Silverlight is now one of the most sought after tool to develop applications which are compatible on all platforms. If you have a Flash presentation or movie, then you can easily convert them to Silverlight using SilverX. SilverX is able to load Flash application (SWF file) and transform them into a Silverlight solution or ready-to-run Silverlight application. The tool is very simple and easy to use with pretty good UI.
All you need to do is to select SWF file you want to convert to Silverlight and click “Convert” button. Within seconds, SilverX will create new Silverlight application which looks identical to the Flash content. The settings menu allows you to select whether you want to convert to Silverlight application or a Silverlight class library.
If you are converting to class library, make sure you have Expression Blend 3 or Visual Studio 2008 SP1 as it is required to work with Silverlight 3 solution.
Features of SilverX;
- Transform Flash banners to ready to run Silverlight banners
- Transform Flash movies/cartoons/animations into Silverlight movies
- Export After Effects and CorelDraw vector graphics to SWF file and then convert it to Silverlight XAML
- Convert vector graphical assets embedded in SWF file into elements ready to use in Silverlight application
- Extract graphical assets embedded in SWF file
We converted a Flash based presentation to Silverlight using this tool and the results were very good. This tool is free only for personal use, in case you are using for commercial purpose, make sure you get a license.
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