Frequently Asked Questions

Flypaper Studio has a thriving business creating impressive marketing and training content for large and small clients for a lot less than they used to pay. Since we use Flypaper ourselves, everything we create is editable and reusable by our clients, which eliminates the headaches to update content when things change. Of course, you can do it all yourself with Flypaper, but if you have other things to do in your business, we can help.

Also, later this year, we'll be offering premium online hosting services for Flypaper content, an affordable Pro version of our software, and a marketplace of Models, Stories, Flash components and media for Flypaper users to buy and sell ready-made Flypaper content that will help them create incredible content quickly while saving a fortune.

Flypaper was specifically designed for anyone to use – without the need for any technical, programming or design expertise. Flypaper gives users the power of Flash to help everyone tell high impact Stories for live presentations or web-based delivery.

Absolutely not. Flypaper was designed with everyday users in mind as the components and Models do the hard work for you. All you need is your own Story to tell. Flash technology is used within Flypaper, but you don’t need to have Flash skills or own a copy of Flash to use Flypaper.

If you are a Flash programmer, you can focus on using Flypaper to create components and Models, expedite interactive development projects and prototyping, and allow your clients to make their own updates to interactive content when needed (when they download the free Flypaper software themselves).

A “public beta" is a version of Flypaper that is available for public testing before the final version of the product is released. Through public testing, Flypaper can evaluate how the product is performing and have the opportunity to collect valuable feedback from users to continually improve and add features and functionality. We want you to tell us what you like and don’t like about the product, and report any problems to us directly through the feedback form and discussion Forums .

The software and registration are entirely free, and so are the professionally designed Models that you download from the Web site to get started right away. Flypaper will continue to add new, free Models to the gallery on the Web site, and soon offer affordable, premium Models.

Additional Flypaper services are available for additional fees to those who are looking for a little extra help. Check out the Flypaper Services area for more information.

Flypaper has an endless variety of uses for either live presentations or Web-based content. Use Flypaper to engage your next audience, meeting, interview, training session or to make an impact at an event. Or, simply use it to impress friends and family with cool Stories. The possibilities are yours to make.

Unlike templates, Models offer more flexibility and customization options to be modified in many different ways. Any item on the page can be rotated, resized, timed in and out, and changed to alter the transition effects and opacity (transparent alpha value). You can change the borders and gradients of any shape, and most elements give you options to change colors, fonts, text sizes and a myriad of other properties. You can even copy pre-programmed pieces of one Model and paste them into other Models to duplicate the functionality. Add and remove as much or as little content as you like, change the look completely, put in your own content. Create and share your own Models.

Flypaper Stories published as e-Learning are SCORM 1.2 and above compliant. They include the “initialize” and “finish” calls to the LMS. Scoring, interaction tracking and objectives are planned for future releases.

Flash developers are invited to join the Flypaper economy and sign up to be a certified developer. You can showcase your interactive portfolio by creating your own Flypaper Models, and grow your business as a certified Flypaper partner to support custom projects through the Flypaper Studio services business.

To Install and build content with Flypaper:

• The 32-bit editions of Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Vista
• 500 MHz Pentium processor or higher (1GHz processor recommended)
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
• Adobe Flash Player version 9,0,47,0 or later (included)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included)

Notes:

• Flypaper will not install on 64-bit editions of Windows XP or Vista
• Flypaper does not have a Mac version. Mac users can run Flypaper through the Windows operating system on their Macs.

To view a Flypaper Story:

• Adobe Flash 9,0,47,0 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Firefox 2.0 or higher
• Safari 2.0 or higher

A “Model” is a professionally designed template (think of a web page or flash animation) that includes graphics, animation, navigation and other components that can be easily edited and saved as a new Model. Models can be downloaded from the Flypaper Web site, uploaded by anyone, and endlessly modified, saved and shared.

A “Story” is the Flypaper output (think of an existing Flash animation that you can edit and resave); it’s your own customized, interactive pictures, words and videos. Share it with a link to our Community, or publish as a movie and post your Stories on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook or any Web site.

Future versions will incorporate functionality to create an entire marketplace around Flypaper to benefit users, designers and developers alike. Designers and developers can promote themselves by contributing content to the community before the marketplace is available.

Any registered Flypaper user can contribute and showcase their content to the community.

Flypaper has a Forum specifically to address Model suggestions. We are also in the process of creating additional ways to connect people who need Models with people who build Models, along with services that support the creation of Flypaper content and complete Stories.

Registering allows you to join the Flypaper community, download more new Models for free, contribute to the discussions and manage your Flypaper content on the Web site. Soon we will have free media, complete sample Stories, and other content for registered members to access from the Web site.

Adobe Flash 9 (9,0,47,0)

To Install and build content with Flypaper:

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Vista
• 500 MHz Pentium processor or higher (1GHz processor recommended)
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
• Adobe Flash Player version 9,0,47,0 or later (included)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included)

Notes:

• Flypaper will not install on 64-bit editions of Windows XP or Vista
• Flypaper does not have a Mac version. Mac users can run Flypaper through the Windows operating system on their Macs.

 

To view a Flypaper Story:

• Adobe Flash 9,0,47,0 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• FireFox 2.0 or higher
• Safari 2.0 or higher