SWFText Review

SWFText is an easy to use program

Submitted by khelweg on Tue, 2006-10-17 14:26.
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The lowest price: 35.96$
You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
Pros:
Easy to learn, very easy to use. Has a good variety of effects to use. Most everything is configurable, from the size of your animation, size and color of the backround, and text. Great for the person that has no flash experience, but always wanted to make a flash animation. This is not just for banner ads.
Cons:
Although it has a lot of effects built in to the program, I wish it had even more. Not really a "con" just would love to see this program expanded upon.
Review:

I have used this program for the last six months as an aid in making my first few websites. Having absolutly no experience in flash, I found this program very easy to use. The program is mainly used for making banners, however, I used it to add flash animations with text to my web sites. I did not use it for "banner ads." I have used it in website titles, and in making sidebars as well.

The program allows you to configure the text size, the flash effect and the backround of your animation. You can click on all of them (one at a time) and preview your result before committing it to your design. The program updated the preview automatically as I changed everything from the backround, text size, and the effects. You also have the option to have the animation loop constantly, or to have the animation stop after playing for one loop or as many times as you would like it to repeat. An additional option of this program, allows you to also add a "hyperlink" to your animation. If you wish a different page on your website to open once the animation is clicked on, SWFText has that option built right into the program.

This program is perfect for the beginner, and is great for those who have flash experience that simply want to make a quick easy animation without having to use a complicated program. This program is totally learnable within 5 minutes time. You won't even need to read the help files to understand how it works. The price of this little gem is well worth it if you work with websites, or want to learn some web design. This is the first program I have found in a very long time that I enjoyed using, and that I continue to use regularly.

Conclusion:

I find this to be a very useful program. I use it all the time. I am a beginner in Website Design, and this program is a tremendous help to me. I love it. If you are a beginner, I highly recommend SWFtext to help in your designs. Great for the self-learner. Even a pro will find it useful for small flash tasks. I would love to see this program expanded with even more flash effects and easy to use options.