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SWF generation and manipulation utilities |
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Welcome to the Documentation Wiki
General information about SWFTools
- Quick Link Downloads:
- SWFTools 0.9.1 Stable - Source Code for Linux and Windows
- SWFTools 0.9.1 Stable - Windows Binary
- Main GIT Repository : git clone git://git.swftools.org/swftools
- Main GIT Repository Clone: http://wiki.swftools.org/viewgit [ with file browser ]
- SWFTtools GIT Repository Clone ( maintained by Ricardo Pedroso )
Questions & Answers
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) including compilation instructions for Linux, Windows, and Mac
- Frequently Given Answers (FGA) - various swfc code snippets to compile and test
- Example Code - further examples of SWFTools usage and coding implementations
SWF Tools Documentation ( Current Stable Version 0.9.1 )
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| 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) conversiom 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 Flash Movie. It's based on the xpdf PDF parser from ::Derek B. Noonburg. |
| png2swf | Like JPEG2SWF, only for PNGs. |
| swfbbox | Allows to read out, optimize and readjust SWF bounding boxes. |
| swfc | SWF file creation from simple script files. Includes ActionScript 2.0/3,0 support. |
| swfcombine | Multi-function tool for SWF ibsertion into Wrapper SWFs, SWF contatenation, 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. |
SWF API Documentation
- python gfx module
- Python library
SWFTools based software
GUI wrappers for some SWFTools commands:
| Wrapper | swfc command | Contributor |
|---|---|---|
| SWF Extractor | swfextract | Chris Ohmstede |
| qpdf2swf | pdf2swf. Written in QT4 | Silvian Cretu |
| Gpdf2swf | pdf2swf ( part of the Windows distribution ) | Ricardo Pedroso/Matthias Kramm |
Editors
| Software | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|
| :scEdit | Windows '98/XP swfc GUI editor | - Laurent Lalanne |
Viewers
| Software | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|
| :zViewer (2009) | Document Viewer in AS2, uses rfxview | Cristan Rusu |
| ( Various ) | ( supplied with swftools distribution ) |
Media Players:
| software | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|
| Video Player | Video Player (swfc compilable script ) | John Sullivan ( .video tag patch contributor ) |
| swfty | Media Player/SWF Viewer (swfc compilable script ) | Nissemand |
Useful External Links
- ePDFViewer - requires Poppler and GTK4 ( plus CUPS for printing )
- muPDF Lightweight PDF Viewer, Toolkit and library - Linux/Windows. Written in Portable C. Released under GNU GPL v3.0
- Evince - Gnome Project's multi-format document viewer ( Linux/Windows )
- Nitro PDF PDF Viewer/Editor - Windows
- ZOHO Viewer on-line document viewer
- PDF Xchange Viewer PDF Viewer/Editor - Windows. Free version of a Closed Source Commercial Product
- PDF Software Listing Wikipedia list of PDF software inc development libraries
- PDFEdit PDF Maniplation Library and Tools - Linux/Windows. Released under GNU GPL v2.0
- AlivePDF Open Source PDF library written is Actionscript 3
- PDF Readers/Viewers General Information
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NB The above links are provided solely for informational purposes in the hope they prove useful. While site content and any products referenced may have been found to be of particular interest, their mention here in no way implies a relationship to the SWFTools project, its maintainers, nor compatibility with it's code base.
