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How to create SE-themes with Flash lite animation? |
T-Shirt
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Greetings everyone,
On SE-W550i I found two themes that use Macromedia Flash lite animation.
I would like to know if there's a guidelines for creating the Flash animation for SE-themes, and how to include it into the theme file.
Thank you in advance for any help.
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max_wedge
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you'd need the flash editing suite I expect.
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T-Shirt
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On 2005-12-30 16:02:45, max_wedge wrote:
you'd need the flash editing suite I expect.
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Hi Max,
Thank you for your reply.
Regarding to my original post, what else do I need to do other than getting the Macromedia Flash application?
What I am looking for is a guideline to create a Flash movie for SE themes.
Thanks.
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max_wedge
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not real sure, but I know the theme is constructed with an xml file that refers to images included in the theme, and also set's the font colours etc. This xml file would call the flash animation, which would be packed into the theme with the images and xml file.
Using a theme creator, you should be able to drag and drop a flash animation to the location you want it in the theme.
However If it turns out you can't import flash animations into the theme using the SE theme creator, then are you sure it's flash animation your are looking for and not just a gif animation for example?
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augustborn9917
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@max & t-shirt:
the latest version of SE TC does not support addition of flash lite. your best bet would be to create a .thm manually using .xml as max_wedge describes. for that you will need an .xml editor as well. i posted your query at m9 to pick those themers' brains as well. GL! |
Jordan17
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Are you referring to the animated W800i desktop, where the "W." appears on the screen?
Because I thought this could have been done using an animated gif. |
max_wedge
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yes I wondered too. Peeps with the flash lite capable phones as their first picture phone may not realise that you can have animations without flash.
Re: the theme creation, and xml editor can be as simple as Notepad, but you will need a tar package to pack the theme back up (it uses TAR compression).
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T-Shirt
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@ max_wedge: I'm sure it was a Flash lite movie because I took a peek into the ClubPulse.thm using WinRAR and view the xml file then I found a line describing the Dektop Type.
This description pointing to an SWF file but I cannot found any SWF file inside the THM file nor in any visible folders in W550.
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T-Shirt
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@ Jordan17:
It's not that simple, I'm sure. I see a different layout on the Desktop page. The 12 icons are different in their looks and positions. They are arraged in just 1 line at the bottom of the screen.
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T-Shirt
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@ augustborn9917:
Thanks for forwarding this issue to m9. I hope there is a solution for SE themes with Flash movie.
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max_wedge
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t-shirt, email me the theme, I'm curious to have a look. I've pm'd you the address.
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The-Lord
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Dude, convert the flash into GIf file using the save as option and then put it in the theme using the Sony theme creator.
It should work. |
mysh
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I've also been looking into flash lite based themes for my w900i.
Here's what i have so far:
The flash .swf file can be manually inserted into the theme.xml after you've created the theme.thm with the SE theme creator software.
The flash swf file needs to be created in macromedia flash mx with the flash lite CDK installed.
For flash based menus, You need to know the menu function interfaces that're called when you select an item in the flash menu, eg. Camera or Messages.
There's no documentation on the SE developer site for those menu interfaces through flash yet.
We need someone with a w550i to locate and upload the breakbeat.swf file that's installed somewhere in the phones filesystem. The .swf file is NOT included in the theme, it's referenced within the theme as a file already installed in the phones filesystem.
Once we get that breakbeat.swf file, we'll know the interfaces for menu items to call within macromedia flash mx when we create the flash menu or other theme item.
So, anyone with access to a w550i, please have a try to locate the .swf file!  |
T-Shirt
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@ mysh:
I have searched for any SWF file inside W550 and found nothing. I suspect that those SWF files are somewhere beyond the user accessible file system. Maybe they are stored in a protected storage space that SE lock from being accessed by users.
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hampad
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can the w800i use flash themes? or canit only use moving gif pics? damn why donīt i know this |
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Posted: 2005-12-30 15:00
