The 'Effect Settings' dialog box is displayed when you first create an Effect. It can also be displayed by double-clicking on an Effect in the Timeline, or right-clicking on an Effect and choosing 'Properties' from the context Menu. Below is part of the 'Effect Settings' dialog box, which is common to all Effects.
You can save and reuse Effect Settings. Effect Settings are written to sub-folders of the SWiSH folder on your hard disk. There is one folder of Effect Settings for each of the SWiSH Effects.
Name
Specifies the name of the Effect. This name appears on the Timeline.
Load
Loads predefined Effect Settings from the corresponding Effect folder on disk.
Save
Saves the current Effect Settings to the corresponding Effect folder on disk.
Organize
To Organize/Remove/Rename the saved Effect Settings. This option starts Windows Explorer and shows the contents of the folder where the current Effect is filed.
Preview Effect
Previews the current Effect.
Stop
Stops previewing the current Effect.
Delete/Cancel
Deletes the effect, removing it from the timeline.
Duration
Specifies the duration of the Effect as a number of Frames. For some Effects, the duration is either preset (for example, the Remove Effect is always a single Frame), or calculated depending on the Effect Settings (for example, the Typewriter Effect). In these cases, you cannot directly edit the duration.
Continue from previous effect
This option tells SWiSH to apply the Effect starting with the object as it was at the end of the previous Effect. If you want to specify a different starting condition for the Effect (or want to reset the components of the object to their initial positions), turn this option off. SWiSH will then add the Start At tab that lets you change the starting Transforms for the Effect.
There are a number of Effect sheet tabs that are common to two or more Effects. These are as follows:
Load
Save
Organize
Preview Effect
Stop
Delete/Cancel