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How to convert animated GIF files into Flash with WildPresenter
2007-05-15 01:15:00
This tutorial will show you how to convert animated GIF files into Flash with WildPresent er. The default WildPresenter image importer imports GIF files (and other image files) as a single frame. This tutorial applies to WildPresenter Pro 3+
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How to edit or re-do elements of your WildPresenter projects
2007-05-15 00:30:00
This tutorial shows how to easily edit, or re-do these elements which you can create in WildPresent er: * video * audio * images * quizzes * text effects * players & preloaders * screen recordings (This tutorial applies to WildPresenter Pro 3+)
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The Encyclopedia of Life is launched
2007-05-10 00:40:00
I received an email from TED about this exciting news -- EO Wilson's The Encyclopedia of Life is launched. From their site: "Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity." Here's their press release: "A Leap for All Life: World?s Leading Scientists Announce Creation of ?Encyclopedia of Life? Go here to watch EO Wilson's speech at TED.
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Continuous Scroller
2007-05-10 00:30:00
This mini tutorial shows you how to construct a continuous image scroller in Flash MX.
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Adding preloaders to SWF and FLV files
2007-05-08 22:20:00
This tutorial shows you how to add preloaders to SWF and FLV files in WildPresenter. (The tutorial that applies to WildPresenter Pro 2+). You can read the tutorial here or keep scrolling. INTRODUCTION WildPresenter has a very useful preloader feature that enables you to add a preloader to your entire Flash SWF output or to any individual SWF or FLV file within your project. This tutorial explains how to add a preloader to SWF and FLV files in WildPresenter. The Preload option allows you to program an automatic preloader into your WildPresenter output. This is for web streaming purposes only. Preloader s will not work on WildPresenter Flash SWFs or FLVs played locally from a hard drive or CD. The purpose of preloaders is to ensure smooth playback of larger Flash SWF and FLV files for users on slower connections. In this way, users on slower speed connections (e.g., dial up modems) can view larger Flash SWF/FLV files without buffering or the Flash SWF/FLV stopping and starting.
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A Greener Apple wins a Webby and response from Steve Jobs
2007-05-04 21:14:00
From CNet: "Webb y winners you probably missed" "Environmental group Greenpeace won the activism Webby for its site, A Greener Apple . The site, which mimics Apple's Web site, is a plea to Apple to clean up its act when it comes to the toxic waste its products create. Greenpeace encourages readers to join its campaign asking Apple to remove toxic chemicals from its Macs and iPods. Recycling programs, they say, aren't enough to curb the growing amount of toxic chemicals piling up in landfills. Rather, Apple and other electronics manufacturers, they insist, need to focus on producing gadgets that don't contain the chemicals to begin with. On Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted an open letter online outlining the efforts his company plans to make to reduce the number of toxic chemicals in its products. Credit: Greenpeace"
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Crop Your Flash Files and Replace a Hyperlink
2007-05-04 04:40:00
This tutorial shows you how to crop your SWF Flash files and replace a hyperlink with WildPresenter. (The tutorial that applies to WildPresenter Pro 2+ and WildPresenter Lite 2+). You can read the tutorial here or keep scrolling. Crop Your SWF Flash Files and Replace a Hype rlink with WildPresenter INTRODUCTION WildPresenter lets you easily combine, edit and manipulate any Flash (SWF) file so you can create amazing Flash files without knowing Flash. With WildPresenter you can import (or drag and drop) any type of Flash SWF file, and edit, crop, and change the properties of your SWF, in addition to combining it with other SWFs. This makes WildPresenter a great tool for making changes to your pre-existing SWFs. This basic tutorial will show you how to import a Flash SWF file into WildPresenter, crop it and then create a new hyperlink. AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.co m/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve rsion=7,0,19,0','width','350','height...
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See the sunrise around the world
2007-05-02 21:44:00
Google's Sunrise Earth
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Rodrigo y Gabriela
2007-05-02 21:40:00
The Mexican acoustic guitar duo sensation Rodrigo y Gabr iel a put fast fingers to strings for a performance that is well worth a listen.

Download source files to transparent video example
2007-05-01 01:31:00
Here is an example of a transparent video with alpha channel created with WildPresenter. As you can see, WildPresenter can easily produce transparent videos with alpha channel. We just posted the sources files for this example, which you can download from this page.
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Download source files to a Flash quiz
2007-05-01 01:03:00
We have just posted the downloadable source files to accompany this Flash quiz.
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Wildform Releases WildPresenter Pro 3.2
2007-04-30 21:33:00
Our latest news.... Wild form Release s WildPresent er Pro 3.2 New features include improved Vista support, survey creation, and enhanced chroma key April 30, 2007 - LOS ANGELES, CA - Wildform, Inc. today announced the release of WildPresenter Pro 3.2, a significant update to its powerful, award-winning multimedia presentation software. The update includes: * Improved support for Windows Vista. * Quiz creation utility now has a survey and poll mode. * Enhanced chroma key features with options for chroma and luma tolerance, and edge thinning and blurring. * Ability to automatically edit imported images using WildPresenter?s unique right-click "edit object? command. WildPresenter is the only presentation software that allows users to instantly re-create all multimedia elements including images, video, audio, quizzes, text effects, and screen recordings with a simple "edit object? command. With WildPresenter there is no need to keep track of dozens of settings ? the p...
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Easily create surveys in Flash and post on your site or blog
2007-04-30 21:16:00
Now you can create surveys in WildPresenter. Here's an example of one.
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"Wildform, Inc. has a finger on the pulse of youth today"
2007-04-26 22:38:00
I just noticed some nice posts about our software on the Futuresplash blog. Thanks, Futuresplash! "As of release (January 2007) Quiz Creator is only available for Windows and is an efficient and cost-effective way to create dynamic, Flash-based surveys and assessments without the need for any training and development time....It's obvious that Wild form, Inc. has a finger on the pulse of youth today. You can hardly go anywhere on-line without running into some sort of "Have you ever... with your top 8?" or "220 things ALL ABOUT ME!" quizzes and surveys." -- DonnA, Futuresplash http://futuresplash.blogspot.com/2007/03/ new-quiz-software-that-uses-flash.html "This is a great tool to use if you like to give your presentations a little extra flare. Nothing like going over the top and adding some flash movies and seamlessly incorporating them into powerpoint presentation. This will allow for more interactivity and keep the attention of the audience without putting them to sleep with th...
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New Product Tour of WildPresenter
2007-04-26 02:11:00
This updated and handy tour gets you quickly oriented to Wild Present er Pro.
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How to localize your quizzes and surveys
2007-04-26 00:52:00
This is a tutorial will show you how to change the default text in quizzes and surveys. The default text is all the text that appears in the quiz or survey that is not entered by you when creating the questions and answers. For instance all the button text such as "Begin Quiz", "Finish Quiz" and "Submit" is default text. This can be very useful for foreign localization (when you want to create a quiz or survey in a foreign language), when you want to change the text for surveys (e.g. change "Begin Quiz" to "Begin Survey") and any time you want to change the default text for any reason. Changing the default text in quizzes & surveys (This tutorial applies to WildPresenter 3+ and Quiz Creator.) OPENING THE QUIZ CREATOR IN WILDPRESENTER To open the WildPresenter quiz creator click Shortcuts > Create a Quiz.
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How to create a Flash survey for your web site or blog
2007-04-25 22:40:00
You can use WildPresenter's Quiz Creator to create surveys. Survey s work just like quizzes except that there are no right or wrong answers. You can use all the same question types in a survey as in a quiz and you can combine quiz questions and survey questions in one project. How to create a survey using WildPresenter GETTING STARTED Open WildPresenter, select Create New Project and name your project. OPENING THE INTERFACE To create a survey launch the Quiz Creator utility by selecting Shortcuts>Create a Quiz
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Trying to build what I have now in Adobe Flash would have taken 20 times lo
2007-04-25 00:43:00
"Your software is fantastic! I'm always skeptical about buying "sounds to good to be true" software, but thought with a 15 day money back guarantee, I couldn't go wrong. The ease and results are astonishing and it's so easy to use. Trying to build what I have now in Adobe Flash would have taken 20 times longer. Awesome...thank you." -- Shane Larkins, www.hillpark.biz -- Thanks, Shane!
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Motion Loops is New Wildform Premium Partner
2007-04-25 00:38:00
We used to offer $1700 worth of amazing free bonus downloads as part of any Wild Presenter Pro purchase. This is no longer true. As of today, we're offering $1950 worth of free bonus downloads that you can use to enhance your WildPresenter projects. This good news is due to the welcome addition of our new premium partner, Motion Loops . Motion Loops assists video professionals in meeting deadlines by providing high quality video background sets and single clip downloads with budget conscious pricing through an award winning content delivery website. Visit our site to sign-up for our newsletter and weekly free clips. Visit our premium partners page to view all the great premiums you get free with your license of WildPresenter Pro.
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Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
2007-04-25 00:33:00
For those of you who want to edit audio and do things like change volume and this is completely free software that works pretty well. Download Audacity 1.2.6 (Windows)
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Get serious about fun
2007-04-24 02:14:00
Arupa Tesolin on ManageSmarter interviews coach Michael Bungay Stanier on fun. His created the video, the "8 Principles of Fun," which he asserts has been seen by over 100,000 people in over 145 countries. View the video.
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How to Make a Flash Clock
2007-04-24 02:10:00
What is the time now? Here's the electronic clock that works on general math formulas for rotation. As we know, each hand of a watch rotates 360° at different intervals. For: The second hand: takes 60 intervals to rotate 360°. So, intervals = 3600 / 60 The minute hand: takes 60 intervals to make 360°. So, intervals = 360 / 60 The hour hand: takes 12 intervals to make 360°. So, intervals = 360 / 12
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Video: How Tsunamis Are Born
2007-04-19 21:54:00
Good video from National Geographic News Video : How Tsunamis Are Born with footage from the Indian Ocean disaster of 2004. PS - If you have video you'd like to convert to Flash, add a music and a voice over narration to, and put in a player, you can do this in our multimedia presentation program, WildPresenter.
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How to make transparent backgrounds
2007-04-19 21:49:00
This is a very basic tutorial shows you how to make transparent backgrounds in WildPresenter. (This tutorial applies to the Flash SWF output from WildPresenter Pro 2+ and WildPresenter Lite 2+.) You can read the tutorial here or keep scrolling. How to make transparent backgrounds in WildPresenter INTRODUCTION Creating transparent backgrounds in WildPresenter is easy. Not only can you create a transparent background for your entire project, you can also control the level of transparency of individual SWFs, and images within your project. You can also apply transparent backgrounds to videos within WildPresenter.
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Recycling your computers
2007-04-17 21:14:00
I have been trying to do this for awhile - discover a good and easy way to dispose of the continual turnover of computers we have. Yes we can and do donate them. But what happens to them in the end? Prisoners Smash Comp uters by Mark Ontkush "Computers are hazardous, they are filled with poisonous chemicals and materials, and need to be treated like poisonous waste. Not like something that can be smashed down on tables by inmates." Here's a site we included in our Sites We Like section of our newsletter from February, 2002 issue. I just re-visited the site and am happy to see that it's still up and it looks like their business is expanding. TECHRECYCLE They now claim to be the nation's largest electronics hardware destruction firm and materials recycler. And they do not: # Allow any information to remain accessible on an old computer. # Donate old computer hardware. # Dump any portion of old computer hardware/high-tech junk in landfills. # Refurbish and re-sell old computers...
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A jellyfish house?
2007-04-17 21:05:00
Here's something I spotted on WorldChanging -- yes, a jellyfish house. "The Jelly fish House , a recent project by San Francisco's IwamotoScott Architecture, has been "modeled on the idea that, like the sea creature, it coexists with its environment....As such, the entirety of the Jellyfish House is designed to operate "as a mutable layered skin, or 'deep surface', that mediates internal and external environments."
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Death by PowerPoint - a comedy video
2007-04-17 01:19:00
Here's a video I found on the Presentation Zen blog by Don McMillan, a former engineer turned comedian. Life After Death by PowerPoint Presentation Zen has posted more of McMillan's videos.
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Great speech after great speech -- for free
2007-04-17 00:33:00
Bruno Giussani has a good post today talking about the launch of new TED Talks online.
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Spamtrap - an art installation
2007-04-16 23:33:00
I saw this last week on Beth Kanter's fabulous blog. It's a conceptual art installation giving physical, tangible form to spam. Spam Trap Go to her blog to view the video.
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Make your video backgrounds disappear
2007-04-16 23:20:00
Many people want to create video titles with transparent backgrounds so they can then import them into their non-linear editing software (NLE) and overlay the titles onto existing video. You can do this using Wild FX Pro. This tutorial contains information on how to do this with two popular nonlinear editors: Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas. How to use Wild FX Pro video titles with an alpha channel in Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas ABOUT THE ALPHA CHANNEL One of the most popular methods for creating transparent backgrounds in video is to use an alpha channel. Images represented on video are composed of three grayscale images called channels ? one red, one green, one blue - or RGB images. An alpha channel is a fourth channel in an RGB image that defines what parts of the image are transparent or semi-transparent. An alpha channel can be either straight or premultiplied, depending on the program that created the image. Wild FX Pro uses the straight alpha channel. When an image contain...
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