Object2VR - Flash Output Settings
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Flash Settings
In the Flash Settings Tab you define how your movie will be displayed. From here you can also choose a skin.
Image Settings
Image Width: Define the image width of your project in pixels.
- Choose Auto to use the original width of the images.
Image Quality: The overall quality of the image. Use the slider to define the JPEG quality or type in the value.
Empty Images: If your project contains empty images, select Repeat previous image to have the image before the empty image repeat to cover it.
Display Settings
Window Size: This is the size of the movie window.
- Select Keep Aspect Ratio to ensure that the aspect ratio doesn't not change when adjusting the window size.
Frame Rate: The playback frame rate of the movie.
Scaling: Controls how the movie scales within the movie window:
- None: The movie will not scale.
- With Window: The movie will maintain its aspect ratio when the movie window's size changes. Example.
- Exact Fit: The movie will scale to match the size of the movie window. No border is seen.
- No Border: Similar to Exact Fit except that the movie itself can be covered by the movie window itself.
Auto Play
Mode: How the movie will rotate. Choose from three rotation options:
- Off: Select this option when you wish to not have your movie automatically play.
- Rotate: The movie will fully rotate through all images.
- Ping-Pong: The movie will rotate back and forth from the first and last images.
Speed: The speed at which the movie will rotate.
Zoom
To allow zooming in your object movie, select Enable zoom.
Default: The initial zoom level. A default zoom of 1 means the image will be at its original zoom level (or have no zoom.)
Maximum: The maximum zoom level. The default is set to 2. This means the movie can be zoomed in two times it's default zoom.
Center: Adjust the center of the zoom.
Skin/Controller
Skin: Choose skin from the list.
Edit: Click this to open the Skin Editor.
File: Click this to find and open a skin file.
Output
Format: Choose to output your movie as Flash 8 or Flash 9.
Output File: This displays the name of your file when outputted. Choose Open to select a different destination for the output. By default, the movie will be saved to the same directory as the image.
Advanced Settings
In the Advanced Settings tab you can customize your movie further.
Download/Preview
Types: What the movie will look like while it is downloading. Choose from the following:
- None: No preview image is shown.
- Gray Scale: The preview movie is in gray scale.
- Sepia: The preview movie is in sepia.
- Color: The preview movie is shown in full color.
Preview Quality: The image quality of the preview movie. (See some examples.)
Resolution: This represents how clear or blurry the downloading image will appear. This setting will effect the file size. The default setting is 1:4 which is a reasonably good setting. Setting it to 1:1, makes the downloading image as clear as the original image.
Hotspot Text Box
To show hotspot text boxes in your movie, make sure it is Enabled by selecting it.
Size: Set the size of the text box for the hotspot. Auto: Choose this to have the text automatically fitted within the text box. The text box will be resized vertically.
Text: Choose the text color. Word Wrap: This option will wrap the text within the text box.
Background: Choose Visible to show the background of the text box and choose a color for the background. When Visible is not checked, no background will be seen.
Border: Choose Visible to show the border of the text box and choose a color for the border. When Visible is not checked no border will be seen.
TIP: If you do not want to have the boxes visible at all - only the text - be sure to deselect Visible from both Background and Border.
Control
Flash Context Menu: Show or Hide the About Object2VR in the right-click context box.
Local Security: When this is enabled, Flash will be able to communicate with another website, but will deny Flash's access to the local disk. When disabled, Flash can only access the local disk and will not have access to a network.
Locks
Enable domain lock: Enable this option when you wish to secure your movie only to the specified domains.
- Domain: Enter the domain to which the pano can only belong. Separate multiple domains with a comma: www.gg-sw.com, www.nytimes.com.
- Message: Insert a message that appears if the pano is displayed in a domain other than what is listed in Domain.
Enable expire date: Here you can an expiration date of the visibility of the movie.
- Last Day: Choose an end or expiration date.
- Date Message: Insert a message that will appear when a user tries to access the movie after the expiration date.
HTML Settings
To inlcude an HTML template when outputting your movie, select Enable HTML File. This file can then be later edited and customized for your needs.
Template: Currently, there is only template to choose from: normal.ggt.
Template Parameters
Text Color: Use the color picker to choose a color for the HTML text.
Background Color: Use the color picker to choose a color for the background of the HTML page.
Include Userdata Table: Select this to show the information entered in the User Data section.
Table Border Color: Use the color picker to choose the border color for the user data table.
Table Text Color: Use the color picker to choose the userdata's text color.
Table Background Color: Use the color picker to choose the userdata table's background color.
Embed Sound File: Choose Open to add sound file to play during the movie using the XSPF Web Music Player.
- NOTE: Only MP3 files!
Sound Title: Add the sound file's title here. This will be displayed on the music player.
Advanced Options: Enable JavaScript Interface: Select this to include the JavaScript interface.
Template Output
Format: Choose from .html or .htm as the file's format.
Output File: Choose Open to find a destination for the output.
- $n is a placeholder and will be replaced with the name of the images' folder.
- TIP: Save the the HTML file in the same directory as the Flash movie.