Flash Design Studio Help

MAKING A INTRO

On selecting Intro in the startup window of Flash Design Studio, a “New Intro” pop-up window opens up displaying following options:

Size- You can give different shapes and sizes to your intro. You can select size from the drop down which has various options called Small Square, Square, Medium Rectangle, Vertical Rectangle and Large Rectangle. You can change the border of the intro by clicking on the checkbox of the option ‘Border’. You can also customize the color and size of the border of the intro.

Background Shapes- You can give different shapes to the background of the intro by selecting option from the drop down of the ‘Background Shapes’ starting from rectangle, diamond to semi-circle. When you preview the intro, the intro will appear in the shape of selected background shape.

Solid color- To have solid color click on radio button in front of Solid Color then select color of your choice from option Color.

Gradient Color - To have Gradient color, click on the radio button provided in front of Gradient Color. Now, you can select Start Color and End Color of your choice then select Type of your choice from the drop down and fix angle by the option named Angle.

Custom/Library Image- To have an Image filled in the background of the intro, there are two radio buttons, Custom Image and Library Image. By clicking on the Custom Image, you can upload your own images. You can also upload images from the Library of the product by clicking on the radio button of the Library Image. You can browse the images from the library and a Background Library pop-up window will open. You can either select Static or Flash Images. The Static Images vary in sizes whereas flash images do not vary in sizes.

Preloader- It is a checkbox that helps you to get a Preloader for your intro. To select Preloader of your choice click on the button named Select Preloader, you will get a lot of designs for Preloader. You can select any design of Preloader then click OK.

Replay button at the end of the intro- It is a checkbox that will help you in getting a Reply button at the end of the designed intro.

Loop continuously- It is a checkbox that helps you in making your intro loop continuously.

Frame Rate- You can enter Fame Rate as per your requirement.

Hyperlink- You can give hyperlink to your intro by entering the URL of the website in the column next to Hyperlink (where http:// is already present) which you want your customers to see when they click at your hyperlink in intro.

Target- You can select target of choice from the drop down.

Browse Sound- If you add sound to intro, click on” Browse Sound” button and choose sound of your choice from our library and click OK.

Select Template- If you want to select a intro template from template library then click on the button named Select Template. This will open the template library for you to choose intro template of your choice and click OK.

Incase, you want to start intro from scratch, click Ok and you can work on the blank canvas.   

User Interface (Tools & Features)
The User Interface of Flash Design Studio gives you the facility to customize and edit your intro. To assist you in a better way, Flash Design Studio’s Intro application consists of following components:

a)   Menu bar 
The Menu bar contains different Menu options. These are File, Edit, View, Insert, Filters, and Help.  

i.  File Menu  
File Menu: You can create a new intro from scratch or from an existing template, open an existing intro, save a new intro, save created intro as a template for future, FTP to website, send intro in mail and publish intro. Alternatively, you can access New, Open, Save and Publish options from the Toolbar as well. You can save your intro in any directory or drive of your computer in Flash Design Studio (*fds) format. Publish an intro in SWF, HTML as well as transparent output in HTML and SWF.

FTP to Website 
You can access the FTP to Website from the File Menu in the Top Menu Bar. Click on FTP and pop-up window opens up; you need to add FTP site to start and another pop-up window opens for FTP Site information. In this pop-up window, you need to input the Host Name, User Name, Password, Port and Directory. You can check the checkbox for Passive Connection, if required and click on Ok button. The FTP site gets added to the list. You can add more sites and modify or delete as desirable.
To upload a intro file, browse your file from your system and click on Upload File button to upload it to the FTP website.
  

ii.  Edit Menu 
You can use Undo and Redo options to correct and repeat the previous actions, Edit Background to change background properties, Copy and Paste to copy and paste the objects, Copy properties to copy the effects/transition associated with the object and Paste properties to apply the copied properties to the selected object, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical and Delete to delete the selected objects from the intro.

iii. View Menu 
You can view or hide the grid lines and ruler, zoom percentage from 25% to 200% and Align for alignment options. You can also send backward or bring forward different objects in the intro.    

iv. Insert Menu 
You can add Text, Image, Shape, Button and Symbol to the intro.

v. Filters Menu
You can add visual effects to your intro by using an inverted effect, enabling Grey Scale, sharpening the object, highlighting the edges of object or giving a water-like effect.  

vi. Help Menu  
In this menu, you can access Tips of the Day, Online Help and Tutorial, Technical Support, the website of the product, purchase Flash Design Studio and also know about more about the product.  

b)  Main Toolbar
The tool bar let you access the shortcuts to various processes i.e. Start a new intro, open an existing intro, saving a intro, Copy Object, Paste, Delete, Undo, alignment options, Redo, Preview, Publish, Help and Zoom objects in the intro. By Publish button, the intro can be published in SWF, HTML as well as get transparent output in HTML and SWF.

• New: You can create a new intro by clicking on the button “New”.

• Open: You can open a saved intro created in Flash Design Studio

• Save: Flash Design Studio allows you to save your intro. To save click Save button by clicking menu bar >File > Save. Alternatively click Save button from Toolbar. You can save your intro in any directory or drive of your computer. You can save your intro in Flash Design Studio (*fds) format.

• Copy: You can copy the desired objects from your intro. Click button named Copy from the toolbar and the selected object will be copied. Alternatively, you can select Copy from menu bar> Edit

•  Paste: You can access the Paste button not only from the Main Tool Bar but also from the Edit Menu in the Top Menu Bar. You select any object from the intro, click on the Paste button and the object will be pasted.

•  Delete: You can delete the objects in your intro. Select the object you want to delete and click delete. Alternatively, you can select Delete from menu bar> Edit.

• Undo: You can go a step back or to the previous step by clicking on Undo. Alternatively, you can select Undo from menu bar> Edit.

• Redo: You can redo a step by clicking on redo. Alternatively, you can select redo from menu bar> Edit.

• Alignment Options: You can align your objects with this button. Alternatively, you can access the same from View Menu in the Top Menu Bar. You can align the selected object to the left, in the center, to the right, at the top, in the middle or at the bottom.

•  Preview button: By Preview button, you can preview the intro created by you before it is published.

• Publish: To publish your intro, click on the Publish Button and you can access the same Button in the File Menu in the Top Menu Bar. When you will click publish, a new window will open. With Flash Design Studio you will get a choice of getting intro published in SWF, HTML as well as transparent output in HTML and SWF.

• Help: By clicking on the Help Button, you can navigate to the website where you can access the Help File of the product.

• Zoom option: This option zooms in the intro workspace with your intro to the selected option. It has options like 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175% and 200%.  

c)  Multiple canvases 
You can work on more than 1 project at a time as you can switch between multiple tabs. You can open maximum 7 canvases at a time.  

d)  Layers Panel
The layers section allows you to view the selected object. This section helps you to lock and hide objects and arrange objects by moving them up and down with the help of arrows.

e)  Bottom Panel
The Bottom Panel has three tabs named Properties, Effects and Transitions, which get highlighted once an object is selected. If you click on the background “Edit background” button appears in the bottom panel. Alternately you can click “Edit Background option” under Edit Menu.

 i)  Properties tab
The Properties tab shows and lets you edit the properties of the selected object. It shows the options like the add text, customize font style from existing fonts or import fonts from your system, insert fonts from the font character map, change font size, text styles such as bold, italic, underline and arc text. You can also Rotate text, provide transparency, change letter spacing between text, fill with a solid color or choose gradient fill or Fill with image. You can also link the selected object to a website.

ii) Effects Tab
The Effects tab allows you to drop shadow, blur, outline and emboss any selected object. You need to check the checkbox of the relevant effect to apply it to an object.

iii) Transitions tab    
The Transitions tab shows various animations to give special effects to your intro at different stages. Following are the transitional effects:

•  Start timing: The option “From beginning of the intro” will allow you to display the object in the beginning of the intro. When you select option “From another object”, it will allow you to control the beginning appearance of the object with respect to another objects. From the drop down you can select the object with which you want to control the transition of selected object and from second drop down you can select when the object will appear either on entry, stay or exit of the object in the previous dropdown.

• Entry effect: The options in entry effects help you to give special effect while the object is entering the intro. The option named effect has some selections like left to right or right to left effect etc. options that let you choose how the object should make entry in the intro. Entry time option helps you to decide the speed and you can fix the number of seconds at which the object must enter the intro.

•  Stay effect: The options in stay effects help you to give special effect when the object stays on the intro and what it should do while staying on the intro. The option named effect has some selections like blinking, Zoom in, Zoom out, Fade in, Fade out etc options that let you choose what the object
should do. Stay time option helps you to decide the stay time of the object and fix the number of seconds that the object must stay on the intro.

•  Exit effect: The options in exit effects help you to give special effect when the object exits from the intro and what it should do while going back from the intro. The option named effect has some selections like Zoom out, bottom to top etc that let you choose what the object should do. Exit time option helps you to decide the exit time of the object and fix the number of seconds after which the object must exit from the intro.

iv) Edit Background   
Edit Background has following options:

• Intro Size- You can give different shapes and sizes to your intro. You can select size from the drop down which has various options called Small Button, Large Button, Vertical Intro, Skyscraper Intro, Square Button, Wide Skyscraper, Small Square, Square, Half Intro, Standard Intro, Leader board, Intro W/Nav, Medium Rectangle, Vertical Rectangle, Large Rectangle, Rectangle, Button and Custom. You can change the border of the intro by clicking on the checkbox of the option ‘Border’. You can also customize the color and size of the border of the intro.

• Background Shapes- You can give different shapes to the background of the intro by selecting option from the drop down of the ‘Background Shapes’ starting from rectangle, diamond to semi circle. When you preview the intro, the intro will appear in the shape of selected background shape.

• Solid color- To have solid color click on radio button in front of Solid Color then select color of your choice from option Color.

• Gradient Color - To have Gradient color, click on the radio button provided in front of Gradient Color. Now, you can select Start Color and End Color of your choice then select Type of your choice from the drop down and fix angle by the option named Angle.

• Custom/Library Image- To have an Image filled in the background of the intro, there are two radio buttons, Custom Image and Library Image. By clicking on the Custom Image, you can upload your own images. You can also upload images from the Library of the product by clicking on the radio button of the Library Image. You can browse the images from the library and a Background Library pop-up window will open. You can either select Static or Flash Images. The Static Images vary in sizes whereas flash images do not vary in sizes.

• Preloader- It is a checkbox that helps you to get a Preloader for your intro. To select Preloader of your choice click on the button named Select Preloader, you will get a lot of designs for Preloader. You can select any design of Preloader then click OK.

• Replay button at the end of the intro- It is a checkbox that will help you in getting a Reply button at the end of the designed intro.

• Loop continuously- It is a checkbox that helps you in making your intro loop continuously.
Frame Rate- You can enter Fame Rate as per your requirement.

• Hyperlink- You can give hyperlink to your intro by entering the URL of the website in the column next to Hyperlink (where http:// is already present) which you want your customers to see when they click at your hyperlink in intro.

• Target- You can select target of choice from the drop down.

• Browse Sound- If you add sound to intro, click on” Browse Sound” button and choose sound of your choice from our library and click OK.

f) Workspace 
It is the area where you design your intro and see the changes happening according to your preferences and actions. Here, you can add different design elements and apply tools available to your intro. The work area can be extended to full screen with an arrow button available next to the bottom menu bar.  

g)Tools in the left panel 
The left panel contain buttons for different design tools that help you in making interesting and impressive intros. You can add text, image, symbols, shapes, and button, color filters, send back and bring front the objects, group ungroup, select all, flip vertical and flip horizontal, overlays, background libraries, color picker, color libraries, to fill color in the objects of intro. 
 
i)  Add Text
Adding Text: Click on the ‘Add Text’ or ‘T’ button to add text to the intro. You can also access this option in Insert Menu of the Menu Bar. You can edit the text directly in the Text Element. Alternatively, select the Text Element and edit the text from Properties Tab in the text box called ‘Text’.

Text Property Tab- When you select the Add Text design element, Text Property Panel will open just below the workspace. This Text ‘Properties’ tab has various text properties: 
 
1. Name: It gives you an option to give text name. This text name is for internal use of the software. It gives name to the text which makes it easy to search among other texts.

2. Text: It is a text box where you can enter your text.

3. Bold: It is a checkbox that help you to write text in bold when the checkbox is checked.

4. Italics: It is a checkbox that help you to write text in italics when the checkbox is checked.

5. Underline: It is a checkbox that help you to underline the text when the checkbox is checked
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6. Arc Text: It is a checkbox that arcs the selected Text Element in the intro. You can also define the arc angle.

7. Font: It is a drop down that helps you to select the Font Style from the available Font options.

8. Import System Fonts: Click on the Import Font button and fonts will be imported from your system to the software.

9. Font Character Map: Click on the Character Map and a pop-up window opens up. Select the font you wish to add and copy it to add it to the selected Text Element. The each font has its own character set.

10. Link: It helps you to convert text into hyperlink.

11.Target: The frame tags in HTML guides the user how it will open in browser. The target is a dropdown with four options:
12. Option X and Y: These options indicate the location of the text in the intro or workspace.

13. Transparency: It gives you an option to add transparency effect to the selected object in the intro.

14. Letter spacing: You can either increase or decrease the spaces in between the alphabets of the text with this option.

15. Fill with Color: You can choose Color of the text according to your choice. You can either fill the text with a single color by selecting ‘Solid’ option or mix two colors together by selecting ‘Gradient’ option.

16. Fill with Image: You can fill the text with your image by clicking the check box of ‘Fill Image’ and enabling the Browse Button.

17. Size: This slide-bar gives you an option to increase or decrease the font size according to your wish.

18. Rotation: This slide-bar gives you an option to rotate text to any degree. 

  ii) Add Image 
Adding Image(s): You can add Image(s) of your choice to your intro by clicking on the button  of Images in the Left Panel. An alternative method is that you can go to the Insert Menu in the Top Menu Bar. Click on the button named Add Image. After clicking add image a new window named Add Images will open. In this window you will find an option named browse that will enable you to browse images from your computer and select an image from your computer. When you add an image the other options of scale, rotate, brightness, contrast and crop image will get activated. The scale option lets you to change images width and height. Rotate slide bar has options marked as 0, 90, 180, 270 and 360 that let you rotate the image to the selected angle. Brightness is a slide bar that helps you increase and decrease the brightness of the image. Contrast is also a slide bar that helps you to increase or decrease the image contrast. Crop helps you to crop the image and use in intro. 

You can import images in JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF and TIFF formats.

Image Properties tab - When you select the Image design element or image of the intro, Image Properties tab will open just below the workspace. This Properties tab has various image properties: 
 
1. Name: It gives you an option to give name to the image. This image name is for internal use of the software. It gives name to the image which makes it easy to search among other images.
 
2. Crop: A new pop up window opens where you can crop the selected image.

3. X and Y: It indicates the position of the image on the intro.

4. Width: It helps you to edit the width of the image.

5. Height: It helps you to edit the height of the image.

6. Hyperlink: It helps you to convert image into hyperlink.

7.Target: The frame tags in HTML guides the user how it will open in browser.

• self: it loads the page within the same frame as the link tag.
• blank: the link opens in a new browser window.
• parent: it opens in immediate parent of a frame.
• top: within a link tag causes the new page to load in the full body of the window, which is useful if you ever want to break out of the frameset you have created and have a frameless page.

• self: it loads the page within the same frame as the link tag.
• blank: the link opens in a new browser window.
• parent: it opens in immediate parent of a frame.
• top: within a link tag causes the new page to load in the full body of the window, which is useful if you ever want to break out of the frameset you have created and have a frameless page.

9. X and Y: It indicates the position of the button on the intro.

10. Color: It helps you the edit the color of the button.

11. Size: It helps you to edit the size of the button.

12. Rotate: This slide-bar gives you option to rotate button to any degree.

13. Character map: Here you can add special character from the character map to button text.

vi)  Color Adjustment 
If you want to adjust the colors of any object you can make the adjustments using ‘Color Adjustment’ button in the Left Panel. Select any object color adjustment and click on the ‘Color Adjustment’ button. A pop-up window opens up which displays slide bars to adjust brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation.

vii) Send back/Bring Forward

Intro Designer offers tool to Bring Forward and send backward an object. For this select the object and click on the button Bring Forward or Send Backward.

viii) Group/Ungroup
On clicking the button of Group/Ungroup, you can group two or more objects together. By again clicking on the button, you can ungroup the selected objects. The grouped objects can be dragged together, resized, apply color adjustments, change color, use alignment and you can also flip objects in a group.

ix) Select All
The Select All button  enables a user to select all the objects together and you can deselect the objects by again clicking on the button.

x)  Flip Vertical/Horizontal
These two buttons  can help a user to flip object/s either vertically or horizontally. You can access these two buttons either from ‘Edit’ Menu in the Top Menu Bar or from the tools in the Left Panel.

xi) Overlays
Overlay Button can be accessed from the tools in Left Panel. A user can use image animations which overlay on the intro.
On clicking this button, a pop-window opens up and you can choose the number of objects and adjust the speed as slow, medium and fast and then click on ‘Ok’ button for activating the overlaying of the selected images.

xii) Background Library

The ‘Background Library’ Button (next to ‘Overlay’ Button  in the Left Panel) provides you with array of images for the intro background.
On clicking, a pop-up window appears displaying static images and flash animations for the backgrounds. The static images shows background images categorized under different sizes just select the required size and browse for intro backgrounds. Select the background and click on Ok button and it will be added to the intro.
The Flash animations can be applied to any intro size.
You can choose the image orientation as Stretch, Center or Custom from the bottom left section on the pop up window.
    
xiii) Color Picker
On clicking the Color Picker Button, you can change the color of any selected object in the intro.
Select the Object on which you want to apply color, and then click on Color Picker, move your cursor anywhere on the screen and click on the appropriate color and the color will be applied to the object. Alternatively, click on the object you wish to apply color, place the mouse over the required color and then click the mouse left button or press the spacebar.

xiv) Color Libraries
You can select color from the ‘Color Libraries’ Button. On clicking, a pop-up window opens up which displays five color libraries, namely, Standard, Pastel, Primary, Metallic and Vivid. A user can select any shade and click on ‘Ok’ button.

Intro Creation Methods

Create Intro from Scratch in 3 Easy Steps!!
Step1: In first step, click new and a new intro window will open. Now, select the size, fill type, shape, border for your intro. You can also, select loop if you need the intro to loop continuously, select the Replay button to add the replay button to the intro, specify the Frame rate and most importantly add the destination link to the intro. Go to next step. 
     
Step 2: Now, the intro with the required features will appear on the work area. Now, you can use the Text Tool, Button Tool, Shape Tool and other features and customize the intro. Use transitions, flash background libraries and overlays to give animations to your intro. 

Step 3: Next, preview your Intro and save the intro. Finally, Publish the Intro by clicking the Publish button from the tool bar. You can publish intro in SWF, HTML as well as transparent output in HTML and SWF formats. Alternatively, you can publish the intro by clicking File >Publish in the Menu bar. Now, your intro is ready.  

Create Intro from Template in 3 Easy Steps!! 
Step 1: In first step, click new and a new intro window will open. Now, select button ‘Select Template’. By clicking this you can select a template categorized as per sizes and select a intro. Click OK after you have selected a intro. Go to next step. 

Step 2: The intro template that you have selected will get displayed on the workspace. Now, you can use the Text Tool, Button Tool, Shape Tool, Symbol tool and other features to customize the intro. Use transitions, flash background libraries and overlays to give animations to your intro.

Step 3: After customizing, preview intro and save it for future reference. Now, just publish the Intro; click the Publish button on the Toolbar. Alternatively, you can publish the intro by clicking File >Publish in the Menu bar. You can publish intro in SWF, HTML as well as transparent output in HTML and SWF formats.
After following these easy to understand steps, you can now design your own intros for your professional use and give them your personal designs. The software helps you design your intros in unique manner and make you stand upright on your goals.
 

MAKING A TEXT EFFECTS

The “New Text Effect” Window

On selecting text effects in the startup window of Flash Design Studio, a pop-up window “New Text Effect” opens up displaying different options for text effects.

Width & Height: Input the values for width and height for the text in the text field.

Border: You can choose to have a border for your text by checking the checkbox of ‘Border’.

Color: Select the color which you wish to apply on the text from many different options provided.

Size: You can customize the size of the border either by inputting the value or by using the numeric stepper and the value for the size gets displayed automatically.  
 
Solid Color: This is an option provided for selecting only one particular shade for the background. Click on the radio button of ‘Solid Color’ to enable the feature and you can select from a variety of shades provided.

Gradient Color: Select the radio button of the ‘Gradient Color’ feature and you can apply any two shades to the background. Choose the ‘Start Color’ and ‘End Color’ as well as ‘Type’ (Linear or Radial) according to your requirement.

Custom Image: You can browse your own image for applying to background; from the system by selecting the radio button of ‘Custom Image’. You can also choose to stretch the image, place it in center or even customize by selecting any of the options mentioned below ‘Custom Image’, i.e. ‘Stretch’, ‘Center’ and ‘Custom’.
  
Library Image: There are many unique background images stored in the library of the software. You can select any image from our library by clicking on the button ‘Library Image’. A pop-up window named ‘Background Library’ opens up displaying the static backgrounds and flash backgrounds. The static backgrounds are arranged according to their sizes, whereas the flash backgrounds can be applied to any background irrespective of the size. You can also select the background image orientation from any of the options provided such as ‘Stretch’, ‘Center’ and ‘Custom’. Click on the ‘Ok’ button to save the changes.

Loop Continuously: ‘Loop Continuously’ is a checkbox which you can select if you want the text effect to loop continuously.

Replay Button at the end of the text effect: Select this checkbox if you want to display a ‘replay’ button at the end of the text effect.

Frame Rate: The frame rate option lets you to choose the number of frame.

Hyperlink: In the ‘Hyperlink’ Input box, you can enter the URL of the website where you want the text effects to be linked.

Target: This is used to select the target destination (web page) from the target dropdown menu.

Browse Sound: You can click on the ‘Browse Sound’ button to browse the sound to be added to the text effects. A pop-up window opens up displaying all the sound clips from our library. Select the sound which you wish to add and then click on ‘Ok’ button.

Select Template: You can select various kinds of text effects from the template library by clicking on the button ‘Select Template’.  A pop-up window opens up displaying different templates categorized as per their size. Click on the ‘Ok’ button to save the changes that you have made to text.
 
In case, you want to start text effects from scratch, click Ok and you can work on the blank canvas.  

User Interface (Tools & Features)
The User Interface of Text Effects Application gives you the facility to customize and edit your text effects. To assist you in a better way Text effects application consists of following components:

a) Menu bar 
The Menu bar contains different Menu options. These are File, Edit, View, Insert, Filters, and Help. 
 
i. File Menu  
You can create a new text effects from scratch or from an existing template, open an existing text effects, save text effects, save created text effects as a template for future, FTP to website, send text effects in mail and publish text effects. Alternatively, you can access New, Open, Save and Publish options from the Toolbar as well. You can save your text effects in any directory or drive of your computer in Flash Design Studio (*fds) format. Publish a text effects in SWF, HTML, as well as transparent output in HTML and SWF.

FTP to Website 
You can access the FTP to Website from the File Menu in the Top Menu Bar. Click on FTP and pop-up window opens up; you need to add FTP site to start and another pop-up window opens for FTP Site information. In this pop-up window, you need to input the Host Name, User Name, Password, Port and Directory. You can check the checkbox for Passive Connection, if required and click on Ok button. The FTP site gets added to the list. You can add more sites and modify or delete as desirable.

To upload a text effects file, browse your file from your system and click on Upload File button to upload it to the FTP website.
  
ii. Edit Menu 
You can use Undo and Redo options to correct and repeat the previous actions, Edit Background to change background properties, Copy and Paste to copy and paste the objects, Copy properties to copy the effects/transition associated with the object and Paste properties to apply the copied properties to the selected object, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical and Delete to delete the selected objects from the text effects.  

iii. View Menu 
You can view or hide the grid lines and ruler, zoom percentage from 25% to 200% and Align for alignment options. You can also send backward or bring forward different objects in the text effects.    

iv. Insert  Menu 
You can add Text from this menu.

v. Filters Menu
You can add visual effects to your text effects by using an inverted effect, enabling grey Scale, sharpening the text, highlighting the edges of text or giving a water-like effect.  

vi. Help Menu  
In this menu, you can access Tips of the Day, Online Help and Tutorial, Technical Support, the website of the product, purchase Flash Design Studio and also know about more about the product.  

b)   Main Toolbar
The tool bar let you access the shortcuts to various processes i.e. Start a new text effects, open an existing text effects, saving a text effects, Copy Object, Paste, Delete, Undo, alignment options, Redo, Preview, Publish, Help and Zoom objects in the text effects. By Publish button, the text effects can be published in two formats SWF and HTML

• New: You can create a new text effects by clicking on the button “New”.

• Open: You can open a saved text effects created in Flash Design Studio

• Save: Flash Design Studio allows you to save your text effects. To save click Save button by clicking menu bar >File > Save. Alternatively click Save button from Toolbar. You can save your text effects in any directory or drive of your computer. You can save your text effects in Flash Design Studio (*fds) format.

• Copy: You can copy the desired objects from your text effects. Click button named Copy from the toolbar and the selected object will be copied. Alternatively, you can select Copy from menu bar> Edit

• Paste: You can access the Paste button not only from the Main Tool Bar but also from the Edit Menu in the Top Menu Bar. You select any object from the text effects, click on the Paste button and the object will be pasted.

• Delete: You can delete the objects in your text effects. Select the object you want to delete and click delete. Alternatively, you can select Delete from menu bar> Edit.

• Undo: You can go a step back or to the previous step by clicking on Undo. Alternatively, you can select Undo from menu bar> Edit.

• Redo: You can redo a step by clicking on redo. Alternatively, you can select redo from menu bar> Edit.

• Alignment Options: You can align your objects with this button. Alternatively, you can access the same from View Menu in the Top Menu Bar. You can align the selected object to the left, in the center, to the right, at the top, in the middle or at the bottom.

• Preview button: By Preview button, you can preview the text effects created by you before it is published.

• Publish: To publish your text effects, click on the Publish Button and you can access the same Button in the File Menu in the Top Menu Bar. When you will click publish, a new window will open. With Flash Design Studio you will get a choice of getting text effects published in  formats- SWF, HTML or in transparent HTML and SWF formats. Select the option according to your choice and click OK.

• Help: By clicking on the Help Button, you can navigate to the website where you can access the Help File of the product.

• Zoom option: This option zooms in the text effects workspace with your text effects to the selected option. It has options like 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175% and 200%.  

c) Multiple canvases 
You can work on more than 1 project at a time as you can switch between multiple tabs. You can open maximum 7 canvases at a time.  

d) Layers Panel
The layers section allows you to view the selected text. This section helps you to lock and hide objects and arrange objects by moving them up and down with the help of arrows.

e) Bottom Panel
The Bottom Panel has three tabs named Properties, Effects and Transitions, which get highlighted once an object is selected. If you click on the background “Edit background” button appears in the bottom panel. Alternately you can click “Edit Background option” under Edit Menu. 

i)  Properties tab
The Properties tab shows and lets you edit the properties of the selected object. It shows the options like the add text, customize font style from existing fonts or import fonts from your system, insert fonts from the font character map, change font size, text styles such as bold, italic, underline and arc text. You can also Rotate text, provide transparency, change letter spacing between text, fill with a solid color or choose gradient fill or Fill with image. You can also link the selected object to a website.

ii)  Effects Tab
The Effects tab allows you to drop shadow, blur, outline and emboss any selected text. You need to check the checkbox of the relevant effect to apply it to text.

iii) Transitions tab
The Transitions tab shows various animations to give special effects to your text effects at different stages. Following are the transitional effects:

• Start timing: The option “From beginning of the text effects” will allow you to display the object in the beginning of the text effects. When you select option “From another object”, it will allow you to control the beginning appearance of the object with respect to another objects. From the drop down you can select the object with which you want to control the transition of selected object and from second drop down you can select when the object will appear either on entry, stay or exit of the object in the previous dropdown.

• Entry effect: The options in entry effects help you to give special effect while the object is entering the text effects. The option named effect has some selections like left to right or right to left effect etc. options that let you choose how the object should make entry in the text effects. Entry time option helps you to decide the speed and you can fix the number of seconds at which the object must enter the text effects.

• Stay effect: The options in stay effects help you to give special effect when the object stays on the text effects and what it should do while staying on the text effects. The option named effect has some selections like blinking, Zoom in, Zoom out, Fade in, Fade out etc options that let you choose what the object should do. Stay time option helps you to decide the stay time of the object and fix the number of seconds that the object must stay on the text effects.

•  Exit effect: The options in exit effects help you to give special effect when the object exits from the text effects and what it should do while going back from the text effects. The option named effect has some selections like Zoom out, bottom to top etc that let you choose what the object should do. Exit time option helps you to decide the exit time of the object and fix the number of seconds after which the object must exit from the text effects.

iv) Edit Background 
Edit Background has following options:

• Text effects Size- You can give custom size to the text effects by adding in the “Text Size” input box.

• Solid color- To have solid color click on radio button in front of Solid Color then select color of your choice from option Color.

• Gradient Color - To have Gradient color, click on the radio button provided in front of Gradient Color. Now, you can select Start Color and End Color of your choice then select Type of your choice from the drop down and fix angle by the option named Angle.

• Custom/Library Image- To have an Image filled in the background of the text effects, there are two radio buttons, Custom Image and Library Image. By clicking on the Custom Image, you can upload your own images. You can also upload images from the Library of the product by clicking on the radio button of the Library Image. You can browse the images from the library and a Background Library pop-up window will open. You can either select Static or Flash Images. The Static Images vary in sizes whereas flash images do not vary in sizes.

• Replay button at the end of the text effects- It is a checkbox that will help you in getting a Reply button at the end of the designed text effects.

• Loop continuously- It is a checkbox that helps you in making your text effects loop continuously.
Frame Rate- You can enter Fame Rate as per your requirement. Hyperlink- You can give hyperlink to your text effects by entering the URL of the website in the column next to Hyperlink (where http:// is already present) which you want your customers to see when they click at your hyperlink in text effects.

• Target- You can select target of choice from the drop down.

• Browse Sound- If you add sound to text effects, click on” Browse Sound” button and choose sound of your choice from our library and click OK.

f) Workspace 
It is the area where you design your text effects and see the changes happening according to your preferences and actions. Here, you can add different design elements and apply tools available to your text effects. The work area can be extended to full screen with an arrow button available next to the bottom menu bar.  

g) Tools in the left panel
The left panel contain buttons for different design tools that help you in making interesting and impressive text effects. You can add text, color filters, send back and bring front the objects, group ungroup, select all, flip vertical and flip horizontal, overlays, background libraries, color picker, color libraries, to fill color in text.
  
i) Add Text
Adding Text: Click on the ‘Add Text’ or ‘T’ button to add text to the text effects. You can also access this option in Insert Menu of the Menu Bar. You can edit the text directly in the Text Element. Alternatively, select the Text Element and edit the text from Properties Tab in the text box called ‘Text’.

Text Property Tab- When you select the Add Text design element, Text Property Panel will open just below the workspace. This Text ‘Properties’ tab has various text properties:  

• Name: It gives you an option to give text name. This text name is for internal use of the software. It gives name to the text which makes it easy to search among other texts.
• Text: It is a text box where you can enter your text.
• Bold: It is a checkbox that help you to write text in bold when the checkbox is checked.
• Italics: It is a checkbox that help you to write text in italics when the checkbox is checked.

• Underline: It is a checkbox that help you to underline the text when the checkbox is checked.
  
  
• Arc Text: It is a checkbox that arcs the selected Text Element in the text effects. You can also define the arc angle.
  
  
• Font: It is a drop down that helps you to select the Font Style from the available Font options.
  
  
• Import System Fonts: Click on the Import Font button and fonts will be imported from your system to the software.
  
  
• Font Character Map: Click on the Character Map and a pop-up window opens up. Select the font you wish to add and copy it to add it to the selected Text Element. The each font has its own character set.
  
  
• Option X and Y: These options indicate the location of the text in the text effects or workspace.
  
  
• Transparency: It gives you an option to add transparency effect to the selected object in the text effects.
  
  
• Letter spacing: You can either increase or decrease the spaces in between the alphabets of the text with this option.
  
  
• Fill with Color: You can choose Color of the text according to your choice. You can either fill the text with a single color by selecting ‘Solid’ option or mix two colors together by selecting ‘Gradient’ option.
  
  
• Fill with Image: You can fill the text with your image by clicking the check box of ‘Fill Image’ and enabling the Browse Button.

• Size: This slide-bar gives you an option to increase or decrease the font size according to your wish.
  
  
•  Rotation: This slide-bar gives you an option to rotate text to any degree.