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[VacMan]

ActionScripting Function : Be able to open a text file (located on server) and read the contents to display in swf window (within movie).

Ability to import dynamically generated images into swf movie on the fly. IE - Web Cam images

[joebeanyuk]

Top Eleven Ideas:
*3d modelling. Like swift 3d or insane animator
*Pre-made preloaders. Byte loaders, percentage preloaders, loader bars etc so that we can edit them easily without adding loads of actions
*collision detection
*import/export of video formats
*effects to sounds like echo and fade in/out, stuff like that
*drag and drop (getting tired of that yet)
*the actual 'if' and 'when' and 'else' commands that were in the user guide
*the ability to be skinned by windows blinds 3.3. swish is about the only programme that i got that cant be and it gets annoying cuz it looks out of place
*the ability to play a scene/effect backwards
*built in javascript to open chrome windwos and stuff like that. this includes fs commands built in and easier to use. like commands that say "on press close movie" or something like that without loads of fs commands
*Easy to edit cursor followers. It should be in the 'scene properties' thing. Adding cursor followers in swish is damn hard and pointless, so a premade on would rule
[Edited by joebeanyuk on 07-08-2002 at 06:03 AM]

[Danny Seager]

Originally posted by joebeanyuk
Top Ten Ideas:
*3d modelling. Like swift 3d or insane animator
*Pre-made preloaders. Byte loaders, percentage preloaders, loader bars etc so that we can edit them easily without adding loads of actions
*collision detection
*import/export of video formats
*effects to sounds like echo and fade in/out, stuff like that
*drag and drop (getting tired of that yet)
*the actual 'if' and 'when' and 'else' commands that were in the user guide
*the ability to be skinned by windows blinds 3.3. swish is about the only programme that i got that cant be and it gets annoying cuz it looks out of place
*the ability to play a scene/effect backwards
*built in javascript to open chrome windwos and stuff like that. this includes fs commands built in and easier to use. like commands that say "on press close movie" or something like that without loads of fs commands

god... you don't want much do you.

[joebeanyuk]

Originally posted by Danny Seager


god... you don't want much do you. [/B]

hey he asked for advise and things we wanted. god i would be happy if only a few things on my list were included

[witness]

A file viewer so I can see what I'm about to paste into my movie!

[Pla$tik]

Originally posted by joebeanyuk
*the ability to be skinned by windows blinds 3.3. swish is about the only programme that i got that cant be and it gets annoying cuz it looks out of place

Windows Blinds works fine for me; and SWiSH is also skinned fine....

[Lambretta]

Yes works fine for me too Plastic, I think the guys here should remember why Swish is so successfull (I'm sure the swishzone guys bear this in mind) I know its been said before by Jofta amongst others & I would tend to agree. Price & ease of use.

If you really all want Swish to be Flash you'd have to learn the same things. You are all asking for Flash capability, lets just remember why Swish is so usable please.


& I doubt it would cost $50. Just my $10 worth.

[Pla$tik]

Lambretta does have a point; yet I still feel Flash MX features should be included, and that the people who don't wish to learn it, shouldn;t have to. They can just stick to the basics of SWiSH and not dig into the actionscripting, collision detection, etc. of the new version. Just my 2 cents.

[ChuckEvans]

For the dumb question of the day, what is/are Windows blinds 3.3 and skinned?

As wish items, I probably don't know enough about Swish to suggest many. Nor do I have enough usage out of it to be able to suggest things that are annoying. I've read several pages, but frankly, I'd rather just post knowing that anything I post has probably been mentioned.

Wish list:

(1) Guidelines (v & h) like one sees in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. With a snap-to option.

(2) Better text processing...not as much as Word, but (possibley) as much as Wordpad. This would go hand-in-hand with an icon for "Insert Text Box". It could just be a box where text wrapped or incredible thingies that allowed it to come with a scroll bar or auto-scroling at a speed you chose. With property options for the frame, background, etc.

(3) Something to make sound and video easier to sync and, yay verily, even lock. I suspect that is difficult/impossible, but it would be nice to be able to click on a sound (start) and on an image/text somewhere and "lock" them into starting at the same time. But I read above where eveyone would like some improvements to sound and visuals.

(4) Maybe I've been doing something wrong, but it would be nice, say for example, I have moved 10 rectangles around the stage...and I want each of them to fade away...why can't I select all of those rectangles and add the same effect after each one in one fell swoop?

(5) Just like everyone else (practically) has mentioned, shape tweening.

(6) If I understand a lot of the discusson here, the idea is NOT to create something as complex as Flash in learning/use curve. Ease of use and how fast one can go from the install to a reasonable piece of action is what has made Swish the leading Flash coder. In this vein, everything Swish can do in the click of a button that Flash coders have to spend lot of time on is going to help generate additional sales. Things like you see in VB: combo boxes, list boxes, radio button, etc. Things like this that can make Swish MORE than just something to move pics around a stage. I know this stuff can kind of be done manually now, just make it easier.

(7) I understand the difference between paint tools and drawing tools. I know Swish uses vectored objects and not bitmapped painting tools. As a minimum, there should be a slice tool added. If there was room, add a routine/icon to insert a multi-sided shape (with option to choose number of sides). Then one could make triangles, pentagons, hexagons, dodecagons ( <----is that right?), etc. with ease!

(8) Drag and drop (Slaps self ! Drops to floor...is dragged out by Swish developers and pasted to a wall)

Annoying:

(a) I never loop my movie. I always have to turn loop off when starting a new one. And then, after playing the movie once, I will inadvertainly click an object somewhere and the darn thing starts loading again. Just like the infernal capslock key...you'd think someone would have written a logical routine to say, "Hmmm, capslock is turn one and someone at the keyboard is pressing the shift key...they must have forgotten the capslock key is on...I'll just make the adjustment automatically for them." (of course, these are the same people who still send a "read notification" in Outlook when I read a message I sent to myself.) So, Swish, as far as I know should, do the same thing...if I'm clicking on an object, it should understand I'm about to look at (or change) something and NOT load up to run.

(b) Fade-out annoyance has been mentioned.
(c) Place annoyance has been mentioned.
(d) Default 10 fps annoyance has been mentioned.

Anyway, thanks for listening!

[Hozer]

have a way to create a flash email file so u can send a flash
email message with graphics

Thanks

[reinowski]

Swish not support the users color palletes :-( Why?
In other program I can make and use selfmade color palletes. It's very important in work with much projects in one time - I dont remember all colors for every one project.

A good idea is import (and export) palletes from Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Paint Shop Pro etc. (for example to MRU Colors or to new colors bar).

I would should like disable automatic change color, when move mouse over color in pallete - will possible in next version?

Best regards

[Custa]

Having never used it before I can't really compare it to anything. So to remedy that problem so i can a) use it and b) give further feedback.

OS X !!!!!!!!!

[slobrew]

Presentation templates... Macromedia is missing the boat on this. Come up with some way to easily create Flash "powerpoint presentations" so all of Corporate marketing guys can use Flash easily and not PowerPoint!

[l2oBiN_Ho0D]

I think a really funimental addition needes is SHOW ACTIONS IN OUTLINE PANNEL. This really would help tons, as with larger and larger files actions take ages to find, and if you are trying to go through someone elses .swi it would help out heaps!! (Sorry if I am repeating myself, I just want to get this one is swish badly)

[Danny Seager]

right then.... chuckevans

I don't use "window blinds" but skinning a program enables you to change the borders and bottons of your program.

now for your requests...

1) Go to the view menu, there is a show grid and snap to grid option.

4) Group the rectangles as a sprite and put the fade away on that.

Annoying
a) why not just add a stop action to the end of your movie?

Hozer.

Just create your SWF, put it online, add it into a HTML page and use that HTML page as stationary. (make sure to use the full URL of the swf)

[Bombus4Kids]

I would like to be able to use ActionScript in Swish.

That would be really cool. And more tutorials, something to try out once you've got the handle on the basics.

You Swish guys are really cool. I just read," it's the best $50,00 " I've spent, and I totally agree! Keep up the excellent work! ;)

Bombus

[Pla$tik]

For many tutorials, plus loads more to come, go to http://www.swish-tutorials.com (where I see you have been already).

There is 30+ tutorials there, plus many mopre in the works.

[Bombus4Kids]

Hello there Pla$tik!

The site really is very good... I've downloaded a couple of tutorials allready :)

Bye for now,

Daniëlle

[ChuckEvans]

Danny/Hozer:

"1) Go to the view menu, there is a show grid and snap to grid option." -----> I know that. I even use that feature. But it's still not the same as pulling a verticle or horizontal guidline(s) to some location on the stage. Otherwise, the major drawing apps wouldn't have added it in addition to rulers and grids.

"4) Group the rectangles as a sprite and put the fade away on that." -----> Yes, that is one way. Of course, I just used a simple example. It's possible I might want to do a fade (or some other action) on several unrelated objects.

Annoying
"a) why not just add a stop action to the end of your movie? " -----> Guess I never thought of it...it has always just ended without me doing anything...grin. (it just started up again if I clicked somewhere else). Tks.

Chuck

Hozer.

[Olly K]

The next version of SWiSH needs, and a big emphasis on needs here, to have:

• Morph technique
• Some form of Actionscript
• Key assignment
• An 'if at frame' setting (instead of just 'if frame loaded)
• 'drag n drop' objects.
• random setting
• the option of having 'layers'
  and maybe
• a more 3D environment - so if do a 3D spin of 90 degrees, the object doesn't just become a line, it keeps it's shape.

Otherwise I think people are not going to bother with it, as they can just learn Flash and produce much better things.