If you run a video website, you must notice that sometimes, especially when the web speed is slow, your clients will not be able to watch the video immediately. They will leave and it really brought very bad impact to your website and your wallet. So how can we resolve this problem? A preloader really helps a lot. When people can not watch video immediately, they will be attracted by the beautiful preloader.
Well, how to make a SWF preloader for your web video? This article will show you the perfect way to add and create preloaders to your flash videos for online delivery. And you will also find the way to create one by yourself.
I suggest you to use Flash Video MX Pro, because it can help you to add preloader directly.
Step1. Launch the software and you can see this interface.
Step2. Import the video you wish to convert.
By click "open" button, you can see this dialog box.
Choose the video and click "Open".
Step3. After you imported the video, click next, and you can see the setting interface, the preloader will appear in your video only when you choose Generate Flash with the option Progressive download from a web server or Embed the video in SWF and play in timeline in this interface.
Step4. Go on "Next", when you see this interface, congratulations you can add swf preloder to your video now.
Choose one you favor, and click "Next"
Step5. Create flash video.
Just press "Start" and after a few minutes you can see your flash video, of cause with preloder. These two methods both can add preloader in the Flash video. Use Flash 8 you can make a preloader as your own option. But it needs more knowledge of ActionScript. Use Flash Video MX Pro, you really can save a lot of time and don’t need to learn so many things about Flash making. But you have to choose one from the existing designs, and you may lose fun of making it by yourself. So please choose the most suitable method and make a beautiful Flash video.
Software required:
Macromedia Flash 8
Flash Video MX Pro
Tips:
1. If you want to make preloader with Flash 8, you need to learn ActionScript code first.2. Flash Video MX Pro can generate a FLV file, a SWF file and a HTML file, which you can use to create a website.
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