Most users interested in making a quick video-to-swf conversion will not need to go beyond the first view:

[ the main flix view ]

After using the program for a few minutes, I came to the following conclusion: Flix is one of the few programs on the market that fulfills its designated purpose with minimal hassle on your part. The program is quite simple for users, and even the most beginner computer enthusiast should not have any issues in converting a video into the Flash format. To give the program a shot, I decided to convert a standard QuickTime movie that I created into the Flix format.

Trying to be different, I decided to create my own settings for streaming a video. It only took me a few seconds to have my QuickTime movie converted into a custom format that would work for most users on a connection greater than 128k. You can view the final output below:

[ press rewind to see the video again ]

While the movie quality is nice, the impressive feature is the custom player Flix created for me. You now have a collection of preset players that customize themselves to your movie. Creating back, forward, pause, stop, and volume controls is easy:

[ the custom skin feature of Flix ]

If your original video included sound, Flix provides you many presets and options for adjusting the sound quality. If you are a technophile interested in tweaking your output movie, you can use the SWF, Audio, Video, and Vectorize tabs to adjust the individual properties of the movie.

Another feature unique to the latest version of Flix is the ability to crop portions of your movie. Instead of having to edit out sections of a movie from another video editing program, Flix gives you the ability to crop sections of a movie easily:

[ the cropping features found in Flix ]

I could spend all day explaining every single feature Flix includes, but you will need to get a demo or buy the program and find out for yourself! Click the Next page link below to read my final opinions of Wildform Flix Pro 3.1.

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