GETTING STARTED

Open WildPresenter and at the start screen click "Create New Project." We will label this project, "Sale Banner".

Your WildPresenter program will now open.

You are ready to begin creating your slideshow.

IMPORTING YOUR SWF FILE INTO WILDPRESENTER

There are several ways you can import a file into WildPresenter. You can use the import wizard, you can simply drag and drop your file into the program, or you can use the import menu. For this tutorial we are going to use the import menu.

Select File then Import File. (Note: you may also use the shortcut CTRL+I)

Select the existing SWF that you want to edit.

The banner ad will now appear onscreen.

CROPPING YOUR FILE IN WILDPRESENTER

There are two ways we can crop the SWF. We can right-click on the SWF file in our project and manually adjust the crop markers, or we can use the Object Settings window.

Cropping SWFs in the Object Settings Window
In the Object Settings window, click on the Appearance tab and check the crop box within the Cropping Options section. We will enter the number of pixels we want cropped from our project.

We now see that we cropped the bottom of our project. The 'Ends Friday' is now removed from our ad.

EDITING THE STAGE

We want the dimensions of our final banner to match those of the file we just cropped. To change the dimensions of our project, we will open the Project Settings window and click the Output tab. Enter in the Dimensions {W x H} that match our existing banner.

When completed the banner should be completely covering the stage

REPLACING MY ORIGINAL SWF FILE'S HYPERLINK WITH A NEW LINK

Our original banner ad had a hyperlink that we now want to replace. To accomplish that we will need to create a transparent SWF with the new hyperlink.

Before we create a transparent SWF we should get our current project dimensions. Open the Object Settings window and note the dimension in the Cropping Options section (Note: Our current dimensions are 350 x 110). We will use these dimensions to shape our transparent SWF.

Click the Save Project button (remember to save often).

Creating & Overlaying a Transparent SWF

Right click on layer one and select "Insert layer".
Notice that we now have two layers in the timeline. Now select the first frame on the new layer and right-click on it and select "Insert Transparent Object".

Open the Object Settings window and change the dimensions of the transparent object to 350x110 to match the banner ad.

Position the new second layer directly on top of the sales banner it should be completely covered.

Assigning a link

Click on the Mouse Events tab. Place a checkmark in the Add on Click box and select Open HTML page. Insert a URL for the banner.

PREVIEWING THE PROJECT

Before we save and export our finished banner ad we should preview it and make any adjustments if needed. Click on the play button.

There are 3 play buttons that provide slightly different play options. For this situation select "Play Project" which is the button all the way to the right.

Click on the banner ad to verify that the hyperlink works correctly.

Click Save.

EXPORT YOUR SWF

Now that we have created our new banner ad we are ready to export our finished product.

Click File and then Export File. In the Export File box name our new ad 'New Banner' and click save.

CONCLUSION

We have now covered everything necessary to crop and replace a hyperlink in your existing SFW Flash files. You can do much more with WildPresenter including adding images, audio, and even video. Other tutorials will cover these subjects. The WildPresenter help file also addresses these topics.