Swish Max 4

Advanced Flash creation tool for the graphic artist or web professional. Advanced drawing tools, scripting, Flash video – everything you need for a dynamic Flash animation. New in SWiSH Max4: Morphing, Filters, Blendings and much more!
SWiSH Max4 – The Ultimate Flash Creation Tool
Advanced Flash Creation Tool For The Graphic Artist Or Web Professional
Creates Stunning Flash Animations and Websites with Ease
Includes over 380 Preset Multimedia Effects
Includes over 300 Ready-to-use Components and Vector Shapes
Import Images, Graphics, Sound and Video from all popular formats
Export Presentations to Flash, Video, EXE, GIF Animation or Image Sequence
Powerful Scripting Language for Advanced Users
Tools to Control Motion and Shape, Draw Shapes, Edit Text and more
Project templates – Instant Results Using the Wizard Panel
NEW! Morphing – Transform your shapes
NEW! Filter and Blend Effects – Blur and glow while you blend shapes and more
NEW! Improved Workflow – Advanced Find/Replace, New Script features, Paste options

Features
With SWiSH Max4 you can create Flash movies quickly and easily. SWiSH Max4 is packed with features that lets you make stunning interactive Flash animations. Here are some of the features that make SWiSH Max4 so powerful:

Multimedia Effects & Components
Advanced Flash design for the graphic artist or animation programmer. Full design control.
Project Templates and Wizard Panel for quick publish of included projects.
Bundled with over 380 built-in multimedia effects and a simple effects browser.
Built-in effects make creating animations quick and easy using your videos, text, images, graphics or sounds.
Effects can be applied to multiple objects.
Supports multiple overlapping soundtracks with multiple sound effects.
Choose from over 300 components and vector shapes, or add your own custom built components.
Create and distribute your own special effects and components.
Component Tool for fast and easy placement of common components.

Over 380 Built-In Multimedia Effects
SWiSH Max4 comes bundled with over 380 built-in multimedia effects that let you make fantastic animations with your video, text, images, graphics or sound. The Effects Browser lets you step through each effect to preview your animation – with so many effects the only problem is deciding which one to use! NEW! Includes over 40 pre-configured Filters.

Drag & Drop Components
Need a button, list, menu or preloader? Simply drag it onto the stage. Choose from over 380 SWiSH Max4 components and vector shapes, or make your own to simplify common tasks. Now including Autoshape components.

Drawing Tools
Type text directly on the stage and even give each character an individual attribute (bold, font, size etc.).
Advanced drawing tools include: Line, Pencil, Pen, Text, Ellipse/Circle, Rectangle/Square, Perspective and AutoShapes.
Keyboard short cuts are available for all the drawing tools.
Complex Shape editing options make it easy to modify your shapes.
Use AutoShapes to place arrows, stars, polygons and more.
Guides, grids, and alignment tools.
Knife tool and Shape Operations.
Bezier curves for motion paths. Convert shapes to motion path.
NEW! Transform shapes with morphing
NEW! Filters and Blend Effects.

Advanced Drawing & Editing Tools
SWiSH Max4 comes complete with a set of professional quality drawing tools including Line, Pencil, Pen, Text, Elipse/Circle, Rectangle/Square and AutoShapes. Complex Shape editing options also make modifications simple.

Guides, Grids and Alignment Tools
Guide, grids and alignment tools make positioning your movies elements a breeze. You can simply snap to grids or guides to constrain the objects you are editing. Objects can also be aligned or spaced out evenly.
User Interface
A simple yet comprehensive interface puts all the tools within easy reach.
Objects, frames and effects can all be added, modified or deleted directly from the timeline.
Open multiple documents simultaneously to manage your large projects.
Moveable panels can be hidden to clear your workspace.
Preview all your work within SWiSH Max4, even playback at different internet speeds.
Sharing resources between your Flash movies is a breeze with the content library and assets.
NEW! Undo/Redo Panel shows the history of your actions.
NEW! Advanced Find and Replace lists results in objects, script and labels.
Simple Yet Powerful
A simple, inuitive interface puts all the tools within easy reach. You’ll be making stunning Flash animations in minutes.

Easy Content Management
Managing the objects used in your movies is simple with SWiSH Max4r42;s powerful content management features. You can easily share resources between your movies with the content library and assets.
Import & Export
Import SWF movies produced by any other Flash application.
Import videos, sounds, graphics and text files.
Paste Special offers a choice of import formats when transferring from other applications.
SWiSH Max4 SWF movies can be imported into any other Flash application with ease.
Advanced compression features help keep your SWF file sizes small.
Exported HTML can use a custom template to include javascript, CSS, PHP and more.
Export straight to AVI, EXE, PNG or GIF animation.
NEW! New SWF Export options.
Import Video, SWFs, Graphics, Sound & More
Import video, SWFs, sound, graphics and text files. SWiSH Max4 imports all the file types you are likely to need for your Flash animation including: txt, bmp, dib, gif, jpg, if, jpeg, png, wmf, emf, swf (both compressed and uncompressed), exe (Flash Projector), wav and mp3 files.

Advanced Export Control
You can easily export your SWF movies complete with HTML, AVI movies, PNG images, GIF animations and Flash Projectors. SWiSH Max4r42;s SWF movies can be imported into any other Flash application with ease. SWiSH Max4 also introduces a number of advanced compression features to help keep your SWF file sizes small.
Scripting
All interactivity can be added through a simple menu interface.
Script editor allows advanced user to enter scripts directly.
A debugger simplifies finding and fixing errors in your scripts.
Syntax coloring, custom keywords and support for external script files.
NEW! Print a selection, current script or all script.
NEW! Improved script compiler supports #pragma and new language syntax.

Scripting Made Simple
All interactivity in your SWiSH Max4 movie can be added through a simple menu interface, so you have full coding capabilities by selecting the actions and events you need.

Powerful Script Editor and Debugger
SWiSH Max4 includes a script editor that has powerful features for both the beginner and advanced users. To help you find errors in your script SWiSH Max4 includes a powerful debugger.

System Requirements
IBM or compatible Pentium/AMD processor (900 MHz or greater), 512 MB RAM or greater. 1024 x 768, 16-bit display (32-bit recommended)
Windows 2000 SP (Service Pack) 4+
Windows XP SP2+ x32 and x64 Editions
Windows Vista all SP x32 and x64 Editions
Windows 7 x32 and x64 Editions