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'''SWFTools''' is a suite of software tools to create and manipulate [[SWF]] files. SWF is the file format used by [[Adobe Flash]] (formerly Macromedia Flash) animation software. SWFTools runs on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[AmigaOS]], [[Linux]] and several other Unix-like systems. |
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SWFTools is distributed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] and is thus [[free software]]. |
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| name = SWFTools |
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| developer = Matthias Kramm and others |
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| released = {{Start date and age|2003}} |
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| latest_release_version = 0.9.2 Stable |
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| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2012|04|08}} |
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| programming_language = [[C (programming language)|C]] |
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| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]] |
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| genre = [[Utility software]] - [[PDF]] [[SWF]] |
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| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] |
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| website = {{URL|http://swftools.org/}} |
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'''SWFTools''' is an [[Open-source software|open source]] software tool suite for creating and manipulating [[SWF]] files. Distributed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], it may be compiled from C source, to run under Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Apple OS X.<ref name=brighthub>{{cite web|last1=Bowen|first1=Ronda|title=Top 5 Low-Budget and Free Flash Editors|url=http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/73998.aspx|website=Brighthub.com|publisher=Bright Hub Inc.|accessdate=7 February 2015|date=13 March 2011}}</ref> On [[Microsoft Windows]] systems, the pre-compiled installer also installs a GUI wrapper for the suite's PDF to SWF conversion tool, '''pdf2swf'''. |
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The central tool is '''swfc''' which takes as input a description of a Flash animation in a simple language and creates as output an SWF file. It is possible to include [[ActionScript]] scripts into the generated SWF file. SWFTools also includes the '''RFXSWF Library''' which allows to write programs that generate SWF. |
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SWFTools relies upon, and links against, additional third-party libraries for some of its functionality, e.g. [[Xpdf]], PDFlib, [[freetype]], and [[libjpeg]]. |
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In addition SWFTools includes a number of tools to convert content in the [[PDF]], [[JPEG]], [[GIF]], [[WAV]] and [[AVI]] formats to SWF, and others to extract information and content from existing SWF files. It's also possible to embed other SWF files, which may be useful for animating static pictures (for example, the static SWF files generated by [[OpenOffice.org]] Impress and Draw), which can be set as keyframes. |
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==Tools== |
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The current stable SWFTools suite, version 0.9.2, consists of the following components: |
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* [[Gnash]], a free Flash viewer |
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* [[Ming library|Ming]], a free library to create SWF files, used by SWFTools |
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* [[Flasm]] |
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* [[MTASC]] |
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* [[Comparison of screencasting software]] |
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|'''as3compile''' |
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|A standalone ActionScript 3.0 compiler. |
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|'''avi2swf''' |
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|AVI animation files to SWF converter (now deprecated, use MEncoder or ffmpeg for this). |
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|'''font2swf''' |
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| Font file (TTF, Type1) conversion to SWF. |
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|'''gif2swf''' |
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|GIFs to SWF conversion. Able to handle animated gifs. |
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|'''jpeg2swf''' |
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|Generates a slideshow from one or more JPEG pictures. Supports motion estimation compression (h.263) for better compression of video sequences. |
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|'''pdf2swf''' |
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|PDF to SWF Converter. Generates one frame per page. Enables fully formatted text, ::including tables and formulas, inside a SWF. It is based on the xpdf PDF parser from ::Derek B. Noonburg. |
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|'''png2swf''' |
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|Like JPEG2SWF, only for PNGs. |
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|'''swfbbox''' |
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|Allows reading, optimizing and readjusting SWF bounding boxes. |
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|'''swfc''' |
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|SWF file creation from simple script files. Includes ActionScript 2.0/3.0 support. |
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|'''swfcombine''' |
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|Multi-function tool for SWF insertion into Wrapper SWFs, SWF concatenation, stacking, and basic parameter manipulation (e.g. size change ). |
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|'''swfdump''' |
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|Prints out SWF information, i.e. images/fonts/sounds, contained code disassembly, cross-reference and bounding box data. |
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|'''swfextract''' |
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|SWF element extraction: Movieclips, Sounds, Images, shapes, etc. |
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|'''swfrender''' |
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|Bitmap rendering from swf files created with pdf2swf, jpeg2swf or png2swf. |
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|'''swfstrings''' |
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|Scans SWFs for text data. |
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|'''wav2swf''' |
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|WAV audio to SWF conversion. |
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Extra and/or adapted commands are available in the development versions and the Git repository. |
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The SWFTools suite also includes a Python gFX API library, consisting of a PDF parser (based on [[xpdf]]) and a number of rendering back-ends. Using the API, one can extract text from PDF pages, create bitmaps from PDF, and convert PDF files to SWF. The latter functionality is similar to that offered by the standalone '''pdf2swf''' utility detailed above, but more powerful: the API can create individual SWF files from single PDF pages, or composite pages from different PDF files. |
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==References== |
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* {{Official website|http://www.swftools.org/}} |
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Developer(s) | Matthias Kramm and others |
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Initial release | 2003 |
Stable release | 0.9.2 Stable
/ April 8, 2012 |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Utility software - PDF SWF |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Website | swftools |
SWFTools is an open source software tool suite for creating and manipulating SWF files. Distributed under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later, it may be compiled from C source, to run under Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Apple OS X.[1] On Microsoft Windows systems, the pre-compiled installer also installs a GUI wrapper for the suite's PDF to SWF conversion tool, pdf2swf.
SWFTools relies upon, and links against, additional third-party libraries for some of its functionality, e.g. Xpdf, PDFlib, freetype, and libjpeg.
Tools[edit]
The current stable SWFTools suite, version 0.9.2, consists of the following components:
Component | Brief Description |
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as3compile | A standalone ActionScript 3.0 compiler. |
avi2swf | AVI animation files to SWF converter (now deprecated, use MEncoder or ffmpeg for this). |
font2swf | Font file (TTF, Type1) conversion to SWF. |
gif2swf | GIFs to SWF conversion. Able to handle animated gifs. |
jpeg2swf | Generates a slideshow from one or more JPEG pictures. Supports motion estimation compression (h.263) for better compression of video sequences. |
pdf2swf | PDF to SWF Converter. Generates one frame per page. Enables fully formatted text, ::including tables and formulas, inside a SWF. It is based on the xpdf PDF parser from ::Derek B. Noonburg. |
png2swf | Like JPEG2SWF, only for PNGs. |
swfbbox | Allows reading, optimizing and readjusting SWF bounding boxes. |
swfc | SWF file creation from simple script files. Includes ActionScript 2.0/3.0 support. |
swfcombine | Multi-function tool for SWF insertion into Wrapper SWFs, SWF concatenation, stacking, and basic parameter manipulation (e.g. size change ). |
swfdump | Prints out SWF information, i.e. images/fonts/sounds, contained code disassembly, cross-reference and bounding box data. |
swfextract | SWF element extraction: Movieclips, Sounds, Images, shapes, etc. |
swfrender | Bitmap rendering from swf files created with pdf2swf, jpeg2swf or png2swf. |
swfstrings | Scans SWFs for text data. |
wav2swf | WAV audio to SWF conversion. |
Extra and/or adapted commands are available in the development versions and the Git repository.
The SWFTools suite also includes a Python gFX API library, consisting of a PDF parser (based on xpdf) and a number of rendering back-ends. Using the API, one can extract text from PDF pages, create bitmaps from PDF, and convert PDF files to SWF. The latter functionality is similar to that offered by the standalone pdf2swf utility detailed above, but more powerful: the API can create individual SWF files from single PDF pages, or composite pages from different PDF files.
References[edit]
- ^ Bowen, Ronda (13 March 2011). "Top 5 Low-Budget and Free Flash Editors". Brighthub.com. Bright Hub Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2015.