Once you open SwishMax, Start Up menu is displayed as shown below.
You can choose:
- Start a new empty movie to create a new movie,
- Start a new movie from a template to create a movie from a template that has been provided, and
- Work on an existing movie to open the movie you've ever made before.
Select the first option to create a new movie. Further display SwishMax interface will look like the picture below.
The top part is the Main Menu. Main Menu is a command in the pulldown menu. The contents of this menu such as File, Edit, View, Insert, Modify, Control, Tool, Panels, and Help.
Tool Bar
Under the Main Menu appears small icons called Toolbar. Toolbar function the same as the Main Menu, but with the toolbar you can perform commands more quickly, ie by clicking on the icon. For example to open a file you can simply click on the Open Standard toolbar. There are several types of toolbars on the line, namely: Standard Toolbar, Insert Toolbar, Toolbar Control,
| Standar Toolbar |
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| Insert Toolbar |
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| Contrl Toolbar |


