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596 Using Templates
Using the Video Presentation template (Flash Professional
only)
The Video Presentation template uses slides, media components, and behaviors to create a
self-running presentation that progresses according to cues from the video playback. Video
presentations are great for self-running demos, kiosks, or presentations to audiences over the
web. At the end of the presentation, viewers have the option to play the presentation again
from its beginning.
You can customize the presentation, add your own video and content, and customize the
media playback component to broadcast events when you want.
Adding video (Flash Professional only)
The media display component on the Video slide handles the playback of the video in this
presentation. To add video to the presentation, select the component on the Stage and replace
the current value of the
URL
property with the URL of your media. Remember that after you
publish, the SWF file always looks for the video at that location, so relative paths are
recommended rather than hard-coded paths.
Setting cue points with the video templates (Flash
Professional only)
Cue points are also set as properties of the media display component in the Parameters tab in
the Component Inspector. You add new cue points to the list using the Add (+) button above
the Cue Points list. Remove cue points with the Delete (-) button. Each cue point should be
given a name and position.
If you give your cue point names and slides the same names, your presentation automatically
navigates to the corresponding slide when a cue point is encountered.
Position is a point in time during the playback of the media file, starting from the beginning
of the file, which is 0:0:0:0 (hours: minutes: seconds: frames/milliseconds). For example, to
place a cue point 10 seconds into the file, enter
0:0:10:0 .
Adding content to the video templates (Flash Professional
only)
Adding content to the video templates is as easy as adding new slides to the presentation and
creating graphics and text, importing media, and adding animation. There are a few slides
with some content to help get you started, but you can replace the content on the slides. After
you’ve added content, you can use the Behaviors panel to add transitions between slides for
eye-catching animation.