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2. We ll work with Method 2 Add photos from the Librarian window 5 In the Librarian window see below select the Media Files Images Slides folder The files contained in this folder are displayed in the list below 6 Select the 2 files Ian Britton Poppies jpg and Ian Britton Sunrise over the River Clyde jpg in the list and use a mouse drag amp drop to place them at the end of the slide list O The 2 files are added in the Slide list The preview is changed accordingly O HINT Press CTRL keep pressed while you click on the 2 files to select them 36 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Dm BAW Om O em X D Qua rm Gar O BD Bni xon i ex 4900 478 ae Goren da Propertion Background Odma ruse ses Ge A See a copy of the Me n De prole document Trata Wen Rendon lanten Oration pesn 10 Ela m Pared on arcas tout pesa Sire Set Momoni beep stol cited sand Deine Sopote Me tantreton Salesct Lan Britton an Betton i o Morten Sree po Pes BS Tete 10 Rows 570 6 10 Selector 2 ews 80 2 1d Method 3 Add photos using the Explorer window The application includes a powerful built in Explorer that will permit to browse your disks with image previews This will permit to select your files and copy paste them to the project to add slides 7 Open a new Explorer window Choose File New New Explorer Ctrl E or press the New Explorer button in mai
3. Selective Text Labels on Right To display the names of certain buttons such as Search and Library on their right side Options in the Media Types Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the Media Types tab to display the related options You can specify here an External Editor Program for each File Category 205 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 206 Media Type list This list specifies the list of supported media files You can select one or more files to perform an action Change Editor for example To associate a media file type to Axialis Pro Screen Saver Producer just check the associated box within this list To restore the original media file association uncheck this box Click on the All button to select all the media file types in the list Click on the Associate Restore button to restore the original associations of the selected media file types Media Types Details Group You can change the icon to associate with a selected extension by clicking on the Change icon button Click to change the default Viewer application for the selected media file types This application will be launched when you ll choose the Edit command in Windows explorer Click to change the default Editor application for the selected media file types This external application will be launched when you ll choose the Edit command in Windows or Axia
4. 2 Choose Librarian Edit item ay 3 If you have not specified the pathname of an external editor the application asks you to specify it Click on Yes 4 The Preferences dialog box opens Specifies the list of supported media files You can select one or more files to perform an action Change Editor for example To associate a media file type to the application just check the associated box within this list To restore the original media file association uncheck this box 5 Click on the All button to select all the Media files in the list 6 Click on the Associate Restore button to restore the original association of the selected media files 7 In the Media Type Details the selected extensions are displayed and are associated with the chosen program 8 Click to Change icon to change the folder icon associated with the program 9 Click to change the default Player Viewer application for the selected media file types This application will be launched when you ll choose the Open command in Windows explorer 175 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 10 Click to change the default Editor application for the selected media file types This external application will be launched when you ll choose the Edit command in Windows or the application explorers Toggle the auto full screen option 1 Activate the command Librarian Auto Full Screen NOTE When you open an item it will be automaticall
5. 2 Choose Project Display Slide full screen or press Enter Customize the screen saver background Customize the screen saver background 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Background Properties or Click on the Background tab 3 If You check the Image Wallpaper button In the Pathname area specify the full pathname of the bitmap file to use for the background You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Specify the way you want the background image to be displayed Stretch Means that the image will be stretched to fit the entire screen The image may be distorted when stretched Centert Means that the image will be displayed centered on screen at scale 1 1 If the image is smaller than the screen the visible background is black Tile Means that the image will be repeated at scale 1 1 to make a tiled background 4 If you check the Gradient button In the From color area specify the first color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the left border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the top of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Inthe To Color area specify the second color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the right border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the
6. Auto Save a copy of a Media Files in Projects If this box is checked the application automatically stores media files in screen saver documents sprite images video music sound If a media file is saved in a project The image file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If a media file is NOT saved in a project The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document Prompt before Sprite Deletion If this box is checked the application prompts you before deleting a sprite from a screen saver document This option is recommended because a sprite deletion cannot be undone Prompt to Create a New Document if a Project File Does Not Exist If this box is checked the application prompts you to create a new document if you try to open a file that does not exist It happens when you specify a new filename directly in the Recent combo box or if an old document has been removed Remember Folder During Save As Operation If this box is checked the Save As dialog box always starts to the previously used folder This option is useful to quickly save modified documents in the same folder Prompt for Options when Transferring from Photoshop If this box is checked you ll be prompted to choose an action eac
7. IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded and modified in the built in editor window Once compiled a screensaver cannot be modified So save your projects as SSP files and don t lose these files 22 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Save the project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or click on the Save Ctr1 S button in the toolbar A standard Windows dialog box opens 2 Save the file in the Axialis Librarian My Documentsl Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutoriall ssp Click Save when done 3 The project has been saved to a SSP file Quickly save the project in the Librarian recommended 1 You can also save the file in the Librarian directly A feature has been implemented to quickly save files in the Librarian In the librarian select the Screen Savers folder in the tree O 18 Aidalis Professional Screen Saver Producer 2 6 Fie OR Propet Uren Faota Ven Winder Heb j ROHS Bere X OB Que Gros Jos Bie O o S DY ais x ida go rota S reen Saree HeOD amp B4xX OO 4008 ae Werau y Sorte Sparing Eat 4 oda Fes a Meet 6 rones o rate BD cert ret sereno aus j 7 Dex a O Mr is dl Colete hems Ba serte reen scheve gt EY are image i Ax OA ote ta ehas i x Eee a Ma doors ond tin A Serve Watermat Lago e bone SN Waipapa Bectgournd Tos wre gong to add the current propt to the Llrarar Peace a sect
8. 3 The dialog box Install the Photoshop Transfer Plug in opens see below In the Location edit zone O specify the Photoshop plug in folder If you don t know the exact folder path click the browse button 8H to choose the folder in a list inst istall the Photoshop Transfer Plug in 7 Axiaks Professional Screen Saver Producer includes a powerful feature which wil cet a ree anes ee Se eee eee Sere without using a temporary PSD file See help for more info ie order bo actisata tie foatire you huye Lo Fatal in dal moc yor aa Adobe Photoshop plug in directory The o B tion suggests you to instal the plug in at the location specified b O a mead You can speofy an akernate e Install the plug in Fle in a sub folder Axialis Mela relive tops dos rl elo ora These prograros must be de ad A a A E Adobe Ubustrnr See help us LAA 4 If you want to create a subfolder Axialis to install the plug in module recommended to organize your folder properly activate the option Install in a subfolder Axialis Note that creating a subfolder may fail with some compatible applications 5 Click OK When done a message informs you that the plug in has been installed REMARK You can install the Plug in in various other compatible applications See your application help file for more info on how to proceed If Photoshop is installed on your computer the plug in folder will be automatically added to the
9. 5 Restart the application Show hide the Librarian 1 Select View Librarian or press ESC 2 By hiding the Librarian you gain some space in your application work area The opened windows are automatically rearranged Change the Librarian position on screen 1 Using the left mouse button click on the Librarian window title and keep the button pressed 2 Move the mouse over the right or bottom side of the application window and release the button 3 The Librarian window location has changed This new location will be saved even if you quit and restart the application 173 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Configure the Librarian Show and hide the Librarian Window The Librarian is a docked window integrated in the user interface It can be easily shown and hidden Show hide the Librarian 1 Select View Librarian or press ESC 2 By hiding the Librarian you gain some space in your application work area The opened windows are automatically rearranged Change the Librarian position on screen The Librarian is a docked window integrated in the user interface Its location can be easily changed Change the Librarian position on screen 1 Using the left mouse button click on the Librarian window title and keep the button pressed 2 Move the mouse over the right or bottom side of the application window and release the button 3 The Librarian window location has changed This new loc
10. With this feature you can generate Activation Codes for previously compiled Screen Savers You can generate two kinds of Activation Codes Based on User Name one code generated for each user or in serial a list of codes ban be generated You can generate activation codes at any time You don t need to open a screen saver project to generate codes You just need the Company ID and the Screen Saver ID you used during the compilation To open the Generate Activation Codes dialog box choose Edit Generate Activation Codes or press Alt F6 The following dialog box opens Generate Activation Codes for complled Screen Savers 2 X Generate Activation Codes Using this feature you can generate Activation Codes for previously compiled Screen Saverss To create serial codes you need the Company 1D and Screen Saver 1D you used during compilation You can generate two kinds of Activation Codes Based on User Name one code generated for each user or in Serial a ist of codes can be generated See Help for more info Company and Screen Sayer gE vu cant recall the IDs you used click Screen Saver ID 676FS0E3 O to select them la a iett Company ID rence O Cue history fie Generate an Activation Code based on a User Name 15 Be Ot da PEO OS DU On i E ESO narra of the user below then click Gormrato Cyctornstically copied in Clipboard n 9 O gt aa ll Generate a List of Activation Codes in Serial A A Bates Doty ving
11. Y Comping SCR file Compressing images Y Compressing SCR fie YY Creating DE Installation Package W vertyng Package Files AOS Ki AY Compilation Successfully Completed _ a ANS 18 You can test the installation package now Click on the Test the Installation Package Now button 0 The install procedure starts just follow it It will install the screensaver on your computer This is exactly whet the end user will do Convenient isn t it Click Close to finish The tutorial is done We hope you enjoyed the creation of this first screensaver If you want to see if the project you ve done is correct you can open our version to compare them Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutorials Tutorial2 ssp 50 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Tutorial 3 Create a Flash Screensaver Lesson 3 1 Creating the new project In this lesson we ll create a new Flash based screensaver project and take a look at the editor window Create the project 1 In the menu choose File New New Screen Saver Project a dialog box opens Select the Flash Based Screen Saver type in the list and click Next A second dialog box opens Screen Saver Information You can specify Screen Saver and Athor information below Marc EMILE Copyright Copyright E 2004 Axislis Software Al rights reserved EA 2 Specify the Screensaver Title Tutorial3 Also specify your own Description Author Name Co
12. Apple Wave Sounds AIF AIFF Digital Music Modules S3M XM MOD Wave Sounds SND Windows Wave Sound WAV Windows Media Audio WMA Midi Music Sequences MIDI MDI RMT Real Audio Sounds RA UNIX Sounds AU Open a media file Using the explorer you can easily open a media file 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane Open a media file 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu IMPORTANT If the Auto Full Screen Ctrl F11 option is ON the file is opened full screen Open a media full screen 3 Select the file you wish to open full screen 4 Choose Explorer Open Item Full Screen F11 or right click on it and choose Open Full Screen in the menu IMPORTANT If the Auto Full Screen Ctrl F11 option is ON the file is opened full screen using the simple open command Switch ON OFF the Auto Full Screen option 3 Choose Explorer Auto Full Screen option or press Ctrl F11 IMPORTANT If the Auto Full Screen Ctrl F11 option is ON the file is opened full screen using the simple open command Zoom in zoom out change display mode in full screen mode 5 While viewing a file full screen you can zoom in or zo
13. Step 70f8 xX Activation Code 3 cing this feature you l be able to force the user to enter an QD rn Code to get the ful version of the Screen Saver The gt v wal be gerarated using the tro following ID numbers SA Aina 2 16 Screen Saver 1D yl futhor 1 a TF76G616 or abe meer O Code based on User Mame y Limitations before activation 5 2 Expiration Date alter Trial Period eyes 6365 El dars after ireralatson asl SR ES a E 1 If you want to create a demo limited version of your screensaver check the Use an Activation Code box and follow the procedure below If you want to create a fully working version of your screensaver be sure to uncheck this option 0 and click on the Next button and jump directly to step 8 157 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 158 Specify the Activation Code Properties If you check Use an Activation Code you ll create a demo limited version of the screensaver The end user will have to enter an Activation Code to unlock it You ll be able to generate Activation Codes using a built in feature after the compilation Alt F6 Click here to read more about activation codes 2 In the Screen Saver ID area specify the Screen Saver ID an 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits that will be used to generate the Activation Codes Two Ids are used to generate the codes The Screen Saver ID which is different for each library you compil
14. end user computer This file will not be created on your computer during this compilation It will be embedded in the install package In the Filename field O specify the name of the Install file to create usually Install exe Do not specify the EXE extension In the Location field Q specify the folder where you want to create the install file on your computer You can use the button to browse your folders 5 When done click Next Step 2 Specify the installation properties advanced customization The install procedure has a built in multi language support You can specify a fixed language or let Install determine the language used by the end user The install also support a multi volume configuration This feature permits you to distribute your package in one large file or in several files which can be copied on a set of floppy disks Also you ll be able to fully customize the installation package image icon window style colors options The Step 2 dialog box looks like this 145 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step 2 of 9 2 x Installation Package Properties The installation procedure supports several languages You 0 force a particular language or let the program choose at r Language Automatic Based on Windows gt M The final package can be a singe sold fle or a set of fies e Package Sold Install one file inte
15. 17 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine the following screen is displayed _ Compile an Installable Screen Saver Compilation Compilation Axiaks Screen Saver Producer is comping your project Y Compiling SCR file Compressing mages Y Compressing SCR fie YY Creating DE Installation Package W vertyng Package Files FN Compilation Successfully Completed O _ See RADIAL Close 17 You can test the installation package now Click on the Test the Installation Package Now button O The install procedure starts just follow it It will install the screensaver on your computer This is exactly whet the end user will do Convenient isn t it Click Close to finish The tutorial is done We hope you enjoyed the creation of this first screensaver If you want to see if the project you ve done is correct you can open our version to compare them Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutorials Tutorial3 ssp We also have two other similar tutorials to show you how to create sprite and slideshow screensavers Have fun 65 CHAPTER 3 How To Procedures In this chapter How to quickly create a sprite screensaver How to quickly create a slideshow screensaver How to quickly create a Flash screensaver How to quickly create a video screensaver How to create a simple
16. 186 C Change display mode eee 192 Change Flash file pathname 119 Change Flash file position 120 Change Flash file size oooooooooo 120 Change folder CON errereen 181 Change MOTION cccncocccnnoncncnnnancnonanancnonanonona 92 Change playlist order 129 Change slide image pathname 107 Change sprite Initial Position 90 Change sprite size o ooooocninnnincnnccnnncnannnnnn 91 221 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Change Video file position Change Video file size Changing color AE DIN sa tetirstiarial bed ele do tem displasia atat Librarian folder location 174 202 Librarian POSITION onnooccccccnicnonnnos 174 202 o ceectsecncnsane eiebettecntantth dagtiecee GHONGING A A CHANGING sisiceissedeiessteenieseve deste ceucetenevedaenerece CHANGING siti iene E hiaediien deren a a CHANGING arica CliPDOard i ici as a Color depth CoOMpilatiON ooooooconnnnnonicoconnnonananancnonononnnnon Compilation SUMMATIY s es 143 159 Compile Installable Screen Saver 102 114 124 132 Screen Saver file 102 113 124 132 134 AI oo cceeccctecteteeeetteeeenies 23 42 56 COMPIE a ee hares COMDE a 252s Saas seh ds COMIC ima se reer sane ar nites COMPIE naian aaa tive dats
17. 2 As the file does not exists the File not Found dialog box opens It asks you if you want to create a new document using this filename Click on YES A new project is created NOTE If you specify a filename without a folder location the application automatically searches or creates if you specify a project the file in the default Oper folder this is the location you specify the last time you used the Open dialog box Manage favorite files If you have favorite documents media files or projects or folders you can add them to a Favorite List to retrieve them faster You can also easily manage this list Add a Document to the Favorite List 1 Select an opened document window 2 Choose Favorites Add to Favorites In the area Name displays the name of the document as it will appear in the Favorite List You can change the name and click OK Add a Folder to the Favorite List 1 Open a New Explorer window and select the desired folder Ctrl E 2 Choose Favorites Add to Favorites In the area Name displays the name of the document as it will appear in the Favorite List You can change the name and click OK 210 Chapter 7 Miscellaneous Features Tips Uninstallation Open an Item from the Favorite List 1 Open the Favorites menu 2 Choose the desired item to open it If the item is a file a document window opens If the item is a folder an Axialis Explorer window opens Modify the Favorite List 1
18. Ctrl Z 10 You can also redo the change by choosing Edit Redo Ctrl Y Save the modified image 11 As the document has been changed you ll be prompted to save it when you ll close the window You can only save the new image to a JPEG BMP PNG or PSD file 197 CHAPTER 7 Customizing the Application In this chapter Customizing Toolbars and the Librarian m Changing the Program Preferences m 199 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Customizing Toolbars and the Librarian Customize the main toolbar The main toolbar is Internet Explorer like and you can fully customizing it You can add remove buttons or change the order they are displayed show hide labels and areas and mote Show hide the Main Toolbar 1 Right click on the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Standard Buttons in the menu or press F9 Change Main Toolbar text style 1 Right click in the main toolbar or the top menu and choose No Text Labels to remove all the texts 2 Right click in the main toolbar or the top menu and choose All Text Labels to display texts under each button 3 Right click in the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Selective Text Labels to display texts on right of important buttons only Add remove move buttons in the Main Toolbar 1 Choose View Customize Main Toolbar in the menu or right click in the main toolbar and choose Customize Buttons command or double click the main toolbar 2 The
19. O RSS is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 5 of 9 Screensaver Customization 9 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon of the screensaver as well as the image 0 displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next abi Saran Gavena tenS offi ery Screensaver Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in the Configure dalog and a custom icon in the SCR fie E Use a atom image in Configure dialog box Y Uge a custom icon for the soreensawer SCR file er t uaaal lt lt trevieus Ces Step 6 of 9 Splash screen 10 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the name of the screensaver your name a copytight notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of the screensaver and the copyright notice you specified in Step 2 ASA er Splash Screen When the Screen Saver starts k displays a splash screen for a fe
20. PO EE E A E A ti aia 16 Aita a ii 18 Ad ta Ta 35 Ai ai 78 A E A E 98 PAG OS 108 AG ies clea ciate oleae 110 Add esis Sore dais 111 AGG A E 182 o EE A E A astern tuveeeveesteneneesiens 188 Add iMac aaa a 182 Add items using Import function 182 ele Eno e iii iii di 104 Add sprite Collision effects 0 0 0 eee 93 Add sprite Collision SOUNAS e 93 Adad POS ici d 89 Add remove video MOVIES s 126 Allow Index User NTETACH nrn 119 PLOW seas a E diia cacon 119 Animated sprite AGING tas ara 18 Animated Sprite ooooonooooccccnnnncinccccccccnnncnanann no 18 ANIMANO ici 111 Another file formal serere 194 Another program project oia 211 Another PrOgrAM c cccoocccccnoncncnnnancnonanonaninancnonas 211 Arrange slide SEQUENCE cnmiiiicicinoncccoononaroranonoronnns 106 AMANDO ivi calada 106 Axialis Software User Licence Agreement nnicincicicnicincninnnon 3 Axialis SO WOTEO ooooomcccconccninrarancnnanrananancanonranonos 3 B Background Definici n in isis 13 34 52 BOCKQIOUNG wis iestiacterscecustec thi conaapacvtleneeaderss coette 13 e A A E 34 BOACKQrQUNO PERPE AE nano nannnononnnnnns 52 Background music O 98 Dei cnt 22 40 Background MuUsiC oooccccnoncccnnnancncranananananononanos 22 Background MuUsiC oooocccnoncccnnnannncnannnanonancnnnnnns 40 Background MuUsiC oooccccconcccnanancncnannnanonancnonanos 98 BOX IMAJO ninina 137 153 Browse media files full screen
21. Specify Advanced Parameters 6 In the Version Name zone specify the name of the limited version Usually Shareware Version Trial Edition Demo Version 7 In the Registration URL zone specify the Web Address of your purchase web page for example http www axialis com purchase This Web Address will be used in the Properties dialog box as a real hyperlink the user will be able to click on it to register 8 In the Registration Text zone specify the Registration Text This text will be displayed in the upper left corner of the limited version of the screensaver Once the screensaver is activated this text is hidden Since the user can activate the screensaver using the A key and register using the R key adding a reminder in this text is a good idea Press A to enter your activation code Press R to register This text can be localized Information about Localization The text can be localized using macros placed in the text body that permit you to define conditional portions A conditional portion begins with if and ends with a endif If a text line is not in a conditional portion it is always displayed Example if ENGLISH Text using english language endif Text always displayed if FRENCH Text using french language endif Actually 8 language macros are supported ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH DUTCH ITALIAN PORTUGUESE and RUSSIAN 9 In the Registration Text zone specify the Expir
22. The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 4 If you unchecked this option the slide file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document Display change slide information 1 Select the slide in the slide list area 2 In the area Name and Description you can change the Name and Description of the selected slide By default the filename is added here but you can change it NOTE This title will be displayed at the bottom of the screen if you choose Display Slide Information in general tab Save a slide in a project The slide file will be included into the screen saver project file when saved This option is useful because the slide file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 1 If you checked the Save a copy of the file in the project document option the slide file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the slide file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 2 If you unchecked this option the slide file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved
23. Uninstall the application This procedure removes all the application files program samples temporary files and cleans the Windows registry 1 Open Start menu in the Windows task bar choose Control Panel Double click on the Add or Remove Programs icon In the list choose Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer and click Change Remove The Axialis Setup window opens Of Open Start menu in the Windows task bar choose All Programs gt Select Axialis Software In the sub menu choose Uninstall or repair Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer The Axialis Setup window opens 2 Select Uninstall Application then click Next Follow the instructions NOTE If you have added new files in the librarian the uninstaller DOES NOT remove them Please delete them manually To repair the application files If you have technical issues with the application some files may be corrupted In such a case try to repair the installed files This procedure keeps your settings It just restores the program and the help files To perform this operation the original setup file must be present on your hard disk 1 Open Start menu in the Windows task bar choose Control Panel Double click on the Add or Remove Programs icon In the list choose Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer and click Change Remove The Axialis Setup window opens or 213 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Open Star
24. bouncing logo screensaver How to work efficiently with Photoshop How to create a limited demo shareware screensaver How to add a RSS reader in a screensaver How to customize a screensaver icon How to customize a screensaver illustration image How to install a SCR screensaver on a computer How to quietly install a screensaver on a computer 67 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION How to quickly create a sprite screensaver A built in Explorer permits you to browse your computer folders with thumbnail preview select files and quickly create a screensaver Open the built in Explorer select the files 1 In the menu choose File New New Explorer Ctrl E An explorer window opens in the application O TES Elie o dl e IR VIA akn A eee y a Y ee T JE E mm un m a me aa mm i am ran am u hasi ig e A Org Rites org Babies ong Dede y A dy tia y elses E a a rd un to ore CS wee OE mio GB are sl x tue e ITA pre cm 2 rabia org nen og rete rg wus oy Dieta MIA A y aa a gt eta D TE Pl s GS ee GE te EE ase te CELH AA sso E iue ce rabos pg na Phot oo POT DG bteegb Sghere tikere_ Spteretiue org MaMa ee HANILE kmen Tinton ian Torn gt 0 0 0 0992 2 The window is divided in two parts The separator can be moved using the mouse On the left pane use the folder tree to browse and find the desired folder 0 In the right pane you see a thu
25. gt The screensaver has NOT yet expired 1 gt The screensaver HAS expired Save the project SSP file To create a screen saver you must before create a Project SSP file IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled Save the Project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or File Save As 2 Choose the directory and enter the new project name SSP or 1 Select the folder in the librarian 2 Select the active project window 3 Click on the Add to the Librarian button in the local toolbar 4 The dialog box Add a project to the librarian opens Specify the new project name The default extension is SSP Test the screen saver full screen You can test the Screen Saver Project using full screen resolution 1 Choose Project Test Full screen or F11 123 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 124 Compile a screen saver file Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created the SCR
26. not EXE Windows SCR screensavers can be executed in 3 modes Full Screen mode This is the default mode If you launch a SCR file from Windows Explorer it will display full screen Configure mode Specify C of right click on the file using Windows Explorer and select Configure The screensaver built in dialog box opens and permits you to adjust various settings Preview mode This mode is reserved to Windows When launched in this mode the screensaver displays in small size in the Windows Display Properties dialog box see below SCR files can be located anywhere on your hard disks but we recommend you to copy them in your Windows system directory see below how to install a screensaver How to install a screensaver on a Windows computer If an install procedure is provided with the screensaver just install it launching the procedure When a screensaver is distributed as a simple SCR file You have to follow this procedure to install it on a computer 1 Copy the SCR file in your system folder This folder vary with Windows version Windows XP NT 2000 C WINNT SYSTEM32 Windows 95 98 ME C WINDOWS SYSTEM 2 Right click in the Windows Desktop background and select Properties A dialog box opens Select the Screen Saver tab Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Display Properties m Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Sellings Wor 1 gt minutes C On r
27. we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the Flash movie Compile a SER Screen Saver Step60f6 X Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appears in a smal preview window By default a reduced anima preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a O standard static mage Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver No Preview Defaut Image a No Previews Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG ape reccenenarded sive is 182 s 112 pue ANO 10 Choose the option Animated Preview 0 When done click Next Step 6 of 6 Ready to go 11 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button Also read the information about Copyright 10 When done click Next Compilation in progress and done 12 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine we re sure it did the following screen is displayed 59 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile a SCR Screen Saver Compilation a Compilation XN Axialis Screen Saver Producer is compil
28. 6 Click the Update Now button The last dialog box opens showing the connexion and download progress NOTE If a new version is available a patch is downloaded and the application is restarted to be upgraded Online Customer Service on Internet The customer services are available to registered Axialis customers only Once you ve purchased an Axialis product we strongly recommend you to register online using either the feature included in the program or using the online form http www axialis com customer Accessing Customer Service from the Application 1 Launch the application 2 Select Help Customer Area 3 The built in Browser opens displaying the customer service page IMPORTANT The application will access the Internet This may result in an alert message from your firewall program if any installed You can configure your firewall to authorize the application to access to Internet Axialis applications DO 219 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION NEVER access the Internet without informing you Also our applications do not and will never contain spyware or malicious code Accessing Customer Service from an Internet Browser 1 Launch your Internet Browser 2 Enter this URL in the address bar http www axialis com customer Contact Axialis Software Team Due to recent SPAM growth you cannot contact us by direct email anymore We ve created a contact page on our website It
29. 7 Specify the preview parameters 156 Step 8 Specify an activation code create a limited version 157 Step 9 Compilation Summary 159 Compilation 160 Command line options 160 Working with the Photoshop plug in 164 Why a Photoshop Plug in 164 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Install the Photoshop Plug in 164 Use the Photoshop Plug in 165 Generate Activation Codes 168 Information on Activation Codes 168 Generate Activation Codes 169 WORKING WITH THE AXIALIS LIBRARIAN 171 What is the Librarian 172 Configure the Librarian 174 Show and hide the Librarian Window 174 Change the Librarian position on screen 174 Change the Librarian folder location 174 Working with the Librarian 175 Open an item in the librarian 175 Open an item full screen 175 Edit an item with an External program 175 Toggle the auto full screen option 176 Rename one or more items 176 Send media items via email 176 Search items 176 Delete items 177 Preview an item in the librarian 177 Restore previously deleted items in the Librarian 178 Empty the Deleted Items folder 178 Create a new folder 178 Import files 178 Export files 179 Select files 179 Change the item display 179 Print the actual folder 180 Display a grid in the detailed list 180 Show info tooltips 180 Display the item properties 181 Change a folder icon 181 Show folders 181 Add Items to The Librarian 182 Add items to the librarian from the Explorer Document 182 Ad
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31. Group enter here the Y coordinate of the Initial position of the sprite on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top border and 480 the bottom border of the screen This value indicates the position of the sprite s hot spot on the screen not necessary the position of the upper left corner of the sprite see hot spot definition Sprite initial position can also be specified using drag amp drop in the screen saver document window NOTES The visible screen coordinates are always specified from 0 0 top left to 640 480 bottom right Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example the sprites coordinates will be recalculated accordingly You can specify a coordinate outside of the visible area to make a sprite initially hidden Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers To change the Relative Position 1 Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right Click and choose Properties 3 In the Hot Spot Relative Position group enter here the X horizontal relative position of the hot spot within the sprite 4 In the Hot Spot Relative Position group enter here the Y vertical relative position of the hot spot within the sprite 5 Click to specify the hot spot relative position within the sprite When you click in the image the X and Y values at the bottom are updated accordingly NOTE The sprite position is defined by the absolute position of the hot spot
32. If you choose to include a license agreement the user will be prompted to accept it during the installation procedure It he refuses it the install procedure ends In this tutorial we ll choose to include the default user license agreement User License Agreement You can specify a User Licerse Agreement text that il be displayed bef carefully before instalen the A program you accept the terms of this Agr F you do nal agree Lo the terms of this Agreement quit this installation A procedure and promptly delete the les 1 COPYRIGHT The ScreenSaverTi Sever the Softveare is he owed by SS protected by international y Eo EE 8 Choose the option Add a User License Agreement In the edit zone below you see the default agreement O It is multi languages This is only a proposal that you can customize See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 4 of 9 Screensaver Information 7 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field O keep the proposed title Tutorial We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver Screensaver Information You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Tite Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed URLS Tutorial ight 2004 Asks Software http www sodas com 2 Andas Software i This is atest screensaver ess B Enatie
33. If this box is not checked the application will ignore bad file association It is highly recommended to associate SSP with Axialis Screen Saver Producer to permit fast screen saver document access from Windows Explorer Show Splash Screen When Application Starts Uncheck this option if you don t want to display the Axialis splash screen when the application starts Warn if Windows components are missing If this option is checked the application prompts you at startup if one or more Windows components are missing or have an old version ComCtl32 v4 72 Html Help QuickTime For example the application includes a special feature that permits you to use a built in Internet Explorer like toolbar ComCtl32 v4 72 or more must be installed in order to use this very useful toolbar You can install this component directly from this warning window Language You can choose the language of the application Only available installed languages are displayed To add more languages see available packs on our website http www axialis com 203 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 204 Use External Internet Browser If this option is checked the application will use an External Internet Browser to display web pages Otherwise the application will display web pages in a document window Maximize Document Windows at Opening If this option is checked the application will automatically maximize new document windows
34. If you want a Tiled background Wallpaper select a background press SHIFT CTRL keep pressed then drag drop to the Screen Saver Document window 4 If you want a Center background Wallpaper double click on the Screen Saver Document window The dialog box Project Properties opens In the Image Wallpaper Group choose the option Center Add a background music Add a background music 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Background Music or Right click and choose Background Music 3 The Background Music window opens In the Music Pathname area specify the full pathname of the file to use for the background music You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Many of these files are available for download on Internet check copyright before redistributing Several file format are supported MID Midi Sequence This is the most recommended file format for background music small file size and the ability to be played with collision sounds simultaneously 98 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers MP3 Layer III Mpeg This is a CD quality music playback CD songs can be compressed using this method The drawback of this file format is the size approx 1Mb per minute Cannot be played with sound collisions MOD S3M XM Music Modules Excellent quality but this is a musical sequence CD songs cannot be compressed using this format The file size is small medium gen
35. Librarian functions see below Explorer Open Explorer Edit Explorer Open Full Screen Explorer Automatic Full Screen Explorer Preview Explorer Rename Explorer Send as email Explorer File Selection Explorer Show folders Explorer Show grid Explorer Show Info tooltips Display item or selection properties Display the item properties 1 Select one or more items 2 Choose Explorer Properties The command opens the Windows standard Properties dialog box Search media files on the computer 1 Choose Explorer Search 2 The dialog box Search on the Computer opens 3 In the Named area enter a search criterion for the item s filename blank no search on name Wildcards are needed to perform multi files search For example to get all the PNG files with B as the first letter enter b PNG 4 In the Look In area enter a pathname blank no search on author 5 If you check the option Include Subfolders 6 In the Type area enter a search criterion for the item s type blank no search on keywords Do not use wildcards 7 If you check the Date option you can specify a range of date 8 If you check the Size option you can specify a file size criteria 185 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Browse media files full screen One of the most useful feature of the Axialis Explorer is the ability to browse media files in full
36. Pass randomly Click here if you want the sprite to pass randomly on the screen It works like the previous option but if the sprite disappears on one side it do not appears immediately on the other side It waits for a random period Bouncing on the edges of the screen Click here if you want the sprite to bounce on the screen borders like a ball on a pool table It is usually used with the straight line motion path option However it can be combined with the bounce at the bottom of the screen option 5 In the Speed Group Horizontal Enter here the initial horizontal speed of the sprite 500 to 500 Positive speed means from left to right negative speed means from right to left Vertical Enter here the initial vertical speed of the sprite 500 to 500 Positive speed means from top to bottom negative speed means from bottom to top Randomly change the sprite motion path You can randomly modify the sprite motion path parameters The application randomly changes the Type Links and Speed parameters 1 Activate the Screen Saver document window 2 Choose Project Randomly Change Sprite Motion Path 92 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Add sprite collision effects Add Collision effects to Sprites Two sprites must have the same level to collide 1 Select the sprite 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Sounds and Collisions tab 4 In the area Object Co
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38. RSS r E Specify URLS Eo can 62 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials 7 Specify your own data in Copyright Web Site Company and Comment fields See context help for more information on these fields 8 Do not modify the RSS settings 0 RSS is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 5 of 9 Screensaver Customization 9 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon 0 of the screensaver as well as the image displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Screensaver Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in the Configure dalog and a custom icon in the SCR fie E Lise a cto image in Configure dialog bax soeenss Y EA as Step 6 of 9 Splash screen 10 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the name of the screensaver your name a copytight notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of th
39. SCR file you have to locate the SCR file and delete it You can also choose another screensaver or simply specify None in the above list 0 84 Chapter 3 How To Procedures How to quietly install a screensaver on a compuier If you ve created an installation package for your screensaver many command line options are available to configure the install procedure Options are specified after the EXE filename in the execution command line How to quietly install a screensaver on a computer In the command line specify q after the EXE install program name q means quiet For example Install q All the command line options The Screensaver Installer command line syntax includes the following options Option Parameters Definition or h Help Displays a help screen q Quiet Mode Installs the screensaver quietly without user interface If the installation failed the error code ERRORLEVEL returned by the install is 1 If it is successful the returned value is 0 f Display the Progress and Final Screens In quiet mode displays the progress and the final notice screens to inform the user during the screensaver installation result This option is ignored if the installation is not in quiet mode d Set as Default Screensaver Set the installed screensaver as Windows default screensaver Specify d to clear the option s Create a Desktop Shortcut Create a shortcut icon on the Windows
40. Software lt httpcsJwwew sodas com SQ Company Axialis Software Comment This is a test screensaver PS RSS E Enable pS E Specify URLs EAS 151 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 152 Specify the Name of the Screen Saver File 1 In the Filename area specify the name of the Screen Saver file the name SCR file after installation You don t need to specify an extension SCR by dafault This is the name of the file that will be installed on the end user computer OUR ADVICE We recommend you to specify a long filename to your SCR file because this is the name that will appear in the end user available screen saver list in the Control Panel screensaver properties dialog box For example specify My New York Trip scr rather than NEWYORK SCR Describing the Screen Saver 2 In the Title area specify the Title of the screen saver This title will be displayed in the Splash screen if you choose the standard splash screen and in the Properties dialog box 3 In the Copyright area specify a Copyright associated with the screen saver This copyright will be displayed in the Splash screen if you choose the standard splash screen and in the Properties dialog box 4 In the Web Site area specify the Web Address of your personal page or company site for example http www axialis com This Web Address will be displayed in the Properties dialog box as a real hyperlin
41. a er cones en e caretuly before installing the program p a program you accept the terms of this Agn Fyoudo nel agree to the terms of this Agreement quit this installation procedure and promptiy delete the fies l COPYRIGHT The ScreenSaverT Saver the Softwrare is owned by TES protected by international y EEAS EZE 8 Choose the option Add a User License Agreement 0 In the edit zone below you see the default agreement It is multi languages This is only a proposal that you can customize See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 4 of 9 Screensaver Information 7 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field keep the proposed title Tutorial1 We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver Screensaver Information You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed Ea Tutorial a i ight 2004 Asks Software hit p lt SJ www anias com AS 2 Axialis Software i This is a test screensaver Fd RSS E Enatie rss e E Specily URLs sa tence 7 Specify your own data in Copyright Web Site Company and Comment fields O See context help for more information on these fields 47 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 8 Do not modify the RSS settings
42. an Installable Screen Saver Step 2 0f 9 SPA Installation Package Properties The instalation procedure supports several languages You 9 force a particular language or let the program choose at Language Automatic Based on Windows gt v The final package can be a single sold fle or a set of fles e Package Sobd Irstal one file internet ce ROM sal Advanced Layout Customization The installation procedure layout can be customized Wizard mage install icon options text color e aali lt lt Previous gat gt gt Cancel 46 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials 5 In the Package field O specify Solid Install See context help for more information on this field 6 Do not change the Advanced Customization settings This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 9 User license agreement 7 The third dialog box opens see below It permits you to specify a User License Agreement If you choose to include a license agreement the user will be prompted to accept it during the installation procedure It he refuses it the install procedure ends In this tutorial we ll choose to include the default user license agreement User License Agreement You can spec y a User License Agreement text that ml be displayed before the retaliation starts Pr this agreement to proceed I
43. and hide the Librarian Window The Librarian is a docked window integrated in the user interface It can be easily shown and hidden 1 Select View Librarian or press ESC 2 By hiding the Librarian you gain some space in your application work area The opened windows are automatically rearranged Change the Librarian position on screen The Librarian is a docked window integrated in the user interface Its location can be easily changed 1 Using the left mouse button click on the Librarian window title and keep the button pressed 2 Move the mouse over the right or bottom side of the application window and release the button 3 The Librarian window location has changed This new location will be saved even if you quit and restart the application Change the Librarian folder location Files and folders included in the Librarian are located on your disk drive This location is set by default the first time you installed the application in your My Documents folder A sub folder is created and is named Axialis Librarian You can change this folder and location see below 1 Select View Preferences or press F2 2 A dialog box opens Select the Librarian tab You can change the Librarian folder in the Path field You can also use the Browse button to choose a location using a browse dialog box 3 Click OK when done 4 Now quit the application and transfer your files from the old location to the new one the application
44. as default When done click Next Step 2 of 6 Description 6 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field O keep the proposed title Tutorial3 We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title Copyright Web link Comment as well as RSS feed URLs Copyright 2004 Arial Software AL http wwe sodas com This is a test screensaver A detribute ASS Feeds i Enable RS Read EY Svecity URLs 57 58 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 7 Specify your own data in Copyright Web Site and Comment fields See context help for more information on these fields 8 Do not modify the RSS settings 0 RSS is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 6 Customization 6 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon 0 of the screensaver as well as the image displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in the Corfigure dialog and a custom icon in the SCR fie E Use a custom i
45. box 72 Chapter 3 How To Procedures A black background 3 In the WYSIWYG editor window double click using the left button or right click and select Properties or choose Project Screen Background menu command 4 A Project Properties dialog box opens Background tab is selected Select the Solid Color option and choose Black Add the logo sprite 5 First you need to create a nice image of your company logo Create this image in an external program like Photoshop professional tool Paint Shop Pro shareware tool or Gimp free tool Crop your image just around your logo Do not leave a black space around the logo Use the real colors 24 bits not 16 or 256 colors If you know how to create 32 bit images with alpha channel the result will be better If not add a black background to your company logo too Save it to BMP or PNG file 6 Return in the application select your project document if necessary Choose in the menu Project New Sprite Ins or click the New Sprite button in the local toolbar A standard Windows dialog box opens Search an select your file Click Open The logo is added in the center of the screensaver Set the sprite motion parameters 7 Now we re going to make the sprite move on screen Double click on the logo sprite A dialog opens Select the Motion tab if necessary 8 Choose Straight Line and Bouncing on the edges of the screen options 9 Now we ll set the direction and spee
46. built in Explorer 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 3 Choose Edit Paste 5 The name of the Music file displays in the area Music pathname in the Dialog box Background Music properties Click OK Add a movie or animation Add a movie or animation 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Video Clip or Right click and choose Video Clip 3 The Video Clip window opens In the Video Clip Pathname area specify the full pathname of the file to use for the screen saver video clip You can also click Browse to locate the file using a 99 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION standard Windows dialog box Many of these files are available for download on Internet check copyright before redistributing Several file format are supported AVI Microsoft Video This is the most recommended file format for video file medium file size but compatible with all Windows versions MPG Mpeg I Another recommended file format very small file size The drawback is that the user must have Windows 98 or Windows 95 with Active Movie installed MOV QT Apple QuickTime Medium file size very good quality The drawback is that the use must have installed QuickTime for Windows version 4 or more RAM RM Real Media Small file size average quality The drawback is that the user must have installed RealPlayer version 6 or more SWF Shockwave Flash It s a multimed
47. can select the folder that contains the media files images animations music sounds that you ll use in your project 125 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 6 The Project document window is placed in the working area O The application is multi document enabled It means that you can create or open several documents in the working area of the application A local toolbar is located in the document window If you click on a button in this toolbar it acts on the selected item in the document window This toolbar cannot be customized 7 The Document window is divided in two parts In the left side O are located the edit dialog boxes that you ll use to set project and slide properties It is composed of 3 windows that you can activate by clicking on the associated tabs General Background and Flash Movie On the right side O a preview window is available Adjust general properties Adjust general properties 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Project Properties or click on the General Tab 3 In the Title area specify the name of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 4 In the Author atea specify the author of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 5 In the Copyright area specify the copyright of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 6 In the Description area specify a description of the scr
48. clips full screen in sequence This kind of screensaver is less used but could be useful to display a company advertisement clip for example Create Video based screen saver project To create a screen saver you must create a Project first SSP file Only this file can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled 1 Choose File New Screen Saver Project A dialog box opens You can choose the type of screen saver to create Video based Screen Saver 2 Click on the Next Button The Create a New Screen Saver Project dialog box opens You can specify Screen saver and Author information in the areas Title Description Name and Copyright 3 Click on the Next button The application creates a new project window see below dc Professional Screen Saver Wi ha Twn Frate ven wd Hb im Ah Ben D Que Gros Jo Bie O 0 8 y dem pr gt paio s PAE y a m past oF reer sae 1 herido Pegas Fore D Save a copy of Aa fins nde omc E for Help grees Ft 4 In the Application window you see the menu and the main toolbar This toolbar can be customized by double clicking or right clicking on it When you select a command in this menu or main toolbar it acts on the selected item or window 5 In the Librarian you
49. color Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Save the project SSP file To create a screen saver you must before create a Project SSP file IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled Save the Project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or File Save As 131 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 2 Choose the directory and enter the new project name SSP or 1 Select the folder in the librarian 2 Select the active project window 3 Click on the Add to the Librarian button in the local toolbar 4 The dialog box Add a project to the librarian opens Specify the new project name The default extension is SSP Test the screen saver full screen You can test the Screen Saver Project using full screen resolution 1 Choose Project Test Full screen or F11 Compile a screen saver file Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created
50. dialog box Customize Toolbar Opens 3 An available toolbar buttons list displays You can add these buttons in the Current toolbar buttons list by selecting one button and clicking on the Add Button 4 If you want to delete a button in the current toolbar you must select it and click on the Remove button 5 You can Move Up or Move Down the button in the Current Toolbar buttons list Select the button and click on Move Up Move Down You can also use the Drag and Drop to move the buttons 6 If you want to go back with the Default Main toolbar click on the Reset button Show hide the Recently Used Bar This bar permits to quick open a file in the application It contains a long edit zone and is usually located under the main toolbar 1 Right click in the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Recently Used Bar to show hide the bar 200 Chapter 7 Customizing The Application Empty the Recently Used List 1 Choose View Preferences The dialog box Preferences opens 2 Select the Toolbars tab 3 Click on the Empty Recently Used List button Click OK NOTE You can move toolbar buttons directly from the Toolbar by pressing ALT selecting the button and moving with the mouse You can move or resize the Recently Used bar using the mouse Place the mouse pointer on the left side of the Recently Used area When the cursor changes into a cross with 4 arrows move it using drag and drop Show hide the Toolbars The
51. file Compile a Windows screen saver SCR file Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created is compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled Don t loose your SSP file Step 1 Specify a filename and location Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled We recommend you to save your project to a SSP file before compiling it Don t loose your SSP file 1 Choose Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 or click on the Compile SCR File button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box Filename You are about to create a new stand alone screen saver file The wth k asis no instal procedure wil be created Please specify the name and location
52. file contains a loop music It means that this is a short sequence a few seconds that can be played in loop to simulate a music without end Of course we need to configure this and click on 40 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials the Restart music playback when finished option Note that this is almost always the case with background music 5 When this is all done click OK 6 Now you can test the screensaver fullscreen F11 Lesson 2 6 Saving the project Our screensaver project is finished Now it s a good idea to save it we could have done this before You can save the project using the standard Windows dialog box or use a built in feature that permits you to quick save the project in the Librarian recommended Choose one of the procedure below IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded and modified in the built in editor window Once compiled a screensaver cannot be modified So save your projects as SSP files and don t lose these files Save the project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or click on the Save Ctr1 S button in the toolbar A standard Windows dialog box opens 2 Save the file in the Axialis Librarian My Documents Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutorial2 ssp Click Save when done 3 The project has been saved to a SSP file Quickly save the project in the Librarian recommended 1 You can also save the file in the Librarian directly A feature has been impleme
53. have to install it in the Photoshop plug ins directory Install the Photoshop Plug in Using the Photoshop to IconWorkshop plug in you ll be able to transfer an image or a drawing directly from Photoshop or any plug in compatible application to Professional Screen Saver Producer through the memory Install the Photoshop plug in 1 Before installing the plug in we recommend you to close the Photoshop application if it is actually opened in background Choose File Install Photoshop Plug in 2 The dialog box Install the Photoshop Transfer Plug in opens see below In the Location edit zone specify the Photoshop plug in folder If you don t know the exact folder path click the browse button O to choose the folder in a list Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Install the Photoshop Transfer Plug in Xx permit you to transfer images directly from Adobe Photoshop through memory without using a temporary PSD file See help for more info Inorder to activate this feature you have to install an Axiaks module in your e Adobe Photoshop plugin directory tion suggests you to instal the plug in at the location specified b is installed on your compter You can specify an akernate it or browsing your disks A Axiaks Professional Screen Saver Producer includes a powerful feature which vel o Install the plug in File in a sub folder Axiaks 17 TNs plagin can be ured with warious paint applic
54. of the file to create Tutorial O sa ray i iil e B o gt Cow sect cc the Current Windows Screen Saver eA HAN 134 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Specify the Screen Saver Filename and Location 1 In the Filename area specify the name of the file to create You don t need to specify an extension here SCR by default 2 In the Location area specify the folder where you want to create the file If you want to redistribute this SCR file specify your output folder You must type a folder full pathname here If you want to use this screensaver on your computer only do not modify the proposed entry see below 3 If you check the Place it in my personal Windows System folder option it allows to specify the Windows System folder as the destination location In such a case the screensaver will be visible in Windows screensaver settings list see What is a screensaver for more info Change the default Windows Screen Saver When you compile your screensaver the application allows you to set it as the current Windows screen saver 4 If you check the Set it as the Current Windows Screen Saver option it allows to set the compiled screen saver as the current Windows screen saver The fields and are disabled because they re set by default when you choose to set your screensaver as Windows default 5 When done click the Next button If the specified file already ex
55. on the Images tab to display the related options JPEG Writing options Image Quality Specify the JPEG compression level values from 1 to 99 A low compression level 1 to 10 produces small files but the image quality is very low A high compression level 80 to 99 produces very good quality images but larger files Chapter 7 Customizing The Application WMF Default Load Size Width and Height Specify the WMF default width and Height WMF is a vector format It means that it can be opened and displayed at any size without quality loss To display it the application needs to convert it to bitmap and need a default size to perform the conversion Kodak PhotoCD Default Load Size Specify the default Kodak PhotoCD PCD load size Kodak PhotoCD is a multi resolution format It means that each PCD file includes several resolutions of the same picture Small resolutions are fast to load but with poor quality High resolutions have good quality but are memory consuming Image Display mode Various Click to set default image display to Various Scales It means that images will be initially displayed at scale 1 1 with possibility to change scale Best Fit Click to set default image display to Best Fit It means that images will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The image aspect ratio will always be kept Full Window Click to set default image d
56. reader and change URLs if you allowed it from the screensaver configure dialog box How to customize a screensaver icon A screensaver is a program see What is a screensaver Therefore it contain an icon This icon is used to display it in Windows Explorer or when you create a Shortcut to it in the Desktop for example A standard icon is used but it s now possible to customize it 80 Chapter 3 How To Procedures What is an icon An icon is a graphic image a small picture or object that represents a file program web page or command Icons help you execute commands open programs or documents quickly To execute a command by using an icon click or double click on the icon It is also useful to recognize quickly an object in a browser list That s almost all you need to know if you only use icons But you want to use or create icons for the screensaver customization feature you need to know more about them What are the differences between an image and an icon A computer image is a bitmap composed of pixels or vector composed of drawing paths picture which can be saved using various formats BMP PNG GIF JPEG WMF All these formats have several different properties bitmaps vectors compressed layered animated and can be used to store pictures at any sizes and resolution Icons are different from standard images They are have standard sizes usually small 16x16 32x32 48x48 One icon is comp
57. real hyperlink the user will be able to click on it to register 9 In the Registration Text zone specify the Registration Text This text will be displayed in the upper left corner of the limited version of the screensaver Once the screensaver is activated this text is hidden Since the user can activate the screensaver using the A key and register using the R key adding a reminder in this text is a good idea Press A to enter your activation code Press R to register This text can be localized Information about Localization The text can be localized using macros placed in the text body that permit you to define conditional portions A conditional portion begins with if and ends with a endif If a text line is not in a conditional portion it is always displayed Example i ENGLISH Text using english language endif Text always displayed i FRENCH Text using french language endif Actually 8 language macros are supported ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH DUTCH ITALIAN PORTUGUESE and RUSSIAN 10 In the Registration Text zone specify the Expiration Text This text will be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen if the trial period is over Once the screensaver is activated this text is hidden Since the user can activate the screensaver using the A key and register using the R key adding a reminder in this text is a good idea Press A to enter your activation code Press R to register This
58. screen for a specified period of time When this period is over the next slide is displayed using a possible transition effect cut roll fade A background music can be added as well as a startup video sequence This kind of screensaver is great to display your vacation photos or promote a company slogan for example Create slide show based screen saver project To create a screen saver you must create a Project first SSP file Only this file can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled 1 Choose File New Screen Saver Project A dialog box opens You can choose the type of screen saver to create Slide Show based Screen Saver The screen saver is made on several photos displaying on screen file like a slide show Several options music transition effects 2 Click on the Next Button The Create a New Screen Saver Project dialog box opens You can specify Screen saver and Author information in the areas Title Description Name and Copyright 3 Click on the Next button The application creates a new project window see below fvatewsumal creon tarer Pe Et hosa ew Peete Mew Mahe Mop gt On Bw dos 2406 28 ae Gener Sain Prams Omingmeed Drina Mom Mitre Y pa rare won Cut Commas JA Ange Swer we Lo
59. size in percent 7 If you check Play the Video clip Forever screen saver playing in background option it allows to specify a video clip that will be played over and over The video clip window is opaque and is always displayed in foreground 8 If you check Play the Video clip once before the screen saver starts option it allows to specify a video clip that will be played once before the screen saver starts When the video clip is finished it disappears and the screen saver starts It can be used as an animated splash screen Add a video clip or animation using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Animation folder 2 Select a video animation file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window 3 The name of the Music file displays in the area Video Clip Pathname in the Dialog box Video clip properties Click YES When you add a FLI FLC Animation to Project using drag and drop you can choose to add it as a sprite or as an independent window like clips videos Ifyou choose the Convert the Animation into Sprite the animation will be converted into a sprite with transparency This is not recommended for larges files If you choose the Add animation as an independent window the animation will be embedded in the screen saver as an independent window The animation can be played once before the screen saver starts or forever with sprites playing in background Add a video clip
60. splash screen and in the Properties dialog box 3 In the Web Site area specify the Web Address of your personal page or company site for example http www axialis com This Web Address will be displayed in the Properties dialog box as a real hyperlink the user will be able to click on it 4 In the Comment area 0 specify a Comment associated with the screen saver This comment will be displayed in the Properties dialog box 1024 characters maxi If the text is too long to be displayed in the dialog box it will scroll vertically Configure the RSS reader With Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer you can screensavers with a RSS reader embedded RSS which means Really Simple Syndication is a new way to publish information online Think of it as a distributable What s New for your site At the heart of the technology is special Web coding called XML which has been widely developed by the online community over the past few years Anyone can pick up the RSS codes and with the appropriate software display the information A RSS reader is included in the screensavers you will compile You just have to create your own online RSS feeds see tutorial link below and add the URLs to them in the above list Adding RSS news in your screensaver is a great idea IMPORTANT If your screensaver includes a RSS reader it will attempt to access the Internet This may pop up a firewall alert on the end user computer An In
61. text can be localized 11 If the Enter Activation Code During Installation box is checked the user will be prompted to enter his activation code and eventually his name during the installation of the screensaver You can configure this option as a proposal or an obligation by choosing an option below Ifthe Propose To Enter Code option is chosen the user will be prompted to enter his activation code during install but will be able to bypass this step He will be able to activate it later during use In this case this step is a proposal NOT an obligation Ifthe Force To Enter Code option is chosen the user will be prompted to enter his activation code to proceed with installation In this case this step is an obligation NOT a proposal Step 9 Compilation Summary This dialog box summarizes all the parameters of the compilation We recommend you to read this summary carefully before proceeding 159 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compilation Summary 1 Read the compilation summary 2 Read carefully the note about copyright Click the More Info About Copyright button 3 When you re ready to go click the Go and Compile button Compilation This dialog box displays the compilation process running You can stop the compilation at any time Compilation Process 1 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compil
62. the FSCommand MessageBox Here is an example of script that opens a message box when the user release the mouse button on a specific area on release fscommand MessageBox This is the message Open the Activation Box If you created a demo limited screensaver it could be useful to open the ActivationBox using the FSCommand ActivationBox Here is an example of script that opens the box when the user release the mouse button on a specific area on release fscommand ActivationBox Specific Flash variables for screensavers with activation Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer creates and initialize various variables specific to the screen saver These variables can be useful in the Flash scripts to handle the activation status of the screensaver Variables Description HasActivationCode 0 gt The screensaver has NO activation code 1 gt The screensaver has an activation code system The variables below exist only if HasActivationCode is 1 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers LimitationType 0 gt Time Limited N days 1 gt Limited to N sprites slides Limit The total number of days or sprite slides of the limitation It depends of the LimitationType value DaysLeft Number of days left in the trial period only if LimitationType is 0 IsActivated 0 gt The screensaver has NOT been activated demo mode 1 gt The screensaver IS activated full mode HasExpired 0
63. the menu 3 A standard Windows dialog box opens Save the sprite as an Image file at the desired location Customize the screen saver background A new project is created with a default gradient background You can easily change this default background Several options are available Customize the screensaver background 1 Activate the Screen Saver window Document 2 Choose Project Project Properties or Click in the Screen Saver Background and choose Properties 3 Click on the Background tab 4 If You check the Image Wallpaper button In the Pathname area specify the full pathname of the bitmap file to use for the background You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Specify the way you want the background image to be displayed Stretch Means that the image will be stretched to fit the entire screen The image may be distorted when stretched Centert Means that the image will be displayed centered on screen at scale 1 1 If the image is smaller than the screen the visible background is black 97 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Tile Means that the image will be repeated at scale 1 1 to make a tiled background 5 If you check the Gradient button Inthe From color area specify the first color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the left border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the co
64. the screensaver Actually the sprites overlap when they encounter each other they do not collide You can make them collide like balls on a pool table Set the collision options 1 First be sure to be in Stopped mode Double click on the sprite Blue Sphere in the list O see below A dialog opens DH 450 amp 8x 00 9000 ae Sorte per bat Apenaw 6 hemes Torte bad sehen Re ae E Sorte rem Sphere Bex hoe CD Sorte the Sphere Y TA em Sorte Wetermart Logo Sprite e son b Posten Motan sourds d Chara Arann trareparency Garas ai image 2 Can coto met a Colson eth rotar chet pappi wor eo EY Colinton Sounds Screen Let E Cr tornan fTapsfotomt E Gey MPCATANT Ori WAV thes we appoted tor Lolicon Soundi CA Cou meo 2 Click on the Sound amp Collision tab if necessary Select Level 1 in the Object Collision Level list The application supports several collision levels For example if you set the blue and red balls to level 1 and if you set the green and spinning balls to level 2 blue and red balls will collide together but they won t collide with green and spinning balls You can consider levels like invisible layers in which sprites are moving The rule is simple Two sprites must be in the same collision level to collide together 20 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials IMPORTANT Collision level are not related to sprite ord
65. to 500 You can also randomize the speed see options on right When done click OK To learn more about sprite screensavers we recommend you to follow this tutorial We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test 10 Save your project by choosing File Save or by pressing Ctrl S 11 Now you can compile your screensaver or compile and create an installation package How fo quickly create a slideshow screensaver A built in Explorer permits you to browse your computer folders with thumbnail preview select files and quickly create a screensaver Open the built in Explorer select the files 1 In the menu choose File New New Explorer Ctrl E An explorer window opens in the application as ue gm ee ee Hop Me gale FA auna A rehni h nia D on oo GB Ons Vesgiates rroa ps O yara My atama My sectores 7 ter oe a Aral Sopot y ey E wre OB serra BG ntes s oe rete pa J naa am tahoe org e mun a se OM 9 Carlie o rg ania A ue D ue oo Paros y BIOS Aa ed n h A r A PO ps teat gol Ser 2 EN a p oe pe E wv Ditesi peg Attest ong Batis ong esi h x ma noes pa Dai A Leo wadi Uy a Ey ttbu bd ue E Y s ine oe Sphere tie org nam Q My brewer
66. to save it we could have done this before You can save the project using the standard Windows dialog box or use a built in feature that permits you to quick save the project in the Librarian recommended Choose one of the procedure below IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded and modified in the built in editor window Once compiled a screensaver cannot be modified So save your projects as SSP files and don t lose these files 55 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Save the project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or click on the Save Ctr1 S button in the toolbar A standard Windows dialog box opens 2 Save the file in the Axialis Librarian My Documents Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutorial3 ssp Click Save when done 3 The project has been saved to a SSP file Quickly save the project in the Librarian recommended 1 You can also save the file in the Librarian directly A feature has been implemented to quickly save files in the Librarian In the librarian select the Screen Savers folder in the tree W 3 Azials Professional Screen Saver Producer 3 6 Fie Edt Project Liian Potes Wew Window Help 50x m EAH Bere Que Gres Gor Bie O A G 2 Ubearten SS Tutoria a HI POM ae buioiojas pa rates reran t a ao w 11 ren Geren Baiga Pat Move sore ae Piah Move pr Madis a E amarni aaia Las wari Mace Fie Fah T ua Pnp Bid id s
67. you chose to install this screensaver as Windows default in Step 1 it will start automatically after a certain period of inactivity of your computer depends on what you ve configured in Windows Control Panel Click Close to finish Lesson 2 8 Creating an install package We ve learned how to compile a project and create a SCR screensaver However installing this screensaver on a computer could be a bit difficult for an unexperienced user That s why we recommend you to create an install package with your screensaver especially if you wish to redistribute it In this lesson we ll learn ho to compile the screensaver like we did in previous lesson and create an install package during the same procedure Creating an installation package is done in 9 steps 45 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Step 1 of 9 Filenames and location 1 Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or click on the Compile Installable Screen Saver button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step 1 of 9 Filenames and Location O You ara about to craste a new installable screensaver First R wi be compiled as a SCR file then included in an installation package Screensaver File Please specify t
68. 11 33 51 NeW project ccicoci ninaioconicarias dret viniera NEW project nnn New 0 o snini ane O Online Customer Services ooooocccoocnccinancncnnnn Online Registration using Internet Open MMM a a QPEN sist cee EE ee ee ak Opened GOCUMEN eseese OPTIONS ares iint 203 205 206 207 208 P Paste Photoshop iiini a E ES Photoshop plug in stalle kapara aa a aa y Photoshop plug in seeen Photoshop plug in seeen Photoshop plug in sereen Play lic a aaiae eia as ate Preview NEM neste AA a PV AEEA EE A Pro Wisiiianada ria dida Preview parameter SOC iia ie 141 156 Preview parameter eerren Preview parameter seeren 224 Print actua Odia n a i 180 folder CONtEN ccecce 186 media fles niitan oaia 191 Prin eere nae ae e aiet 180 Pri 186 Pi aaa iaa do ia 191 Professional Screen Saver Producer 2 Project QNOTNEL pProgrAM ccccoconccconnnrcronnncnoninnnnos 211 SOV iia 22 41 55 101 Proje doi N R OE 22 A 41 A edeaie ns iaeteesee etic euis iii ta 55 A Alito eid Ate tet ie ey 96 A OT 96 NS A essing asses teat hides acne 96 PIOjOCh esse chetsashsbbel irrita rio roer 101 PO Gh an aad aa t aN 104 PO ici en ae e 107 Pro E R ic T 120 ta ETE E E ETT 130 PO uti betes anane eaae 211 Project SSP Se VA T 113 123 131 Project SPa niitan aatia a eena Na aeaa 113 Pr ject SSP iii 123 Project SSP iia 131 Q QUICKLY rieien haces ri 68 69 70 71
69. 2 The first dialog box of the compilation wizard opens Follow the procedure until Step 2 Description see below if you choose to compile a SCR file or until Step 4 Screensaver Information if you choose to create an install package Compile a SCR Screen Saver Step 20f6 2X Description XN You can customize your screen saver by spedfying a Tite Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed URLs Jte Tutoriali Ct Copyright Copyright 2004 Axiabs Software Al righgs res Web Ste hitpc Jwwew anias com oo Comment Soppe reer ee a detrbute ASS Feeds 3 Enable ASS Read EY Specify URLS ANA EE 3 To activate the RSS reader and specify feeds in the RSS feeds zone click on the Enable RSS Reader option The Specify URLs button is activated Click on this button a second dialog box opens 79 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Source URLs one URS per line http jwe aiaks comfess Sag AENA ARA O what is RSS Depending on who you a RSS stends for ether Vid Ste Summary or Really Single Syndication Aut no matter what K s called RSS is a new waay to publish information online Think of as a distributable What s New for your ste Ak the heart of the technology is special Web coding called XML which has been widely developed try the online communty over the past few years Anyone can pad up the RSS codes and wath the appropriate softw
70. 3 3 Specifying the Flash file Specify the Flash file from the Librarian window 1 In the Librarian window see below select the Media Files Images Flash folder The files contained in this folder are displayed in the list below A Modales Professional Screen Saver Produces 3 6 EX Pie Ede Project Lera Favertes View Window Help Es Za b Dern B Qan Pra Jo BR Q g a pr ada Sex OL x enasiga Corera aagana iao Herve Siro image Willoaper e obrera uv Y rm Tiri ap Volterirter 53 54 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 2 Select the file Tutorial Pssp Black swf in the list O and use a mouse drag drop to place it in the document window 3 A dialog box opens see below cumerts odebs Livarian Medie Fias Flah Tutoria P ssp Black swf Usdeg the Shochwawe F lath forma may force the end user to instal the Macromedia Flach Player See Help _ Play i Seve a copy of the file in the project document e Sre Position center Y e Ful Sceen mamced Speciic Size ei Show Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the animation i Automatically Repeat Forever 4 In Flash Movie field you see the full pathname to the file you re about to add Check that this is the correct file 5 In the Size group select the Full Screen maximized option O Also be sure the option Show Mouse Pointer i
71. 8 225 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Sprite based screen saver project Sprite SCTECNSAVET oooocoocccccccccononancccncncnananancnnnn Op E S A Ca SSP l E A E E aiii Static sprite AGING sistent a vend aot in ey Static Spil ctra Step 134 135 137 140 141 143 144 145 150 151 153 155 156 157 Supported Media types System Requirements ccccccccccccccccccnonononononnns T Temporary Files tab seer Test Toggle Auto full screen option Toolbars SHOW HIGS iia aiii TOO MS viii ino Uninstall 226 APPlCATON cocoa 213 Uninstall ias ia oet 213 Use Photoshop plug N wo cette 165 EE A E E AE EEA 165 Use Free Online Update 218 User interact AllOWs nena a User interact User Interface Options 204 User Licence Agreement Axialis SOPTWOPE ccc titre tteeeetiees 3 User Licence Agreement csere 3 User License Agreement PO 150 User License Agreement cercen 150 Using Collision effects 20 V Video based screen saver project Crede ic ad 125 Video based screen saver project 125 Video file ada 130 Video Mts 130 Video SCTEENSOAVEL ieee 71 Ww Why Photoshop plug N cnocccnicccciconinconionnnnos 164 WHY Sease data aaa ln t 164 Work efficiently oooooooooccconononncconcccnncccnnnnanancnnno 73
72. 99 Save the project SSP file 101 Test the screen saver full screen 102 Compile a screen saver file 102 Compile an installable package 102 Create a Slide Show Based Screen Saver 103 Create a Slide Show Based Screen Saver Project 103 Create slide show based screen saver project 103 Adjust general properties 104 Add new slides in the project 104 Arrange the slide sequence 106 Change slide image pathname 107 Display change slide information 107 Save a slide in a project 107 Change the slide size 108 Customize transition effect 108 Customize slide display duration 108 Add a slide specific sound 108 Display the slide full sereen 109 Customize the screen saver background 109 Add a default background music 110 Add a movie or animation 111 Save the project SSP file 113 Test the screen saver full screen 113 Compile a screen saver file 113 Compile an installable package 114 Create a Flash Based Screen Saver 115 Create a Flash Based Screen Saver 115 Table Of Contents Create slide show based screen saver project 115 Adjust general properties 116 Specify the Flash movie 116 Allow to the user interact with the Flash animation 119 Change the Flash file pathname 119 Save the Flash file in the project 120 Adjust the Flash movie display size 120 Adjust the Flash movie position on screen 120 Customize the screen saver background 121 Specific FSCommanads for the Screen Saver 121 Specific Flash variables for screensavers with activatio
73. A large dialog box opens How to add a RSS reader in a screensaver With Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer you can screensavers with a RSS reader embedded RSS which means Really Simple Syndication is a new way to publish information online Think of it as a distributable What s New for your site At the heart of the technology is special Web coding called XML which has been widely developed by the online community over the past few years Anyone can pick up the RSS codes and with the appropriate software display the information 78 Chapter 3 How To Procedures A RSS reader is included in the screensavers you will compile You just have to create your own online RSS feeds see tutorial link below and add the URLs to them in the above list Adding RSS news in your screensaver is a great idea Add a RSS reader in a screensaver IMPORTANT If your screensaver includes a RSS reader it will attempt to access the Internet This may pop up a firewall alert on the end user computer An Internet access may be considered as suspicious by the this user malicious codes like virus or trojans act like this We strongly recommend to inform the end user about this 1 Open your screensaver project It works with all kind of screensavers sprite Flash slideshow video Compile it either as SCR or as Install Package Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4
74. Background menu command 2 A Project Properties dialog box opens Background tab is selected com Q rand hrc vs e a Image Wallpaper y Y Pabmime san meda MesimageribackgroundiiwoodD4 pg Stretch S Cere Te Project amp Gradient Solid Color Keep Screen Background O 3 Co neo 3 Actually the Gradient background type is selected Choose the Image Wallpaper option O The associated group is activated 4 In the Pathname area 9 select the following image using the button A My Documentsl Axialis Librarianl Media FileslImagesl Backgrounds Wood04 jpg 6 In the same group select the Tiled option O This image must be used as a tiled wallpaper the same image contains a seamless pattern that creates the illusion of an infinite background image when placed like tiles REMARK Click on the context help button to get more information on a specific area in the dialog box 7 Click OK when done The background of the project changes as follows Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Lesson 1 3 Adding a static sprite In this lesson we ll add our first sprite in the project a static sprite It means that this sprite will not move on the screen It is useful to add your company logo in a corner of the screen foe example Also we ll change its transparency value to create a watermark effect Add the sp
75. Choose Modify Favorites 2 The Favorite List contents displays You must select the document you want to change or remove from the list 3 If you want to change the name of the selected document you will change the name that appears in the list not the filename on disk click the Rename button 4 If you want to remove the selected document from the list you will NOT delete the file or folder on the disk click the Remove button Paste an image from another program to a project You can copy an image from an external program and paste it into a screen saver project window The application will then prompt you to know what you want to do with this new image Paste an image from another program to a project 1 Copy an image from another program to the Clipboard 2 Select a Screen Saver Project and choose Edit Paste 3 The Paste a New Image To Screen Saver project dialog box opens You must specify the type of operation to perform and a file format for this new image The image will be saved in the project file 4 Choose a format Windows Bitmap BMP Portable Network Graphic PNG JPEG Compressed JPG 5 Choose the operation to perform Create a new sprite with transparency Use the image present in the Clipboard This sprite will use the image background color as transparent Create a new sprite Use the image present in the Clipboard This sprite will be opaque no transparency Use it as Tiled Wallpaper
76. Cree arpa luca hen chd ganerate to save the rendi in a text file From umber To Number a 100 Generate to File De Serial activation Codes can be generated from 000901 10 999999 EE Company and Screen Saver IDs Two Ids are used to generate the codes The Screen Saver ID which is different for each screen saver you compiled and the Company ID which is constant but differs for another company You must specify the same number you specified when you compiled the Screen Saver 1 In the Screen Saver ID area 0 specify the ID of your screensaver an 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits that will be used to generate the Activation Codes 2 In the Company ID area specify the ID of your company also an 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits 3 Click the Get IDs from history file button 6 if you can t recall the Screen Saver ID and or the Company ID you used when you compiled the Screen Saver This will open a window and display a history list of the compilations you made REMARKS Each digit in a hexadecimal number is coded from 0 to 9 and A to F A 10 amp ldots F 15 This is a typical computer notation If you can t recall the Screen Saver ID or company ID you specified at compilation click the button on right side of this edit zone to choose this it in a history list 169 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Generate an Activation Code based on a User Name If you choo
77. Desktop to easily launch and test the screensaver Specify s to clear the option m Create a Start Menu Entry Creates an entry in the Windows Start Menu to easily launch the screensaver Specify m to clear the option p Open Display Properties Automatically open the Windows display properties dialog box to select and adjust the screensaver configuration Specify p to clear the option la Uninstall the Screensaver Automatically uninstall the screensaver x Windows XP User Interface Forces the installation to use a XP like user interface Iw Windows ME 2000 User Interface Forces the installation to use a standard ME 2000 user interface 85 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Command line examples 1 Automatically un install the screensaver Install u 2 Install the screensaver in quiet mode set the screensaver as default Windows screensaver and do NOT create a desktop shortcut icon Install q d s 3 Install the screensaver in quiet mode display a progress dialog box and force use of the Windows ME 2000 standard interface Install w q 86 CHAPTER 4 Creating Screen Savers In this chapter Create a Sprite Based Screen Saver m Create a Slideshow Based Screen Saver m Create a Flash Based Screen Saver m Create a FLI FLC Animation Based Screen Saver m Compile a Screen Saver File SCR m Compile an Installable Screen Saver Fil
78. E Save a copy of the Hes in the project 5 In the Position center group O Inthe X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the video window on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window Inthe Y area Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video window on screen from 480 to 960 O means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window NOTE The visible screen coordinates are always specified from 0 0 top left to 640 480 bottom right Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly 6 Click the Automatically Repeat Forever option if you want to play the playlist in loop If this option is unchecked the playlist is played once 7 If the Save a copy of the files in the Project Document option is checked O the video file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files Ifyou check this option the animation file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the animation file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If you uncheck this option the animation file
79. In the Copyright area specify the copyright of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 6 In the Description area specify a description of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 7 In the Options group choose one of the options If you check the Repeat Forever box the screen saver will automatically restart from the beginning when it reaches the end Ifyou check the Display slide Information box the screen saver will display the name and description for each slide Ifyou check the Draw a shadow behind the picture the screen saver will display a shadow for each slide It s recommended if you use a textured background Inthe area Margin enter a value in pixels It s recommended if you display full screen slides Add new slides in the project A slide is an image To add slides in the project you just have to add images that you selected from your disks 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Insert New Slides or select Slide Properties tab and click the Add Slides button 104 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers uix Qo exipededingiag 3 Browse your disks and select the image files you wish to add Click Open The new slides are added Add new slides using Drag and Drop from the Librarian 1 Open the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select one or more images in the Librarian then drag and drop them to the Screen Saver Documen
80. MOI 2 The window is divided in two parts The separator can be moved using the mouse On the left pane use the folder tree to browse and find the desired folder 0 In the right pane you see a thumbnail the media files present in this folder O Images and video files are shown with preview You also see Flash and sound files without preview Select the images files you want to add as slides in your screensaver We recommend you to use JPEG image files but you can also add BMP PNG icons cursors and GIFs If you want to add a background music select a music or sound file MP3 WAV MID REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 69 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Create the screensaver 4 Click on the New Screen Saver Project From Selection F7 button or choose File New New Screen Saver Project From Selection in the menu 5 A dialog box opens Select Slide Show Screen Saver option in the list Click Next 6 In this new dialog box enter the screensaver title and some additional information copyright author Click Next when done Customize and compile the screensaver 7 The screensaver project window opens with all the files added in the slide list area Now select the slides and adjust display delay transitions scale Specify also the screensaver display properties To learn mo
81. Martine BOCCANFUSO Marc EMILE Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer 3 61 228 axlalls e SOFTWARE Copyright 1996 2004 Axialis Software All Rights Reserved http www axialis com Table Of Contents INTRODUCING LICENSE What is Professional Screen Saver Producer User License Agreement Corporate Edition Acknowledgements System Requirements GETTING STARTED QUICK TUTORIALS What is a Screen Saver Tutorial 1 Create a Sprite Screensaver Lesson 1 1 Creating the new project Lesson 1 2 Defining the background Lesson 1 3 Adding a static sprite Lesson 1 4 Adding a moving sprite Lesson 1 5 Adding an animated sprite Lesson 1 6 Using collision effects Lesson 1 7 Defining a background music Lesson 1 8 Saving the project Lesson 1 9 Compiling the screensaver Lesson 1 10 Creating an install package Tutorial 2 Create a Slideshow Screensaver Lesson 2 1 Creating the new project Lesson 2 2 Defining the background Lesson 2 3 Adding the photos Lesson 2 4 Specifying display settings and transitions Lesson 2 5 Defining a background music Lesson 2 6 Saving the project Lesson 2 7 Compiling the screensaver Lesson 2 8 Creating an install package Tutorial 3 Create a Flash Screensaver Lesson 3 1 Creating the new project Lesson 3 2 Defining the background Lesson 3 3 Specifying the Flash file Lesson 3 4 Specifying display settings Lesson 3 5 Saving the proje
82. Please specify also the date and the order number if possible Important A correct information is required to register If you don t specify this info your registration will be rejected 7 When done click on the Next button A five Online Registration Using Internet dialog box opens Ready to Register You are about to send your registration information You must be connected to Internet before proceeding If you are not connected to Internet please connect now If you re connected to Internet through a proxy firewall server fill the proxy related fields If you using a modem check that you re connected to Internet If you re connected to Internet without a Firewall click Register Now If you use a Firewall check the Connected to Internet using a Proxy Firewall box and fill the following fields Address amp Port Specify here the HTTP Proxy address and port number usually 80 Proxy authentication is required If this box is checked the application will send an authentication message to the proxy server when connecting to Internet Check this option only if your server requires authentication then fill the following fields Login amp Password Specify here the Proxy Authentication Login amp Password 8 Click the Register Now button The last dialog box opens showing the registration progress 9 Congratulations You re registered To Access your Customer Account We recommend you to log into your custome
83. Professional Screen Saver Producer you can create shareware versions of your screensavers It means that these versions can be used for a limited period of time by a user for test purpose When this period is over the user has to purchase it or un install it When the user purchases the screensaver you just have to send him an activation code that you ve generated with this program too to transform the trial version in a fully working version You ll be able to generate Activation Codes using this feature Information on Activation Codes Two kinds of Activation Codes have been implemented in Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer Code Based on User Name Code Based on Serial Number 1 code generated for each user possibility to generate a list of codes ete e Pe cag a Axialis Activation Code Generation System le le Activation Codes Based on the User Name The user has to enter his name and his activation code using this format 1234 1234 1234 1234 4 groups of 4 digits Pro The user has to provide his name if he wants to publish the code Con The author has to manually generate a code for each user Activation Codes Based on a Serial Number The user just enters a longer activation code using this format 123456 1234 1234 1234 1234 Pro The author can automatically generate a list of codes Con The user can anonymously publish his code 168 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Generate Activation Codes
84. Properties Themet Deshieg Scieen Saver Appearance Setters nia Wat 20 2 metes Onresume pariword protect Monta por To adat norda power tetirgs and save eres da f _ Power or h cce Aco J By default a reduced animated preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a standard static image The Step 5 dialog box looks like this 141 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile a SCR ScreenSaver Step6o0f6 a Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appears in a smal preview window By defaut a reduced animem preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a O standard stabc image e Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver No Preview Defaut Image No Preview Custom Static Image BMP PES PNG u Display an aamated preview not recommended with Video screercarert a uter may eperenos techeical istuen Image recommanded site is 182 s 112 pooh uaaa re ies a Specify an Animated Preview 1 If you want to display a standard Animated Preview Window small sprites flash video choose the Animated Preview option O 2 When the user will select the screen saver in the Windows Control Panel it will display a small moving preview of the screensaver When done click Next IMPORTANT We DO NOT recommend using a classic animated preview for Video based screen
85. S grants you a non exclusive license to use this software and any associated documentation The Software as indicated herein If you have purchased a Single User License one copy of the Software may be installed and used for internal use only on a single computer The Software is in use on a single computer when it has been loaded into temporary memory i e RAM or installed into permanent memory hard disk or other device of that computer If you have purchased a Multiple User License you specified several copies of the software when you purchased it the Software may be installed and used for internal purposes only on the number of computers authorized at the time of purchase You MAY a redistribute compiled Screen Savers for commercial purpose b make a copy of the software for archival purpose only c install the Software on another computer only if you change of workstation In such a case you must uninstall the software from the previous workstation RESTRICTIONS You MAY NOT a copy and distribute the Software or any portion of it b sublicense lease rent or transfer this Software to another c cause or permit reverse engineering disassembly decompilation or alteration of this Software d remove any product identification copyright notices or other notices or proprietary restrictions from this Software e copy the documentation accompanying the software TERM This License is effective until terminate
86. S is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 6 Customization 6 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon of the screensaver as well as the image 0 displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to tead more about this feature When done click Next You can customize your screen saver by adding o custom image in the Configure dialog and a custom kon in the SCR fie its casks een O ons arisks lex screensaver Re ated noge sve is 4 pos Ss Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file 43 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Step 4 of 6 Splash screen 7 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the name of the screensaver your name a copyright notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of the screensaver and the copyright notice you specified in Step 2 Splash Screen When the Screen Saver starts t displays a splash screen for a few seconds By defa R displa
87. Screen Savers ED Tutorial Bhi a ae Genera Background Flash Movie Flach Mowe a 7 ke Lang toe Decora ic foral ay fe the ed izar to baal tha Macano Flak Pispa Sos Hop A Seve a copy of the file in the project document Sire Postion center le Ful Screen imevirrized Spec Soe el Row Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the anmation e Agometically Repeat Forever 3 The full pathname is added in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window 4 If the Save a copy of the file in the Project Document option is checked the video file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files Ifyou check this option the animation file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the animation file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If you uncheck this option the animation file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 In the Position center group In the X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the animation windows on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right borde
88. The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 107 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Change the slide size 1 Select one or more slides in the slide list area 2 Choose in the group Size you can choose Scale 1 1 It means that image will be initially displayed centered on screen using its original dimension scale 1 1 Maximized It means that image will be displayed maximized on screen REMARK If you specified a Margin in general tab the image will not touch the border of the screen Customize transition effect You can choose from a large selection of transition effects Random transition Wipe left Wipe Right cut 1 Select one or more slides 2 Choose in the Transition Effect Drop Down list the transition associated with a slide TIP Choose Display Slide Full Screen to see the transition effect when chosen Customize slide display duration You have two options regarding how long your slide remains on the screen 1 In the Duration group you can choose Fixed Duration It allows to specify how many seconds to wait before diplaying the next slide Based on associated sound If you choose this option the slide will be paused waiting for the associated sound to end You must specify an associated sound to use this option in the area below Add
89. The final width is based on the original animation clip width In the Height area enter here the height of the animation window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original animation clip width If you check Based on screen size option the animation size is based on the screen size in percent Adjust the Flash movie position on screen 1 Click on the Shockwave Flash tab 2 In the Position center group Inthe X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window In the Y area enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window 120 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Customize the screen saver background Customize the screen saver background 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Background Properties or Click on the Background tab 3 If you check the Image Wallpaper button Inthe Pathname area specify the full pathname of the bitmap file to use for the background You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Specify the way you want the background image to be displayed Stretch Means th
90. Use the image in the Clipboard as the screen saver s background The same image will be use like tiles to create the background Use it as a Stretched Wallpaper Use the image in the Clipboard as the screen saver s background The image will be stretched to cover the entire screen 211 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Paste an image as a new document If an image is present in the Clipboard you can paste it in the application and create a new Image document window Paste an image as a new document 1 Select an image item in the application Librarian Explorer opened image document with or without selection and choose Edit Copy You can also copy an image from an external application Choose Edit Paste as a new image A new document is created The image is displayed in a new ImageN window n pop oN Choose File Save As from the edit window or File Add to librarian You can save the image as a JPEG PNG BMP or PSD format or add it to the Librarian F3 NOTE This command will permit you to easily add new image files to the application Each time you select this command you create a new document window Desktop Reorganization The application features a dynamic system to ergonomically reorganize the application Desktop area With this system document windows are tiled and grouped by type Desktop is divided in 2 parts Explorer and Search Result windows in one part Media Document windo
91. V collisions sounds Background MIDI music wil por ba mopped So it s ret recommended to pechy a MDI cr MOD rate file although it could work on Lert configuration with DirectX or later and Windows MediaPlayer a coma Heb 2 The Background Music is already selected You can specify a pathname in the Music Pathname zone but we recommend you to click on the button and select the following file My Documents Axialis Librarian Media Files Music Autobahn Urbanlex pssp wav The full pathname to this file appear in the edit zone 3 You can hear the sound by clicking on the Play button O 4 This file contains a loop music It means that this is a short sequence a few seconds that can be played in loop to simulate a music without end Of coutse we need to configure this and click on the Restart music playback when finished option Note that this is almost always the case with background music 5 When this is all done click OK 6 If you want to hear the background music you must test the screensaver fullscreen F11 The background music is not audible in Play mode Lesson 1 8 Saving the project Our screensaver project is finished Now it s a good idea to save it we could have done this before You can save the project using the standard Windows dialog box or use a built in feature that permits you to quick save the project in the Librarian recommended Choose one of the procedures below
92. Workshop This professional tool will permit to create icons with several formats from images in a few clicks You can download a shareware version here and test it for 30 days Customize the screensaver icon 1 Once your compatible icon is ready and saved in as an ICO file on your disk open your screensaver project Compile it either as SCR or as Install Package Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 2 The first dialog box of the compilation wizard opens Follow the procedure until Step 3 Screensaver Customization if you choose to compile a SCR file see below or until Step 5 if you choose to create an install package Compile a SCR Screen Saver Step3of6 PN Customization ASS You can customize your screen saver by adding o custom image in o the Configure dalog and a custom icon in the SCR fie we x E Use a custom image in Configure dialog box al Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file Hidsialip lt lt Previous gua cancel 3 Click on the option Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file to activate it O The edit fields below are automatically enabled 4 In the edit zone enter the full path to your ICO file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 5 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of
93. a name for Des nen proiect S e mm f For Heip press Fi 2 Click on the Add to Librarian button or choose File Add to the Librarian F3 A dialog box opens see above In the Name field enter a filename no extension required or keep the proposed name Click OK 3 The SSP file is saved in the Librarian O Lesson 1 9 Compiling the screensaver The screensaver project is done and saved Time has come to compile it and create your first Windows screensaver This procedure will create a SCR file see What is a screensaver for more info You can set this screensaver as Windows default or just save it in a specific location for redistribution Compiling a screensaver is done in 6 steps 23 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 24 Step 1 of 6 Filename 1 Choose Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 or click on the Compile SCR File button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box ee Filename You are about to create a new stand alone screen saver file The file format will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled youl be able to use R personally or to redstrbute it as amp no retal procedure will be created Please specify the name and location of the file to create flensme Tutoria
94. a slide specific sound You can associate a specific sound to each slide The sound will start playing once the screen saver fully appears on the screen 1 Select a slide 2 Choose in the Associated sound group one option Default the screen saver plays a default music which has been specified in the Default Music Tab Mute the screen saver is not associated to music Specific It allows to specify in this area the location and name of the sound associated to slide The slide will be paused waiting for the associated sound to end 108 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers 3 If you check Save a copy in a project the sound file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the sound file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 4 If you unchecked this option the sound file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 If you check the Repeat box the screen saver will automatically play slide specific sound when it reaches the end Display the slide full screen You can display the document item using full screen resolution associated with its transition effect 1 Select the slide
95. a transparent color box must be checked to access this value Inthe Overall opacity area specify the global object opacity Create Transparent sprite using directly click in the sprite preview 1 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right Click and choose Properties 2 Click on the Transparency tab 3 Click in the sprite preview This area permits you to specify a transparent color by clicking directly on the picture preview The Using a transparent color box must be checked if you want to click in this area Create Transparent Sprite using drag and drop 1 Select a sprite in the librarian 2 Drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window NOTE When you add sprites by using drag and drop from the librarian the application automatically sets the sprite background to transparent The upper left pixel color is used to determine the transparent color except the JPEG JPG files the background is opaque Specify sprite type You can specify the type of the image in the sprite Illustration or Photo 1 Select the sprite 95 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Image tab You can read in this box the filename and its location its specifications Image format Size colors 4 In the Type of Image group If you specify this image as an Illustration generally objects with transparency it will
96. ackets DATE Actual print date TIME Actual print time FILENAME Filename of the file to print no path PATHNAME Filename and full path of the file to print PAGE Page number You can also specify a separator to split the text in two parts The first part will be printed on the left side and the second part on the right side of the page If no separator is specified the text is centered 9 When done click OK and continue the print procedure Print a media file as a poster image animation or video still only This feature permit to print an image in very large format The image is printed on several pages that you ll have to collate after the printing to create a large poster 5 Choose the File Print An option dialog box opens 6 In Options group choose Print image as a poster option Specify Height and Width in inches 7 In Header amp Footer group click the Print Header and Footer Texts option if you want to print texts at the top and bottom of the printout 191 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 8 In the fields below Specifies the Header and Footer texts to print You can specify macros that will be automatically be replaced by its related variable text at printing A macro must be specified between brackets DATE Actual print date TIME Actual print time FILENAME Filename of the file to print no path PATHNAME File
97. add file type to the selection The dialog box Expand Selection opens Specify file type to add to the selection For example JPG If you select the Replace the current selection check box the application unselects all files already selected and selects files with the current selection Unselect Num You can remove file type from the selection The dialog box Shrink Selection opens Specify file type to remove from the current selection For example JPEG The application unselects all files already selected Select all Ctrl Num You select all the items in the selected folder Unselect all Ctrl Num You clear all the items in the selected folder Invert selection Num You invert the selection in the selected folder To select all items in the folder 1 Choose Librarian Select all items Change the item display 1 Choose Librarian Display and click on Large icons Small icons Lists or Details 2 You can also sort the items by Name Size Date Size Ascending or Descending 3 You can activate the command Librarian Display Auto Preview This option will allow you to display an image preview for all items but it is CPU time consuming If you have not selected this option you ll have to manually preview each selected item by selecting the command Librarian Preview 179 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION NOTES If you choose Large icons all items will be displaye
98. alog box appears see below 2 Actually the Solid Color background is selected We ll define a gray gradient background Select the Gradient background type by clicking on the small option bullet O 34 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials dal Tutoria B x aog O Hse as l Ganar Sse Propartins Bodaycurd Detin Mane Video Cp m w Image Walpaper gt e Graden e _ 92 E To coke Mere Goll Color 3 In the From Color field click on the down arrow on right A drop down list with several colors appears Click on the Gray 50 color row 3 right column In the To Color field O click on the down arrow on right The same color list appears Click on the Dark Gray color row 1 right column 4 On the right side of the Gradient group you see some additional options Select the Vertical option O If you followed correctly the instructions the preview window on right should display a nice dark gray gradient background Lesson 2 3 Adding the photos In this lesson we ll add the photos slides to the screensaver We ll learn 3 different methods to perform this operation Please follow in sequence the 3 methods as described below 2 slides will be added with each method for a total of 6 slides Method 1 Add photos from the Slide Properties dialog 1 In the project window click on the Slide Properties tab 0 A dialog box appears see below 2 As
99. annot be played with sound collisions MOD S3M XM Music Modules Excellent quality but this is a musical sequence CD songs cannot be compressed using this format The file size is small medium generally lt 500Kb Cannot be played with sound collisions WAV Windows Wave Excellent quality but very large file size Not recommended 4 If the Save a copy of the Music file in the Project document option is checked the music file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files If you check this option the music file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the music file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If you un check this option the music file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the music file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 If you want to play again the music when finished check Restart music playback when finished NOTE The music will be automatically placed in background if you choose Default associated sound in slide properties Add a default music using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian expand Media Files and select the Music folder 2 Select a music file then drag and dr
100. apter 4 Creating Screen Savers Compile a SER ScreenSaver Step3of6 PX Customization ES You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in SA AAA E Use a custom image in Configure dalog box ray ae pss w uaaal Excitreveus na 3 2 Click on the option Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file to activate it The edit fields below are automatically enabled 3 In the edit zone enter the full path to your ICO file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 4 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the icon image in the window on right 5 If this is the right icon click Next If the icon has the correct format see specs above you can continue the compilation wizard Customize the screensaver image The screensaver that you ll create will contain a Customize dialog box The application permits you to customize the illustration image that is included in this window Screen Sever Properties Axialis Software Slogan D2003 Acad Software Marc EMILE Web Ste tatp twee atakse com ieee Sore Corerantd Desrbagicn tt hereby gared te Gre short Made wath Ariska Sovan Saver Producer Comere Edan Cx Cancel bess Orn AOS What kind of images can use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the image file must have the JPEG BMP or PNG format Also we recommend
101. are available scale best fit stretched You can change the mode by pressing the Tab key Copy a media file to the Clipboard When a file is opened in a viewer document window you can copy it in the clipboard Two elements are copied in the Clipboard The displayed image if the document contains an image The full pathname to the document file It may be useful to add the document in a project for example 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to copy 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Copy to the Clipboard 5 Select Edit Copy Ctrl C Paste the media file in a project 6 Select a project document screensaver or other and choose Edit Paste Ctrl V 193 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Features Specific to the Image Files Save an image to another file format If a media file contains images images animations video movies it may be useful to save the displayed image to a specific file format It may be different from the original format 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media f
102. are depley the information ARSS reader is kuded in the soreensavers you wil comple You just have to create your own online ASS feeds see tutorial Ink below and add the URLS to them in the above ist Adding ASS news in your screensever is a Great iden tual es Feeds 855 Tutorial fee wetmastars EAN Ce 3 In the Source URLs zone 0 enter the feed URLs you wish to use in the reader Specify one URL per line The reader will downloads the news in all URLs when the screensaver starts and display them all in sequence You can also specify UNC network paths to XML files It could be useful to publish news via the screensaver on all the computers installed in your company For example specify MainServer CommonFiles News daily news xml 4 If you want to allow the user to modify these URLs add remove once the screensaver is installed click on the associated option O When done click OK Continue with the compilation wizard 5 Once the compiled screensaver is installed the RSS reader will access the internet each time it starts in background get the news and display them is a small window in the lower right corner of the screen Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer v3 61 Jre 8 2004 This new version includes a lot of new features including a new screensaver installer icon and image customization RSS reader and more E read sews o Previous REMARK The end user can enable disable the RSS
103. arefully the note about copyright Click the More Info About Copyright button 3 When you re ready to go click the Go and Compile button Compilation This dialog box displays the compilation process running You can stop the compilation at any time The Compilation dialog box looks like this Y Compilation Axialis Screen Saver Producer is compiling your project Yy Cresting Temporary Files Y Compressing Images YY Writing SCR file W verfyng Screen Saver Fie uaaal Compilation Process 1 You can test the screensaver fullscreen now Click on the Test the Screen Saver Now button 2 You can also test the screensaver Properties dialog box See What is a screensaver topic for more info about the properties configure dialog box see How to install a screensaver button Settings Click on the Test the Properties Dialog Box Now button 3 As you chose to install this screensaver as Windows default in Step 1 it will start automatically after a certain period of inactivity of your computer depends on what you ve configured in Windows Control Panel Click Close to finish 143 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile an installable screen saver file EXE 144 Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created is compatible with Windows screen savers But this file i
104. at has been created can t be modified or decompiled 1 Choose File New Screen Saver Project A dialog box opens You can choose the type of screen saver to create Flash based Screen Saver 2 Click on the Next Button The Create a New Screen Saver Project dialog box opens You can specify Screen saver and Author information in the areas Title Description Name and Copyright 3 Click on the Next button The application creates a new project window see below Asis Professional Seron Savor Producer 3 00 E Portes Yow Wincom to Ez j Rb temo Ey Qe Green Jos Be O O e 115 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 4 In the Application window 0 you see the menu and the main toolbar This toolbar can be customized by double clicking or right clicking on it When you select a command in this menu or main toolbar it acts on the selected item or window 5 In the Librarian 9H you can select the folder that contains the media files images animations music sounds that you ll use in your project 6 The Project document window is placed in the working area O The application is multi document enabled It means that you can create or open several documents in the working area of the application A local toolbar is located in the document window If you click on a button in this toolbar Q it acts on the selected item in the document window This toolbar cannot be
105. at kind of images can use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the image file must have the JPEG BMP or PNG format We recommend you to use an image with the following dimension Width 400 Height 90 154 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers How to create my illustration image Create this image using an external application like Photoshop professional tool Paint Shop Pro shareware tool or Gimp free tool 1 The Step 3 dialog box looks like this Screensaver Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in the Configure dialog and a custom kon in the SCR fie see 2 Click on the option Use a custom image in Configure dialog box to activate it O The edit fields below are automatically enabled 3 In the edit zone enter the full path to your image file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 4 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the image in the window on right 5 If this is the right image click Next You can continue the compilation wizard Step 6 Specify the splash screen parameters When you the Screen Saver starts it displays a splash screen during a few seconds By default it displays a text splash screen with the information of the previous screen But you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the de
106. at the image will be stretched to fit the entire screen The image may be distorted when stretched Center Means that the image will be displayed centered on screen at scale 1 1 If the image is smaller than the screen the visible background is black Tile Means that the image will be repeated at scale 1 1 to make a tiled background 4 If you check the Gradient button Inthe From color area specify the first color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the left border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the top of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Inthe To Color area specify the second color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the right border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the bottom of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Specify a Vertical gradient Specify a Horizontal gradient Specify a Mirror gradient It means that the second color is placed at the center of the screen and the first color is placed on screen borders 5 If you check the Solid Color button In the Color area specify the chosen solid color Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Specific FSCommands for the Screen Saver Macromedia Flash can use
107. ation you see an error message If it worked fine the following screen is displayed _ Compile an Installable Screen Saver Compilation X Compilation Axiaks Screen Saver Producer is comping your project Y Compling SCR file Compressing mages Y Compressing SCR fie YY Creating DE Installation Package Y verFying Package Files Compilation Successfully Completed 2 You can test the installation package now Click on the Test the Installation Package Now button The install procedure starts just follow it It will install the screensaver on your computer This is exactly whet the end user will do 3 Click Close to finish Command line options If you ve created an installation package for your screensaver many command line options are available to configure the install procedure Options are specified after the EXE filename in the execution command line All the command line options The Screensaver Installer command line syntax includes the following options 160 Option or hh q f d Is m p fu x w Parameters Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Definition Help Displays a help screen Quiet Mode Installs the screensaver quietly without user interface If the installation failed the error code ERRORLEVEL returned by the install is 1 If it is successful the returned value is 0 Display the Progress and Final Screens In quiet mode displays the pro
108. ation Text This text will be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen if the trial period is over Once the screensaver is activated this text is hidden Since the user can activate the screensaver using the A key and register using the R key adding a reminder in this text is a good idea Press A to enter your activation code Press R to register This text can be localized 10 If the Enter Activation Code During Installation box is checked the user will be prompted to enter his activation code and eventually his name during the installation of the screensaver You can configure this option as a proposal or an obligation by choosing an option below Ifthe Propose To Enter Code option is chosen the user will be prompted to enter his activation code during install but will be able to bypass this step He will be able to activate it later during use In this case this step is a proposal NOT an obligation If the Force To Enter Code option is chosen the user will be prompted to enter his activation code to proceed with installation In this case this step is an obligation NOT a proposal 77 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 11 When done click OK Compile the installation package 12 Now finish the compilation process of the screensaver A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error me
109. ation will be saved even if you quit and restart the application Change the Librarian folder location Files and folders included in the Librarian are located on your disk drive This location is set by default the first time you installed the application in your My Documents folder A sub folder is created and is named Axialis Librarian You can change this folder and location see below Change the Librarian folder location 1 Select View Preferences or press F2 2 A dialog box opens Select the Librarian tab You can change the Librarian folder in the Path field You can also use the Browse button to choose a location using a browse dialog box 3 Click OK when done 4 Now quit the application and transfer your files from the old location to the new one the application does not perform this operation Restart the application 174 Chapter 5 Working With The Axialis Librarian Working with the Librarian Open an item in the librarian 1 Go to the librarian 2 Select the folder or item 3 Choose Librarian Open item REMARK If you have chosen a folder its contents is displayed If you have chosen a media file Animation Image Sound Video or a Screen Saver projects SSP the file will be displayed in a document window Open an item full screen 1 Go to the librarian 2 Select the icon image 3 Choose Librarian Open item Full screen Edit an item with an External program Select an item
110. ations These programs must be a earn dong ina Parn Shop Prog Adobe Elemannody Adobe Ubystr See help for more info RARO emd 3 If you want to create a subfolder Axialis to install the plug in module recommended to organize your folder properly activate the option Install in a subfolder Axialis 8 Note that creating a subfolder may fail with some compatible applications 4 Click OK When done a message informs you that the plug in has been installed 5 Now you can start your Photoshop application The plug in is visible in Filter Axialis Transfer To Professional Screen Saver Producer menu Read this for more info on how to use the plug in filter REMARK You can install the Plug in in various other compatible applications See your application help file for more info on how to proceed If Photoshop is installed on your computer the plug in folder will be automatically added to the edit zone Also you ll be prompted to install the plug in the first time you ll launch Professional Screen Saver Producer Use the Photoshop Plug in To use the Photoshop to Professional Screen Saver Producer plug in you must start the Photoshop application first The plug in is accessible from within Photoshop only Use the Photoshop plug in 1 First launch Photoshop and open or create an image file You don t need to launch Professional Screen Saver Producer before using the plug in It will be automatically laun
111. ative value makes the sprite move left a positive value makes it move right For the vertical speed a negative value makes the sprite move down a negative value makes it move up Specify 100 in Horizontal speed and 100 in Vertical speed 8 17 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 18 6 When done click OK The sprites does not move nothing has visually changed This is because the project is in Stopped state The sprites are displayed at their original locations with resize handles around the selected sprite To see it move in the edit window switch to Play mode by clicking on the Play Pause button Do you like what you see Congratulations you ve made yout very first screensaver REMARK In play mode Q the sprites are moving on screen but you cannot adjust them size and position You can select them by clicking on them while they re moving but you cannot change their original position and size Return to Stopped mode to do so We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test Set the sprite general information 8 Like we did in the previous lesson the last operation to do is perform is to specify some information in the sprite properties Double click on the sprite in the list 0 see above A dialog box opens select the G
112. automatically be compressed and converted using the PNG format during compilation This compression is lower than JPEG but do not alter the image and preserve transparency If you specify this image as a Photo generally pictures without transparency it will automatically be compressed and converted using the JPEG format during compilation This compression is higher than PNG but may alter the image and not preserve transparency Save sprite image in a project The sprite image will be able to be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the image file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 1 If you checked the Save a copy of this image in the Document option the image file will be included into the screen saver file when saved 2 If you uncheck this option the image file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SPP document Duplicate sprites in a project Duplicate a sprite 1 Activate the Stop Animation button in the toolbar 2 Select the Sprite 3 Choose Edit Copy and Edit Paste or 1 Activate the Stop Animation button in the toolbar 2 Select the sprite and press CTRL keep pressed then use Drag and Dro
113. avers select the actual screensaver and set its properties If you have chosen to activate the Show Install Options feature see above the user will be able to change this option 13 If the Create a Start Menu Entry option is chosen an entry in the Windows Start Menu will be created to launch or uninstall the screen saver If you have chosen to activate the Show Install Options feature see above the user will be able to change this option 14 If the Create Desktop Icon option is chosen a shortcut will be created on the Windows Desktop to easily launch the screen saver If you have chosen to activate the Show Install Options feature see above the user will be able to change this option 15 Your screen saver contains a comment text This text is displayed in the Properties Dialog box a scrolling area If the Display Comment Text option is chosen this text is also displayed during the installation procedure This may be useful to inform the user about the screen saver before it is installed 16 If the Include an Uninstall Procedure option is chosen O a program to uninstall the screensaver will be installed on the users computer This will permit the user to easily uninstall the screensaver if necessary We strongly recommend you include this uninstall procedure 17 If the Propose Uninstall if Already Installed option is chosen the installation wizard will prompt the user to uninstall the screen saver if it is alrea
114. be opened in a specific viewer document window You can open several types of media files including Images Flash Video clips Sounds music and Animations Each viewer type has its own features Some of them are common to all media files print display full screen Let s see one of the most useful Supported Media Types All the media files supported by the application can be opened in a specific viewer document window You can open several types of media files including Images Flash Video clips Sounds music and Animations Each viewer type has its own features Here is the list of media files supported by the application Images Windows Images BMP DIB WMF Windows Icons and Cursors ICO CUR ANI Macintosh Images PICT PIC PCT QTD Photoshop Images PSD Portable Network Graphic Images PNG JPEG JPG JPEG Targa Images TGA TIFF TIF TIFF Kodak FlashPix Image FXP Kodak PhotoCD Images PCD Amiga Images IFF LBM ZSoft Paintbrush Images PCX Flash movies Macromedia Flash movies SWF Video movies Windows Media Video Movies AVI WMA ASF Real Media Movies SMI RAM RM Apple QuickTime Movies MOV MPEG Movies MPG MPEG Animations Autodesk Animator Animations FLI FLC Animated GIF GIF 189 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 190 Sounds and Music Layer 3 MPEG MP3
115. bottom of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Specify a Vertical gradient Specify a Horizontal gradient Specify a Mirror gradient It means that the second color is placed at the center of the screen and the first color is placed on screen borders 109 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 5 If you check the Solid Color button In the Color area specify the chosen solid color Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Add a default background music Add a default music to the screen saver 1 Activate the Screen Saver project window 2 Choose Project Default Music or Right click and choose Default Music 3 The Default Music window opens In the Music Pathname area specify the full pathname of the file to use for the background music You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Many of these files are available for download on Internet check copyright before redistributing Several file format are supported MID Midi Sequence This is the most recommended file format for background music small file size and the ability to be played with collision sounds simultaneously MP3 Layer III Mpeg This is a CD quality music playback CD songs can be compressed using this method The drawback of this file format is the size approx 1Mb per minute C
116. brarian or the built in Explorer Ctrl E browse folders and select a Flash file 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 4 Choose Edit Paste 5 The name of the Flash file displays in the area Flash movie in the Dialog box Shockwave Flash properties Click OK 6 The file is included in the project you see the filename in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window on right side Allow to the user interact with the Flash animation 1 Select the Flash Movie tab 2 if you check the option Show Mouse Pointer option the mouse pointer will be visible and the end user will be able to interact with the Flash animation by clicking on it if the Flash project has been programmed to receive mouse clicks 3 If you check Automatically forever option it allows to specify a Flash animation that will be played over and over Change the Flash file pathname You can change the Flash movie pathname at anytime during your project creation even if a movie has already been specified Change the Flash file pathname 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 In the Flash Movie dialog box click the tab if necessary click on the button 0 A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the Flash movie file you want to use Browse your disks select a file and click Open S Tutorial Bi A a General Background Flash Movie Paih Mowe cia ma de Using thee Sh
117. ce before the screen saver starts When the video clip is finished it disappears and the screen saver starts It can be used as an animated splash screen Add a video clip or animation using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Animation folder 2 Select a music file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window 3 The name of the Music file displays in the area Video Clip Pathname in the Dialog box Video clip properties Click YES When you add a FLI FLC Animation to Project using drag and drop you can choose to add it as a sprite or as an independant window like clips videos Ifyou choose the Convert the Animation into Sprite the animation will be converted into a sprite with transparency This is not recommended for larges files Ifyou choose the Add animation as an independant window the animation will be embedded in the screen saver as an independant window The animation can be played once before the screen saver starts or forever with sprites playing in background Add a default music using the Edit Copy Paste function 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Animation folder or select a Music file from the built in Exploreur 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 4 Choose Edit Paste 5 The name of the Video clip file displays in the area Video pathname in the Dialog box Video clip properties Click OK Save the project SSP
118. ched by the plug in if necessaty 2 Select the layer and the portion of the image you want to transfer to Professional Screen Saver Producer 0 If you don t create a selection area the whole layer image will be transferred Only rectangular selections are supported for transfer 165 166 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Y Earth psd Y 100 Layer 1 AGE algi x 3 Choose the Filter Axialis Transfer to Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer command in the menu 4 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer is automatically launched or activated if running in background and the dialog box Image Transfer from Photoshop opens see below Image Transfer From Adobe Photoshop Options 2 X You are about to transfer an image from Adobe Photoshop or a d comestible appication to Aniaks Professional Screen Saver Producer Mow do you wark to use this image T e Create a new Image Document A new Suner containing this image veil be created e ts Create a Mew Screen Sever using this image as sprite A sprite based screen saver project wil be created Gem this image ihe image vell be the fie spero added to the project Paste the image in the currert Screen Saver project The image wil be pasted in the curent sareen saver project window Gust tke using the Chipboard E Do pet promet in the Future first option by defauk RUNG 1 3 tna 3 The image is about to b
119. ched to the maximum available size when displayed within the document window The image may be distorted Zoom commands are disabled Display full screen Using the explorer you can easily open a media file full screen 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 192 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer Open a media full screen 3 Select the file you wish to open fullscreen 4 Choose Explorer Open Item Full Screen F11 or right click on it and choose Open Full Screen in the menu IMPORTANT If the Auto Full Screen Ctrl F11 option is ON the file is opened full screen using the simple open command Switch ON OFF the Auto Full Screen option 3 Choose Explorer Auto Full Screen option or press Ctrl F11 IMPORTANT If the Auto Full Screen Ctrl F11 option is ON the file is opened full screen using the simple open command Zoom in zoom out change display mode in full screen mode 5 While viewing a file fullscreen you can zoom in or zoom out by pressing or keys 6 With image files you can zoom using the left right mouse buttons Move the mouse to slide the image on screen if larger than screen in zoom mode for example You can also use the arrow keys A double click quits the fullscreen mode 7 Three display modes
120. collide with the top or bottom borders of the screen NOTES Only WAV sound files are supported for collision sounds To be more realistic we recommend you to use short sound files Use bass tones for big sprites and high pitched sounds for small sprites When 2 sprites with different sounds collide the sound of the biggest sprite is played 93 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 94 Randomize position and speed at runtime When you add a sprite its position and speed if any are fixed and will be kept at runtime It could be useful to randomize these values at runtime As a result sprite initial position speed and direction will be different each time the screensaver starts Randomize the initial position of the sprite 1 Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Size and Position tab 4 In the Absolute Position group click to choose the Random Position option The two above values will be ignored at runtime and the sprite will be displayed anywhere on screen at each runtime Randomize the speed and direction of the sprite 1 Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right Click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Motion tab 4 In the Speed group click to choose the Randomize Speed option 5 In the Horz and Vert fields enter the ra
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122. ct Lesson 3 6 Compiling the screensaver Lesson 3 7 Creating an install package HOW TO PROCEDURES How to quickly create a sprite screensaver How to quickly create a slideshow screensaver How to quickly create a Flash screensaver How to quickly create a video screensaver How to create a simple bouncing logo screensaver How to work efficiently with Photoshop How to create a limited demo shareware screensaver How to add a RSS reader in a screensaver akKwn _ 111 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION How to customize a screensaver icon 80 How to customize a screensaver illustration image 82 How to install a SCR screensaver on a computer 84 How to quietly install a screensaver on a computer 85 CREATING SCREEN SAVERS 87 Create a Sprite Based Screen Saver 88 Create a sprite based screen saver project 88 Adjust general display properties 88 Add new sprites in the project 89 Change the sprite position 90 Change the sprite size 91 Change Motion Type and Speed 92 Randomly change the sprite motion path 92 Add sprite collision effects 93 Add sprite collision sounds 93 Randomize position and speed at runtime 94 Create a transparent sprite 95 Specify sprite type 95 Save sprite image in a project 96 Duplicate sprites in a project 96 Import Export sprites from the project 96 Customize the screen saver background 97 Add a background music 98 Add a movie or animation
123. cument window is divided in two parts In the left side O are located the edit dialog boxes that you ll use to set project and slide properties It is composed of 3 windows that you can activate by clicking on the associated tabs General Background and Flash Movie In the right side O a preview window is available Lesson 3 2 Defining the background In this lesson we ll customize the screensaver background We ll choose a solid black background It is already black by default but we explain the procedure for learning purpose Change the background Black background 1 In the project window click on the Background tab The associated dialog box appears see below 2 Select the Solid Color background type by clicking on the small option bullet O 52 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials da Tutoriala ibe BKK bi Caley Germes Fiash Movie te Imager Wallpaper ow Graden ka a ie 3 In the Color field click on the down arrow on right O A drop down list with several colors appears Click on the Black color If you followed correctly the instructions the preview window on right should display a black background O IMPORTANT We have chosen a black screen because the background color of the Flash file we ll use is black This is important that you use the same or similar color to avoid color flashing when the screensaver starts Lesson
124. customization feature the image file must have the JPEG BMP or PNG format Also we recommend you to use an image with the following dimension Width 500 Height 60 How to create my illustration image Create this image using an external application like Photoshop professional tool Paint Shop Pro shareware tool or Gimp free tool 4 Click on the option Use a custom image in the Installation Wizard to activate it 0 The edit fields below ate automatically enabled 5 In the edit zone O enter the full path to your image file on your disk or click the button 9 to browse your disks and locate the image file using a standard Windows dialog box Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the image in the window on right O Customize the installation icon The install package is a program Therefore it contain an icon This icon is used to display it in Windows Explorer or when you create a Shortcut to it in the Desktop for example A standard icon is used but it s now possible to customize it The image will be located at the top of the installation window To get more information about the icon read What is an icon topic below 6 Click on the option Use a custom icon for the Installation file to activate it O The edit fields below ate automatically enabled 7 In the edit zone enter the full path to your image file on your disk or click the button O to browse your disks and locate th
125. customized 7 The Document window is divided in two parts In the left side 8 are located the edit dialog boxes that you ll use to set project and Flash movie properties It is composed of 3 windows that you can activate by clicking on the associated tabs General Background and Flash Movie On the right side a preview window is available Adjust general properties Adjust general properties 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Project Properties or click on the General Tab 3 In the Title area specify the name of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 4 In the Author atea specify the author of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 5 In the Copyright area specify the copyright of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 6 In the Description area specify a description of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time Specify the Flash movie A Flash screensaver can play only one movie You just have to specify it in the project Several methods are available though Specify the movie from the project window 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 In the Flash Movie dialog box click the tab if necessary click on the button 0 A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the Flash movie file you want to use Browse your disks select a file and click Open 116 Chapter 4 Creating
126. d You may terminate it at any time by destroying the Software together with all copies thereof This License will also terminate if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement Upon such termination you agree to destroy the Software together with all copies thereof COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP This Software and its source code are proprietary products of AXIALIS and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws The Software is licensed and not sold You acquire only the right to use the Software and do not acquire any rights express or implied in the Software other than those specified in this License DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES The Software is supplied AS IS AXTALIS disclaims all warranties expressed or implied including without limitation the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose The user must assume the entire risk of using the Software DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES AXIALIS assumes no liability for damages direct or consequential which may result from the use of the Software even if AXIALIS has been advised of the possibility of such damages Any liability of the seller will be limited to refund the purchase price Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Acknowledgemenis Icons and Images used in the program Thanks to these great icon artists for giving us permission to include some of their icons and images in the program toolbar buttons icons dia
127. d you ll be prompted to save it when you ll close the window You can only save the new image to a JPEG BMP PNG or PSD file 195 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Change the color depth of an image The image viewer includes a feature to change the color depth of an image This may be useful to reduce the file size of an image Three image color depth are supported by the application True Colors with Alpha Channel 32 Bits Each pixel of the image is coded using 4 bytes It creates high quality image and supports alpha channel transparency The file size is very big True Colors 32 Bits Each pixel of the image is coded using 3 bytes It creates high quality image but does NOT support alpha channel transparency The file size is big Indexed colors 32 Bits Each pixel of the image is coded using 1 bytes It can only display 256 colors stored in a color table aka palette It creates low quality image and does NOT support alpha channel transparency The file size is small 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Change to True Colors with Aloha Channel 5 Select Image Convert t
128. d an opened document to the librarian 182 Add items using the Import function 182 WORKING WITH THE AXIALIS MEDIA FILE EXPLORER 183 Using the Axialis Media File Explorer 184 Create a new Explorer window 184 Explorer Functions 185 Display the item properties 185 Search media files on the computer 185 Browse media files full screen 186 Print a folder content as thumbnail with preview 186 Move or copy media files 187 vi Table Of Contents Add a selection of files to the Librarian 188 Working with media files 189 Supported Media Types 189 Open a media file 190 Print a media file 191 Change display mode 192 Display full screen 192 Copy a media file to the Clipboard 193 Features Specific to the Image Files 194 Save an image to another file format 194 Resize an image 194 Crop an image 195 Change the color depth of an image 196 CUSTOMIZING THE APPLICATION 199 Customizing Toolbars and the Librarian 200 Customize the main toolbar 200 Show hide the Toolbars 201 Show and hide the Librarian Window 202 Change the Librarian position on screen 202 Change the Librarian folder location 202 Changing the Program Preferences 203 Options in the General Tab 203 User Interface options 204 Options in the Toolbars Tab 205 Options in the Media Types Tab 205 Options in the Librarian Tab 206 Options in the Images Tab 206 Options in the Movies Tab 207 Options in the Temporary Files Tab 208 MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES TIPS UNINSTALLATION 209 Quick open a file usi
129. d by using large icons with preview Filename File Size Dimensions and File format If you choose Small icons all items will be displayed by using small icons without preview but with the filename If you choose List all items will be displayed in a list If you choose Details the application displays information about each itm in the window Print the actual folder 1 2 Choose Librarian Print In the group Selection you can select Print all items or Print Selected items in the librarian Explorer or search result window In the group Items size choose the options Very Small 0 8 in Small 1 6 in Medium 2 4 in Large 3 2 in In the group Header and Footer check the Print Header amp Footer Text box The Print Header and Footer text option allows to specify macros that will be automatically replaced by its related variable text at printing A macro must be specified between brackets Fill the different areas Header and Footer by using macros and or static text PATHNAMEB Your username DATE Actual print date TIME Actual print time PAGE Page Number Display a grid in the detailed list If you have chosen the option Librarian Display Details you can show grid in report view 1 Choose Librarian Show Grid to toggle the option Show info tooltips For each item you can display an information tooltip 1 Choose the option Librarian Show Info Tooltips to
130. d disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 In the Position center group 111 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Inthe X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window Inthe Y area Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window NOTE The visible screen coordinates are always specified from 0 0 top left to 640 480 bottom right Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly 6 In the Size group Ifyou check Full screen maximized option it allows to display full screen the video If you check Specific size you can enter video Width and Height In the Width area enter here the width of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width In the Height area enter here the height of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width If you check Based on screen size option the video size is based on the screen
131. d in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the files you wish to copy REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key Using the mouse 4 Press the Ctrl key and keep it pressed Using Drag amp Drop move the files to the desired location including A folder visible in the tree another explorer window or the Librarian folder or tree Release the mouse button and release the Ctrl key after the mouse button Using the Clipboard 4 Choose Edit Copy Ctrl C Select another location and choose Edit Paste Ctrl V Add a selection of files to the Librarian Using the explorer you can add several files to the Librarian Add files to the Librarian 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the files you wish to add to the Librarian REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 4 Choose File Add to the Librarian F3 The files are copied to the actual Librarian Folder IMPORTANT The files are copied NOT moved 188 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer Working with media files All the media files supported by the application can
132. d of the sprite We can do this by specifying 2 values The Horizontal and Vertical speeds Specify 40 in Horizontal speed and 40 in Vertical speed When done click OK 10 We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test 11 Save your project by choosing File Save or by pressing Ctrl S 12 Now you can compile your screensaver or compile and create an installation package How to work efficiently with Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is actually the industry standard in image creation That s why we made a Photoshop plug in that will permit you to transfer your images directly to Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer without creating temporary PSD image files This great feature will permit you to work efficiently and create high quality screensavers Install the Photoshop plug in 1 The first time you ve started the application you probably have been prompted to install the plugin if Photoshop was installed If you did not choose to install this plugin or installed Photoshop later please follow step 2 Otherwise go to step 6 2 Before installing the plug in we recommend you to close the Photoshop application if it is actually opened in background Choose File Install Photoshop Plug in 73 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION
133. d screen saver project CEAO iras ia 103 Slide show based screen saver project 103 Slide specific sound PROG ita tise reino cas ey 108 Slide specific SOUNO ooooooooccccnnnocicccocccnnncnnns 108 Slideshow SCreensaver eeen 69 Specific Flash Variables SCreenN SVT iccccnnncccconononononnncnrncnnnnnnnnnnnns 122 Specific Flash Variables 122 Specific FSCommands SCreen SAVEN saetcedce iiNet cd unicode 121 Specific FSCOMMUNAS cnncccccccacacananananananononnno 121 Specify ACTIVATION COE ereen 157 GESCHIPTION oy isies is painaa areas 135 TIIGPOME sacs ociii creases aa bid 134 144 Flash file oo eee teeeeiieeeee 53 preview pArAMETET cece 141 156 screensaver FIIENAME rrer 151 splash screen parameters 000 140 155 User License AQreeMent cee 150 elte N e Lia ect Maw eeaiietealiaens aineeels 53 PO lic an 134 Specify vnc bea in 135 SPECI kesse iin ass eena a eian Nia NES 140 SPECI a n ees ites 141 SPOCIIY cis id in 144 POC ic dan 145 SPOCify nc Rea ii 150 SDOCIIY ate costae agra a 151 Specify ia a 155 SPECI uta Ses tea a ads Aero da 156 SPOCIY ien aran 157 Specify sprite type na 95 Specifying display settings 55 Specifying transitions eea 38 SPCC ovis alt ataa ata eh eana aiina aaa an 92 94 Splash screen parameters Specify iaaii aai riaa 140 155 Splash screen parameters 140 Splash screen parameters 155 Sprite based screen saver project CroO a ON 8
134. does not perform this operation Restart the application 202 Chapter 7 Customizing The Application Changing the Program Preferences Most of the program settings can be customized using the Preferences dialog box Select View Preferences or press F2 to open this dialog box It includes several option tabs Options in the General Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the General tab to display the related options Create a new Explorer window If this option is checked the application will automatically create a new explorer window each time it starts Create a new Screen Saver Project window If this option is checked the application will automatically create a new blank screen saver document window each time it starts Wann if insufficient video colors If this box is checked the application warns you if your display configuration is insufficient less than 65536 colors each time it starts It is highly recommended to configure screen settings to Hi Colors 65536 or True Colors 16 8M when using the application Display Welcome and tips window If this option is checked the application automatically opens the welcome window and displays a new Tip of The Day each time it starts Warn if Project Files are not associated If this option is checked the application prompts you when it starts if SSP project files are not properly associated with it
135. dy present on his computer REMARK This feature is different than the above uninstall procedure It has been implemented to keep compatibility with previous versions We strongly recommend you to use the new uninstall procedure 18 When done click the OK button Click Next to go to Step 3 What is an icon An icon is a graphic image a small picture or object that represents a file program web page or command Icons help you execute commands open programs or documents quickly To execute a command by using an icon click or double click on the icon It is also useful to recognize quickly an object in a browser list That s almost all you need to know if you only use icons But you want to use or create icons for the screensaver customization feature you need to know more about them What are the differences between an image and an icon A computer image is a bitmap composed of pixels or vector composed of drawing paths picture which can be saved using various formats BMP PNG GIF JPEG WMF All these formats have several different properties bitmaps vectors compressed layered animated and can be used to store pictures at any sizes and resolution Icons are different from standard images They are have standard sizes usually small 16x16 32x32 48x48 One icon is composed of several images Each of them with a different size and number of colors mono 16 colors 256 colors 16 8M And the most importan
136. e EXE m Working with the Photoshop Plug in m A Generate Activation Codes 87 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Create a Sprite Based Screen Saver A sprite is an animated or fixed object which moves or is static on screen As the goal of a screensaver is to save screen pixels it is better to use moving sprites see bouncing balls example The sprites can move on screen be static be animated a spinning ball for example composed of several images bounce on the edge of the screen collide with other sprites and more The Sprite based screensaver is the most commonly used Create a sprite based screen saver project To create a screen saver you must create a Project first SSP file Only this file can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window 1 Choose File New Screen Saver Project A dialog box opens Choose the type of screen saver to create Sprite based Screen Saver The screen saver is composed of several animated sprites moving over a static background Many effects available sounds collisions bouncing effects 2 Click on the Next Button The Create Screen Saver Project dialog box opens You can specify Screen saver and Author information in the areas Title Description Name and Copyright 3 Click on the Next button The application creates a new project with a default Gradient Background Adjust general display properties Adjust general display pro
137. e of the screensaver your name a copyright notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of the screensaver and the copytight notice you specified in Step 2 25 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile a SCR Screen aver Shan 4 of Compile a 5 Ste Splach Screen When the Screen Saver starts t displays a splash screen for a few seconds By default k displeys a text splash screen with the infoemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the text No Splash Sereen gt Display an Image based Splash Screen Display Time O EX Wine 8 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen 0 In the Display Time group specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next Step 5 of 6 Preview window 9 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver In this tutorial we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the moving and colliding balls Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appears in a smal preview window By defau
138. e Logo sprite from the Librarian to the opened project using drag amp drop O Fie ER boa Lera Fovortes Wew ndo Hep Ow EH Bem X O Q sem rros Ga EP 8 ZY lero ELE Ja 3 O Meda Fes a O iors O Ash 2 mns igor Ses an ax 00 Buls os Sorte cnttiet gt Sate wage paper Dackgound Pia comerta and settin 4900 4 ae i Serbes lt i gt BM xOoOlea ax mew A 22 cin ua Parent Fides A Mares Ago Y LE Aide 0905 UN Daba org e i DiR Y 0 sm al Aval og oe gt gt oe m batei Ong a d mn d For Halo press Fl Turion rdir 272 73 Hwa Aws y Files and folders included in the Librarian are located on your disk drive This location is set by default the first time you installed the application in your My Documents folder A sub folder is created and is named Axialis Librarian You can change this folder and location see below Change the Librarian folder location 1 Select View Preferences or press F2 2 A dialog box opens Select the Librarian tab You can change the Librarian folder in the Path field You can also use the Browse button to choose a location using a browse dialog box 3 Click OK when done 172 Chapter 5 Working With The Axialis Librarian 4 Now quit the application and transfer your files from the old location to the new one the application does not perform this operation
139. e default screen The Step 4 dialog box looks like this Splash When the Screen Saver starts displays a splash screen for a few seconds By defa R displays a text splash screen with the infoemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom Wags BHP FOR PNG to replace Es tant fi No Splash Screen se D play a Text Splash Screen BA ne Eh nn Display an Images based Splash Sereen 140 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers The Splash Screen Parameters 1 If you don t want a splash screen select No Splash Screen option 2 If you select the Display a Text Splash Screen option a standard window will display the screen saver Title and the Copyright text 3 If you want to display a custom splash screen based on an image select the Display an Image Based Splash Screen option In the Pathname area specify the full pathname name and location of the desired splash bitmap Supported file formats are BMP JPEG and PNG The image size must be smaller than 640x480 You can click the button to browse your disks using a standard Windows dialog box When done the Preview area displays a small picture of the selected bitmap file 4 In the Display Time area specify the display delay of the splash screen in seconds 5 When done Click Next button Step 5 Specify the preview parameters When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appears in a small preview window 0 isplay
140. e icon file using a standard Windows dialog box Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the icon in the window on right 147 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Advanced Customization O Van esinstalidloghitmapdark pg Recommended ienage dee amp 500 x 60 pines rO O JPEG and PHG formats are supported y ACI c axsakslax screensaver producerly rent Custer kons mt contain the follar image formats 1616 256 colors 16216 formar 43148 255 coles 42148 XO format Advanced gt B Display Title amp Copyright in the Top Image mi Show Instal Options Open Display Properties after install Tee Color la W Create a Rat Menu Entry mi Create al p Icon E Display Comment Text iF army 54 RA Inchide an Uninstal Procedure XP Dislog Color W Propose Uninstall F Already Irctaled Layout Style Automatic 8 Click the Display Title and Copyright in the Top Image option if you want a Title Text displayed in the top image If you don t select this option only the image will be displayed This is interesting if you want to create the text in the image using a graphic editor If you choose this option you can adjust the text color in the field Text Color below the option check box 9 In the Layout Style field O you can choose the style of the window style Automatic The style will be chosen by the install procedure at execution depending on the
141. e indicates the speed of the animation 5 When done click OK The sprites is now displayed as a single image not a filmstrip but it is not animated This is because the project is in Stopped state Click on the Play button Q to see the ball spin Set the sprite motion parameters 6 Now we re going to make the sprite move on screen Double click on the sprite in the list O see below A dialog opens Select the Motion tab if necessary Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 7 Like you did for the previous sprites choose Straight Line and Bouncing on the edges of the screen options Also specify 80 for Horizontal and 80 for Vertical values Click OK when done 8 We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test Set the sprite general information 9 Like we did in the previous lesson the last operation to do is perform is to specify some information in the sprite properties Double click on the sprite in the list see above A dialog box opens select the General tab In the Name field specify a short name for the sprite Spinning Ball This name will be displayed in the sprite list Also specify a Description of the sprite in the field below Lesson 1 6 Using collision effects In this lesson we ll learn how to add collision effects to
142. e left side O you see the list of sprites included in the project actually no sprite as well as a Background properties element Sprites you ll add in the project will be added in this list Each sprite is placed in an invisible layer so that sprites on top of the list overlap sprites that are placed below Sprite order can be rearranged by drag amp drop in the list but the background element is always placed at the bottom On the right side you see the editor area Actually you see the default background it can be customized Also this area is WYSIWYG enabled It means What You See Is What You Get Each sprite is visible and moves in this area the same way it will move in the final screensaver But that s not all You can also modify the sprites in this area using your mouse It is a real editor window not only a preview window IMPORTANT This editor window as well as all values used in the project coordinates speeds are based on the following visible dimensions 640x480 0 0 in the upper left corner and 639 479 in the lower right corner 9 At the bottom of the main window you see some important informations about the project mouse coordinates sprite size Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Lesson 1 2 Defining the background Change the background Tiled image 1 In the WYSIWYG editor window double click using the left button or right click and select Properties or choose Project Screen
143. e list and use a mouse drag amp drop to put the file in the edit area Place it in the upper right corner of the screen at location 450 320 The sprite is added in the project and displayed at scale 1 1 see below Also you can see it in the sprite list O Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Fe Ea Popa itin Fote Yew Window Help Aw RAH lt D Berm XOD Que Grom Gow Be O 9 80 mnixonieasax oo av am Sorte arth S woe E eee Pet sphere 19 ac gt E str Wee Sphere a ED ee nace Dio Era al 1532 Bate mae ld A Ste ota Logo a J ie way E o walpaper oe mm nso om Animate the sprite 3 As you can see this sprite is actually composed of 6 images placed on top of each others This is what we call a filmstrip Now we ll enter this information in the sprite properties to setup the animation Double click on the sprite in the list 0 see below A dialog opens Bux oo eaeax TENE giae NY Sorte curtniect 4 Beam 6 hames g Sorta Ted Ste M tx ia A serra Green serere J sur soe A sorte The Schers rc o oc y o Y Araton Sones SS exe c ERAS To armate a stance bmp mat be compared of sevma mage placed vem aly jimate 6 El aroan 4 Select the Animation tab if necessary In the Number of Images zone specify 6 O In the Animation Speed zone specify 50 The first value indicates the number of images in the filmstrip The second valu
144. e related options Local Toolbar Display within document windows If this option is checked a local toolbar will be initially visible within the document window each time you ll open a document Otherwise it will be initially hidden You can set your preferences for each document category Screen Savers Projects Animated Sequences Explorers Video Clips Sounds Flash and Images Display Standard Buttons Main Toolbar Specifies whether you want the application to display application standard buttons in the toolbar Display Animation Specifies whether you want the application to display an animation in the toolbar This feature is accessible only if you have chosen to use an Internet Explorer like toolbar Display Recently Used List If this box is checked the application displays a Recently Used area in the Toolbar This area permits you to quickly reopen a file recently opened with this program To open a file simply click on it in the list You can also specify a HTTP of FTP file by typing its URL search an expression in the edit area and just hit enter Empty Recently Used List Allows you to empty the Recently Used list Text options No Text label Show Text labels Selective Text Label on Right Specifies how text descriptions of the toolbar buttons appear No Text Labels To display only icons in the Toolbar Show Text Labels To display the names of the buttons underneath each button on the toolbar
145. e screensaver and the copyright notice you specified in Step 2 Splash Screen When the Screen Saver starts t displays a splash screen for a few seconds By defa k displeys a text splash screen wath the infoemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the text n No Splash Screen Display an Image based Splash Screen Display time O 12 E Laiali 63 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 11 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen In the Display Time group O specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next Step 7 of 9 Preview window 12 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver See What is a screensaver topic for more info see How to install a screensaver In this tutorial we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the Flash movie sen Saver Step 7 of 9 Preview Window When the user selects a scroersaver in Windows Control Panel it apps in a smal preview window By default a reduced anim preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a 1 standard static mage Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver No Preview Defau
146. e transferred in IconWorkshop You can choose one of the following operations Create a New Image Document 0 The application creates a new document containing the image You ll be able to perform various operations on the image resize crop save Create a New Screen Saver using this image as sprite The application will create a new sprite based screen saver The transferred image will be used to create the first sprite The alpha channel will be preserved during the transfer Paste the Image in the Current Screen Saver project This option is enabled only if a screensaver document is already opened in the application It pastes the image in the current editor area just like the Clipboard paste operation 4 If you choose the 2nd option Create a New Screen Saver using this image as sprite the Create a New Screen Saver Project dialog box opens see below Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Screen Saver Information You can specify Screen Saver and Athe information below Screen Saver Jte peio Description o 5 In the Screen Saver group 0 enter the title and the description of the new project 6 In the Author group 0 specify your personal data Click Next 7 A new screensaver document is created and the transferred image has been placed at the center of the project as a sprite 167 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Generate Activation Codes With Axialis
147. ed and the Company ID which is constant but differs for another company This number is proposed but you can modify it recommended 3 In the Company ID area specify the Company ID another 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits that will be used to generate the Activation Codes This number is proposed but you can modify it recommended However if you modify it we recommend you to keep the same Company ID for all the screensavers you ll compile Remarks on IDs Each digit in a hexadecimal number is coded from 0 to 9 and A to F A 10 amp ldots F 15 This is a typical computer notation These numbers are just proposal based on several Screen Saver and Company properties You can freely modify and customize them recommended If you customize these numbers do not enter a simplistic one Don t loose these numbers You ll need it to generate the Activations Codes later using the built in feature after the compilation Alt F6 4 If you activate Code based on User Name option the end user will have to enter his name along with the activation codes This option is more secure but forces you to generate one Code per user If you don t activate this option the screen saver activation will use a standard serial Activation Code Click here to read more about activation codes Specify the Screen Saver Limitations Now you have to specify the type of limitation you wish to implement in your screen saver Two kind of
148. edit zone Use the Photoshop plug in 6 Using Photoshop create your image like shown below 0 For better results we recommend you to create an image with smooth transparency 0 For example the image below is featured with a cyan outer glow Only the selected layer contents will be transferred E F A EA y R h 3 3 AUN 2422 3131 D Chad wr ray eye Da ar pos wat te calar a Change tw a state on the Options Dar 74 Chapter 3 How To Procedures 7 In the menu O select Filter Axialis Transfer To Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer The Axialis application automatically starts or activates if already running in background and a dialog box prompts you to choose an action Image Transfer From Adobe Photoshop Options XxX LNS an ORS Fane application to Axial Professional Screen Saver Producer K How do you want to use this image Create a new Image Documert A new decatrart containing this image wil be created Oo rests a ie Seen Serer via His nage ae sprte apagar paridad ca us EDN a Do STORE pomos Y el lr que turja project amp i Paste the image in the current Screen Saver project The image wil be pasted in the cumert screen sawer project window Gust tke uting the Cliptoard E Do not prompt in the Future first option by defaut Sora CE As 8 Choose Create a New Screen Saver using this image as sprite option 0 to create a new screensaver By choosing this ac
149. een saver This field will be useful at compile time Add remove video movies in the playlist A video screensaver can play several movies in sequence You just have to add them in the project playlist You can also change the playlist sequence order Add video movies to the playlist 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select the Playlist dialog box click the tab if necessary click on the Add button 0 A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the video movie files you want to add Browse your disks select the files and click Open 3 The files are added in the playlist The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window O 4 In the Size group O Ifyou check Full screen maximized option it allows to display the video full screen Inthe Width area enter here the width of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width Inthe Height area enter here the height of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width If you check Based on screen size option the video size is based on the screen size in percent 126 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers fel Project Buia amp Be General Backyound J Parte Elad gi e Sre Fu Screen imamred Speotic fae e sar 100 Elx eng 100 Elx W Based on acroen soe a Makopraticaly Reges Forever
150. eensaver from your project read this topic later in this chapter Compile a screen saver file SCR Compile an installable package Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers You can choose to create an installation package strongly recommended During this compilation process the project will first be compiled as a SCR file Then this file will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package REMARK Using this compilation method you can create demo limited versions of your screensavers Create an installable screen saver package To learn how to create a install package from your project read this topic Compile an installable screen saver file EXE Install a screensaver on a computer using an install package When a screensaver is compiled as an install package the installation is very simple for the end user 1 Launch the install package A dialog box opens 2 Follow the installation wizard Accept the license agreement if any 3 The screensavers is installed as default if asked by the user Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Create a Slide Show Based Screen Saver Create a Slide Show Based Screen Saver Project A slideshow is a sequence of full screen images each one loading the next Each image is called a slide Each slide is displayed on
151. eful to publish news via the screensaver on all the computers installed in your company For example specify MainServer CommonFiles News daily news xml 9 If you want to allow the user to modify these URLs add remove once the screensaver is installed click on the associated option O When done click OK Continue with the compilation wizard 10 Once the compiled screensaver is installed the RSS reader will access the internet each time it starts in background get the news and display them is a small window in the lower right corner of the screen Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer v3 61 Are 8 2004 This new version includes a lot of new features including a new screensaver naler icon and image customization RSS reader and more E ead sews TE previous REMARK The end user can enable disable the RSS reader and change URLs if you allowed it from the screensaver configure dialog box Step 5 Customize icon and dialog box image A screensaver is a program Therefore it contain an icon This icon is used to display it in Windows Explorer or when you create a Shortcut to it in the Desktop for example A standard icon is used but it s now possible to customize it Also your screensaver contains a Customize dialog box You can customize the illustration image that is included in this window 153 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION What is an icon See Step 2 f
152. end user Windows version One of the two following styles will be chosen Windows Classic The classic Windows style will be forced Windows ME 2000 style Windows XP A Windows XP style will be forced coloured style 10 In the XP Dialog Color field O specify the overall color tint of the Windows XP layout if the XP layout style is used 11 If the Show Install Options is chosen O some options will be proposed to the end user in the first screen of the installation wizard Options ate Set as Default Windows Screen Saver The user can set the screen saver as the default Open Display Properties After Installation The user can choose to display the Windows Display Properties dialog box after the installation Create a Start Menu Entry The user can choose to create an entry in the Start menu to launch or uninstall the screensaver Create a Desktop Icon The user can choose to create a Desktop icon shortcut to launch the screensaver REMARK If you don t display these options the user won t be able to change them during installation It does not mean that these features won t be executed You can choose to activate some of them see options below even if you decide to hide them 12 If the Open Display Properties after Install is chosen the standard Windows Display Properties dialog box will be opened at the end of installation procedure In this window you can 148 Chapter 4 Creating Screen S
153. eneral tab In the Name field specify a short name for the sprite Blue Sphere This name will be displayed in the sprite list Also specify a Description of the sprite in the field below Exercises Repeat the procedure with the image file Sphere green png Place it in the lower left corner of the screen at location 150 380 Specify a straight line path bouncing on the edges of the screen Specify horizontal speed to 100 and vertical speed to 100 Name this sprite Green Sphere Do the same exercise with the image file Sphere red png Place it in the upper left corner of the screen at location 150 100 Specify a straight line path bouncing on the edges of the screen Specify horizontal speed to 100 and vertical speed to 100 Name this sprite Red Sphere Test your screensaver project full screen Lesson 1 5 Adding an animated sprite In this lesson we ll add an animated sprite It means that this sprite is composed of several frames that will be displayed in sequence to simulate an animation In our case this is a spinning ball Note that there is no link between the animated and the motion properties of a sprite An animated sprite can be static on screen Add and position the sprite 1 First be sure to be in Stopped mode In the Librarian window select the Media Files Images Sprites folder 0 The files contained in this folder are displayed in the list 2 Select the file Ball anim png in th
154. ent areas This allows seeing the screen background behind the icon within its square image What is the structure of an icon As we ve seen in previous paragraph an icon is a group of images of various formats size and colors Furthermore each image can include transparent area That s why you ll find a transparent color in the drawing palette for 16 or 256 color images and a variable opacity parameter for the new Windows XP format opacity 0 means transparent image 1 of 6 Image 5 of 6 32x32 Windows XP 32x32 256 colors 32x32 16 colors image 2 of 6 image 4 of 6 image 6 of 6 16 16 Windows XP 16x16 256 colors 16x16 16 colors Example of icon containing various image formats What kind of icons can use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the icon must be Windows compliant ICO format contain at least the following image formats 16x16 256 colors 16x16 Windows XP 32x32 256 colors 32x32 Windows XP 48x48 256 colors 48x48 Windows XP How to create my own icons Axialis Software has released an icon editor that will permit you to easily create your own icons in a few minutes Axialis IconWorkshop This professional tool will permit to create icons with several formats from images in a few clicks You can download a shareware version from www axialis com and test it for 30 days Customize the screensaver icon 1 The Step 3 dialog box looks like this Ch
155. eo files are shown with preview You also see Flash and sound files without preview 3 Select the Flash movie you want to add in your screensaver 70 Chapter 3 How To Procedures REMARK Only one Flash movie can be included in the screensaver Create the screensaver 4 Click on the New Screen Saver Project From Selection F7 button or choose File New New Screen Saver Project From Selection in the menu 5 A dialog box opens Select Flash Based Screen Saver option in the list Click Next 6 In this new dialog box enter the screensaver title and some additional information copyright author Click Next when done Customize and compile the screensaver 7 The screensaver project window opens with the Flash file selected Now specify the screensaver display properties To learn more about Flash screensavers we recommend you to follow this tutorial 8 We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test 9 Save your project by choosing File Save or by pressing Ctrl S 10 Now you can compile your screensaver or compile and create an installation package How fo quickly create a video screensaver A built in Explorer permits you to browse your computer folders with thumbnail preview select files and quickly create a screensaver Open the built
156. er 4 Creating Screen Savers Example if ENGLISH Text using english language endif Text always displayed if FRENCH Text using french language endif You can also specify macros that will be automatically replaced by its related variable text at runtime see below A macro must be specified between brackets CompanyName Your company name ScreenSaverTitle The screen saver title InstalledScrFileName The full pathname of the installed screen saver 4 Click on the Load text button to load a User License Agreement text from an external file 5 Click on the Save text button to save the User License Agreement text to an external file 6 Click on the Load Default text button to replace the current User License Agreement text by the default Axialis Screen Saver Producer text The current text will be overwritten 7 When done click the Next button Step 4 Specify the screensaver filename and description You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title a Copyright a Web and a Comment This information will be displayed in the Configure dialog box of the screen saver You also have to specify the name of the SCR file that will be installed on the end user computer The Step 4 dialog box looks like this Screensaver Information You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Tite Copyright Web irk Commert as well as RSS feed URLS Tithe Tutorial Copyright ight 2004 Asks
157. er File Shift F4 or click on the Compile Installable Screen Saver button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box 60 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step lof 9 Filenames and Location O You ara about to create a new installable screensaver First R val be compiled as a SCR file then included in an instalation package Please specify the final filename of the screensaver the name of the SCR file after the installation Sceenssver Tutorial rae Installation File Spedty the name and the location of the installation file that wil be created Elensme Tutoristinstal e Location EX R n Es 2 In the Screensaver field specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial3 This is the filename that will be installed on the end user computer This file will not be created on your computer during this compilation It will be embedded in the install package 3 In the Filename field O specify the name of the Install file to create do not specify the EXE extension Enter this filename Tutorial3Install In the Location field specify the folder where you want to create the install file on your computer You can use the button to browse your folders When done click Ne
158. er Heb Der X Q sees Browns Com Be O 9 8 DY Parent Felten higo ted dy Shire a Y ay mos ua luso ol dal dogos Arial dogo T ener Oy apes amm La a Daba og pt on Cata gt A e For velo press FL Add new sprites from the Explorer 1 Open a new Explorer window Ctrl E or choose File New New Explorer 2 Browse your disks and select the images you want to add as sprites 3 Select Edit Copy Ctrl C 4 Open or select the Screen Saver Document window 5 Select Edit Paste Ctrl V The new sprites are added NOTES When you add sprites by using drag and drop from the librarian the application automatically sets the sprite background to transparent The upper left pixel color is used to determine the transparent color except the JPEG JPG files the background is opaque 89 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 90 If you want to keep the sprite background when you add sprite select the sprite press CTRL then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window If you add a video file FLI FLC the program prompts you that you are going to add an Autodesk FLI FLC animation to the active project You can choose to add it as a sprite or an independent window like video clip You can choose between two options m Convert the Animation in sprite The animation will be converted into a sprite with transparency This is not recommended for large file m Add the Animatio
159. er in the project ie the order of sprites in the project list 3 Select Change path in the Collision with another object option O This option is mostly used This permits to change the motion path of the object after the collision like this is the case for 2 balls on a pool table for example 4 When done click OK You changed the option for the blue ball 5 Now repeat the same procedure for green red and spinning balls O 6 When all the collision settings are set try your screensaver full screen F11 or switch to play mode Much mote fun isn t it Add sounds to collisions 7 You can add sounds when the sprites collide together This could be a cool addition to your screensaver don t add too much sounds though Double click on the sprite Spinning Ball in the list 0 see below A dialog opens BH x3094 4x00 asas Be NN Sorte Sorrir sar A Arenatad t rames O Sorte Toi Shere Sak oe A sorte reer tere Bax oye E Sorte the Schone O ex oe Sorte Waternert Logo Sise postres boner Sounds amp Colson arensten Transparency canera image Dieci poken irvei Leet gt Colision with arcthen ctect Keeppath Charge path e O Colles Sounds l Between Otiset Gaari paraarad med E z i y a a Soreen tepet E 3 m IMPORTANT Oriy WAV files ane supported kx Collar Sounds GEJ Cmi e 8 Select the Sound amp Collision tab if necessary In the Collis
160. erally lt 500Kb Cannot be played with sound collisions WAV Windows Wave Excellent quality but very large file size Not recommended 4 If the Save a copy of the Music file in the Project document option is checked the music file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files If you check this option the music file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the music file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming Ifyou uncheck this option the music file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the music file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 If you want to play again the music when finished check Restart music playback when finished Add a background music using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Music folder 2 Select a music file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window 3 The name of the Music file displays in the area Music Pathname in the Dialog box Background Music Click YES Add a background music using the Edit Copy Paste function 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Music folder or select a Music file from the
161. ere choose the desired language for the screensaver and install procedure 8 languages are supported English French Spanish German Portuguese Italian Dutch and Russian By selecting Automatic the install procedure will choose the language by itself based on the end user Windows language You can also force a specific language Installation Package Properties The installation procedure supports several languages You 0 force a particular language or let the program choose at 4 Language Automati Based on Windows y The final package can be a single sobd Fle or a set of fles e Package ini Advanced Layout Customization The installation procedure layout can be customized Wizard mage install kon options text color ee RAINE EZE 5 In the Package field O specify Solid Install See context help for more information on this field 28 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials 6 Do not change the Advanced Customization settings This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 9 User license agreement 7 The third dialog box opens see below It permits you to specify a User License Agreement If you choose to include a license agreement the user will be prompted to accept it during the installation procedure It he refuses it the install procedure ends In this tutorial we ll choo
162. ergonomic Explorer like toolbar with a Recently Used Files bar a multi document support a WYSIWYG editor interface and mote The application has been designed to be the most ergonomic as possible An action can always be done using several methods For example to add a new sprite in a screen saver project you can use a standard dialog box the Mouse by Drag amp Drop or the Clipboard by Copy Paste With Screen Saver Producer you work the way you like A Powerful Built in Librarian A powerful built in librarian let you easily manage all your media and screen saver projects files This is a dockable window which can be hidden where you can store move copy and extract all the files you re using in your work images video sounds and music Very easy to use Double click to open a file in a window even animations music video use Drag amp Drop to add it in a project And best of all you can find a specific file using a powerful search feature Chapter 1 Introducing License User License Agreement Corporate Edition IMPORTANT NOTICE Read this License Agreement carefully before using this Software BY USING THIS SOFTWARE IN ANY WAY YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE IN ANY WAY AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT OR DELETE ANY COPIES OF THIS SOFTWARE IN YOUR POSSESSION LICENSE GRANT Axialis Software AXIALI
163. es baso etaa Muse vides Cle Set a copy dl the Me in De poea omert ramten tect Random Tratan 6 In the Slide list select all the available slides O To do so click on the first one then click on the last one pressing the SHIFT key You can also press Ctrl A The content of the properties dialog box changes accordingly The pathname field becomes grayed because it is different for each slide The other options are available IMPORTANT When several slides are selected in the list changes in the Properties dialog box apply to all the selected slides 39 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 7 In the Display Size group select Maximized keep ratio This will display the images using the maximum available space respecting the specified margin 8 In the Duration group select Fixed Duration and specify 5 seconds Q The display preview changed accordingly Change slide transition effects Now we ll specify what transition effects we want when the slideshow passes from one slide to another The application permits you to specify a different transition effect for each slide We ll use the fade effect for the 3 first slides and the horizontal cross fade for the 3 last ones 9 Select the 3 first slides in the Slide list To do so click on the first one then click on the 3rd one pressing the SHIFT key In the Transition Effect group select the Fade effect 10 Select the 3
164. essional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Working with the Photoshop plug in 164 Adobe Photoshop is actually the industry standard in image creation That s why we made a Photoshop plug in that will permit you to transfer your images directly to Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer without creating temporary PSD image files This great feature will permit you to work efficiently and create high quality screensavers Why a Photoshop Plug in A plug in is a program extension module In fact this is a small a program which is plugged added into another application to enhance it or add a new feature to it The plug in must be compatible with the parent application specifications Adobe created a powerful plug in interface for Photoshop This plug in model is now a widely used standard in the graphical industry As a result a Photoshop compatible plug in can also be used with various other graphical applications Illustrator Paint Shop Pro Why a Photoshop plug in for Professional Screen Saver Producer We created such a plug in to permit you to transfer an image or a drawing directly from Photoshop or any plug in compatible application to Professional Screen Saver Producer through the memory This is much more fast and secure No more temporary PSD or PNG file to transfer your image into the application No more risk to loose your file while transferring it Before using this plug in you
165. esume display Welcome screen Montor power To aduit morior power telling and save energy chek Power O lt x_ 3 Select your screensaver in the list 0 it should appear in this list if you copied it in the correct folder The screensaver appears in the Preview screen O 4 You can adjust the screensaver settings or display it full screen 5 When all done click OK O How to uninstall a screensaver If an uninstall procedure is provided with the screensaver just uninstall it launching the procedure When a screensaver is distributed as a simple SCR file you have to locate the SCR file and delete it You can also choose another screensaver or simply specify None in the above list O 10 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Tutorial 1 Create a Sprite Screensaver Lesson 1 1 Creating the new project In this lesson we ll create a new sprite based screensaver project and take a look at the editor window Create the project 1 In the menu choose File New New Screen Saver Project a dialog box opens Select the Sprite Based Screen Saver type in the list and click Next A second dialog box opens Screen Saver Information You can specify Screen Saver and Athor information below De Description This is a test screensaver Please do not distribute Marc EMILE Copyright Copyright E 2004 Axislis Software Al rights reserved Eaa 2 Specify the Screensaver Ti
166. ew 0 When done click Next 44 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step 6 of 6 Ready to go 11 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button Also read the information about Copyright 10 When done click Next Compilation in progress and done 12 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine we re sure it did the following screen is displayed Compile a SCR Screen Saver Complatin gt gt 2x BA Compilation Axialis Screen Saver Producer ts compiling your project YY Creating Temporary Files Y Compressing Images YY Writing SCR file W vertyro Screen Saver Fie O ompilation Successfully Completed _ Test the Properties Dialog Sono a uaaal ac 13 You can test the screensaver fullscreen now Click on the Test the Screen Saver Now button 0 Do you like This is YOUR screensaver now 14 You can also test the screensaver Properties dialog box See What is a screensaver topic for more info about the properties configure dialog box see How to install a screensaver button Settings Click on the Test the Properties Dialog Box Now button O 15 As
167. ext 6 In this new dialog box enter the screensaver title and some additional information copyright author Click Next when done Customize and compile the screensaver 7 The screensaver project window opens with all the files added in the video list Now you can simply adjust display settings of the screensaver To learn more about video screensavers see this tutorial about Flash based screensavers creation which is very close to video based screensavers 8 Now take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test 9 Save your project by choosing File Save or by pressing Ctrl S 10 Now you can compile your screensaver or compile and create an installation package How to create a simple bouncing logo screensaver If you want to promote your company creating a simple screensaver with your logo bouncing on the edges of the screen is so simple Create the Project 1 In the menu choose File New New Screen Saver Project a dialog box opens Select the Sprite Based Screen Saver type in the list and click Next A second dialog box opens 2 Specify the Screensaver Title MyBouncingLogo Also specify your own Description Author Name Copyright information and click Next REMARK Click on the context help button to get more information on a specific area in the dialog
168. f the video window In the Y area Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window NOTE The visible screen coordinates are always specified from 0 0 top left to 640 480 bottom right Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly 6 In the Size group If you check Full screen maximized option it allows to display full screen the video In the Width area enter here the width of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width In the Height area enter here the height of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width If you check Based on screen size option the video size is based on the screen size in percent 7 If you check Play the Video clip Forever screen saver playing in background option it allows to specify a video clip that will be played over and over The screen saver other sprites for example will play in background The video clip window is opaque and is always displayed in foreground 100 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers 8 If you check Play the Video clip once before the screen saver starts option it allows to specify a video clip that will be played on
169. fault screen The Step 6 dialog box looks like this Splash Screen When the Scroen Saver starts displays a splash screen for a few seconds By defa lt k displays a text splash screen with the infcemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the text O No Slash Screen we e Deplay a Text Splash Screen Display an Image based Splash Screen Display Time we Laaa 155 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION The Splash Screen Parameters 1 If you don t want a splash screen select No Splash Screen option 2 If you select the Display a Text Splash Screen option a standard window will display the screen saver Title and the Copyright text 3 If you want to display a custom splash screen based on an image select the Display an Image Based Splash Screen option In the Pathname area specify the full pathname name and location of the desired splash bitmap Supported file formats are BMP JPEG and PNG The image size must be smaller than 640x480 You can click the button to browse your disks using a standard Windows dialog box When done the Preview area displays a small picture of the selected bitmap file 4 In the Display Time area specify the display delay of the splash screen in seconds 5 When done Click Next button Step 7 Specify the preview parameters When the user selects a screensaver in Cont
170. file To create a screen saver you must first create a Project SSP file Only SSP files can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled Save the Project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or File Save As 2 Choose the directory and enter the new project name add SSP extension or 1 Select the folder in the librarian 2 Select the active project window 3 Click on the Add to the Librarian button in the local toolbar 101 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 102 4 The dialog box Add a project to the librarian opens Specify the new project name The default extension is SSP Test the screen saver full screen You can test the Screen Saver Project using full screen resolution 1 Choose Project Test Full screen or F11 Compile a screen saver file Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled Don t loose your SSP file To learn how to create a SCR scr
171. file can t be modified or decompiled Don t loose your SSP file To learn how to create a SCR screensaver from your project read this topic later in this chapter Compile a screen saver file SCR Compile an installable package Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers You can choose to create an installation package strongly recommended During this compilation process the project will first be compiled as a SCR file Then this file will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package REMARK Using this compilation method you can create demo limited versions of your screensavers Create an installable screen saver package To learn how to create a install package from your project read this topic Compile an installable screen saver file EXE Install a screensaver on a computer using an install package When a screensaver is compiled as an install package the installation is very simple for the end user 1 Launch the install package A dialog box opens 2 Follow the installation wizard Accept the license agreement if any 3 The screensavers is installed as default if asked by the user Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Create Video Based Screen Saver Create a Video Based Screen Saver A video screensaver permits to display a list of video
172. g Started Quick Tutorials Ple Ea Aoa Laun Fortes Wew Window Mel ae aH D Bern X OD Qu Prs For Be O G GTN 1D Cotbocuments and sergide ta Wy Documents Auiabe Lis raro Sar Tutorial so aaax 00 4900S Be e a 4 Sorte Watermark Lege Rite image es gd Utran Tatah 35 Rone 1 36 Mb Selections 1 Roms 11 9 1d Set the sprite motion parameters 3 Now we re going to make the sprite move on screen Double click on the sprite in the list O see below A dialog opens Select the Motion tab if necessary DH jo amp Bax 00 400 s Oz y k J Sak image oa tx he Wallosper tackgourd File documents and setin A Byrnes See Bate ove adore Y 1 Pymin Porco on he totom Bouncing on the sim d te cen ad be creen Seed A TR IF a0 earn eg Vee 0 E 15000 om 4 Choose Straight Line and Bouncing on the edges of the screen options 8H The first option indicates the type of motion for this sprite It will move in straight line The second option we ve set will make the sprite bounce each time it will encounter a screen border Of this option is not set the sprite continue its path disappearing under the screen border and reappearing on the opposite side 5 Now we ll set the direction and speed of the sprite We can do this by specifying 2 values The Horizontal and Vertical speeds By choosing these values from 500 to 500 we can specify any speed and direction For the horizontal speed a neg
173. g box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine the following screen is displayed Compile an Installable Screen Saver Compilation Compilation Axialis Screen Saver Producer ts comping your project N Y Compling SCR file Compressing mages Y Compressing SCR fie YY Creating DE Installation Package Compilation Successfully Completed D pa al 18 You can test the installation package now Click on the Test the Installation Package Now button 0 The install procedure starts just follow it It will install the screensaver on your computer This is exactly whet the end user will do Convenient isn t it Click Close to finish The tutorial is done We hope you enjoyed the creation of this first screensaver If you want to see if the project you ve done is correct you can open our version to compare them Axialis Librarian Screen Savers Tutorials Tutorial1 ssp 32 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Tutorial 2 Create a Slideshow Screensaver Lesson 2 1 Creating the new project In this lesson we ll create a new slideshow based screensaver project and take a look at the editor window Create the project 1 In the menu choose File New New Screen Saver Project a dialog box opens Select the Slide Show Based Screen Saver type in the list and click Next A second dialog box
174. gress and the final notice screens to inform the user during the screensaver installation result This option is ignored if the installation is not in quiet mode Set as Default Screensaver Set the installed screensaver as Windows default screensaver Specify d to clear the option Create a Desktop Shortcut Create a shortcut icon on the Windows Desktop to easily launch and test the screensaver Specify s to clear the option Create a Start Menu Entry Creates an entry in the Windows Start Menu to easily launch the screensaver Specify m to clear the option Open Display Properties Automatically open the Windows display properties dialog box to select and adjust the screensaver configuration Specify p to clear the option Uninstall the Screensaver Automatically uninstall the screensaver Windows XP User Interface Forces the installation to use a XP like user interface Windows ME 2000 User Interface Forces the installation to use a standard ME 2000 user interface Command line examples 1 Automatically un install the screensaver Install u 2 Install the screensaver in quiet mode set the screensaver as default Windows screensaver and do NOT create a desktop shortcut icon Install q d s 3 Install the screensaver in quiet mode display a progress dialog box and force use of the Windows ME 2000 standard interface Install w q 161 163 Axialis Prof
175. h time an image is transferred from Photoshop Otherwise the first option will always be chosen User Interface options To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the User Interface tab to display the related options User Interface Style Windows Standard User Interface Allows to use standard Microsoft Windows interface If you want to use the new XP interface customization feature you must choose this option User Interface Style Axialis Software User Interface Allows using Axialis Software user interface If you choose this interface you can adjust the color of windows title controls and more You can also specify the desired application main color This color will be applied to every windows and dialog boxes in the application only You can only specify a HUE value you cannot modify the lightness or the saturation of the color Chapter 7 Customizing The Application Background colors Full Screen Mode Click here to change the color of the screen background when you open a media file using full screen images video clips Background colors Document windows Click here to change the color of the document windows background when you open a media file window images video clips Options in the Toolbars Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the Toolbars tab to display th
176. he Debora tara heme de and y teeny s d OD Pa egari baide eee aad ar t gt e Seve a coy o the Nhe nthe prow dooumere da 3 EB i gt Sue hostion cerdos A a Papert Feber cies O us a had Add a Project to the Librarian 2 me E R YOU ee gong to odd the current projet to the Ubraran Pesse vows noy e ape anae foe than nee pr comet j Tuona so h n EENI CE Cay mn E me El tara so Vena o Por Het press PI y 2 Click on the Add to Librarian button 8H or choose File Add to the Librarian F3 A dialog box opens see above In the Name field enter a filename no extension required or keep the proposed name Click OK 3 The SSP file is saved in the Librarian O Lesson 3 6 Compiling the screensaver The screensaver project is done and saved Time has come to compile it and create your first Windows screensaver This procedure will create a SCR file see What is a screensaver for more info You can set this screensaver as Windows default or just save it in a specific location for redistribution Compiling a screensaver is done in 6 steps Step 1 of 6 Filename 1 Choose Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 or click on the Compile SCR File button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box 56 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quic
177. he final Mlename of the screensaver the name of the SCR file after the installation Screensaver Tutorial us Fics Installation File Specify the name and the location of the instalation file that wil be created Elensme Tutorist install a En O A a EZE 2 In the Screensaver field specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial2 This is the filename that will be installed on the end user computer This file will not be created on your computer during this compilation It will be embedded in the install package 3 In the Filename field specify the name of the Install file to create do not specify the EXE extension Enter this filename Tutorial2Install In the Location field O specify the folder where you want to create the install file on your computer You can use the button to browse your folders When done click Next Step 2 of 9 Installation package properties 4 A new dialog box opens see below In the Language field 0 select Automatic based on Windows settings You can here choose the desired language for the screensaver and install procedure 8 languages are supported English French Spanish German Portuguese Italian Dutch and Russian By selecting Automatic the install procedure will choose the language by itself based on the end user Windows language You can also force a specific language Compile
178. her option I m a New Customer IMPORTANT if you ve registered another Axialis program using this new registration system such as AX CDPlayer Screen Saver Producer you should already have an Axialis Username 4 If you re a New Customer A personal account will be created with your personal info name email address country username password hint question Your personal information will be kept strictly confidential and will never be sold or given to any third company A New Customer dialog box opens Name Specify your Name here This is not a username but your Real Name Ex John Smith 216 Chapter 8 Registering Upgrading Online features Email Specify here your personal e mail address This address is important It will be used to send you information about new products offers Confirm this address in the Confirm field Address Specify here your personal address street city state zip This field is facultative Country Specify here your country Language Specify here your preferred language This field is facultative Username Specify here your desired Username As a new customer you must specify a new username If the username you specified already exists you will be asked to choose a different one This field is not case sensitive and must contain at least 6 characters This field is very important it must be easy to remember but not too easy It s not recommended to specify
179. hree display modes are available scale best fit stretched You can change the mode by pressing the Tab key Print a folder content as thumbnail with preview It may be useful to print a folder content in thumbnail preview Print a folder content as thumbnail 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 186 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer 3 Select the files you wish to print If only one file is selected you ll print all the files REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 4 Choose the File Print An option dialog box opens 5 In Selection group choose to print either the selected media files or all the files included in the folder 6 In Item Size group choose the desired size of each item in the thumbnail printout 7 In Header amp Footer group click the Print Header and Footer Texts option if you want to print texts at the top and bottom of the printout 8 In the fields below Specifies the Header and Footer texts to print You can specify macros that will be automatically be replaced by its related variable text at printing A macro must be specified between brackets DATE Actual print date TIME Actual print
180. ia animation file format Very small file size very good vector quality This format lets you create powerfull animation The drawback is that the user must have installed the Shockwave Flash Runtime Player provided with Windows Millenium Edition FLI FLC Autodesk Animation It s an animation file format Average file size Very good bitmap quality This format is generally used to produce 3D animations No additional component is needed to play this format 4 If the Save a copy of the Video clip file in the Project Document option is checked the video file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files If you check this option the video file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the video file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If you uncheck this option the video file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document 5 In the Position center group In the X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the center o
181. ideos Clips or Sounds Music Icons Cursors Web 176 Chapter 5 Working With The Axialis Librarian In the Name atea enter a search criterion for the item s filename blank no search on name Wildcards are needed to perform multi files search For example to get all the PNG files with B as the first letter enter b PNG In the Author area enter a search criterion for the item s author blank no search on author Do not use wildcards For example to find the files made by John Smith you can just enter smith In the Keyword area enter a search criterion for the item s keywords blank no search on keywords Do not use wildcards For example to find the files that have the ball keyword just enter ball Enter the Name the Author the Keyword and the Description of the item In the Description area enter a search criterion for the item s description blank no search on description Do not use wildcards For example to find the files that contain the word rock in the description just enter rock NOTE The Name is the name of file Author Keyword and Description are fields that you can enter in the dialog box Librarian Properties Description You can specify only one criteria per field Blank fields will be ignored Search is not case sensitive Each time you launch the Search command the application will create a Found Media Files document window You can work in each Found Media F
182. iew Several options are available Sprite collisions at different levels with sounds MIDI MP3 or MOD S3M XM Background music support Several Background effects AVI MPEG QT Video Sequences support FLI FLC GIF Animations support Compilation with image compression Customizable screen saver About dialog box and mote The screen savers you ll produce will support all video configurations screen size and color depth Now the program supports images and icons with alpha channel aka smooth transparency This will permit you to create beautiful screensavers at professional quality level At least this new version permits to create demo limited versions of your screensavers with unlock feature This is very interesting to distribute and sell your screensavers A powerful built in module permits you to generate unlock codes A WYSIWYG Editor To let you be more productive we have created an advanced WYSIWYG screen saver editor with full Drag amp Drop support WYSIWYG means What You See Is What You Get No surprise at compilation your final screen saver is strictly identical An Ergonomic Integrated Suite of Tools A professional tool must be Powerful and Easy to Use That s why we have created an intuitive fully integrated workshop interface All is visible and easy to access in the main window A built in dockable media files librarian to manage your files a powerful explorer with thumbnail preview to explore your hard disks or CD an
183. ight side of the status bar you ll see a coordinate can finely adjust a sprite location by using the keyboard arrow keys You can also specify the exact location by opening the Properties dialog box Alt Enter select the Size amp Position tab and set X and Y in the Absolute Position group Adjust sprite opacity and specify general information 7 We re almost done Now we ll change the opacity of the sprite in order to show it as a watermark on screen Double click on the sprite in the list 0 see below 15 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Tutorial Stopped BH xo amp e6x 00 149000 5 amp e rta ostias mo O walpaper Badgard Fie co perts and sn Sprite Bea Soe b Posbon Motion Sounds b Cota temen Trarenarency Sarasa image Y Tha image contam am Alpha Channel rmosth transparency rane a there G as y 6 A dialog opens Select the Transparency tab Using the Overall Opacity slider specify 50 Click OK to apply The sprite is now displayed with a watermark effect 7 The last operation to do is to specify some information in the sprite properties This is a boring step but this should always be done to make future modifications easier Double click on the sprite in the list 0 see above A dialog box opens select the General tab In the Name field specify a short name for the sprite Watermark Logo This name will be displayed in the sprite list Also specif
184. iles document window Delete items 1 Select items from the librarian 2 Choose Edit Delete 3 An information dialog box prompts you Click OK NOTE The selected files or folders are moved to the Deleted Items special folder You can restore them back to their original locations at any time or you can also permanently deleted them Preview an item in the librarian 1 Select one or more items in the librarian 2 Activate Librarian Preview 3 The item is displayed in the thumbnail NOTES The option Preview is only available if you activate the command Librarian Display Large icons Only pictures can be previewed in thumbnails 177 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Restore previously deleted items in the Librarian 1 Go to the folder Deleted items from the librarian 2 Select one or more items 3 Right click and choose Restore or Double click or Return on the item s 4 The dialog box Restore deleted items opens You can restore the selected items back to their original locations Click YES Empty the Deleted Items folder 1 Right click and choose Empty Folder 2 The dialog box Empty folder Deleted items opens 3 If you are sure to permanently delete all the items click YES WARNING You will not be able to UNDO this operation Create a new folder 1 Go to the librarian 2 Select the folder where you wish create a new folder 3 Choose Librarian New Folder a
185. iles included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Save an Image to another format 5 If the document is an image you can save it to JPEG BMP PNG or PSD Select File Save As a dialog box opens Select the file format and click Save Save a Video Snapshot to an image file 5 If the document is a video sequence you can save an instant snapshot image to a JPEG BMP PNG or PSD file Select File Save Snapshot As a dialog box opens Select the file format and click Save Resize an image The application contains a high quality image resize feature a k a resampling This may be useful to change an image size without loosing quality 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Resize the image 5 Select Image Resize Image R a dialog box opens 6 Enter the new size in pixels by specifying Width and Height 7 Click OK when done The image is resized 194 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer Undo the change 8 If you want to undo the re
186. in Explorer select the files 1 In the menu choose File New New Explorer Ctrl E An explorer window opens in the application NO TA lis doc Na eo MEAN LM nos ENO nio ON pe w ansio Assi ig te term Pitewi ong a Fh Se EE SE eee pee A um t owe mm Ge see ED 31 Es maio os et o ner h Mok aoe Ft sem GS us W ue GS ns GB vse EY ls H p Posso POT pg bteseegob Sahere tiuere Sphere eee enh n A n ham A TE 2 The window is divided in two parts The separator can be moved using the mouse On the left pane use the folder tree to browse and find the desired folder In the right pane you see a thumbnail the media files present in this folder Images and video files are shown with preview You also see Flash and sound files without preview 71 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 3 Select the video files you want to add in your screensaver A video screensaver can include several video files that will be played in sequence Be careful of the final size of your screensaver though REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key Create the screensaver 4 Click on the New Screen Saver Project From Selection F7 button or choose File New New Screen Saver Project From Selection in the menu 5 A dialog box opens Select Video Based Screen Saver option in the list Click N
187. in the screen coordinates and by the relative position of the hot spot within the sprite in percent If relative position is 0 0 the absolute position of the sprite is based on the position of the upper left corner of the sprite If relative position is 100 100 the absolute position of the sprite is based on the position of the bottom right corner of the sprite By default the relative position is 50 50 the center of the sprite Change the sprite size Change the Sprite display size 1 Select the sprite 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Size and Position tab 4 In the Scale Group enter here the width of the sprite in percent 100 by default The final on nN width is based on the original sprite bitmap width Sprite width can also be changed using mouse in the screen saver document window In the Scale Group enter here the height of the sprite in percent 100 by default The final height is based on the original sprite bitmap height Sprite height can also be changed using mouse in the screen saver document window In the Scale Group check the Proportional to Screen box if you want the application to automatically resize the sprite when running the screensaver on the user screen The size of the sprite will be automatically calculated to keep the same display ratio on all screen resolutions REMARK The size of the final sprite is calcu
188. in the playlist O as shown above 3 Select the video files you want to remove TIP You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 4 Click on the Remove button You re prompted to confirm the deletion Click YES 129 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Save the movie files in the project 1 Click on the Playlist tab 2 If you check the Save a copy of the files in the project option the movie files will be included into the screen saver project file SSP when saved This option is useful because the video files doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 3 If you uncheck this option the files will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the files must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document REMARK This option is set for all the files in the playlist not only the selected ones if any Adjust the movie display size 1 Click on the Playlist tab 2 In the Size group Ifyou check Full screen maximized option it allows to display full screen the animation In the Width area enter here the width of the animation window in percent 100 by default The final width is based
189. includes various ways to contact us The most convenient way is to use the contact forms accessible from this page Using this form we ll receive a message and the rest of the discussion bill be made by email Contacting us using an Internet Browser 1 Launch your Internet Browser 2 Enter this URL in the address bar http www axialis com contact You can choose on of the following topic to contact us Ask a technical question about a program Report a bug in a program Suggest a new function in a program Send feedback about this website Ask questions about prices site license Get information about Axialis Software company Send a Translation Proposal Other If you re a customer or have a purchase question please check our Customer FAQ http www axialis com customet before contacting us 220 A ACKNOWIEGQMENHS c ooccccnoccccononcncnanancno nano nanononcnonanos 4 Acquire NEW IMUOYS coonccccoconccconn occ ronnncnrnononarrannn nro 213 ACQUIS cocida 213 A hehehe deste 122 Activation code SPECIFY cerca 157 ACTIVATION COE 1 cctttteeeeetettttteeeeeees 157 Actual folder PRINT Ashi ati dida 180 Actual TO OF cocoa ans 180 Add animate diSprito rara a Mitecernai bees 18 background MUS C 98 default MUSIC Faves tleecwicsuia anata 110 MOV ceo cian ek 111 Opened GOCUMEMN cece 182 PROS iria ada poa 35 ROSTER 78 SOC is 188 slide specific SOUNC rcce 108 KOLORS OISE 14 INe e EEE E E A A 14
190. indow 5 Select Edit Paste Ctrl V The new sprites are added Arrange the slide sequence You can arrange the order of your slides Bring the slide to the beginning of the slide show 1 Select a slide 2 Choose Project Bring to the Beginning or Right click and choose Bring to the Beginning This option brings the selected slide to the beginning of the slide show Send the slide to the end of the slide show 1 Select the slide 2 Choose Project Send to the End or Right Click and choose Send to the End The option sends the selected file to the end of the slide show Move slides in the slide show 1 Select one or more slides then use drag and drop to move them to the new location or 1 Select one or more slides then choose Edit Cut and Edit Paste 106 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Duplicate slides in the slide show 1 Select one or more slides press CTRL then use drag and drop to copy them to the new location or 1 Select one or more slides then choose Edit Copy and Edit Paste Change slide image pathname 1 Select the Slide Properties tab 2 In the Slide image pathname area specify the new location and name of the slide 3 If you checked the Save a copy of the file in the project document option the slide file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the slide file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document
191. ing your project Y Creating Temporary Files YW Compressing Images YY Writing SCR file W verfyng Screen Saver Fie rest the Properties Dialog Bon Nom 2 AAA Gus 13 You can test the screensaver fullscreen now Click on the Test the Screen Saver Now button 0 Do you like This is YOUR screensaver now 14 You can also test the screensaver Properties dialog box See What is a screensaver topic for more info about the properties configure dialog box see How to install a screensaver button Settings Click on the Test the Properties Dialog Box Now button 15 As you chose to install this screensaver as Windows default in Step 1 it will start automatically after a certain period of inactivity of your computer depends on what you ve configured in Windows Control Panel Click Close to finish Lesson 3 7 Creating an install package We ve learned how to compile a project and create a SCR screensaver However installing this screensaver on a computer could be a bit difficult for an unexperienced user That s why we recommend you to create an install package with your screensaver especially if you wish to redistribute it In this lesson we ll learn ho to compile the screensaver like we did in previous lesson and create an install package during the same procedure Creating an installation package is done in 9 steps Step 1 of 9 Filenames and location 1 Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Sav
192. ion Sounds group we ll specify a sound in the Between Objects zone You can specify a full pathname in this zone but we recommend you to click on the button and select the following file My Documents Axialis Librarian Media Files Sounds Sound07 wav The full pathname to this file appear in the edit zone 9 You can hear the sound by clicking on the Play button O When done click OK Each time a sprite collide with the Spinning Ball you ll hear this sound If you want to hear the collision sounds you must test the screensaver fullscreen F11 The collision sound are not audible in Play mode IMPORTANT Only WAV sounds are supported for collision sound The sound feature can be disabled by the end user in the compiled screensaver 21 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Lesson 1 7 Defining a background music In this lesson we ll learn how to add a background music This music will be played in loop Supported music formats are WAV MP3 MID and MOD Set a background music 1 Choose Project Music or click on the Background Music button in the local toolbar A dialog opens Project General Y Bacharound Background Music vdeo cip Muric Pathname 264 Kb i Seve a copy of the music file in the project document inol eecommended fot lange muse Mes EO Mest of the sound cards can play MIDI and WAY timabaneousiy So E you specy a NEDI music here you wil be able to add FA
193. isplay to Full Window It means that images will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The image may be distorted when stretched Ignore Transparency Information in GIF files GIF files contain transparency information By default the application reads this information and automatically converts the GIF image to a 32BPP bitmap with alpha channel transparency If this option is chosen the transparency information will be ignored GIF only and the image background will keep its original color for compatibility with previous versions of the application Options in the Movies Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the Movies tab to display the related options Animation Default Display mode Various Scales It means that animations will be initially displayed at scale 1 1 with possibility to change scale Best Fit keep aspect ratio It means that animations will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The animation proportion will always be kept Full Window stretched It means that animations will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The animation may be distorted when stretched Movie Default Display mode Various Scales It means that movies will be initially dis
194. ists you ll be prompted to confirm the overwriting Step 2 Specify a description configure a RSS reader You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title a Copyright a Web and a Comment This information will be displayed in the Configure dialog box of the screen saver Also the screensaver you ll compile will include a RSS reader You just have to configure it in this compilation step to activate it RSS is a new way to publish information online Think of it as a distributable What s New for your site The Step 2 dialog box looks like this Compile a SCR Screen Saver Step2of6 9 X Description You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed URLs Tite Tutorial o Copyright Cogeyright E 2004 Axialis Software AL rights res Web Ste hitpc www codalis com Comment Snape emeren e e gag distribute RSS Feeds E Enable RSS Read EY Specily URLs uaaa Estres gt gt tonal 135 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 136 Describe the Screen Saver 1 In the Title area 0 specify the Title of the screen saver This title will be displayed in the Splash screen if you choose the standard splash screen and in the Properties dialog box 2 In the Copyright area 9 specify a Copyright associated with the screen saver This copyright will be displayed in the Splash screen if you choose the standard
195. ivation code 14 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Activation code settings This dialog box is used to create demo or limited versions of your screensavers This is a useful feature if you want to sell your screensavers This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next pen Si Activation Code Using this feature you be able to force the user to enter an Activation Code to get the ful version amie Screen Saver The Codes wil be generated using the vr 1D numbers E Use an Activation Codes ABADA EN Limitations before activation a FRAN Step 9 of 9 Ready to go 15 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button Also read the information about Copyright 49 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 16 When done click Next Compilation in progress and done 17 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine the following screen is displayed Compile an Installable Screen Saver Compilation X Compilation Axials Screen Saver Producer is compling your project
196. k the user will be able to click on it 5 In the Company area specify the name of the company that will appear in the screensaver install procedure 6 In the Comment area specify a Comment associated with the screen saver This comment will be displayed in the Properties dialog box 1024 characters maxi If the text is too long to be displayed in the dialog box it will scroll vertically 7 When done click the Next button Configure the RSS reader With Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer you can screensavers with a RSS reader embedded RSS which means Really Simple Syndication is a new way to publish information online Think of it as a distributable What s New for your site At the heart of the technology is special Web coding called XML which has been widely developed by the online community over the past few years Anyone can pick up the RSS codes and with the appropriate software display the information ARSS reader is included in the screensavers you will compile You just have to create your own online RSS feeds see tutorial link below and add the URLs to them in the above list Adding RSS news in your screensaver is a great idea IMPORTANT If your screensaver includes a RSS reader it will attempt to access the Internet This may pop up a firewall alert on the end user computer An Internet access may be considered as suspicious by the this user malicious codes like virus or trojans act like this We str
197. k Tutorials PR Screen Saver Step LofG DR Screen Saver Step 1 of 6 Filename You are about to create a new stand alone screen saver file The fie format wil be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled youl be able to use R personally or to redstribute it as amp no inol procedure will be created Please specify the name and location of the file to create Bleneme Tutor O Location C WINNT Systemaz o Lawati EE 2 In the Filename field specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial3 3 Do not change the Location field It may be disabled You can specify here the folder where you want to create the file If you want to redistribute this SCR file specify your output folder If you want to use this screensaver on your computer only do not modify the proposed entry see below In this tutorial we ll set the screensaver as Windows default So don t change this field 4 Do not change the Place it in my personal Windows System folder option This option is used to create the file in Windows system folder In such a case the screensaver will be visible in Windows screensaver settings list see What is a screensaver for more info 5 Choose the Set it as the Current Windows Screen Saver option O The fields O and O are disabled because they re set by default when you choose to set your screensaver
198. l E gt SOR tection En o Cow sect es the current Windows Screen Saver uaaal gt gt ian 2 In the Filename field specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial1 3 Do not change the Location field It may be disabled You can specify here the folder where you want to create the file If you want to redistribute this SCR file specify your output folder If you want to use this screensaver on your computer only do not modify the proposed entry see below In this tutorial we ll set the screensaver as Windows default So don t change this field 4 Do not change the Place it in my personal Windows System folder option O This option is used to create the file in Windows system folder In such a case the screensaver will be visible in Windows screensaver settings list see What is a screensaver for more info 5 Choose the Set it as the Current Windows Screen Saver option The fields and O are disabled because they re set by default when you choose to set your screensaver as default When done click Next Step 2 of 6 Description 6 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field O keep the proposed title Tutorial We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials You can customize your sc
199. l be compiled as a temporary SCR file and it will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package EXE file IMPORTANT Once created the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled We recommend you to save your project to a SSP file before compiling it Don t loose your SSP file 1 Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or click on the Compile Installable Screen Saver button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step 1 of 9 Filenames and Location O You aro about to cresta a new installable screensaver First Rwa be compiled as a SCR file then included in an instalation package Screensaver File Please specify the final flemame of the screensaver the mame of the SCR file after the installation Screenssver Tutoriall Pas Installation File Specty the name and the location of the installation file that wll be created Elensme Tutoristinstall qe Location TEN FE EZ 4 o sal E Specify the Filename and Location of the Install file to create 2 In the Screensaver field 9 specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension You can keep the proposed name This is the filename that will be installed on the
200. last slides in the Slide list using the same method In the Transition Effect group select the Cross Fade horizontal effect 11 We can take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed fullscreen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test Lesson 2 5 Defining a background music In this lesson we ll learn how to add a background music This music will be played in loop Supported music formats are WAV MP3 MID and MOD Set a background music 1 Select the Default Music tab The associated dialog box appears see below General Side Properes Background Defen Music Video Cp oo Munc Pathname 202 Kb l gear ees DENEA OREO p nav saldo J y 3 e Seve a copy of the musk file in the project document rat recommended for large munc Mes Fa Restat music playback when fireshed Thet muta wil be errata played a dador you doose Def stocated sound im dde properties If you choos a pede round or music for a cide diz default musk wil be sammer dy vooped 2 You can specify a pathname in the Music Pathname zone but we recommend you to click on the button 0 and select the following file My Documents Axialis Librarian Media Files Music Philharmone Loophead pssp wav The full pathname to this file appear in the edit zone 3 You can hear the sound by clicking on the Play button O 4 This
201. lated from a 640x480 screensaver project the size of the WYSIWYG editor window For example if the final user launches the screen saver on a 800x600 display the sprite size multiplier will be 1 25 If his screen size is 1024x768 the multiplier will be 1 6 and so on 91 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Change Motion Type and Speed Change Motion and Speed of a Sprite You can change the Type Motion Links and Speed of the Sprite 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 In the Type Group Static Click to make a static sprite The sprite may be animated but to not move on screen Straight Line Click here to define a straight line motion path The sprite moves at a constant speed through the screen The speed and directions are defined by the horizontal and vertical speed values see below Bouncing on the bottom of the screen Click here to define a sprite that bounces at the bottom of the screen like a ball bouncing on the floor The height of the bounce is defined by the initial Y position of the sprite 0 top of the screen 480 bottom of the screen 4 In the Motion Links Group Pass over and over Click here if you want the sprite to cross the screen without bouncing on its borders For example if the sprite disappears on the right border of the screen it appears again on the left border and so on
202. limitation are available a time limitation screensaver with trial period or an object images limitation only a part of the screensaver is displayed 5 If the Expiration Date option is chosen Q the application will generate a screen saver which contains all features all sprites and slides but which is time limited After a trial period of days can be specified in the edit zone below the screen saver will freeze and the user will be prompted to activate it 6 If the Limited Number of Sprites Slides option is chosen O the application will generate a screen saver which displays only a limited number of sprites or slides of objects can be specified in the edit zone below The screen saver is NOT time limited and will never expire After activation all the objects are displayed REMARK Only the Expiration Date system is available for Flash Video and FLI FLC based screensavers Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Specify Advanced Parameters Some advanced parameters permits you to fully customize the trial version of your screensaver To access these parameters click the Advanced button O 7 In the Version Name zone specify the name of the limited version Usually Shareware Version Trial Edition Demo Version 8 In the Registration URL zone specify the Web Address of your purchase web page for example http www axialis com purchase This Web Address will be used in the Properties dialog box as a
203. lis Pro Screen Saver Producer explorers Options in the Librarian Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the Librarian tab to display the related options Change the Axialis Librarian Location on Disk You can change the location of the librarian on your hard disk by specifying a new path to the directory structure containing your Media Files 1 Specifies a Path for the librarian or click on the Browse button 2 When done click OK and restart the application If you specify the new location for the librarian the change will occur the next time you ll launch Axialis Screen Saver Producer Show Information Window when deleting items this option is checked you will be informed each time you delete an item in the librarian This is just a reminder to inform you that the files has not been deleted but just moved to the Deleted Items folder Show Information Window when deleting items If this option is enabled the application permits you to store various additional properties for each file stored in the Librarian Author Keywords Description This extended information is stored in ii files and is also used to find files in the librarian using a built in search feature If this option is unchecked no 11 files will be created Options in the Images Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click
204. llision level specify the Collision level of this sprite 5 Click to specify if the path of the sprite must change after a collision with another sprite occurs If you choose Change path the object s path changes after a collision This case respects the physics rules If you choose Keep path the object keep the same path after the collision This case doesn t respect the physics rules and may accelerate small objects after a few moments of animation NOTE Two sprites must have the same level to collide Choose level 0 if you don t want this sprite to collide with other sprites The collision is elastic It means that it preserves kinetic energy which is based on speed and mass of each sprite It acts like 2 balls colliding on a pool table In our model the mass of a sprite is proportional to its size Add sprite collision sounds Add Collision sounds to Sprites 1 Select the sprite 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 In the Collision Sounds group In the Between Object area enter here the full path to a WAV sound file that will be played each time the sprite collide with another sprite Inthe Screen Left Right area enter here the full path to a WAV sound file that will be played each time the sprite collide with the left or right borders of the screen Inthe Screen Top Bottom area Enter here the full path to a WAV sound file that will be played each time the sprite
205. log illustration Marvilla midnight yifan net website Iconica Foood foood foood net website Foood net Everaldo everaldo everaldo com website Everaldo com Sample Icons Thanks to Yazoo for giving us permission to include some of its smiley icons in the Internet sample screensavers You are free to use the icons from Yazoo for private non commercial use only Please read Yazoo read me txt file located in Librarian Sprites folder to get more info Visit http www wbchug com for more free Icons Visit http www wbc designs com for a list of services Sample Loop Sounds Thanks to Alexander Lau from Loopheads Soundware for giving us permission to include some of its Loop sounds in the sample screensavers Loop sounds are short sounds which can be played in loop 2 to create an endless music Contact Loopheads if using these sounds commercially To get more info about Loopheads visit their website h http www loopheads com The sounds have been resampled to low quality 12 000 kHz 8 Bits Stereo for demo purpose To get CD Quality versions 44 100 kHz 16 Bits Stereo purchase Loopkit Pro v1 0 CD which includes over 1200 copyright royalty free sound loops and samples at http www loopkit com Translations and Help Fixes Thanks to the following persons who helped us on translations and help fixes Dmitry Yerokhin erodim mail ru Russian portions Giorgio Brausi vbcor
206. lor at the top of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Inthe To Color area specify the second color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the right border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the bottom of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Specify a Vertical gradient Specify a Horizontal gradient Specify a Mirror gradient It means that the second color is placed at the center of the screen and the first color is placed on screen borders 6 If you check the Solid Color button In the Color area specify the chosen solid color Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Check the Keep Screen Background button to specify that you want to keep the screen background as it was just before the screen saver starts 7 Check the Keep Screen Background button to specify the background darker 25 50 or 75 Click here to specify that you want to keep the screen background as it was just before the screen saver starts Set a background wallpaper using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files select the Images then Backgrounds folders 2 If you want a Stretched background Wallpaper select a background press SHIFT keep pressed then drag drop to the Screen Saver Document window 3
207. lt a reduced animes preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a g standard static image 8 Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver E No Preview Defaut Image ED No Preview Custom Static Image EMP FEG PNG Dipla an inated o aia G VAA rada with Video screercawers final user may experence techeical innuer Image receenmanded sive tr 182 s 112 pork Gecke a ams 10 Choose the option Animated Preview 0 When done click Next Step 6 of 6 Ready to go 11 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button 10 When done click Next 26 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Compilation in progress and done 12 A dialog box opens in which you see the compilation in progress a few seconds If a problem occurs during the compilation you see an error message If it worked fine we re sure it did the following screen is displayed Compile a SCR Screen Saver Compilation Compilation XN Axialis Screen Saver Producer is compiling your project Y Creating Temporary Files Y Compressing Images YW Writing SCR file W vert yng screen Saver Fie O ompilation Successfully Completed Test the Properties Dialog Box Now x RNA dose 13 You ca
208. m too to transform the trial version in a fully working version You ll be able to generate Activation Codes using a built in feature Alt F6 Click here to read more about activation codes Compile the screensaver in shareware mode IMPORTANT You can create demo limited versions of your screensaver only if you create an installation package of your screensaver If you compile a simple screensaver you cannot add this feature 1 Open your screensaver project Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or click on the Compile Installable Screen Saver button in the toolbar 2 The first dialog box of the compilation wizard opens Follow the procedure until Step 8 Activation Code see below _ Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step 8 of 9 Activation Code Using this yy re you be able to force the user to enter an e to get the ful version of the Soreen Saver The be generated using the ty A im Use an Activation Code Screen Saver ID oe i CBDOABCE FFETICFC Se il Code Based on User Name gt qomo 8 Expiration Date after Trial Period expres 30 days after installation par il United number of Sprtes Sides 3 If you want to create a limited screensaver you must click on the Use an Activation Code option The other fields of the dialog box enable 4 Below you see 2 fields with IDs O The IDs that are proposed here are based on the screensaver title and the company name you ente
209. mage in Configure dalog box Step 4 of 6 Splash screen 7 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the name of the screensaver your name a copyright notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of the screensaver and the copyright notice you specified in Step 2 creen Saver Step 4 of 6 Splash Screen When the Screen Saver starts displays a splash screen for a few seconds By defa t displeys a text splash screen wath the infoemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the text n 1 No Splash Screen EA Duplay an Image based Splash Screen Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials 8 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen In the Display Time group O specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next Step 5 of 6 Preview window 9 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver See What is a screensaver topic for more info see How to install a screensaver In this tutorial
210. mage of the install EXE file if you have chosen to create an installation package The procedure is similar and the image should be 500x60 pixels Click on the Advanced Customization button in Step 2 of the compilation wizard How to install a SCR screensaver on a computer How to install a screensaver on a Windows computer If an install procedure is provided with the screensaver just install it launching the procedure When a screensaver is distributed as a simple SCR file You have to follow this procedure to install it on a computer 1 Copy the SCR file in your system folder This folder vary with Windows version Windows XP NT 2000 C WINNT SYSTEM32 Windows 95 98 ME C WINDOWS SYSTEM 2 Right click in the Windows Desktop background and select Properties A dialog box opens Select the Screen Saver tab Display Properties Wor 1 maute On pesume display Welcome screen Monitor powes To aduit moritce power sellings and save energy an O f x cms 3 Select your screensaver in the list it should appear in this list if you copied it in the correct folder The screensaver appears in the Preview screen Y 4 You can adjust the screensaver settings or display it fullscreen 5 When all done click OK How to un install a screensaver If an un install procedure is provided with the screensaver just un install it launching the procedure When a screensaver is distributed as a simple
211. main toolbar is Internet Explorer like and you can fully customizing it You can add remove buttons or change the order they are displayed show hide labels and areas and mote Show hide the Main Toolbar Document windows contain local toolbars To hide the local toolbar of a document window select it and follow this procedure 1 Right click on the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Standard Buttons in the menu or press F9 Show hide the Recently Used Bar This bar permits to quick open a file in the application It contains a long edit zone and is usually located under the main toolbar 1 Right click in the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Recently Used Bar to show hide the bar Show hide a Local Toolbar Document windows contain local toolbars To hide the local toolbar of a document window select it and follow this procedure 1 Choose View Local Toolbar or press Alt F9 Show hide the Status Bar 1 Choose View Status Bar or press Alt F8 Show hide the Librarian 1 Choose View Librarian or press Esc 201 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Show hide the Animation top right 1 Right click on the main toolbar or the top menu and choose Animation in the menu NOTES When the command has a check mark next to it it means that the toolbar is displayed When you point to a menu commana the status bar at the bottom of the window displays a description of the command Show
212. mbnail the media files present in this folder O Images and video files are shown with preview You also see Flash and sound files without preview 3 Select the images files you want to add as sprite in your screensaver It includes standard images icons cursors and animated GIFs If you want to add a background music select a music or sound file MP3 WAV MID REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key Create the screensaver 4 Click on the New Screen Saver Project From Selection F7 button or choose File New New Screen Saver Project From Selection in the menu 5 A dialog box opens Select Sprite Based Screen Saver option in the list Click Next 6 In this new dialog box enter the screensaver title and some additional information copyright author Click Next when done 68 Chapter 3 How To Procedures Customize and compile the screensaver 7 The screensaver project window opens with all sprites added in the main edit zone Select each sprite in the list and adjust the associated properties motion size amp position collision transparency For example if you want to create a bouncing sprite Choose Straight Line and Bouncing on the edges of the screen options Set the direction and speed of the sprite We can do this by specifying 2 values The Horizontal and Vertical speeds Specify any data from 500
213. n 3 The dialog box Change Folder icon opens 4 In the area Icon file enter the filename ICO ICL EXE ou DLL or click the button Browser The icons list displays Select the new icon NOTE The new icon will be displayed in the Explorer Windows Show folders 1 Choose Librarian Show Folders The application shows all folder items in the list 181 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Add ltems to the Librarian Add items fo the librarian from the Explorer Document 1 Select a folder in the librarian where you want to add items 2 Select one or more items in the Explorer Document 3 Right click and choose Add to the librarian Add an opened document fo the librarian 1 Select a folder in the librarian where you want to add Media Files 2 Open a Document Image Sound Video Clip Screen Saver Project or activate an existing document window 3 Right click and choose Add to the librarian Add items using the Import function 1 Select a folder in the librarian where you want to import items 2 Choose Librarian Import 3 The Import in the Library dialog box opens Enter the filenames or select the files to import and click on the Save Button 182 CHAPTER 6 Working With the Axialis Media File Explorer In this chapter Using the Axialis Media File Explorer m Working with Media Files m Features Specific to Image Files m 183 Axialis Professional Screen Save
214. n 122 Save the project SSP file 123 Test the screen saver full screen 123 Compile a screen saver file 124 Compile an installable package 124 Create Video Based Screen Saver 125 Create a Video Based Screen Saver 125 Create Video based screen saver project 125 Adjust general properties 126 Add remove video movies in the playlist 126 Change the playlist order 129 Save the movie files in the project 130 Adjust the movie display size 130 Adjust the Flash movie position on screen 130 Customize the screen saver background 131 Save the project SSP file 131 Test the screen saver full screen 132 Compile a screen saver file 132 Compile an installable package 132 Compile a Windows screen saver SCR file 134 Compile a Windows screen saver SCR file 134 Step 1 Specify a filename and location 134 Step 2 Specify a description configure a RSS reader 135 Step 3 Customize icon and dialog box image 137 Step 4 Specify the splash screen parameters 140 Step 5 Specify the preview parameters 141 Step 6 Compilation Summary 143 Compilation 143 Compile an installable screen saver file EXE 144 Step 1 Specify the filename and location of the install package 144 Step 2 Specify the installation properties advanced customization 145 Step 3 Specify the User License Agreement 150 Step 4 Specify the screensaver filename and description 151 Step 5 Customize icon and dialog box image 153 Step 6 Specify the splash screen parameters 155 Step
215. n as an Independent Window The animation will be embedded in the screen saver as an independent window The animation can be played once before the screen saver starts or forever with sprites playing in background If you add an animated cursor file ANI the program will automatically add it as an animated sprite to the active project If you add an icon or cursor files associated to several image formats the program prompts you to choose a file format Then this file is automatically added as an animated sprite to the active project Change the sprite position When you add new sprites they are initially placed in the upper left corner of the Screen Saver working area They can change the sprite Initial Position X Horizontal and Y Vertical To change the Absolute Position 1 Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties 3 Click on the Size and Position tab 4 In the Absolute Position group enter here the X coordinate of the Initial position of the sprite of screen from 640 to 1280 O means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the sprite s hot spot on the screen not necessary the position of the upper left corner of the sprite see hot spot definition Sprite initial position can also be specified using drag amp drop in the screen saver document window 5 In the Absolute Position
216. n test the screensaver full screen now Click on the Test the Screen Saver Now button 0 Do you like This is YOUR screensaver now 14 You can also test the screensaver Properties dialog box See What is a screensaver topic for more info about the properties configure dialog box see How to install a screensaver button Settings Click on the Test the Properties Dialog Box Now button O 15 As you chose to install this screensaver as Windows default in Step 1 it will start automatically after a certain period of inactivity of your computer depends on what you ve configured in Windows Control Panel Click Close to finish Lesson 1 10 Creating an install package We ve learned how to compile a project and create a SCR screensaver However installing this screensaver on a computer could be a bit difficult for an inexperienced user That s why we recommend you to create an install package with your screensaver especially if you wish to redistribute it In this lesson we ll learn ho to compile the screensaver like we did in previous lesson and create an install package during the same procedure Creating an installation package is done in 9 steps Step 1 of 9 Filenames and location 1 Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or click on the Compile Installable Screen Saver button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help butt
217. n toolbar A new Explorer window opens over your actual project window see below SCOP FSAdiex xo UUM ao o o as aia EI My Documents a odati h Dae Piette D D ims Ps A P D Pattie Bapana G Cursors Es a mor EB nee EB ese EO ine Em los Adiste tpg Adeis21pg Lan Britton lan Britton Jan Briton lan Ertton Bales of May pg Mountain Poppies pg Survise over t 8 In the left pane browse in Axialis Librarian and select the Media Files Images Slides folder The files contained in this folder are displayed in the right pane 9 Select the 2 last files Ian Britton Winter Scene Northumberland jpg and Ian Britton Sunset over the Irish Sea from Blackpool jpg in the list 9 Now copy the files in the Clipboard by clicking the Copy button or by choosing Edit Copy Ctrl C menu 37 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION HINT Press CTRL keep pressed while you click on the 2 files to select them 10 Return to the project document Select Window Tutorial2 in the menu or press Ctrl F6 Choose Edit Paste Ctrl V or click on the Paste button The 2 files are added in the Slide list The preview is changed accordingly utori ssp Bu 1 SSex 2090570 ae ares on A O a 2 e jar a copy dl the Me in De poet do ent hare Desomptar Randers raton Duration Displey Sine peida 10 D ioH Dated on sitet sord Maze heap el Asier
218. name and full path of the file to print PAGE Page number 9 You can also specify a separator to split the text in two parts The first part will be printed on the left side and the second part on the right side of the page If no separator is specified the text is centered 10 When done click OK and continue the print procedure Print as preview 5 You can print in a preview window It may be useful to see the result before printing Choose the File Print Preview An option dialog box opens Follow the above procedures Change display mode 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Change display mode image animation or video still only 5 Choose the View Normal display if you want to see the image or video at fixed scales In this mode you can use the zoom commands Zoom In Zoom Out scale 1 1 Space 6 Choose the View Best Fit display if you want the image to be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within the document window The image proportion will always be kept Zoom commands are disabled 7 Choose the View Maximized display if you want the image to be stret
219. nd Enter the name of the folder To go to the Parent Folder 1 Choose Librarian Parent Folder This command permits you to return to the parent folder Import files 1 Select the folder where you re going to import the files 2 Choose Librarian Impott 3 Select the file type from the File Type Drop Down box Video Animations AVE ASE MOV QT MPG MPEG RM RT RAM WMV FLI FLC SWF Images Files BMP DIB RLE GIF PG JPE JPEG PICI FPX AFPIX PICH OTE QT TF PSD PCT PCD WMEF PNG PCX RLE TGA TIF TIFF LBM IFF Sound Files MP3 MP2 WAV MID MIDI MOD S3M XM RA SMI SND SAU A IF AIFC ATFF WM WMA RMD 178 Chapter 5 Working With The Axialis Librarian Icons files ICO ICL Cursor files CUR ANI ACL Screen Saver Producer Files SSP Web files HTM HTML HTX ASP ALX STM SHTML SHTM DHTML 4 Click on the file that you want to select in the Contents List box and click on the Open button The imported files will be automatically placed in the librarian Export files 1 Select one or several items to export 2 Choose Librarian Export The dialog box Browse folder opens 3 Choose the destination folder for the selected item Select files 1 Select the Folder in the librarian 2 Choose Librarian Select Files 3 You can choose one of these options Select Num You can
220. nd saved Time has come to compile it and create your first Windows screensaver This procedure will create a SCR file see What is a screensaver for more info You can set this screensaver as Windows default or just save it in a specific location for redistribution Compiling a screensaver is done in 6 steps Step 1 of 6 Filename 1 Choose Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 or click on the Compile SCR File button in the toolbar A dialog box opens see below Before we start keep in mind that you can click on the context help button 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box Compile a SCR Screen Saver Step 1Lof6 AX Filename You are about to create a new stand alone screen saver file The file Format will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled youl be able to use R personally or to redstribute R as amp no etal procedure will be created Please specify the name and location of the file to create Bilename Tutoriali 2 SCR Location INNT Syste o B Set k as the Current Windows Screen Saver uaaal Ces C 2 In the Filename field O specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial2 3 Do not change the Location field It may be disabled You can specify here the folder where you want to create the file If you want to redistribute this SCR file specify yo
221. ndom ranges The initial random speed is calculated by a random number between 0 and the value you specify 0 500 being added to or subtracted from the Initial Speed for horizontal and vertical respectively REMARKS A value smaller than the Initial Horizontal Speed will give the sprite a random speed but maintain the direction Example Initial 100 Random 80 This will give you a random speed from 20 to 180 always moving from left to right A value larger than the Initial Horizontal Speed will give the sprite a random speed and direction Example Initial 0 Random 100 This will give you a random speed from 100 to 100 Positive values move the sprite from left to right and negative values move the sprite right to left A value of zero will add no random value to the Initial Horizontal Speed and therefore have no effect effectively turning the feature off A value smaller than the Initial Vertical Speed will give the sprite a random speed but maintain the direction Example Initial 100 Random 80 This will give you a random speed from 20 to 180 always moving from top to bottom A value larger than the Initial Vertical Speed will give the sprite a random speed and direction Example Initial 0 Random 100 This will give you a random speed from 100 to 100 Positive values move the sprite from top to bottom and negative values move the sprite bottom to top A value of zero will add no random value to the Initial Vertical S
222. ne The reader will downloads the news in all URLs when the screensaver starts and display them all in sequence You can also specify UNC network paths to XML files It could be useful to publish news via the screensaver on all the computers installed in your company For example specify MainServer CommonFiles News daily news xml 9 If you want to allow the user to modify these URLs add remove once the screensaver is installed click on the associated option 9 When done click OK Continue with the compilation wizard 10 Once the compiled screensaver is installed the RSS reader will access the internet each time it starts in background get the news and display them is a small window in the lower right corner of the screen Latest News from Axialis Software Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer v3 61 Jre 8 2004 This new version includes a lot of new Features including a new screensaver nales icon and image customization RSS reader and more 33 Read News a Next a Previous REMARK The end user can enable disable the RSS reader and change URLs if you allowed it from the screensaver configure dialog box Step 3 Customize icon and dialog box image A screensaver is a program see What is a screensaver topic in chapter 2 Therefore it contains an icon This icon is used to display it in Windows Explorer or when you create a Shortcut to it in the Desktop for example A standard icon is used but it s now p
223. ner vbcorner net website www vbcorner net Italian portions Juan Carlos Hern ndez Pazos informes datafox com website www datafox com Spanish portions Marcus Vinicius Portuguese portions Mark Budd mark siteworx co za English context help fixes Richard Bol t_bol quicknet nl website www rbol nl Dutch portions Stefen C Weber translation shannon de website www shannon de German portions Compression Support Thanks to Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler for writing the fantastic and free ZLIB compression decompression library which is used in Axialis products You can visite the official ZLIB Web page at http www cdrom com pub infozip zlib Chapter 1 Introducing License PNG Support Thanks to the creators of the PNG graphic file format and its related source code You can visite the official PNG Web page at http www cdrom com pub png JPEG Support Thanks to Thomas G Lane and the Independent JPEG Group for the JPEG graphic file format and its source code You can visite the official JPEG Web page at h ij System Requirements Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer has been designed to work with Microsoft Windows 95 98 ME NT4 2000 and XP Minimum Pentium class CPU 350 Mhz 65536 color video card 800x600 64 Mb RAM Microsoft Windows 95 with ComCtl32 v4 72 or NT 4 0 SP4 Recommended Pentium 3 4 or AMD Athlon 500 Mhz or more True Colo
224. ng the Recently Used Bar 210 Manage favorite files 210 Paste an image from another program to a project 211 Paste an image as a new document 212 Desktop Reorganization 212 Acquire a new image from a Twain device 213 Uninstall or repair the application 213 REGISTERING UPGRADING ONLINE FEATURES 215 Online Registration using Internet 216 Upgrade the application using Internet 218 Online Customer Service on Internet 219 Contact Axialis Software Team 220 INDEX 221 vii CHAPTER 1 Introducing License In this chapter What is Professional Screen Saver Producer User License Agreement Acknowledgements System Requirements Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION What is Professional Screen Saver Producer Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer is a powerful tool designed to create Windows screensavers It has a fully integrated workspace that permits you to work efficiently and create professional screen savers in minutes What kind of Screen Savers can produce Almost all kind of screen savers based on sprite animations a sprite is an animated and or moving image see the Dancing Balls sample on right This new version let you also create screen savers based on Shockwave Flash no limit to your imagination Image Slide Shows display your favorite photos and Movies QuickTime Mpeg AVI RealMedia You compile and produce Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP SCR compatible files with Control Panel prev
225. nimation folder 2 Select a flash file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver document window He Ede Project Librarian Fortes Vew Window Help Qe AH D Der X O Qe Gra Gow Bis O 0 8 RAN x O xua ua Naw tie ee pau Camera nd Y pino Meme 4 4 nage Wallpaper f 8 X20 E ia oe pos liura mal gt Pwert Pods ds Softee rteractwe st 77 Kb cumerts ivsaks Licerien Media Fles Flach TutonatPreprBiack s m the Shockwawe F lath formar may force the end user Dae MtememachotpFled layer See Pob Wi Seve a copy of the He in the project document e Ske Position center Ful Scicen maxmasd Spechc Size i xo 100 E H 100 Y ae E Show Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the arimation Wi Automatically Repeat Forever 4 In Flash Movie field you see the full pathname to the file you re about to add Check that this is the correct file 5 In the Size group select the Full Screen maximized option O Also be sure the option Show Mouse Pointer is NOT checked This is used to create interactive screensavers not for this tutorial When done Click OK 6 The file is included in the project you see the filename in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window on right side 118 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Specify the Flash movie using the Clipboard copy paste 1 Go to the li
226. no slides is actually present in the screensaver only a Add Slides button is available in this dialog box Click on this button or click on the associated button in the toolbar O You can also choose Project Insert New Slides Ins in the menu AT u SE o we QZF DUR Music video cip N No shde present in the screen Cick below to acid new sides EY Add Sides 35 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 3 A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the images you want to add as slides Browse your disks and go to this folder in the Librarian My Documents Axialis Librarian Media Files Images Slides Select the two following files Ian Britton Bales of Hay jpg and Ian Britton Mountain Stream jpg HINT Press CTRL keep pressed while you click on the 2 files to select them 4 Click Open button when done The 2 files are added in the Slide list as follows O The Slide Properties dialog box contents has changed several options appeared them later Each time you select a slide in the list the preview and the Properties dialog box O changed accordingly Bw 450 HAP 4000 TA ae Geren Sade Procertior tasar Oetaa tause video Cle is A jar a copy dl the Me n De proat do ent hire Frans dan Effect Leoptor Rando anton Duration O onns peido 10 Els fot Dated on sitet caret Maze beep tnt Asia Sad Dent Sppe se
227. nstalled MOV QT Apple QuickTime Medium file size very good quality The drawback is that the use must have installed QuickTime for Windows version 4 or mote RAM RM RT Real Media Small file size average quality The drawback is that the user must have installed RealPlayer version 6 or more SWF Shockwave Flash It s a multimedia animation file format Very small file size very good vector quality This format lets you create powerfull animation The drawback is that the user must have installed the Shockwave Flash Runtime Player provided with Windows Millenium Edition FLI FLC Autodesk Animation It s an animation file format Average file size Very good bitmap quality This format is generally used to produce 3D animations No additional component is needed to play this format 4 If the Save a copy of the file in the Project Document option is checked the video file will be stored in the screen saver project not recommended for large files Ifyou check this option the video file will be included into the screen saver file when saved This option is useful because the video file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming If you un check this option the video file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your har
228. nted to quickly save files in the Librarian In the librarian select the Screen Savers folder in the tree O 38 Ardalh Professional Serven Saver Producer 3 6 Ox He GR Aot Ubroran Favertes Vew Window Help ES E im Ga H De XOG Que Gra Jour Big G L le nera Tutorias Yi da Hix D Haex 24600 58 ae Se tears A a aa bovevnn Q sos Gapers Sin Properties badgurd Oota Mase wsos Cp A Pac Parame ouw ig oem Savers Sometes mined NO arre cores E3 Mw DO Mowe 4 W Seve a copy of Oe mame He n De promt dor lt gt Fonu la lega mac fie m hetat ta hen Meret wone x PEO Da max will ba maraca pioro p haben f yos hence u Cad moped sard ste pra Y poo doose pei rd a na Ber a le de dni rm will be oenen dy mopped Bert Fi de Saoi nei me eo aa es ve tre Turisi op You a SEF te okt the curser project to the tirann Pease ely a nara for this rue grapa we E ane eee la time Z225 le Jah Se Some ler m2 an TE ana 41 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 42 2 Click on the Add to Librarian button or choose File Add to the Librarian F3 A dialog box opens see above In the Name field enter a filename no extension required or keep the proposed name Click OK 3 The SSP file is saved in the Librarian Lesson 2 7 Compiling the screensaver The screensaver project is done a
229. o Preview Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG u Displaying an animated preview amp not recommended with Video screensavers final user may experence technical izuen Image recommmanded site tz 152 1 112 puek EA 13 Choose the option Animated Preview 0 When done click Next Step 8 of 9 Activation code 14 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Activation code settings This dialog box is used to create demo or limited versions of your screensavers This is a useful feature if you want to sell your screensavers This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Activation Code Using this feature you be abla to force the user to enter an Activation Code to get the Full version ape Screen Saver The Codes vell be generated using the ng ID numbers Advanced IN Limitations before activation NONE E to 5 gt FRAN Step 9 of 9 Ready to go 15 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong 31 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button Also read the information about Copyright 16 When done click Next Compilation in progress and done 17 A dialo
230. o True Color with Alpha A dialog box opens 6 This dialog permits you to create a transparent area in your image This feature is useful to create a sprite ready image with transparent background To do this you must click the Convert The Following Color To Transparent option In the field below select the color that you want to transform to transparent in the image This is usually the background color of your image 7 Click OK when done 8 The image is converted All the area containing the color specified have been transformed to transparent Change to True Colors 5 Select Image Convert to True Color If the image was 32 bits with Alpha Channel a dialog box opens 6 This dialog permits you to specify the color you wish to use as background color 7 Click OK when done 8 The image is converted All the area containing transparency have been transformed to the specified color Change to Indexed Colors 5 Select Image Convert to True Color If the image was 32 bits with Alpha Channel a dialog box opens 6 This dialog permits you to specify the color you wish to use as background color 7 Click OK when done 8 The image is converted All the area containing transparency have been transformed to the specified color A color table has been associated to the image 196 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer Undo the change 9 If you want to undo the crop operation select Edit Undo
231. ockwirvelF ld formas may force the and usar te waad the prada Flash Player Sas Hop Play A Seve a copy of the file in the project document Postion center e Ful Screen manned Spectic Sre E Sow Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the animsabon i Aetomabically Repeat Forever 119 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 3 The full pathname is added in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window Save the Flash file in the project 1 Click on the Flash Movie Tab 2 If you check the Save a copy of the file in the project document option the file will be included into the screen saver project file SSP when saved This option is useful because the Flash file doesn t need to be present on your hard disk the next time you ll open the SSP document The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming 3 If you uncheck this option the file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the image file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document Adjust the Flash movie display size 1 Click on the Flash Movie tab 2 In the Size group Ifyou check Full screen maximized option it allows to display full screen the animation In the Width area enter here the width of the animation window in percent 100 by default
232. om out by pressing or keys Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer 6 With image files you can zoom using the left right mouse buttons Move the mouse to slide the image on screen if larger than screen in zoom mode for example You can also use the arrow keys A double click quits the fullscreen mode 7 Three display modes are available scale best fit stretched You can change the mode by pressing the Tab key Print a media file Using the explorer you can easily print a media file image animation or video still only 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Print a media file image animation or video still only 5 Choose the File Print An option dialog box opens 6 In Options group choose Print image in one page option 7 In Header amp Footer group click the Print Header and Footer Texts option if you want to print texts at the top and bottom of the printout 8 In the fields below Specifies the Header and Footer texts to print You can specify macros that will be automatically be replaced by its related variable text at printing A macro must be specified between br
233. omer Chapter 8 Registering Upgrading Online features IMPORTANT We strongly recommend you to save and close all the opened screen saver project windows before proceeding at the end of the download procedure the application will be restarted 3 A Ready to Register dialog box opens If you using a modem check that you re connected to Internet If you re connected to Internet without a Firewall click Update Now If you use a Firewall check the Connected to Internet using a Proxy Firewall box and fill the following fields 4 In the HTTP Settings group specify Address amp Port Specify here the HTTP Proxy address and port number usually 80 Proxy authentication is required If this box is checked the application will send an authentication message to the proxy server when connecting to Internet Check this option only if your server requires authentication then fill the Login 8 Password fields below 5 In the FTP Settings group specify Firewall Type Specify here the FTP Firewall Authentication type you use We support the following types SITE hostname USER after logon Proxy OPEN Transparent USER with no logon USER Fire D Remotehost USER RemoteID remoteHost fire ID USER remoteID fire D remoteHost Address amp Port Specify here the FTP Proxy address and port number usually 80 Login amp Password Specify here the Proxy Authentication Login amp Password
234. on 0 if you need get more information on a specific element of a dialog box 27 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Step lof 9 Filenames and Location O You ara about to create a new installable screensaver First R val be compiled as a SCR file then included in an instalation package Please specify the final filename of the screensaver the name of the SCR file after the installation Sceenssver Tutorial rae Installation File Spedty the name and the location of the installation file that wil be created Elensme Tutoristinstal e Location EX R n Es 2 In the Screensaver field specify the name of the SCR file to create do not specify the SCR extension Keep the proposed name Tutorial1 This is the filename that will be installed on the end user computer This file will not be created on your computer during this compilation It will be embedded in the install package 3 In the Filename field O specify the name of the Install file to create do not specify the EXE extension Enter this filename Tutorial1Install In the Location field specify the folder where you want to create the install file on your computer You can use the button to browse your folders When done click Next Step 2 of 9 Installation package properties 4 A new dialog box opens see below In the Language field O select Automatic based on Windows settings You can h
235. on the original animation clip width In the Height area enter here the height of the animation window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original animation clip width If you check Based on screen size option the animation size is based on the screen size in percent REMARK This option is set for all the files in the playlist not only the selected ones if any Adjust the Flash movie position on screen 1 Click on the Playlist tab 2 In the Position center group Inthe X area enter here the X coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 640 to 1280 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window In the Y area enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video windows on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the video window REMARK This option is set for all the files in the playlist not only the selected ones if any 130 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Customize the screen saver background Customize the screen saver background 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project Background Properties or Click on the Background tab 3 If you check the Image Wallpaper button Inthe Pathname area specify the full pathname of the bitmap file to use for the background Y
236. onds using Internet Your personal information be kept strictly confidential and not given or sold to anyone If you register you ll get the following benefits LIFETIME FREE UPGRADES for the REST OF YOUR LIFE Incredible but TRUE Never pay again for future versions for registered customers and using Internet online update only Receive up to the minute notices about new products and offers from Axialis Software Free technical support using Internet email only To Register Online Using Internet 1 Choose the command Online Registration 2 A dialog box opens Read general info then click Register Now 3 A second Online Registration Using Internet dialog box opens Your Personal Login Data To register you must specify yourself as a customer If this is the first time you register using this online system choose New Customer Otherwise specify your personal login data Check the I m a New customer or I don t have a Username option if you ve never registered an Axialis Product using this online registration system Choose this option only if you don t have an Axialis Customer username password logon data Otherwise choose the other option I Already Have a Username Check the I already have a Username option if you ve already registered an Axialis Product using this online registration system Choose this option only if you have an Axialis Customer username password logon data Otherwise choose the ot
237. ongly recommend to inform the end user about this 7 To activate the RSS reader and specify feeds in the RSS feeds zone click on the Enable RSS Reader option as shown above The Specify URLs button is activated Click on this button a second dialog box opens Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Source URLs one URS per line http jwe aiaks comfess Sag AENA ARA O what is RSS Depending on who you a RSS stends for ether Vid Ste Summary or Really Single Syndication Aut no matter what K s called RSS is a new waay to publish information online Think of as a distributable What s New for your ste Ak the heart of the technology is special Web coding called XML which has been widely developed try the online community over the past Few years Anyone can ph up the RSS codes ard with the appropriate software depley the information ARSS reader is kuded in the soreensavers you wil comple You just have to create your own online ASS feeds see tutorial ink below and add the URLs to them in the above ist Adding ASS news in your screensever is a Great iden tual es Feeds 855 Tutorial fee wetmastars RANA M5 Cancel 8 In the Source URLs zone 0 enter the feed URLs you wish to use in the reader Specify one URL per line The reader will downloads the news in all URLs when the screensaver starts and display them all in sequence You can also specify UNC network paths to XML files It could be us
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239. op to the Screen Saver Document window 3 The name of the Music file displays in the area Music Pathname in the Dialog box Default Music properties Click OK 110 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Add a default music using the Edit Copy Paste function 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Music folder or select a Music file from the built in Exploreur 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 3 Choose Edit Paste 5 The name of the Music file displays in the area Music Pathname in the Dialog box Default Music properties Click OK Add a movie or animation Add a movie or animation at the beginning of the screen saver 1 Activate the Screen Saver window 2 Choose Project Video Clip or Right click and choose Video Clip 3 The Video Clip window opens In the Video Clip Pathname area specify the full pathname of the file to use for the screen saver video clip You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Many of these files are available for download on Internet check copyright before redistributing Several file format are supported AVI ASF WME Microsoft Video This is the most recommended file format for video file medium file size but compatible with all Windows versions MPG MPEG Mpeg I Another recommended file format very small file size The drawback is that the user must have Windows 98 or Windows 95 with Active Movie i
240. opens a Screen Saver Information You can specify Screen Saver and Athor information below The Project Description This is a test soreensarer Please do not distribute Marc EMILE Copyright Copyright E 2004 Axialis Software Al rights reserved aa 2 Specify the Screensaver Title Tutorial2 Also specify your own Description Author Name Copyright information and click Next REMARK Click on the context help button to get more information on a specific area in the dialog box A quick tour of the slideshow screensaver project editor window 3 A new project window opens 33 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION AAA a pa Axis Professional Screen Saver Producer 24 ax m QD erie roor ew wren He Ez mr Mb ere Q een Gros Qo Be Q u a AV Q __ _ _ 3 i AAA Y a E DK MEA Bi ESTE ons as AG As Prol Seen Save Aaa item Gara Sade Properties Bagara Daiana Mune tes Cle Meda Foes OD Soren Savers Vie oes Tuon oe ne caro a Mare EMRE e 004 Amaki Softmare AD agt ser Dexrgaco aa E dr o Thee u a naona acre os mn un w Bacest forever moo 2 El ee Powe Folder Tutorial oy BE Cosplay Side Information jj Duplay sides n sandom order e do reed erres Selected Dhs Hat 0 Skdeks 4 In the Application window 0 you see the menu and the main toolbar This toolbar can be customized by double clicking or right clicking on it When you
241. options 1 Select the Flash Movie tab if necessary The associated dialog box appears see below S Tutoriata roel ed Bh A ae Preview Gorra Background Flash Movie Flath Movie rT Key GB Vie Se Perera a forma mar borea the and car nee ae 10 eaa the Maomet Flach Player See Help Play i Seve a copy of the file in the project document ee EA Screen imevirrized A 10 Speciic Sine Postion center eee Sow Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the animation A Afomatically Repeat Forever 2 In the Size group 0 be sure the select the Full Screen option it should be already selected Note that you can choose different settings various scales based on screen size custom position on screen 3 At the bottom of the dialog box two options are available The first one Show Mouse Pointer permit to create an interactive screensaver It means that the user will see the mouse pointer and will be able to move the mouse and click in the Flash movie without interrupting the screensaver The second option Automatically Repeat Forever permits to play the Flash movie in loop usually selected 4 Let s take a look at the result fullscreen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed on screen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test Lesson 3 5 Saving the project Our screensaver project is finished Now it s a good idea
242. or animation using the Edit Copy Paste function 1 Go to the librarian Expand Media Files and select the Animation folder or select a Music file from the built in Explorer 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 4 Choose Edit Paste 112 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers 5 The name of the Video clip file displays in the area Video pathname in the Dialog box Video clip properties Click OK Save the project SSP file To create a screen saver you must before create a Project SSP file IMPORTANT Only SSP files can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR that has been created can t be modified or decompiled Save the Project to a SSP file 1 Choose File Save or File Save As 2 Choose the directory and enter the new project name SSP or 1 Select the folder in the librarian 2 Select the active project window 3 Click on the Add to the Librarian button in the local toolbar 4 The dialog box Add a project to the librarian opens Specify the new project name The default extension is SSP Test the screen saver full screen You can test the Screen Saver Project using full screen resolution 1 Choose Project Test Full screen or F11 Compile a screen saver file Once your project is created you can compile your screensaver in order to be installed on
243. or more information on icons Customize the screensaver icon 1 The Step 5 dialog box looks like this _ Compile an Installable Screen Saver StepSo0f9 X Screensaver Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in 0 the Corfigae dalog and a custom icon in the SCR fie E ise a atom image in Configure dialog bax e gt s Y Uge a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file mama x RA lt tr gt tena 2 Click on the option Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file to activate it O The edit fields below ate automatically enabled 3 In the edit zone enter the full path to your ICO file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 4 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the icon image in the window on right 5 If this is the right icon click Next If the icon has the correct format see specs above you can continue the compilation wizard Customize the screensaver image The screensaver that you ll create will contain a Customize dialog box The application permits you to customize the illustration image that is included in this window O Axialis Software Slogan 2003 Adis Sotware Mare EMILE Web Ste tatoo fem astas com DMAn Soured Comeransd Oerrbunen i hereby prred to he sto Made wath Arial Semen Sever Poshacer Caprie Eden Cancel beta Gen avalias Wh
244. osed of several images Each of them with a different size and number of colors mono 16 colors 256 colors 16 8M And the most important property of an icon is the ability to include transparent areas This allows seeing the screen background behind the icon within its square image What is the structure of an icon As we ve seen in previous paragraph an icon is a group of images of various formats size and colors Furthermore each image can include transparent area That s why you ll find a transparent color in the drawing palette for 16 or 256 color images and a variable opacity parameter for the new Windows XP format opacity 0 means transparent image 1 of 6 Image 3 of 6 Image 5 of 6 32x32 Windows XP 32x32 256 colors 32x32 16 colors image 2 of 6 image 4 of 6 Image 6 of 6 16x16 Windows XP 16x16 256 colors 16x16 16 colors Example of icon containing various image formats What kind of icons can use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the icon must be Windows compliant ICO format contain at least the following image formats 16x16 256 colors 16x16 Windows XP 32x32 256 colors 32x32 Windows XP 48x48 256 colors 48x48 Windows XP 81 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION How to create my own icons Axialis Software has released an icon editor that will permit you to easily create your own icons in a few minutes Axialis Icon
245. ossible to customize it Also your screensaver contains a Customize dialog box You can customize the illustration image that is included in this window What is an icon An icon is a graphic image a small picture or object that represents a file program web page or command Icons help you execute commands open programs or documents quickly To execute a command by using an icon click or double click on the icon It is also useful to recognize quickly an object in a browser list That s almost all you need to know if you only use icons But you want to use or create icons for the screensaver customization feature you need to know more about them What are the differences between an image and an icon A computer image is a bitmap composed of pixels or vector composed of drawing paths picture which can be saved using various formats BMP PNG GIF JPEG WMF All these formats have several different properties bitmaps vectors compressed layered animated and can be used to store pictures at any sizes and resolution Icons are different from standard images They are have standard sizes usually small 16x16 32x32 48x48 One icon is composed of several images Each of them with a different size and number of colors mono 16 colors 256 colors 16 8M And the most important property of an icon is the ability 137 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 138 to include transpar
246. ou can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box Specify the way you want the background image to be displayed Stretch Means that the image will be stretched to fit the entire screen The image may be distorted when stretched Center Means that the image will be displayed centered on screen at scale 1 1 If the image is smaller than the screen the visible background is black Tile Means that the image will be repeated at scale 1 1 to make a tiled background 4 If you check the Gradient button Inthe From color area specify the first color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the left border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the top of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Inthe To Color area specify the second color of the gradient If the gradient is horizontal this is the color on the right border of the screen If the gradient is vertical this is the color at the bottom of the screen Just click on the combo box and choose your color You can also define a custom color Specify a Vertical gradient Specify a Horizontal gradient Specify a Mirror gradient It means that the second color is placed at the center of the screen and the first color is placed on screen borders 5 If you check the Solid Color button In the Color area specify the chosen solid
247. our own data in Copyright Web Site Company and Comment fields O See context help for more information on these fields 8 Do not modify the RSS settings 6 RSS is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 5 of 9 Screensaver Customization 9 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon 0 of the screensaver as well as the image displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Screensaver Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in the Configure dalog and a custom icon in the SCR file E Use a otom image n Configure dalog bax e s AN gt Uge a custom icon For the screensaver SCR file lt 26300 uaaal Et Gm Gas Step 6 of 9 Splash screen 10 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the name of the screensaver your name a copyright notice or the logo of your company See this topic to read more about this feature In this tutorial we choose to display a Text splash screen It will display the name of the screensaver and the cop
248. p to move it in the screen saver area Import Export sprites from the project Sprites are complex objects composed of several items image sounds properties You can already copy paste sprite objects from one project to another 96 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Another useful feature is the ability to export a sprite object in a file SSS extension to permanently store it in the librarian for example Later you ll be able to import it back in another project All its properties position size speed motion collision effects will be kept Export Save a sprite in a file 1 Select the sprite you wish to export in the list 2 Right click on it and select Save Sprite As command in the menu 3 A standard Windows dialog box opens Save the sprite as a SSS file at the desired location Import Add a sprite from a SSS file 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project New Sprites or right click and choose New sprites 3 Browse your disks and select the SSS files you wish to add Click Open The new sprites are added Export an image from a sprite object A sprite is mainly composed of an image It may be interesting to export this image to a file Unlike SSS files the image does not include the sprite properties position size Only the image is saved as BMP JPEG or PNG 1 Select the sprite you wish to save as image in the list 2 Right click on it and select Save Sprite As Image command in
249. peed and therefore have no effect effectively turning the feature off Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Create a transparent sprite The transparency of a sprite is especially useful when you move or copy an object For this operation pure colors are normally used 1 Choose Project Sprite Properties or Right Click and choose Properties 2 Click on the Transparency tab 3 If the box Using a transparent color is checked the specified transparent color and tolerance will be used to create a transparent area in the sprite If the box is not checked the sprite is opaque 4 In the Transparent Color group In the Red area enter the red component of the transparent color Values from 0 to 255 can be specified The Using a transparent color box must be checked to access this value Inthe Green area enter the green component of the transparent color Values from 0 to 255 can be specified The Using a transparent color box must be checked to access this value In the Blue area enter the blue component of the transparent color Values from 0 to 255 can be specified The Using a transparent color box must be checked to access this value Inthe Tolerance area specify the tolerance of the transparent color The color tolerance setting determines how close the color of a pixel must be considered as the transparent color Values from 0 to 100 percent can be specified 20 is generally a good value The Using
250. perties 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Project Properties or click right choose Properties and activate the Identity Tab 3 In the Title area specify the name of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 4 In the Author atea specify the author of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 5 In the Copyright area specify the copyright of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 6 In the Description area specify a description of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 88 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Add new sprites in the project A sprite is a graphical object that can be static or animated It can be based on an image or animation See Animation File format or Image file format You can also add SSS files which are Sprite files with full properties embedded Sprite files SSS extension can be created by exporting sprites from a screensaver project 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Choose Project New Sprites or right click and choose New sprites 3 Browse your disks and select the image files you wish to add Click Open The new sprites are added Add new sprites using Drag and Drop from the Librarian 1 Open the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select one or more sprites in the Librarian then drag and drop them to the Screen Saver Document window Fe OR Prem den Pootass Yew Wid
251. played at scale 1 1 with possibility to change scale Best Fit keep aspect ratio It means that movies will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The movie proportion will always be kept Full Window stretched It means that movies will be stretched to the maximum available size when displayed within document windows or full screen The movie may be distorted when stretched 207 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 208 Animation Default Playback Speed Specifies the initial playback speed of animations in document windows or full screen only not in screen savers Movie Default Playback Speed Specifies the initial playback speed of movies in document windows or full screen only not in screen savers Options in the Temporary Files Tab To access these options choose View Preferences or press F2 The Preferences dialog box opens click on the Temporary Files tab to display the related options Store picture previews on disk for fast browsing Pictures preview you see in the Explorer windows are stored in a special folder for quick viewing later This feature greatly improves preview speed when you browse your computer You can define below the amount of disk space you want to make available for those files or just disable this feature not recommended If this option is checked you can adjust the cash size 10 100 o
252. pyright 0 information and click Next REMARK Click on the context help button to get more information on a specific area in the dialog box A quick tour of the slideshow screensaver project editor wndow 3 A new project window opens 51 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Ag Ai Professional Screen Saver Producer 34 fx tte us wun faota Vers Window Help WA H Bun Quen Gro Que Se OOS 9 E Utwarien Tutorial gt MAA aaa U cum A Um kore Genera nadas Mash Move UJ Mesa Pies IA Anaha Soage Al apts reserve gt G Soon Severs Jue te oma e 4 Detetad Hora S gta Loopt y 4 In the Application window 0 you see the menu and the main toolbar This toolbar can be customized by double clicking or right clicking on it When you select a command in this menu or main toolbar it acts on the selected item or window 5 In the Librarian you can select the folder that contains the media files images animations music sounds that you ll use in your project O 6 The Project document window is named Tutorial3 The application is multi document enabled It means that you can create or open several documents in the working area of the application A local toolbar is located in the document window If you click on a button in this toolbar O it acts on the selected item in the document window This toolbar cannot be customized 7 The Do
253. r 200 MB using the slider You can also check Exclude files from Removable amp CDROM drives and Exclude Files from Network to avoid overloading the cash If you click on the DELETE button the application warns you if you want to delete all in files in Temporary Preview folder Click on YES or NO NOTE This operation can t be undone CHAPTER 7 Miscellaneous Features Tips Uninstallation In this chapter Quick open a file using the Recently Used Bar Manage favorite files Paste an image from another program to a project Paste an image as a new document Desktop Reorganization Acquire a new image from a Twain device Uninstall or repair the application installation 209 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Quick open a file using the Recently Used Bar This bar permits to quick open a file in the application It contains a long edit zone and is usually located under the main toolbar Quick open a media file or project 1 In the Recently Used edit zone enter the full pathname of a file and press Enter The application automatically opens the requested file Quick open a recently opened media file or project 1 In the Recently Used edit zone click on the down arrow button located on the right side of the bar A large drop list opens select the file in the list Quick create a new project 1 In the Recently Used area enter the full pathname of a file that does not exist and press Enter
254. r Producer CORPORATE EDITION Using the Axialis Media File Explorer The application contains a powerful Axialis Media File Explorer that permits you to browse your disks locate media files display them as thumbnail with preview organize them and mote Create a new Explorer window 1 Choose File New New Explorer or press CTRL E 2 A new Explorer document window is created in the working area 0 You can open several Explorer windows AS e jes Ll Bh Oo _ mn Qt rve Dive A UD Aare Fees Sea gates MQO BS FRAL exi ESC mon IES e T A aa Tarh pea levees der Ss e 6 t E e Meda Nive Ss Peete ura Die errar TH ay Dr IIA A a de Pettit o Vero rg o il 299898 Md id Temes mde ds Yeree cot erg fame ender fee al 221533 turba pr Vara Rhee Cottey Ce cotton Pads M baou 1h 94 Sater ere 06 A 3 The Explorer window is divided in two parts On the left pane you can see the Folder Tree 9 On the right pane all the supported files present in the selected folder are listed in thumbnail view O The separator between the 2 panes can be moved using the mouse 4 Many functions ate available Most of them are accessible by clicking buttons in the local toolbar O 184 Chapter 6 Working With The Axialis Media File Explorer Explorer Functions Many of the Explorer functions are similar to those present in the Librarian For that reason we propose to you to jump to the related
255. r Video Card 24 or 32 bits 16 8 M colors 1024x768 128 Mb RAM Microsoft Windows ME 2000 XP or more CHAPTER 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials In this chapter What is a Screensaver E Tutorial 1 Create a Sprite Screensaver m Tutorial 2 Create a Slideshow Screensaver m E Tutorial 3 Create a Flash Screensaver Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION What is a Screen Saver Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer is a powerful tool designed to create Windows screen savers But what is a screen saver also written in one word screensaver A screen saver is an animated image that is activated on a personal computer display when no user activity has been sensed for a certain time The original purpose of a screen saver was to prevent burn in the burning of an image into the phosphor inside the cathode ray tube after hours of the same image being displayed In fact today s CRT LCD display technology makes burn in unlikely except under extreme conditions The prefect screensaver is the black screen a bit boring huh Many people get screen savers so that something interesting is on the screen when they make a pause Screensavers are also a good way to promote a company or a product Windows comes with built in screen savers that you can select If you purchase your computer with the operating system already installed a screen saver may have been selected for you Also many screen
256. r account http www axialis com customer to check that your registration has been successfully completed You need your username and password to access your account Upgrade the application using Internet This is an update system which is reserved to registered users only It is part of Axialis Lifetime License It works through Internet to automatically upgrade your application to the latest release It s FREE and for LIFE Pay once and get all new versions for using Online Update Upgrade your Application Online Using Internet 1 Choose the command Free Online Update 2 A Online Update dialog box opens Axialis Online Update will check our server for a new version and download a patch if necessary To upgrade your application online you must be a registered user of this application customer Username and Password It requires authentication then specify your Axialis Customer Username and Password If you re already an Axialis customer if you already have registered a program using this new online registration system not the old one you should have a personal Username and Password Username and Password are NOT case sensitive If you have lost your password click the Oops I ve lost my password button A Web page will open and your personal hint question will be asked to you If your answer is correct your password is displayed You specify the hint question and answer when you create your customer account new cust
257. r of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the animation window Inthe Y area Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the animation windows on screen from 480 to 960 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen This value indicates the position of the center of the animation window NOTE The visible screen coordinates are always specified from 0 0 top left to 640 480 bottom right Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly 6 In the Size group Ifyou check Full screen maximized option it allows to display full screen the video Inthe Width area enter here the width of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width In the Height area enter here the height of the video window in percent 100 by default The final width is based on the original video clip width If you check Based on screen size option the video size is based on the screen size in percent 7 If you check Automatically Repeat Forever option it allows to specify an animation that will be played over and over 117 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 8 If you check Show Mouse Pointer option it allows to let the user interact with the animation Add a Flash file using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian expand Media Files and select the A
258. re about slideshow screensavers we recommend you to follow this tutorial 8 Now take a look at the result full screen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed full screen Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test 9 Save your project by choosing File Save or by pressing Ctrl S 10 Now you can compile your screensaver or compile and create an installation package How to quickly create a Flash screensaver A built in Explorer permits you to browse your computer folders with thumbnail preview select files and P P y y p P quickly create a screensaver Open the built in Explorer select the files 1 In the menu choose File New New Explorer Ctrl E An explorer window opens in the application CS TT e oc 4 ee dy mora dy ni D vis E mis IT CP hoa EI wie EN pe us anog As do A dogo te PP A A Sh eH i bi h a A 2 3 2 dmt amp noe gm we E wee ME nio ED Cae pg CaS pg Cart tt O Tee Sele DQ Rite eis h sasoi D A isa Ea Ye 5 gt oo os El us m ue Ge se E ose E ls oe 3 En Templates rabos op p Pho oo PU DG bteetgob terribles iphoto O Meyar My tams A neri raa mia ECC gt 2 The window is divided in two parts The separator can be moved using the mouse On the left pane use the folder tree to browse and find the desired folder 0 In the right pane you see a thumbnail the media files present in this folder Images and vid
259. red Of course you can change them but don t forget them once the screensaver is compiled You ll need them to generate activation codes for the users You ll be able to Generate Activation Codes using a built in feature after the compilation Alt F6 In the Screen Saver ID area specify the Screen Saver ID an 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits that will be used to generate the Activation Codes Two IDs are used to generate the codes The Screen Saver ID which is different for each library you compiled and the Company ID which is constant but differs for another company This number is proposed but you can modify it recommended Chapter 3 How To Procedures In the Company ID area specify the Company ID another 8 digit hexadecimal number 32 bits that will be used to generate the Activation Codes This number is proposed but you can modify it recommended However if you modify it we recommend you to keep the same Company ID for all the screensavers you ll compile 5 Click Code based on User Name if you want to use the customer name to generate codes Click here to read more about activation codes 6 In the Limitations group you can specify if you want to create a Time Limited screensaver or a Sprite Slide Limited screensaver 5 Some advanced parameters permits you to fully customize the trial version of your screensaver To access these parameters click the Advanced button Another dialog box opens
260. reen OPEN im ani TO E PT 175 ltem full SCreen sriain aea 175 L Librarian Mes aa 188 A anaa dere 174 202 LIPOIC o EEA E AEE E 172 LIDPQNON iaa dae 174 Libra y dd 177 HBrANAN an a nadando 188 LION irrita lali 201 LIDO siria a E 202 Librarian folder location CHONGS isis tiated amin nerves 174 202 Librarian folder location oooomooocccooo 174 Librarian folder location oooooooocccooos 202 Librarian position CHONG iu ida 174 202 Librarian position seeren 174 Librarian position s es 202 Hbi rian TOD nsa a a a 206 Saca aaa 181 Location install PACKAGE c ooooocicoiciciononccronincnroono nos 144 LOCOTION A Gaver eehndi Gaenieres 134 LOCOTION putita dois 144 LOGO SCIECNSOVET coconocccccnoncnccanancnc nano nn nonononnnnnos 72 M Main toolbar CUSTOMIZE iran dia 200 Main toolbar wi io 200 Managing FOV OMICS taa 210 A A AT 210 Media file O Maen iien enna aeons 193 OD SM iikecta ia 190 PVH a a ht a2 191 V K Xe Cot gt Seppe 190 Media filesi iin ni ita 191 MediditilS coi a ae 193 Media Types TOD occoococooccccccccononononcnoncnanananos 205 More items ccccccccconccccnnnccononocononnnonononnccnnononnns 178 Movie 223 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION N New COCUMEND ccccccceesseesseeeeeeetsaaeeserens New Explorer window New Explorer Window seeren New folder New image ACQUIS noi dde NOW IMAJO iii da New project Creta di
261. reen saver by specifying a Title Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed URLS Teter 0 Cog 2004 Arale Software AR is es tt pS Ives aias com ti reee a dekrbute BSS Feeds El Enable RSS Read EP Svecily URLs Cectreos 4 gt gt cn 7 Specify your own data in Copyright Web Site and Comment fields 8H See context help P for more information on these fields 8 Do not modify the RSS settings 0 RSS is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 6 Customization 6 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Customization settings This dialog box is used to customize the icon 0 of the screensaver as well as the image displayed in the configure dialog box This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding o custom image in the Configure dialog and a custom kon in the SCR fie E Use a custom image in Configure dialog box K screensever E Ss Use a custom icon for the screensaver SCR file DIO Lawat Step 4 of 6 Splash screen 7 A new dialog box opens see below A splash screen is a small window that will be displayed for short period of time before the screen saver starts This feature permits you to display the nam
262. registration system not the old one you should have a personal Username The username is not case sensitive Specify in the Password area your personal Axialis Customer Password If you re already an Axialis customer if you already have registered a program using this new online registration system not the old one you should have a personal Password The password is not case sensitive IMPORTANT If you have lost your password click on the Lost Password button A Web page will open and your personal hint question will be asked to you If your answer is correct your password is displayed You specify the hint question and answer when you create your customer account new customer 6 When done click on the Next button A fourth Online Registration Using Internet dialog box opens In the The Product You purchased area provide information about the product your purchased In the Product Key area specify the Product Key you received after your purchase NOTE The product key has been sent to you when you purchased the product or received an upgrade It has the following format 12345678 12345 12345 12345 12345 In this edit zone you find a copy of the key you specified when you installed the program We recommend you to leave it as is 217 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 218 In the Where did you purchase enter the name of the reseller or Web site where you purchased the program
263. rene 0 ee eee wa ee B Opa Ble eft Carry sides mero pr ad Or E A 14 ai i 3 O Librarian window folder tree Here you can browse your personal Librarian to access your working files 103 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION O Librarian window File list The files which are present in the selected Librarian folder are present here You can open a file by double clicking on it or you can add it to your project Dor using drag and drop Project properties You can change edit the project properties here Five dialogs are available here General Slide Properties Background Music and Video Clip O Slide list Here is displayed the list of slides images included in the screensaver To change slide properties select one of more slides here and select the Slide Properties in 6 The changes made in affect all the selected slides in the list Preview window You see here a small preview of the display It changes with the slide selection in Adjust general properties Adjust general properties 1 Activate the Screen Saver window document 2 Choose Project Project Properties or click on the General Tab 3 In the Title area specify the name of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 4 In the Author area specify the author of the screen saver This field will be useful at compile time 5
264. rite 1 In the Librarian window select the Media Files Images Sprites folder The files contained in this folder are displayed in the list below 2 Select the file Axialis logo text png in the list and use a mouse drag amp drop to place the file in the middle of the edit area The sprite is added in the project and displayed at scale 1 1 see below Fle CR Proa Lorain Fevotes Mem window Hep Om en D Bere XOD Qee gt Proe Dor Bis O O S AY pei 8 Tse xX Ja muxos O Meda Mes Sorte artti Ee IX met mh A be nan ua Parent Fair hidsig ps y wn gt e gt El usn al Ausis Arial dogo sa Re aah GB nse A Babe cg Bs Ong T enn A ewn a d For Help press PL 14 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Resize and position the sprite 3 Now we re going to resize the sprite and place it in the lower right corner of the screen First off check that the project mode is stopped If not click on the Stop Animation button Q 4 The sprite is displayed with a bounding box and resize eight handles O Select the handle that is located in the lower right corner with the mouse and use drag amp drop to resize the sprite In the lower left corner of the application window you see a real time scale indicator Adjust the size to 40 x 40 moving the mouse and release the button when done TIP You can use the SHIFT key to keep the proportions of the spri
265. rnet ce ROM sal Advanced Layout Customization The installation procedure layout can be customized Wizard image install icon options text color Advanced Customization 9 Ca Cag Specify the Language of the Installation Package 1 In the Language field O select Automatic based on Windows settings You can here choose the desired language for the screensaver and install procedure 8 languages are supported English French Spanish German Portuguese Italian Dutch and Russian By selecting Automatic the install procedure will choose the language by itself based on the end user Windows language You can also force a specific language Specify the Installation Package format 2 The final package can be a single solid or composed of a set of files useful for floppy distribution Choose an option in the list O Solid install one file Internet or CD ROM distribution The produced package is a single install file It can be a very large file This is interesting to distribute the package by download using Internet or on CD ROM 1 44 MB Install several files HD floppy distribution The produced package is a set of files Each file size cannot exceed 1 44 Mb The first file has a EXE extension the other files are automatically indexed 001 001 This is very interesting to distribute the package on HD floppy disks 2 88 MB Install several files HHD floppy distribution The produced package i
266. rol Panel it appears in a small preview window By default a reduced animated preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a standard static image The Step 7 dialog box looks like this _ Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step 7 of 9 Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appears ina smal preview window By default a reduced ario preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a O standard stabc image Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver e No Preview Defaut Image e No Preview Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG Displaying an animated preview amp mot recommended with Video screercawert Final user may experence technical inner Image recommmanded site tt 182 1 112 pork ANA Gece E tonal Specify an Animated Preview 1 If you want to display a standard Animated Preview Window small sprites flash video choose the Animated Preview option O 2 When the user will select the screen saver in the Windows Control Panel it will display a small moving preview of the screensaver When done click Next IMPORTANT We DO NOT recommend using a classic animated preview for Video based screensavers especially for large video files Some Windows versions configurations may cause the screensaver preview to crash under special circumstances 156 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Specify a Static Preview Image If
267. s NOT checked This is used to create interactive screensavers not for this tutorial When done Click OK 6 The file is included in the project you see the filename in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window on right side Changing the Flash file another method to specify the file 7 Once the file has been specified even if no file has been added yet you can browse your disks using a Windows standard dialog box and specify any SWF file In the Flash Movie dialog box click the tab if necessary click on the button 0 A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the file you want to add Browse your disks select a file and click Open Tutorial Bua a ae ox Preview Gereral Background Flash Movie Plath Movie 17 Ka Fal c9 ee er oag omir ienaa Play gt to ega the Macrornedia Flach Player See Help a l Save a copy of the file in the project document Sire Puetion center Fut Screen naomized Spec Se E Stew Mouse Pointer let the user interact with the animation e ondaa Repeat Forever Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials 8 The full pathname is added in the Flash Movie field and you see the movie in the Preview window Lesson 3 4 Specifying display settings In this lesson we ll see how to adjust the Flash display settings Finally we ll test the screensaver fullscreen Change screensaver display
268. s a set of files Each file size cannot exceed 2 88 Mb The first file has a EXE extension the other files are automatically indexed 001 001 This is very interesting to distribute the package on HHD floppy disks Customization of the install package 3 If you want to customize the installation package click the Advanced Customization button A secondary dialog box opens 146 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers O siii Y PK y AA n S 20 Ji e einstaidaloghitmapdark pg ye peta ooo e O JPEG and PHG formats are supported Nu Usa a custom icon for the Irstalation tie c axsakslax screensaver AA W CA Comm kons must contain the following nage formats Mirth 296 colors 16216 formar AR 29 colors 12 92 HP format 8048 255 colors 45148 gt farma Advanced EA Display Title amp Copyright in the Top Image Show Install Options r after Instal INN tds Text Color ha wi Create a St Menu Entry x mi Crete al p Icon Layout Style Automatic mi Ll Display Comment Text iF ary 8 A y w Incdude an Uninstal Procedure XP Disko Color W Propose Uninstall F Already Iretaled Lae EY Casg Customize the installation illustration image A standard image is used to illustrate the installation wizard but it s possible to customize it The image will be located at the top of the installation window What kind of images can use to customize my installation package To be compatible with the
269. s not easy to install on a computer for a beginner That s why we strongly recommend you to create an installation package Furthermore a few additional options are available when you compile an installation package During this process the project will be compiled as a temporary SCR file and it will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package EXE file Once created the EXE SCR file can t be modified or decompiled Save your project and don t loose your SSP file Using this compilation method you can create demo limited versions of your screensavers How to install a screensaver using an installable package When a screensaver is compiled as an install package the installation is very simple for the end user 1 Launch the install package A dialog box opens 2 Follow the installation wizard Accept the license agreement if any 3 The screensavers is installed as default if asked by the user Step 1 Specify the filename and location of the install package Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created is compatible with Windows screen savers But this file is not easy to install on a computer for a beginner That s why we strongly recommend you to create an installation package Furthermore a few additional options are available when you compile an installation package During this process the project wil
270. savers especially for large video files Some Windows versions configurations may cause the screensaver preview to crash under special circumstances Specify a Static Preview Image If you don t want the animated preview you can choose to display a static image Two options are available for the static image 1 Select No Preview Default Image if you don t want to design an image by yourself In this case the application will display a default image a computer screen displaying a screen saver 2 Select No Preview Custom Static Image if you want to specify an image you ve designed using an external drawing program Only BMP PNG or JPEG files are supported for preview images If you choose this option you must specify an image file in the area below You can click the button to browse your disks using a standard Windows dialog box For better results we recommend you to resize the image to 152 x 112 3 When done click Next IMPORTANT We STRONGLY recommend static preview image for Video based screensavers especially for large video files Some Windows versions configurations may cause the screensaver preview to crash under special circumstances 142 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Step 6 Compilation Summary This dialog box summarizes all the parameters of the compilation We recommend you to read this summary carefully before proceeding Compilation Summary 1 Read the compilation summary 2 Read c
271. savers can be downloaded from specific Of course the best way is to create your own and express your talent A good screensaver must have the following characteristics A dark background or scene This is to save power consumed by the display Moving objects or scene This is to avoid pixel burning Fixed objects must be dark Slow motion The scene must be appeasing Silent If you add sounds use low level ones and or cool music Sensitive It must stop on any user action mouse move click keyboard hit What is a Sprite based screensaver A sprite is an animated or fixed object which moves or is static on screen As the goal of a screensaver is to save screen pixels it is better to use moving sprites see bouncing balls example The sprites can move on screen be static be animated a spinning ball for example composed of several images bounce on the edge of the screen collide with other sprites and more The Sprite based screensaver is the most commonly used What is a Flash based screensaver Macromedia Flash is a powerful product which permits to create sophisticated vector animations for the Web SWF Macromedia Flash is the file format used by Macromedia Flash to deliver graphics animation and sound over the Internet These techniques are rapidly changing the way we play work or just browse online What are vector graphics Vector graphics which manipulate coordinates and mathematical form
272. screen mode Once a media file is opened full screen you can easily display the next file in the folder staying in full screen mode It works even if the media files have different types e g Image gt Movie gt Music gt Flash Open a media file full screen 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the files you wish to browse full screen If only one file is selected you ll browse all the files REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 4 Choose the Explorer Open Item Fullscreen F11 The first selected file appears fullscreen Browse the files 5 You can browse your files by using the PgUp and PgDn keys Press PgDn to go to the Next media file Press PgUp to go to the previous media file 6 Press ESC key to exit the fullscreen mode and return to the Explorer view Zoom in zoom out change display mode 7 While viewing a file fullscreen you can zoom in or zoom out by pressing or keys 8 With image files you can zoom using the left right mouse buttons Move the mouse to slide the image on screen if larger than screen in zoom mode for example You can also use the arrow keys A double click quits the fullscreen mode 9 T
273. se an Activation Code based on the User Name during Compilation specify the name of the User and Click the Generate button 1 In the User Name area specify the name of the user for who you want to generate an Activation Code This name must have at least 6 letters The activation code will be displayed in the edit zone on right and copied in the clipboard as in this example Your User Name John Smith Your Activation Code 1527 9872 0984 6717 2 Click the Generate Button It will generate an Activation Code based on the User Name you specified on left The activation code will be displayed in the edit zone on right and copied in the clipboard 3 In the Code area displays the resulting Activation Code based on the user name specified on left REMARK You don t need to copy this code in the clipboard A special string has already been created and copied in the clipboard when you clicked on the Generate button Generate a List of Activation Codes in Serial If you don t choose a Username based Activation Code you can specify a range of code generation then click generate to save result in a text file 1 In the From Number to To Number areas O specify the range of Activation Codes you whish to generate REMARK Using this feature you can automatically generate a list of activation codes These codes will not be based on the Username They will be indexed using a digit number thus codes can be generated from 000001
274. se to include the default user license agreement User License Agreement You can specify a User Licerse Agreement text that il be displayed before the inctallation starts GN ser must agree with carefuly before instaling the A program you accept the terms of this Agr F you do nal agree Lo the terms of this Agreement quit this installation procedure and promptly delete the fies 1 COPYRIGHT A The ScreenSaverT a Sever the Software amp i owned bry C Fi dis protected by international y Cecin im i 8 Choose the option Add a User License Agreement In the edit zone below you see the default agreement O It is multi languages This is only a proposal that you can customize See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 4 of 9 Screensaver Information 7 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field O keep the proposed title Tutorial We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver Screensaver Information You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Tite Copyright Web ink inicia andado Tutorial Eoo i ight 2004 Asks Software ie https wen anias com SA 2 Azais Software 2 The ls a test screensaver FS ess Enable RSSREY Specify uri BRAINY Cancel 29 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 7 Specify y
275. select a command in this menu or main toolbar it acts on the selected item or window 5 In the Librarian 8H you can select the folder that contains the media files images animations music sounds that you ll use in your project O 6 The Project document window is named Tutorial2 O The application is multi document enabled It means that you can create or open several documents in the working area of the application A local toolbar is located in the document window If you click on a button in this toolbar Q it acts on the selected item in the document window This toolbar cannot be customized 7 The Document window is divided in three parts In the upper left pane O are located the edit dialog boxes that you ll use to set project and slide properties It is composed of 5 windows that you can activate by clicking on the associated tabs General Slide Properties Background Default Music and Video Clip At the bottom of the window O you see the list of slides included in the project actually no slide Slides you ll add in the project will be added in this list Slide order can be rearranged by drag drop and multi selection is possible Finally in the upper right pane O a preview window is available Lesson 2 2 Defining the background In this lesson we ll customize the screensaver background Change the background Gradient background 1 In the project window click on the Background tab 0 The associated di
276. size operation select Edit Undo Ctrl Z 9 You can also redo the change by choosing Edit Redo Ctrl Y Save the modified image 10 As the document has been changed you ll be prompted to save it when you ll close the window You can only save the new image to a JPEG BMP PNG or PSD file Crop an image Cropping an image means reducing its size be removing unwanted parts usually around the image or borders But this is done without resizing the image content This may be useful if interesting part of an image is not properly centered 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the file you wish to open 4 Double click on it or choose Explorer Open Item Enter or right click on it and choose Open in the menu Select the image portion to keep 5 First be sure the Selection Mode is the active mode Select Image Selection Mode Z if necessary 6 Select the portion of the image you wish to keep using the mouse A selection rectangle is displayed when done Crop the image 7 Select Image Crop Image C 8 The image is cropped Undo the change 9 If you want to undo the crop operation select Edit Undo Ctr1 Z 10 You can also redo the change by choosing Edit Redo Ctrl Y Save the modified image 11 As the document has been change
277. sond pesa Sparta D pte lan fton Saes d Lar Drtton un fe Hor 100 Mortan Shea D9 Foes D Lesson 2 4 Specifying display settings and transitions In this lesson see how to change the way the photos are displayed on screen Also we ll change the slide transitions the way we pass from one slide to another using a short animation effect Finally we ll test the slide display fullscreen Change screensaver display options 1 Select the General tab The associated dialog box appears see below 38 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials T suso Propertins Background Del aut Muse Video Clo Iie Tutora e ata Copoge Marc EMILE 2004 Assos Software AJ aghts reserv Dercrption Tha a a tutonal screensaver e Options O E Repost forever Huge 70 S piei E Digolay Side Information fi Display sides in random order er m Shadow behind pictures 2 In the Options group choose the Repeat Forever option 4H to make the screensaver loop 3 Select the Shadow behind pictures option This will add a cool relief effect to the slides 4 In the Margin field enter 70 This parameter permits to specify a margin in the slides As a result the images displayed using the Maximized option will respect this margin creating a very nice effect Change slide display options 5 Select the Slide Properties tab 0 The associated dialog box appears see below DH xo O 4a00 2a ar Gr
278. spaces in your username Password Specify here your Password As a new customer you must specify a new password This field is not case sensitive and must contain at least 6 characters This field is very important it must be easy to remember but not too easy It s not recommended to specify spaces in your password Confirm this password in the Confirm field This confirmation is useful to avoid errors Question Specify here your password Hint Question If you have lost your password you ll be able to retrieve it using this question In such a case your personal hint question will be asked to you If your answer is correct if it matches your hint answer then your password will be given to you Specify a personal question only Ex What s the last name of your neighbor Answer Specify here your password Hint Answer If you have lost your password you ll be able to retrieve it using this answer In such a case your personal hint question will be asked to you If your answer is correct if it matches this hint answer then your password will be given to you Specify short answer that must not be too easy for other people This field is not case sensitive It s not recommended to specify spaces in your answer 5 If you already have a Username Specify in the Username area your personal Axialis Customer Username If you re already an Axialis customer if you already have registered a program using this new online
279. ssage If it worked fine the following screen is displayed Compile an Installable Screen Saver Compilation gt RA Compilation Axialis Screen Saver Producer is compling your project Y Compling SCR file Compressing images Y Compressing SCR fie vw Cresting EXE Installation Package W verfying Package Files a Compilation Successfully Completed ARO s 13 You can test the installation package now Click on the Test the Installation Package Now button The install procedure starts just follow it It will install the screensaver on your computer This is exactly whet the end user will do Click Close to finish Once the demo limited screensaver starts it display the message you ve specified to ask the user to register Generate activation codes To send an activation code to the user who purchased you have to generate it The application includes a feature that permits you can generate Activation Codes for previously compiled Screen Savers You can generate two kinds of Activation Codes Based on User Name one code generated for each user or in serial a list of codes ban be generated You can generate activation codes at any time You don t need to open a screen saver project to generate codes You just need the Company ID and the Screen Saver ID you used during the compilation see above 14 To open the Generate Activation Codes dialog box choose Edit Generate Activation Codes or press Alt F6
280. t Image ED No Previews Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG u Displaying an aaimsted preview E mot recommended with Video screensavers Final user may expar ence technical iruren Image recoenmanded sive is 182 s 112 poe se 13 Choose the option Animated Preview 0 When done click Next Step 8 of 9 Activation code 14 A new dialog box opens see below Do not modify the Activation code settings This dialog box is used to create demo or limited versions of your screensavers This is a useful feature if you want to sell your screensavers This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next pan Saver creen Sa p Activation Code Using this feature you be abla to force the user to anter an Activation Code to get the full version ge Screen Saver The Codes will be generated using the erg 1D rumbers E Use an Activation Codey 12AB4044 Advanced Limitations before activation 64 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step 9 of 9 Ready to go 15 A new dialog box opens see below This is the last screen before the compilation starts Nothing to specify here Just take a look at the compilation summary If something is wrong you can go back to the previous screens by clicking Previous button Also read the information about Copyright 16 When done click Next Compilation in progress and done
281. t menu in the Windows task bar choose All Programs gt Select Axialis Software In the sub menu choose Uninstall or repair Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer The Axialis Setup window opens 2 Select Repair Installation then click Next Setup will try to launch the installation file at the original location If the program is not present or elsewhere please specify the right location using the opened dialog box 3 The repair procedure starts When completed a final message is displayed Click Finish IMPORTANT If you upgraded online since your original installation you need to upgrade again The repair process resets your program version 214 CHAPTER 8 Registering Upgrading Online features In this chapter Online Registration m Online Free Upgrade m Customer Service m Contact Axialis Software m 215 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Online Registration using Internet IMPORTANT Information for Version 3 5 Owners If you ve already registered Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer v3 5 or a prior version you need to register again specifying the Product Key you ve received with this new version If you don t register you won t be able to upgrade to future versions Why Register Join the family of registered Axialis Software customers by registering your program The online registration is NOT a purchase procedure Registration can be completed in just a few sec
282. t property of an icon is the ability to include transparent areas This allows seeing the screen background behind the icon within its square image What is the structure of an icon As we ve seen in previous paragraph an icon is a group of images of various formats size and colors Furthermore each image can include transparent area That s why you ll find a transparent color in the drawing palette for 16 or 256 color images and a variable opacity parameter for the new Windows XP format opacity 0 means transparent 149 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION What kind of icons can use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the icon must be Windows compliant ICO format contain at least the following image formats 16x16 256 colors 32x32 256 colors 48x48 256 colors 16x16 Windows XP 32x32 Windows XP 48x48 Windows XP How to create my own icons Axialis Software has released an icon editor that will permit you to easily create your own icons in a few minutes Axialis IconWorkshop This professional tool will permit to create icons with several formats from images in a few clicks You can download a shareware version from www axialis com and test it for 30 days Step 3 Specify the User License Agreement You can specify a User License Agreement text that will be displayed before the installation starts The user must agree with this agreemen
283. t to proceed The Step 3 dialog box looks like this Compile an Installable Screen Saver Step30f9 2 X lt User License Agreement You can specify a User Licerse Agreement text that wdl be displayed before the instalation starts ser must agree with this agreement to proceed li Add a User License E B carefully before instaling the program OA A program you accept the terms of this Agr Fyoudo nal agres to the terms of this Agreement quit this installation fa A procedure and promptly delete the fles l COPYRIGHT The ScreenSaver een Saver the Software i owned by 16 a protected by international y Fault sala Cesarea ias mal Specify a User License Agreement 1 If you want a License Agreement to be displayed during the installation select the option Add a User License Agreement If you don t want to add an agreement unselect this option and click Next button 2 Once you ve selected this option the text area and the buttons below activate 3 In the Text area specify the User License Agreement Text The text can be multi language using codes placed in the text body that permit you to define conditional portions A conditional portion begins with if and ends with a endif If a text line is not in a conditional portion it is always displayed The language codes supported by the installation package are ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH GERMAN ITALIAN DUTCH PORTUGUESE and RUSSIAN 150 Chapt
284. t window HINT Press CTRL keep pressed while you click on the 2 files to select them Bu ki ol sex 20900 2a awe Gores ee Properties Daga Cot Mo wise o 2 de Sere a copy of the the ne project doo er hee raton Het x5 0 E wax ae Senden Tara al Crate gay Sare Spesen 10 Gl Scien me wwe EN 1 Gare on acaat sound Marce Deep shod Ad dos entro aoe tales of May pG Arce sand Deine Sopote ive namns d inten ibi an Betton gt Hero Moto Pes ever the River O Lan Betton Surman iban ot 10 Rows 570 6 1D Selections 2 Temes 80 2 1d 105 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Add new sprites from the Explorer 1 Open a new Explorer window Ctrl E or choose File New New Explorer 2 Browse your disks and select the images you want to add as sprites 3 Select Edit Copy Ctrl C 9 Explorer Slides Ll Boose sus rx kh a isi SX HOM Wisk MG OG OS Se ai A a Pd D cia a 2 oe ex gt Das Gi Ocleted Items Ga kors new en men EM min EN fe EN os ES wen gal Meda Fies Adsl pg Anis pg 3 AS ED ah EY images O garnd o 32 Lan Brtton lan Betton Tan Briton lan Breton Poppies pg Sureise overt Bales of May pg Mountan moton Ly O Sertes D Mos Music D ore We Pages iq Screen Savers My Fares kore CD My Movies My Muse a 2 My Petes 4 Open or select the Screen Saver Document w
285. te while resizing When you press the SHIFT key the proportion is kept same percent in width and height 5 As the end user screen will probably be larger than 640x480 the sprite exact position will change when the screensaver will be executed full screen We want the sprite to be located and adjusted in the lower right corner of the screen That s why we ll change the hot spot relative position aka anchor point of the sprite By default it is located in the center of the sprite 50 50 To be sure the sprite is adjusted in the lower right corner we ll specify the hot spot at 100 100 Double click on the sprite in the list 0 see below A dialog opens In both Rel X and Rel Y zones specify 100 Click OK to apply the sprite position change slightly on screen Tutoriali Stopped BH AO 44 ax 00 42000 S Be Sprte orttiod gt atk tage weee Drigrrd Mo Los le Poakon meon Sourds d Colones Arwnation Traramarency Genera wage Mrcobe Pert nme Maat Spot Relative Postion as wo El Bardo Posa pad wt y Saale ae e Wer 0 Ex Hee 40 Ex BI Brecortionstte seen Rex Bix nar o Bix CEJ a 303 6 Using a mouse drag drop grab the sprite by pressing on an opaque region a ball of the logo for example move the sprite to the lower right corner of the screen at location 630 470 TIPS To know the exact location of a sprite look at the bottom of the main application window On the r
286. ternet access may be considered as suspicious by the this user malicious codes like virus or trojans act like this We strongly recommend to inform the end user about this 7 To activate the RSS reader and specify feeds in the RSS feeds zone click on the Enable RSS Reader option as shown above The Specify URLs button is activated Click on this button a second dialog box opens RSS Settings XML Source Urls x Sorea URLs one URS per ine herpe wow aiaks comiess a W Blow the uter to ange add or remove URLs o what is R557 Dependeg on who you ast ASS stands for ether Wich Ste Summary or Realy Single Syndication Aut no matter what K s called RSS is a new way to publish information online Think of as a distribu able What s New for your ste Ak the heart of the technology is special Web coding called ML which has been widely developed bry the online community over the past fem years Anyone can pad up the RSS codes ard with the appropriate software depley the information ARSS reader is incdaded in the socensavers you wil comple You just have to reste your own online RIS feeds see tutorial Ink below and add the URLS to them in the above int Adding ASS news in your screensaver is a gal idea sve 25s Feeds BSS Tutorial for states ERNE Ga comet Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers 8 In the Source URLs zone 0 enter the feed URLs you wish to use in the reader Specify one URL per li
287. the FSCommand action to control the playback and appearance of projectors as well as launch external applications The FSCommand action takes two parameters a command and an argument In some cases an argument is not required Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer has implemented 4 new commands to perform specific tasks Open an URL from the Flash screensaver Sometimes it is useful to open an URL in a separate browser window when the user performs an action a click on a button An action already exists in Flash to perform this getURL For an unknown 121 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 122 reason this action which is executed by Flash does not work when the screensavers is executing It may even cause a crash Do not use this action If you want the screensaver to open a web page in a separate window use the FSCommand OpenURL Here is an example of script that opens an URL when the user release the mouse button on a specific area on release fscommand OpenUrl http www axialis com Close the Flash Screensaver If you want to close the screensaver using an action use the FSCommand CloseScreensaver DO NOT use the quit command Here is an example of script that closes the screen saver when the user release the mouse button on a specific area on release fscommand CloseScreensaver Open a Message Box To open a dialog box which displays a text message use
288. the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled Don t loose your SSP file To learn how to create a SCR screensaver from your project read this topic later in this chapter Compile a screen saver file SCR Compile an installable package Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers You can choose to create an installation package strongly recommended During this compilation process the project will first be compiled as a SCR file Then this file will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package REMARK Using this compilation method you can create demo limited versions of your screensavers Create an installable screen saver package To learn how to create a install package from your project read this topic Compile an installable screen saver file EXE 132 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Install a screensaver on a computer using an install package When a screensaver is compiled as an install package the installation is very simple for the end user 1 Launch the install package A dialog box opens 2 Follow the installation wizard Accept the license agreement if any 3 The screensavers is installed as default if asked by the user 133 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Compile a Windows screen saver SCR
289. the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers SCR When compiled you ll be able to use it personally on your computer or to distribute it as is No install procedure will be created IMPORTANT Once created the SCR file can t be modified or decompiled Don t loose your SSP file To learn how to create a SCR screensaver from your project read this topic later in this chapter Compile a screen saver file SCR 113 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 114 Compile an installable package Once your project is created you must compile your screensaver in order to be installed on the end user computer The file that will be created will be compatible with Windows screen savers You can choose to create an installation package strongly recommended During this compilation process the project will first be compiled as a SCR file Then this file will be compressed and included in an easy to use installation package REMARK Using this compilation method you can create demo limited versions of your screensavers Create an installable screen saver package To learn how to create a install package from your project read this topic Compile an installable screen saver file EXE Install a screensaver on a computer using an install package When a screensaver is compiled as an install package the installation is very simple for the end user 1 La
290. the icon image in the window on right 6 If this is the right icon click Next If the icon has the correct format see specs above you can continue the compilation wizard Finish the compilation and test it to see if the icon has been properly changed REMARK You can also customize the icon of the install EXE file if you have chosen to create an installation package The procedure is similar and the icon should have the same specs Click on the Advanced Customization button in Step 2 of the compilation wizard How to customize a screensaver illustration image A screensaver contains a Customize dialog box see What is a screensaver The application permits you to customize the illustration image that is included in this window O 82 Chapter 3 How To Procedures screen Sever Properties Axialis Software Slogan 2003 Adis Software Marc EMILE Conrereniad Desrbasgion tt hereby granted te Gre short Made wath Acaba Sarson Saver Producer Capone Ednan cancet tea Lowen AGO What kind of images can I use to customize my screensaver To be compatible with the customization feature the image file must have the JPEG BMP or PNG format Also we recommend you to use an image with the following dimension Width 400 Height 90 How to create my illustration image Create this image using an external application like Photoshop professional tool Paint Shop Pro shareware tool or Gimp free tool C
291. time FILENAME Filename of the file to print no path PATHNAME Filename and full path of the file to print PAGE Page number You can also specify a separator to split the text in two parts The first part will be printed on the left side and the second part on the right side of the page If no separator is specified the text is centered e 9 When done click OK and continue the print procedure Move or copy media files Using the explorer you can copy or move files in folders Move files 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane 3 Select the files you wish to move REMARK You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key Using the mouse 4 Using Drag amp Drop move the files to the desired location including A folder visible in the tree another explorer window or the Librarian folder or tree Using the Clipboard 4 Choose Edit Cut Ctrl X Select another location and choose Edit Paste Ctrl V 187 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Copy files 1 Create a New Explorer window by choosing File New New Explorer Ctrl E 2 Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane The media files include
292. tion you ll add this image as the first sprite in the screensaver If you want to add this image in an existing and already opened screensaver project select Paste the image option 9 For example choose Create a New Screen Saver and click OK A second dialog box opens Specify the requested information title author and Click Next A new screensaver is created with the image added as sprite i podais Professional Screen Saver Producer 3 6 me LP oe Fie Edt Propet Livan Favortes View Window Help ES 2 us ll j Se Mas gt A xo0086423x oC Ana sam Sorte curtiied gt Sate Inapo Gade Bxigoud lors 10 0 120 bo 49 128 2 10 The sprite is added in the center of the edit window 0 and is also visible in the sprite list O Now you can adjust the sprite properties motion size amp position collision transparency To learn more about sprite screensavers we recommend you to follow this tutorial 75 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 76 How to create a limited demo shareware screensaver With Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer you can create shareware versions of your screensavers It means that these versions can be used for a limited period of time by a user for test purpose When this period is over the user has to purchase it or un install it When the user purchases the screensaver you just have to send him an activation code that you ve generated with this progra
293. tle Tutorial1 Also specify your own Description Author Name Copyright information and click Next REMARK Click on the context help button to get more information on a specific area in the dialog box A quick tour of the screensaver project editor window 3 A new project window opens Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 8 Adats Professional Screen Saver Producer 3 6 OX O Favorties Wew Window Help EZ je MOHO Bea Quen Gres Gor Bie A G DQ taerien xo tutoria fstopped 9 gt oe ae Bwixoe eo JOE Saw 12 O Meda fies on O apes In the Application window you sce the menu and the main toolbar This toolbar can be customized by double clicking or right clicking on it When you select a command in this menu or main toolbar it acts on the selected item or window In the Librarian 9H you can select the folder that contains the media files images animations music sounds that you ll use in your project O The Project document window is named Tutorial1 The application is multi document enabled It means that you can create or open several documents in the working area of the application A local toolbar is located in the document window If you click on a button in this toolbar Q it acts on the selected item in the document window This toolbar cannot be customized The Document window is divided in two parts On th
294. to 999999 In these 2 fields you can specify the lower and the upper bounds When done click on the button placed on right to create a list of codes and save it in a text file 2 Click on the Generate file button O it will generate a list of codes and save it in a text file Don t forget to specify the generation range fields on left before proceeding 170 CHAPTER 5 Working With the Axialis Librarian In this chapter What is the Librarian Configure the Librarian Working with the librarian Add Items to the librarian 171 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION What is the Librarian The application contains a powerful built in Librarian that permits you to efficiently manage your media files as well as your screensaver project files The Librarian is a docked window integrated in the user interface In the figure below the librarian is located on the left side of the application Using the upper part of the librarian window you can browse the folders included in it 0 The files included in this folder are displayed below Using this Librarian you can organize your files like a file explorer However the librarian shows only media images sounds video Flash and working files screensaver projects SSP sprites SSS One of the most useful feature is the ability to use mouse Drag amp Drops to add files to your projects For example in the figure below we add the Axialis Softwar
295. toggle this feature When you pass over an item a tooltips displays You can read the Filename The File Type Size Colors Date Time and Size 180 Chapter 5 Working With The Axialis Librarian Display the item properties 1 Select one or more items 2 Choose Librarian Properties 3 The dialog box Items Properties opens 4 In ITEM PROPERTIES tab you can read the next information Filename Location Last Modification File Size Format Size Colors Memory used 5 In EXTENDED INFORMATION tab you can enter the Name Author and Keywords in their areas 6 In DESCRIPTION tab you can enter the Description of the file in its area 7 In PREVIEW tab you can visualize an image preview These keywords Filename Author Keywords and Description will be used later to easily retrieve the item using the Find feature You can select several items open the Properties dialog box and specify the same keywords to all of them in one operation Please insert a comma between keywords If you select more items the ITEM PROPERTIES tab has been replaced by the SELECTION tab You can read the item total number and the total size of the selected files For Example Items 4 Items Total Size 121 44 Kb 124 353 bytes If you select folders the Librarian Properties command opens the standard Windows Properties dialog box Change a folder icon 1 Select a folder in the librarian 2 Click right and choose the option Change ico
296. ulas rather than pixel by pixel images produce graphics files that are one tenth the size of bitmaps Additionally SWF can deliver animation rich colors sound and interaction To view a Flash animation the user must download and install the Flash player This is automatically done when he visits a website using Flash As a result over 95 of Internet users can now view SWF content millions of people have downloaded the Flash player for their browser Flash is a great format to create gorgeous screensavers What is a Slideshow based screensaver A slideshow is a sequence of full screen images each one loading the next Each image is called a slide Each slide is displayed on screen for a specified period of time When this period is over the next slide is displayed using a possible transition effect cut roll fade A background music can be added as well as Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials a startup video sequence This kind of screensaver is great to display your vacation photos or promote a company slogan for example What is a Video based screensaver A video screensaver permits to display a list of video clips full screen in sequence This kind of screensaver is less used but could be useful to display a company advertisement clip for example What are the characteristics of a Windows screen saver First of all a screensaver is a program It is in fact an executable file which has the SCR extension
297. unch the install package A dialog box opens 2 Follow the installation wizard Accept the license agreement if any 3 The screensavers is installed as default if asked by the user Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Create a Flash Based Screen Saver Create a Flash Based Screen Saver Macromedia Flash is a powerful product which permits to create sophisticated vector animations for the Web SWF Flash is the file format used by Macromedia Flash to deliver graphics animation and sound over the Internet What are vector graphics Vector graphics which manipulate coordinates and mathematical formulas rather than pixel by pixel images produce graphics files that are one tenth the size of bitmaps Additionally SWF can deliver animation rich colors sound and interaction To view a Flash animation the user must download and install the Flash player This is automatically done when he visits a website using Flash As a result over 95 of Internet users can now view SWF content millions of people have downloaded the Flash player for their browser Flash is a great format to create gorgeous screensavers Create slide show based screen saver project To create a screen saver you must create a Project first SSP file Only this file can be saved reloaded modified in the built in editor window Then to create a Windows compatible Screen Saver SCR file you have just to compile this project The Screen Saver SCR th
298. ur output folder If you want to use this screensaver on your computer only do not modify the proposed entry see below In this tutorial we ll set the screensaver as Windows default So don t change this field 4 Do not change the Place it in my personal Windows System folder option O This option is used to create the file in Windows system folder In such a case the screensaver will be visible in Windows screensaver settings list see What is a screensaver for more info 5 Choose the Set it as the Current Windows Screen Saver option The fields and O are disabled because they re set by default when you choose to set your screensaver as default When done click Next Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step 2 of 6 Description 6 A new dialog box opens see below In the Title field O keep the proposed title Tutorial2 We always recommend you to keep the proposed title which is the one you specified when you created the screensaver Description You can customize your screen saver by specifying a Title Copyright Web ink Commert as well as RSS feed URLS Tie Taer 0 Cope 2004 Assas Software AF is res ogc perme ae distribute RSS Feeds E Enable ASS Read EY specify URLS alo Gott tm 7 Specify your own data in Copyright Web Site and Comment fields 8H See context help P for more information on these fields 8 Do not modify the RSS settings RS
299. ustomize the screensaver image 1 Once your compatible icon is ready and saved in as an ICO file on your disk open your screensaver project Compile it either as SCR or as Install Package Choose Project Compile an Installable Screen Saver File Shift F4 or Project Compile a Screen Saver File F4 2 The first dialog box of the compilation wizard opens Follow the procedure until Step 3 Screensaver Customization if you choose to compile a SCR file see below or until Step 5 if you choose to create an install package _ Compile a SCR Screen Saver Step 3of6 o Customization y You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in SA e a custom kon in the SCR fie T Use a custom image in Configure dialog box we Les A eC eee ate PTE Sena 3 Click on the option Use a custom image in Configure dialog box to activate it 0 The edit fields below are automatically enabled 4 In the edit zone enter the full path to your image file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 5 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the image in the window on right 6 If this is the right image click Next You can continue the compilation wizard Finish the compilation and test it to see if the image has been properly changed 83 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION REMARK You can also customize the i
300. w seconds By defaukt k displays a text splash screen wath the infcemation from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PING to replace the text O No Splash Screen A A a Display an Image based Splash Screen oe 2 a RO 11 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen 0 In the Display Time group 9 specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next 48 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step 7 of 9 Preview window 12 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver See What is a screensaver topic for more info see How to install a screensaver In this tutorial we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the slideshow Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it appsss in a smal preview window By defaut a reduced anima preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a O standard static image Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver No Preview Default Imaga No Preview Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG venmarded site i 182 1 112 poek RO 13 Choose the option Animated Preview 0 When done click Next Step 8 of 9 Act
301. while pressing on the CTRL key To select a range of files use the SHIFT key 4 Click on the Remove button You re prompted to confirm the deletion Click YES Change playlist order 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select the Playlist dialog box click the tab if necessary the video files appear in the playlist O as shown above 3 Select the video file you want to move in the playlist 4 Click on the Up or Down button O to move the file 128 Chapter 4 Creating Screen Savers Change the playlist order A video screensaver can play several movies in sequence Once the movie files have been added in the project you can rearrange them to change the playlist sequence order Change playlist order 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select the Playlist dialog box click the tab if necessary the video files appear in the playlist O as shown below ql Project Bui St amp Be General Bachyound Playtest Phat Y E planets an Eu Screen imame peca for e ar 100 Elx Hee 100 Elx mi Gated on screen soe a dakona Repeat Forever E Gave a copy of the Fies in the project j 3 Select the video file you want to move in the playlist 4 Click on the Up or Down button O to move the file Remove files from the playlist 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select the Playlist dialog box click the tab if necessary the video files appear
302. will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your hard disk at the right location or you ll get an error the next time you ll open the SSP document Add files using Drag amp Drop 1 Go to the librarian expand Media Files and select the Movies folder 2 Select the files then drag and drop to the Screen Saver document window 3 The files are added in the playlist O The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window O 4 Set the playback options as above 127 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Add files using the Clipboard copy paste 1 Go to the librarian or the built in Explorer Ctrl E browse your folders and select the files 2 Choose Edit Copy 3 Return to the project window 4 Choose Edit Paste 5 The files are added in the playlist The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window O 6 Set the playback options as above Remove files from the playlist 1 Activate the Screen Saver Document window 2 Select the Playlist dialog box click the tab if necessary the video files appear in the playlist O EU Screen memes Speote fon e par 100 Elx Here 100 Ex m Based on screen sae lakornaticdy Reges Forever A Seve a copy oF the fies in the project 3 Select the video files you want to remove TIP You can select several files by clicking on files
303. ws in the other part It can be automatic or manual Reorganize Desktop at any Time 1 Choose Windows Reorganize Desktop or press F12 2 You can also click on the Display button on the main toolbar NOTE This feature is useful only if you don t choose an automatic reorganisation option see below Toggle Automatic Desktop Reorganization 1 Choose Window Automatic Reorganization NOTE If this option is enabled a Desktop Reorganization is performed each time you open close reduce or restore a window Change Reorganisation mode 1 Choose Windows Full Window Reorganization if you want the application to display each document window using all the available space 212 Chapter 7 Miscellaneous Features Tips Uninstallation 2 Choose Windows Tile Reorganization if you want the application organize the windows using an ergonomic tile scheme TIP You can switch from one win to another using Ctrl F6 or Shift Ctrl F6 Acquire a new image from a Twain device If you have a Twain compatible scanner video capture card or numeric camera you can acquire and create a new image document from within the application Acquire an image from a Twain device 1 If you have several capture devices select the desired device using the File Select Source command then click OK 2 Choose File Acquire to open the Twain interface NOTE Each time you acquire an image a new window is created Uninstall or repair the application
304. xt Step 2 of 9 Installation package properties 4 A new dialog box opens see below In the Language field select Automatic based on Windows settings You can here choose the desired language for the screensaver and install procedure 8 languages are supported English French Spanish German Portuguese Italian Dutch and Russian By selecting Automatic the install procedure will choose the language by itself based on the end user Windows language You can also force a specific language Installation Package Properties The installation procedure supports several languages You 0 force a particular language or let the program choose at 4 Language Automati Based on Windows y The final package can be a single sobd Fle or a set of fles e Package ini Advanced Layout Customization The installation procedure layout can be customized Wizard mage install kon options text color ee A RAINE EZE 5 In the Package field O specify Solid Install See context help for more information on this field 61 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION 6 Do not change the Advanced Customization settings This is an advanced feature which is not part of this tutorial See this topic to read more about this feature When done click Next Step 3 of 9 User license agreement 7 The third dialog box opens see below It permits you to specify a User License Agreement
305. y a Description of the sprite in the field below 8 Now that we ve added our first sprite we can take a look at the result full screen Press F11 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbar The screensaver is executed full screen Is the sprite well adjusted in the lower right corner Excellent Press a key or move the mouse to end the full screen test Lesson 1 4 Adding a moving sprite In this lesson we ll add sprites that move on screen We ll also learn how to configure the sprite to make it bounce on the screen borders Add and position the sprite 1 In the Librarian window select the Media FilesY Images Sprites folder The files contained in this folder are displayed in the list below 2 Select the file Sphere blue png in the list and use a mouse drag amp drop to put the file in the edit area O Place it in the upper right corner of the screen at location 490 100 The sprite is added in the project and displayed at scale 1 1 see below Also you can see it in the sprite list O TIPS To know the exact location of a sprite look at the bottom of the main application window On the right side of the status bar you ll see a coordinate can finely adjust a sprite location by using the keyboard arrow keys You can also specify the exact location by opening the Properties dialog box Alt Enter select the Size amp Position tab and set X and Y in the Absolute Position group 16 Chapter 2 Gettin
306. y displayed in full screen window Rename one or more items 1 Select one or more items 2 Choose Librarian Rename 3 If you have selected one item enter in the edit zone the new name of the item 4 If you have selected several icons the dialog box Rename several media items opens 5 Enter the name of the item The items will be automatically indexed For example Image will rename Image1 Image2 ImageN 6 If you select the Add zero characters in index check box the items will be indexed differently For example Image will rename Image001 Image002 Image00n Send media items via email 1 Select one or more items 2 Choose Librarian Send as email 3 The dialog box Send Media Items opens 4 In the To specifies the list of recipients You can specify several recipients by separating email addresses with a semicolon or click to select the recipients directly from your Address Book This feature is implemented only if you use Microsoft Outlook address book 5 In the Subject area enter description for the selected items attached as an Internet email 6 In the Message area enter a message for the selected items attached as an Internet email 7 Click on the Send button Search items 1 Choose Librarian Search 2 The dialog box Search Media Files in the Librarian opens 3 In the Type area choose the type of Items to find All types Screen Saver Projects Images Animations V
307. you don t want the animated preview you can choose to display a static image Two options are available for the static image 1 Select No Preview Default Image if you don t want to design an image by yourself In this case the application will display a default image a computer screen displaying a screen saver 2 Select No Preview Custom Static Image if you want to specify an image you ve designed using an external drawing program Only BMP PNG or JPEG files are supported for preview images If you choose this option you must specify an image file in the area below You can click the button to browse your disks using a standard Windows dialog box For better results we recommend you to resize the image to 152 x 112 3 When done click Next IMPORTANT We STRONGLY recommend static preview image for Video based screensavers especially for large video files Some Windows versions configurations may cause the screensaver preview to crash under special circumstances Step 8 Specify an activation code create a limited version Using this feature you ll be able to create a limited version of your screensaver The will user will be able to test the screensaver before buying it a k a shareware version One he purchased it the user receives an activation code to unlock it The codes will be generated by you using the two ID numbers Click here to read more about activation codes Compile an Installable Screen Saver
308. you to use an image with the following dimension Width 400 Height 90 How to create my illustration image Create this image using an external application like Photoshop professional tool Paint Shop Pro shareware tool or Gimp free tool 1 The Step 3 dialog box looks like this 139 Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer CORPORATE EDITION Customization You can customize your screen saver by adding a custom image in O the Configure dalog and a custom kon in the SCR fie Lise a custom image in Configure dialog box ci arishs ex screensaver g R reanded nage see 1 40 1 30 poe a Oe psn oiFauxs 26 200 dead 255 Geka ao Com 2 Click on the option Use a custom image in Configure dialog box to activate it O The edit fields below are automatically enabled 3 In the edit zone enter the full path to your image file on your disk or click the button to browse your disks and locate the file using a standard Windows dialog box 4 Once the pathname has been entered you see a preview of the image in the window on right 5 If this is the right image click Next You can continue the compilation wizard Step 4 Specify the splash screen parameters When you the Screen Saver starts it displays a splash screen during a few seconds By default it displays a text splash screen with the information of the previous screen But you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace th
309. yright notice you specified in Step 2 anita TEREE a Splash Screen When the Screen Saver starts t displays a splash screen foe a few seconds By defat R displays a text splash screen with the information from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNGA to replace Eos tos a No Splash Screen tk S Display an Image based Splash Screen Display Time 2 Whee 11 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen In the Display Time group 9 specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next 30 Chapter 2 Getting Started Quick Tutorials Step 7 of 9 Preview window 12 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver See What is a screensaver topic for more info see How to install a screensaver In this tutorial we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the moving and colliding balls pen Saver Step 7 o Preview Window When the user selects a scroersaver in Windows Control Panel it appears in a smal preview window By defaut a reduced anima preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a a standard static image Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver 1 No Preview Defaut Image N
310. ys a text splash screen wath the infoemakion from the previous screen but you can specify a custom image BMP JPEG PNG to replace the text No Splash Screen A Display an Imaga based Splash Screen Cosplay Time O Wino EEAS 8 Choose the option Display a Text Splash Screen 0 In the Display Time group 9 specify 2 seconds The splash screen will be displayed as text for 2 seconds When done click Next Step 5 of 6 Preview window 9 A new dialog box opens see below You can specify here the kind of preview you wish for the screensaver The preview window is displayed in the Windows Control Panel when you change of screensaver See What is a screensaver topic for more info see How to install a screensaver In this tutorial we choose to display an Animated Preview of the screensaver You ll see a real preview of the slideshow Preview Window When the user selects a screensaver in Windows Control Panel it Speers in a smal preview window By defaut a reduced ari preview is displayed but you can also specify a custom or a 0 standard stabc image e Animated Preview real preview of the screen saver d No Preview Defaut Image 1 No Preview Custom Static Image EMP JPEG PNG Display an animated o preview E mot recommended with Video screensavers final user may experence technical nuez Image receenmanded sive tr LS s 112 pork alo 10 Choose the option Animated Previ

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