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by fac51 » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:01 pm
I need to make a screensaver similar to the standard windows scrolling marquee but with a logo. I want to use our company logo in a screensaver and have it scrolling across the screen.
anyone know of any softawre or way to do this?
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by 117 » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:17 pm
You can do it using Flash, our company screensaver is just a Flash movie
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by fac51 » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:56 pm
hmm will take a look at flash then. managed to find some sw and make one but to get full use of the ss i made i have to pay for it
wouldnt mind normally but not worth it to make 1 screensaver and not even one for myself
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by mr mixin » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:09 pm
I have used a program called juggler, which converted flash movies into screensavers...
was a long time ago, and a license did cost rather a lot
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by fac51 » Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:58 pm
All so complicated. All i want to do is have logo scrolling across the screen
<br/><br/><i>[color=violet][i]wap wappety wap wap[/i][/color]</i>
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by arfur » Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:40 pm
They will make you ceo if you pull it off
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by mr mixin » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:25 pm
i'd use this:
http://www.tenmiles.com/screenswift/
free for personal use supposidly
i presume this screensaver will be personally made and used by the guru
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by fac51 » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:41 pm
erm indeed
ta mixy will take a look
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by fac51 » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:34 pm
aw crap to use that proggy you already need a flash movie to convert into a screensaver
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by mr mixin » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:58 pm
that app is rather cool, cept you get a advert thing on your screensaver for about the first 5 seconds
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by fac51 » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:10 pm
and you need a flash movie to make the saver in the first place
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by mr mixin » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:01 pm
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by fac51 » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:14 pm
nice