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Certified Macromedia Flash MX Designer Study Guide

ISBN: 0321126955
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2001
Pages: 142

Authors: Christopher Hayes

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• Certified Macromedia Flash MX Designer Study Guide
• Table Of Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Introduction
• What Is the Certified Flash Designer Exam?
• The Macromedia Certified Professional Program
• Reasons to Get Certified
• About the Exam
• How to Use This Book
• Where to Go From Here
• Part 1: Flash MX Basic Requirements:Project Architecture, Page and Interface Layout
• Chapter 1. Page and Interface Layout
• The Flash Interface
• Introduction to the Timeline
• Introduction to Layers
• Panels
• The Flash Player
• Printing Capabilities
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 2. Flash Architecture
• Creating New Movies
• Saving Movies
• Scenes
• Download Efficiency
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Part 2: Effective Visual Design and Scripting
• Chapter 3. Flash Building Blocks
• Vector vs. Bitmap
• Symbols
• The Timeline
• Layers
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 4. Using Type
• Creating Text
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 5. Using Color
• The Color Mixer
• The Color Swatches Panel
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 6. Tools
• Transform Capabilities
• Drawing Tools
• Painting Tools
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Part 3: Effective Motion Design and ActionScripting
• Chapter 7. Buttons
• The Four Button Frames
• Creating Buttons
• Using a Button in a Document
• Button Actions
• Enabling, Editing, and Testing Buttons
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 8. Motion Design
• Animation
• Importing Graphics and Bitmaps
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 9. Introduction to ActionScript
• What Is ActionScript?
• Actions Panel
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 10. Events
• What Is an Event?
• Using Event Handlers
• Programming Events
• Button Events
• Clip Events
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 11. Variables
• What Is a Variable?
• Scope of a Variable
• Expressions
• Data Types
• Naming Variables
• Loading Variables
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 12. Functions
• What Is a Function?
• Flash MX Functions
• Using Functions
• Function Literals
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 13. Objects
• What Is an Object?
• Flash MX Objects
• Naming Objects
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 14. Methods
• What Is a Method?
• Flash MX Methods
• Naming and Calling Methods
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Part 4: Effective Optimization and Output Design
• Chapter 15. Sound
• Sound Sampling
• Supported Sound File Formats
• Importing Sound
• Linking Sound
• Sound Object
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Chapter 16. File Size Optimization
• Ways to Optimize Your Flash Movie
• What Should Be Kept to a Minimum and Why
• Identifying Optimization Needs
• Publish Settings
• Summary
• Sample Questions
• Part 5: Appendix
• Appendix A. Answers
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9