| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| An Overview of Flash | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| The Realities of Web Delivery | |
| |
| |
| Designing for Your Audience | |
| |
| |
| The Nuts and Bolts of Connections and Speeds | |
| |
| |
| For Whom Are You Developing? | |
| |
| |
| Flash: The De Facto Standard | |
| |
| |
| A Vector Environment | |
| |
| |
| Other Benefits of Vector Graphics | |
| |
| |
| Resolution Independence | |
| |
| |
| Bitmap Graphics | |
| |
| |
| Animation | |
| |
| |
| Sound | |
| |
| |
| Video Integration | |
| |
| |
| Interactivity and UI Componentry | |
| |
| |
| Scripting | |
| |
| |
| What's New in Flash? | |
| |
| |
| Flash Basic and Flash Pro | |
| |
| |
| Flash Features | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Getting Started | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| The Flash Interface | |
| |
| |
| The Toolbar | |
| |
| |
| The Timeline | |
| |
| |
| The Stage | |
| |
| |
| Panels | |
| |
| |
| Interface Customization | |
| |
| |
| Panel Groups | |
| |
| |
| Setting Up Your Work Environment | |
| |
| |
| Preferences | |
| |
| |
| Auto Format | |
| |
| |
| Clipboard | |
| |
| |
| Document Properties | |
| |
| |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| |
| |
| Font Mapping | |
| |
| |
| Working with Flash Movies | |
| |
| |
| Timeline Playback Basics | |
| |
| |
| Movies with Scenes | |
| |
| |
| Movies with Symbols | |
| |
| |
| The Flash Pipeline | |
| |
| |
| Information/Assistance Resources | |
| |
| |
| Sources in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Sources at Macromedia | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Flash Basics | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Traditional Vector Versus Flash | |
| |
| |
| Point Versus Natural Drawing | |
| |
| |
| Detached Fills | |
| |
| |
| Object Drawing Models | |
| |
| |
| Interactions of Base Elements | |
| |
| |
| Shape Recognition | |
| |
| |
| Basic Tools | |
| |
| |
| Controlling the View | |
| |
| |
| Zoom and Pan Tools | |
| |
| |
| Other Methods of Stage Control | |
| |
| |
| The Work Area | |
| |
| |
| Selecting Objects | |
| |
| |
| Arrow Tool | |
| |
| |
| Moving Endpoints and Shaping Objects | |
| |
| |
| Subselection Tool | |
| |
| |
| Commonalities with Other Applications | |
| |
| |
| View Settings | |
| |
| |
| Grouping Objects | |
| |
| |
| The Flash Environment Hierarchy | |
| |
| |
| Movies | |
| |
| |
| Scenes | |
| |
| |
| Layers | |
| |
| |
| Objects in Layers | |
| |
| |
| Stage Objects: Unioning and Subtracting | |
| |
| |
| Drawing Objects | |
| |
| |
| Summary of Object Hierarchy | |
| |
| |
| Working with Overlay Objects | |
| |
| |
| Arranging (Z-Order) | |
| |
| |
| Locking and Aligning | |
| |
| |
| Breaking | |
| |
| |
| Distributing Objects to Layers | |
| |
| |
| Transforming Objects | |
| |
| |
| Moving with the Info Panel | |
| |
| |
| Free Transform Tool | |
| |
| |
| Modify Transform Menu Options | |
| |
| |
| The Transform Panel | |
| |
| |
| Neat Tricks for Transformations | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Drawing and Painting Tools | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| The Properties Panel | |
| |
| |
| Color in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Default Colors | |
| |
| |
| Defining Colors | |
| |
| |
| Using Colors | |
| |
| |
| Creating Lines and Arcs | |
| |
| |
| Line Tool | |
| |
| |
| Pencil Tool | |
| |
| |
| Pen Tool | |
| |
| |
| Modifying Points with the Pen Tool | |
| |
| |
| Creating Lines with Fills | |
| |
| |
| Oval Tool | |
| |
| |
| Rectangle and PolyStar Tools | |
| |
| |
| "Drawing" Fills Using the Brush Tool | |
| |
| |
| Brush Modes | |
| |
| |
| Locking Fills | |
| |
| |
| Tools for Editing | |
| |
| |
| Ink Bottle Tool | |
| |
| |
| Paint Bucket Tool | |
| |
| |
| Transform Fill Tool | |
| |
| |
| Dropper Tool | |
| |
| |
| Eraser Tool | |
| |
| |
| Direct Selection and Editing | |
| |
| |
| Other Editing Features and Notes | |
| |
| |
| Rulers, Grids, and Guides | |
| |
| |
| Align Panel | |
| |
| |
| Shapes Submenu | |
| |
| |
| Importing Vector Graphics into Flash | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Working with Text | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Types of Text in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Using the Text Tool | |
| |
| |
| Properties of the Text Tool | |
| |
| |
| Entering Text Labels and Blocks | |
| |
| |
| Dynamic Text | |
| |
| |
| Dynamic Text Properties | |
| |
| |
| Creating Dynamic Text Fields | |
| |
| |
| Creating Input Text Objects | |
| |
| |
| Manipulating Text Objects | |
| |
| |
| Transforming Text Objects | |
| |
| |
| Breaking Text Apart | |
| |
| |
| HTML Text Support | |
| |
| |
| Fonts and Font Mapping | |
| |
| |
| Embedded and Device Fonts | |
| |
| |
| Substituting Fonts | |
| |
| |
| Storing Fonts for Authoring | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Symbols and Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| The Power of Symbols and Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Symbol Behaviors (Types) | |
| |
| |
| Symbols in the Current File | |
| |
| |
| Process for Creating Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Editing Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Registration of Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Different Symbols, Different Purposes | |
| |
| |
| Graphic Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Button Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Movie Clip Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Special Symbol Issues | |
| |
| |
| Redefining Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Swapping Symbols | |
| |
| |
| The "Color" of Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Blending | |
| |
| |
| Compound or Nested Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Breaking Symbols Apart | |
| |
| |
| Understanding Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Importing Symbols from Other Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Using the Library Panel and Menu | |
| |
| |
| Default Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Shared Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Other Assets in Libraries | |
| |
| |
| Font Symbols | |
| |
| |
| Summary of Library Concepts | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Bitmap Graphics | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Attributes of Raster Graphics | |
| |
| |
| Image Resolution | |
| |
| |
| Bit Depth | |
| |
| |
| File Size | |
| |
| |
| Alpha Data | |
| |
| |
| Compression | |
| |
| |
| File Formats | |
| |
| |
| Preparing Raster Graphics | |
| |
| |
| Sizing Raster Images (Resolution) | |
| |
| |
| Changing Color Modes (Bit Depth) | |
| |
| |
| Getting Bitmaps into Flash | |
| |
| |
| Importing Images | |
| |
| |
| Choosing a File Format | |
| |
| |
| Setting Default Properties in the Library | |
| |
| |
| Using Bitmaps in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Tracing Bitmaps | |
| |
| |
| Breaking Bitmaps Apart | |
| |
| |
| Notes Concerning Bitmaps | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sound Elements | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Understanding Computer Audio | |
| |
| |
| Types | |
| |
| |
| Sampling Rate | |
| |
| |
| Bit Depth | |
| |
| |
| Sampling for Flash | |
| |
| |
| Sampling Digital Audio | |
| |
| |
| Tools for Editing and Creation | |
| |
| |
| Recording Your Own Clips | |
| |
| |
| Prepping Clips for Use | |
| |
| |
| DC Offset | |
| |
| |
| Cropping | |
| |
| |
| Normalizing Audio | |
| |
| |
| Effects | |
| |
| |
| Resampling | |
| |
| |
| Equalization | |
| |
| |
| Saving | |
| |
| |
| Importing Sound into Flash | |
| |
| |
| Associating Sounds with Frames | |
| |
| |
| Synchronization of Graphics and Audio | |
| |
| |
| Sound Settings in the Properties Panel | |
| |
| |
| Sync: Event Versus Streaming Sounds | |
| |
| |
| Effect | |
| |
| |
| Edit (Envelope) | |
| |
| |
| Looping and Repeating | |
| |
| |
| Flash Sound Settings | |
| |
| |
| Library Sound Properties | |
| |
| |
| Compression Options | |
| |
| |
| Export Movie Options | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| 2D Animation and Effects | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Creating a Basic Animation in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Creating Layers | |
| |
| |
| Naming Layers | |
| |
| |
| "Moving" Objects to a New Layer | |
| |
| |
| Working with Frames | |
| |
| |
| Cel Animation Tools | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Frame-by-Frame Movement | |
| |
| |
| Onion Skin and Onion Skin Outlines | |
| |
| |
| Copying, Pasting, and Reversing Frames | |
| |
| |
| Edit Multiple Frames: Sizing Entire Animations | |
| |
| |
| Motion Tweens | |
| |
| |
| Setting Up a Motion Tween | |
| |
| |
| Setting Up the Tween in the Frame Panel | |
| |
| |
| Other Tween Settings in the Properties Panel | |
| |
| |
| Applying Color Effects | |
| |
| |
| Filters and Blends | |
| |
| |
| Understanding Guide Layers | |
| |
| |
| Understanding Mask Layers | |
| |
| |
| Shape Tweens | |
| |
| |
| Using Shape Tweening | |
| |
| |
| Shape Hints | |
| |
| |
| Timeline Effects | |
| |
| |
| Manually Creating Animated Effects | |
| |
| |
| Animated Text Effects | |
| |
| |
| Hard Blurs | |
| |
| |
| Soft Blurs | |
| |
| |
| Rolling Credits | |
| |
| |
| A Mask for Any Occasion: Transitions | |
| |
| |
| Fading and Dissolving | |
| |
| |
| Wipe or Reveal | |
| |
| |
| Push/Cover | |
| |
| |
| Shape Defines Transition | |
| |
| |
| More on Masks | |
| |
| |
| A More Realistic Spotlight | |
| |
| |
| Magnify | |
| |
| |
| Advanced Motion Guide Layers | |
| |
| |
| Atom Animation | |
| |
| |
| Simulating 3D | |
| |
| |
| Shadows | |
| |
| |
| Reflections | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| 3D Animations and Flash | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Methods of Creating/Simulating 3D | |
| |
| |
| Construction | |
| |
| |
| Raster Images | |
| |
| |
| Vector via Manual Tracing | |
| |
| |
| Vector Rasterization: Automatic Tracing | |
| |
| |
| Vector from 3D Packages | |
| |
| |
| Vector from Other Packages | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Video and Flash | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Attributes of Digital Video | |
| |
| |
| Image Attributes | |
| |
| |
| Audio Attributes | |
| |
| |
| Video Specifics | |
| |
| |
| Preparing Video for Use | |
| |
| |
| Digitizing Video | |
| |
| |
| Software | |
| |
| |
| Tips and Notes About Video | |
| |
| |
| Importing Video into Flash | |
| |
| |
| Loading to Stage or Library | |
| |
| |
| Embedding Video | |
| |
| |
| Video Clip Instance Properties | |
| |
| |
| Controlling Video with Actions | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Testing, Integration, and Distribution | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Test, Test, and Test Again | |
| |
| |
| Testing in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Playing in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Using Test Movie and Test Scene | |
| |
| |
| Distributing Your Movies | |
| |
| |
| Using the Flash Player | |
| |
| |
| Creating Projectors | |
| |
| |
| QuickTime | |
| |
| |
| Web Delivery | |
| |
| |
| SWF Versus FLA | |
| |
| |
| Using Export Movie | |
| |
| |
| Version | |
| |
| |
| Load Order | |
| |
| |
| ActionScript Version | |
| |
| |
| Generate Size Report | |
| |
| |
| Protect from Import | |
| |
| |
| Omit Trace Actions | |
| |
| |
| Debugging Permitted and Password Field | |
| |
| |
| Compress Movie | |
| |
| |
| Image Compression | |
| |
| |
| Audio Compression | |
| |
| |
| SWF to EXE (Projector) | |
| |
| |
| Exporting Images | |
| |
| |
| Cross-platform Issues | |
| |
| |
| Web Delivery | |
| |
| |
| Integration Versus Optimization | |
| |
| |
| Publishing with Flash | |
| |
| |
| Publish Settings | |
| |
| |
| Formats Tab | |
| |
| |
| Flash Tab | |
| |
| |
| HTML Tab | |
| |
| |
| GIF Tab | |
| |
| |
| JPEG Tab | |
| |
| |
| PNG Tab | |
| |
| |
| QuickTime Tab | |
| |
| |
| Using the Publish Command | |
| |
| |
| Writing HTML | |
| |
| |
| Embed Versus Object | |
| |
| |
| EMBED Attributes/Object Parameters | |
| |
| |
| Working with Publish Templates | |
| |
| |
| Examining and Creating Templates | |
| |
| |
| Streaming, Testing, and Playback | |
| |
| |
| Closely Examining the Size Report | |
| |
| |
| Bandwidth Profiling | |
| |
| |
| Optimizing Your Files | |
| |
| |
| General Tips | |
| |
| |
| Tips for Bitmaps | |
| |
| |
| Tips for Audio Snippets | |
| |
| |
| Tips for Vector Elements | |
| |
| |
| Tips for Video | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to ActionScripting | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| ActionScript: A Holistic View | |
| |
| |
| Terminology | |
| |
| |
| What Does Object-oriented Mean? | |
| |
| |
| What Defines an Object? | |
| |
| |
| Flash Objects | |
| |
| |
| Built-in Objects: Environment Versus Programming | |
| |
| |
| Where Scripts Are Placed | |
| |
| |
| Frame and Instance Code | |
| |
| |
| Adding an Action | |
| |
| |
| Using the Actions Panel | |
| |
| |
| Behaviors | |
| |
| |
| Using the Behaviors Panel | |
| |
| |
| Actions Panel: A Closer Look | |
| |
| |
| Code Hints | |
| |
| |
| Syntax Highlighting | |
| |
| |
| External Authoring of Scripts | |
| |
| |
| Precedence in the Flash Environment | |
| |
| |
| Movie Clip and Button Mouse Clicks | |
| |
| |
| Movie Clip and Button Key Events | |
| |
| |
| Movie Clip and Frame Events | |
| |
| |
| Multiple Movie Clips | |
| |
| |
| A Summary of Flash Precedence | |
| |
| |
| ActionScript Syntax Issues | |
| |
| |
| Brackets, Semicolons, Parentheses, and Simplification | |
| |
| |
| Case Sensitivity | |
| |
| |
| Comments | |
| |
| |
| Dealing with Dot Syntax and Targets | |
| |
| |
| Programming Fundamentals | |
| |
| |
| Variables | |
| |
| |
| Expressions | |
| |
| |
| Operators | |
| |
| |
| Statements | |
| |
| |
| Functions | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Working with Actions | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Additional Tools for Scripting | |
| |
| |
| Movie Explorer | |
| |
| |
| Debugger | |
| |
| |
| Timeline Control Actions | |
| |
| |
| gotoAndPlay() and gotoAndStop() | |
| |
| |
| play() and stop() | |
| |
| |
| stopAllSounds() | |
| |
| |
| Applying Movie Control Actions | |
| |
| |
| Adding Labels to a Movie | |
| |
| |
| Applying play(), stop(), and goto | |
| |
| |
| Browser/Network Actions | |
| |
| |
| getURL() | |
| |
| |
| loadMovie() and unloadMovie() | |
| |
| |
| loadVariables() and loadVariablesNum() | |
| |
| |
| fscommand() | |
| |
| |
| Movie Clip Control | |
| |
| |
| duplicateMovieClip() and removeMovieClip() | |
| |
| |
| setProperty() | |
| |
| |
| startDrag(), stopDrag(), and updateAfterEvent() | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Printing and Accessibility | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Printing Screen Content | |
| |
| |
| The Quandary | |
| |
| |
| An Issue of Control | |
| |
| |
| Printing in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Print-focused Actions | |
| |
| |
| print() and printAsBitmap() | |
| |
| |
| printNum() and printAsBitmapNum() | |
| |
| |
| Controlling What Is Printed | |
| |
| |
| #p and #b | |
| |
| |
| !#p | |
| |
| |
| Using Invisible Movies | |
| |
| |
| Accessibility | |
| |
| |
| Flash Objects and Accessibility | |
| |
| |
| Screen Readers | |
| |
| |
| Closed Captioning | |
| |
| |
| Technology | |
| |
| |
| Accessible Objects | |
| |
| |
| Setting Accessibility in Flash | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| Glossary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Skewing Angles for Elements | |
| |
| |
| |
| Deprecated Actions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Key Code Values | |
| |
| |
| |
| About the Companion CD-ROM | |
| |
| |
| Index | |