creating a SWF file is using flash creation tool which will enable you to import images, graphics, and sound from all popular formats. AnvSoft Photo Flash Maker is of this kind for creating stunning flash banner with SWF file output.
Following is an instruction for creating a stunning flash slideshow with background music and special transition effects. With the aid of Photo Flash Maker, you can also add nice looking animated slide show to your website in a few seconds, and then share those memorable photos with your family or friends. The output format of the following program is SWF file.
Step 1
Download Photo Flash Maker and install it on your PC. Bellow is the interface of the program:
Step 2
Add photos to the slideshow:
Click Add button on the toolbar to select photos from file browse pane. Press Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple photos at one time and add selected photos to the album. You can also simply drag photos from the photo displaying panel and drop them to the slide panel.
Step 3
Edit photos:
Double-click the selected slide or select a slide and then click Edit button on the slide toolbar. You will see a pop-up window. You can input info, add text & art clip to your slide.
Step 4
Apply transition effect:
Click Transition Effect tab to apply transition effect to your slides. You can apply transition effect by simply dragging your desirable one from the Transition Effects panel and dropping to the slide below. You can set the transition duration and photo duration here. The maximum duration time for transition and photo is 10 seconds and 15 senconds respectively. You can also click Define Random Set button to check the transition effects in the pop-up window, then those checked transition effects will be applied to your slides randomly. One thing is needed to remind you here: the 53rd and latter transition effects, such as Fade in and Fade to Black, can only be used in advanced themes.
Step 5
Enter properties:
Click Properties tab, and then click slide in the slide list. Input title and description in Title and Description text boxes respectively. Afterwards, click Apply to Selected or Apply to All tab. Insert URL, then click Check Valid tab to see whether it is valid or not.
Step 6
Select Basic or Advance Theme for the slideshow:
a Choose Basic Theme
Here, you can enter your album title, change the Width and the Height, select Background color and transition & photo duration, and define the Frame Rate as well. And you can set auto-play and auto-repeat option here. More than 57 professional-looking slideshow themes, together with several photo decorations are ready for choice.
Click More Options, you will see a pop-up window, and you can set more flash options, like photo URL link and output folder setting, music sample rate and music quality, image size etc.
b Customize Advanced Theme
If you need to customize the theme in terms of size, color and other settings, simply click advanced tab, and then select one of your favorite themes from the drop-down list of category.
Click Customize Properties button and you will see all settings for this theme. After you complete your changes to the settings, please click Save As button and your modified theme will be automatically saved.
No matter which theme you use, basic theme or advanced theme, you can easily add background music for the slideshow. You can also import audio tracks as background music from CD.
Step 7
Choose output format:
There are three output options under the Publish window. If you just want to create a flash slideshow, you can just check Create Flash Files Only. Click Publish Now and your creative slideshow will be published according to your setting at once. If you want to burn your slideshow onto a disc and make it into a backup CD or a gift CD, please check Making a Gift Disc, and choose your CD/ DVD recorder and set the recording speed. Then click Start Burn to burn your slideshow onto a DVD/VCD at once.
If you want to share your slideshow with friends, you can check Creating Flash Files and Upload to Go2Album. Then click Publish Now to publish your slideshow at once. After the slideshow published into flash, it will be automatically uploaded to the Go2Album if you have logged in. If not, please just create your Go2Album ID and share your slideshow online. You can choose to View Upload Log and you will see the URL link of your uploaded slideshow at once. Click the link and you can enjoy your flash slideshow on Go2Album immediately. After you uploading the flash file to Go2Album, you will get the code to embedding the swf file to your website, blogger, myspace, etc.
If you want to convert your SWF file to GIF format, you can try 4Media HD Video Converter. It is an excellent video converting utility that can help you convert SWF to GIF. The instructions below will show you how to do it.
Step 1
Download 4Media HD Video Converter and install it on your PC. Load the SWF file that you want to convert.
Press the Add File button to load the SWF file that you'd like to convert.
Step 2
Install and run 4Media HD Video Converter and add the video you want to convert.
Step 3
Set the output video format for your video conversion.
Click the Profile, there are various output file name, select Picture - GIF Animation as the output file format.
Step 4
Start creating GIF animation.
Click the Convert button and start to convert SWF to GIF animation.
SWF file is animation created with Adobe Flash. It may contain text as well as both vector and raster graphics. It also may include interactive actions written in ActionScript. SWF file plays in Web browsers that have the Flash plug-in installed. The following programs can help you open SWF files on different operating systems.
On Windows
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Information
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Information
Adobe InDesign CS5 Information
GlobFX Swiff Player
Web browser with the Adobe Flash CS5 Information plugin
On Mac OS
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Information
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Information
Adobe InDesign CS5 Information
Echo One iSwiff
Web browser with the Adobe Flash CS5 Information plugin
On Linux
Swfdec Flash Player
Web browser with the Adobe Flash CS5 Information plugin
SWF to FLA Converter can help you convert SWF to FLA format to recover all images, sound, action scripts, texts, and morphs. All components in the movie can be completely recovered and action scripts can be turned into neat and readable code. You can also download SWF files from the Internet with the SWF catcher in the program. This software can be useful for Webmasters, Flash designers, or those who want a deeper understanding of Flash.
Step 1
Download SWF to FLA Converter and install it on your PC.
Step 2
Click the 
button to select some SWF files you want to decompile.
Note: Preview added swf files. You can change the SWF to FLA Converter setting.
Step 3
Click the 
to download SWF file.
Step 4
After enter the url, click 
.
Note: After loading the page, close the windows. You can click the 
to download selected SWF file.
Step 5
Click the 
to start convertsion.
Ok, you have already finished the whole process of converting SWF files to FLA.
OJOsoft Total Video Converter is the best SWF file converter to convert SWF files to any formats while realize SWF file conversion from other video formats. The following instructions will guide you through the steps.
Step 1-Load SWF files to SWF file converter for conversion
After Download OJOsoft Total Video Converter, get it installed and run Total Video Converter to convert SWF files.
Click the upper Browse... button for the SWF file which you'd like to convert. Browse for the SWF file in the opened Windows Explorer Window and click Open button next to the filename of the Windows Explorer Window to load the SWF file for SWF file converter. Make sure before clicking you have selected an SWF file that you want to convert. You may also click + button or use drag-and-drop to add multiple SWF files for conversion.
Step 2-Select SWF file conversion parameters
Click one of the buttons placed along on the top of the interface , to which you'd like to convert your SWF file. OJOsoft Total Video Converter can convert SWF files to almost any other video formats such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, VOB, MOV, ASF,WMV, MKV, FLV and TS, while it also supports the audio formats like MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, M4A and MP2 as output formats. Here you can choose to click TO AVI button as an example, which means you want to convert SWF files to AVI format.
Click the drop-down list next to AVI profile, you can select a preset profile for the output AVI video. Click Edit... button to set more details, if you want to customize the parameters of your selected profile.
Step 3-Convert SWF files now
Hit the big button of Convert on the right bottom, when you have finished the steps above. Then the SWF file converter will start to convert SWF files.
And the processing bar will show you how fast and where the process of converting an SWF file is experiencing.