Convert Photos to Flash - Create Flash Slideshows
Creating Flash Slideshows with Photo Flash Maker Free
Are you seeking a straightforward method to transform your images into a captivating flash slideshow for your website? Photo Flash Maker Free provides a solution for this need.
Installation Process
The installation of Photo Flash Maker Free is remarkably swift, involving only three installation windows – without any End User License Agreement (EULA) prompts to navigate.
Upon launching the program, you’ll encounter the “Main & Slideshow Wizard Windows”. The “Slideshow Wizard” can be easily disabled in the lower left corner, preventing its automatic appearance upon each program startup.
This illustrates the appearance of the “Main Window” after closing the “Slideshow Wizard”.
Using Photo Flash Maker Free
You can initiate the creation of new flash slideshows in two ways: utilizing the visible three-step toolbar or employing the wizard. The toolbar allows for customization of “between photo” effects to match your preferences.
For this demonstration, we will proceed using the wizard.
Begin by navigating to the “File Menu” and selecting “New Project From Wizard…”
The “Add Images to Slideshow Window” will appear, enabling you to browse and select the desired photos.
After selecting your images, click “Next”.
Choose your preferred “Frame Style” and then click “Next”. In our case, we selected “Photo Only”.
Finally, specify the desired names for the “swf & html files”. Once completed, click the “Publish Now! Button”.
You can then choose to view your newly created files immediately or after closing the wizard.
Here, the swf file is opened directly within Firefox.
The html file displays the flash file embedded within it. An “advertisement-type listing” appears at the bottom; this can be easily removed by editing the html file using a text editor like Notepad. The screenshot below shows the exact text to delete.
The only minor drawback of using Photo Flash Maker Free is the brief banner displayed at the slideshow’s end, but this is a small compromise for the quality of the resulting file.
If you wish to remove the “advertisement-type listing” from the webpage, locate and delete the following code. The webpage will then be clean and ready for use.
Menu Overview
The menus within Photo Flash Maker Free are designed for simplicity and ease of use. Here’s a view of the “File, View, & Photo Menus”…
And here are the “Music, Create, Preference, & Help Menus”.
Configuration Options
There are three key areas to consider within the “General Options Area”:
- You can safely delete the “Default URL” and leave it blank without affecting your flash files.
- It is recommended to deselect “Show Title on each photo” to maintain a clean appearance for your flash files (unless you specifically want to label your photos).
- Ensure that the JPEG quality is set to 100 to achieve the best possible visual results for your photos.
Adjust the settings to your liking for background music (if you are incorporating any into your files).
Customize background colors and scaling as desired.
Conclusion
If you are searching for a method to enhance your website with engaging photo slideshows, Photo Flash Maker is certainly worth exploring.
Resources
Download Photo Flash Maker Free (version 5.58) via Download.com, but exercise caution to avoid accepting bundled software offers.