Macromedia Flash MX A Beginner's Guide

Name: Macromedia Flash MX A Beginner's Guide
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ISBN: 9780072222661

ISBN-10: 0072222662

ISBN-13: 9780072222661

Edition: 2002

Authors: Brian Underdahl

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Brian Underdahl has written a comprehensive introduction to Macromedia Flash, combined with special beginner's-level coverage of ActionScript, Flash's native programming language.

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 3/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 402
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Understanding Flash	p. 1
What Can You Do with Flash?	p. 2
Understanding Flash's Basic Elements	p. 10
Creating a Simple Animation	p. 22
Mastery Check	p. 24
Learning the Flash Toolbox	p. 25
Learning the Toolbox	p. 26
Using the Tools	p. 30
Drawing a Truck and Adding Some Text	p. 48
Mastery Check	p. 53
Learning the Flash Panels	p. 55
Understanding the Panels	p. 56
Setting Properties with the Properties Panel	p. 74
Using the Timeline and Layers	p. 77
Understanding How the Timeline Works	p. 78
Understanding Layers	p. 89
Adding Some Layers and Frames to the Timeline	p. 99
Mastery Check	p. 102
Drawing Objects	p. 103
Drawing Lines and Fills	p. 104
Using Colors	p. 110
Rotating, Skewing, and Scaling	p. 119
Grouping Objects	p. 124
Drawing a Button with a Gradient Fill	p. 129
Mastery Check	p. 131
Creating Animations	p. 133
How Animation Works	p. 134
Learning About Tween Types	p. 138
Creating Motion Tweens	p. 142
Creating Shape Tweens	p. 146
Creating a Bouncing Ball Animation	p. 152
Mastery Check	p. 155
Using Guides and Masks	p. 157
Understanding Guides	p. 158
Creating Guides	p. 160
Understanding Masks	p. 168
Creating a Mask	p. 169
Using a Mask to Create Banner Text	p. 178
Mastery Check	p. 181
Creating Symbols and Using the Library	p. 183
Learning About Symbols	p. 184
Creating Symbols	p. 189
Using Symbol Instances	p. 198
Using Libraries	p. 202
Creating and Using a Rolling Wheel Movie Clip	p. 211
Mastery Check	p. 214
Using Imported Graphics	p. 215
Understanding Importing Graphics	p. 216
Importing Vector Graphics	p. 218
Importing Bitmap Graphics	p. 230
Converting Bitmaps into Vectors	p. 233
Converting Text into Graphics	p. 237
Making Text Fly into Place to Assemble Words	p. 240
Mastery Check	p. 242
Adding Sounds to Your Movies	p. 243
Understanding the Sound Options	p. 244
Importing Sounds	p. 248
Adding Sounds	p. 250
Synchronizing Sounds	p. 254
Editing Sounds	p. 256
Setting the Sound Output Options	p. 261
Compressing and Using a Soundtrack	p. 265
Mastery Check	p. 268
Publishing Flash Movies	p. 269
Getting Your Movie Ready to Publish	p. 270
Optimizing Your Movies	p. 272
Putting Your Movies on the Web	p. 282
Exporting Flash in Alternative Formats	p. 288
Creating a Stand-Alone Flash Movie Using a Projector	p. 291
Mastery Check	p. 293
Learning Basic ActionScript Concepts	p. 295
Understanding ActionScript	p. 296
ActionScript Basics	p. 299
Data Type Basics	p. 312
Adding Simple ActionScript to a Movie	p. 316
Mastery Check	p. 320
Learning Basic ActionScript Programming	p. 321
Applying ActionScript	p. 322
Using ActionScript to Control Actions	p. 329
Using ActionScript to Control Properties	p. 336
Understanding Actions and Event Handlers	p. 340
Using Simple ActionScript to Control Movie Flow	p. 342
Mastery Check	p. 346
Learning More ActionScript Programming	p. 347
Understanding ActionScript Versions	p. 348
Using More ActionScript Actions	p. 352
Using ActionScript Operators	p. 360
Using Functions in ActionScript	p. 363
Setting Properties	p. 365
Using ActionScript to Fade an Object In and Out	p. 367
Mastery Check	p. 371
Answers to Mastery Checks	p. 373
Understanding Flash	p. 374
Learning the Flash Toolbox	p. 375
Learning the Flash Panels	p. 376
Using the Timeline and Layers	p. 377
Drawing Objects	p. 378
Creating Animations	p. 379
Using Guides and Masks	p. 380
Creating Symbols and Using the Library	p. 381
Using Imported Graphics	p. 382
Adding Sounds to Your Movies	p. 383
Publishing Flash Movies	p. 384
Learning Basic ActionScript Concepts	p. 385
Learning Basic ActionScript Programming	p. 386
Learning More ActionScript Programming	p. 387
Index	p. 389
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