1. Creating Flash without Flash A brief introduction to Anim-FX by Michael Mina

2. Copyright © 2005 Michael Mina2 Anim-FX Anim-FX (www.anim-fx.com) allows users to create Flash intros, banners, and other text effects with Flash templates, without owning Macromedia Flashwww.anim-fx.com Compare costs (as of 3/01/05) –Flash MX 2004: $499 –Anim-FX: $27 Note: This is NOT a product endorsement

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5. Copyright © 2005 Michael Mina5 Select one of the templates – in this case, Future

6. Copyright © 2005 Michael Mina6 Click on Preview, then Save Settings, then HTML Code

7. Copyright © 2005 Michael Mina7 Copy the HTML into your document, copy the SWF and text file into your web site directory Anim-FX creates the Flash object and generates the necessary HTML for you to use that object

8. Copyright © 2005 Michael Mina8 Limitations Anim-FX is not nearly as functional as Flash My purpose in using it here is to –Help you understand the difference between Flash objects and Flash the application development tool –Easily and quickly create flash objects for use in our class