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Macromedia Flash 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide
By Katherine Ulrich
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: December 14, 2005
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-34963-6
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-34963-7
Pages: 712

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Thank You
		Introduction
			About Flash
			What Makes Flash a Special Web-Design Tool?
			Flash 8: What's New?
			How to Use This Book
		Chapter 1.  The Flash Authoring Tool
			Working with Flash Documents
			Working with Template Documents
			Touring the Flash Authoring Environment
			About the Timeline
			About Document Properties
			Using Rulers, Grids, and Guides
			Working with Snapping
			Viewing at Various Magnifications
			About Panels
			Working with Grouped Panels
			About the Property Inspector
		Chapter 2.  Creating Simple Graphics
			Touring the Tools
			Creating Solid Colors and Gradients
			Working with Color Swatches
			Creating Color Sets
			Setting Fill Attributes
			Setting Stroke Attributes
			Making Geometric Shapes
			Creating Freeform Shapes
			Adding Strokes and Fills
		Chapter 3.  Working with Text
			Using the Text Tool
			Setting Text Attributes
			Setting Paragraph Attributes
		Chapter 4.  Modifying Simple Graphics
			Setting Selection Preferences
			Making Selections
			Using the Clipboard
			Resizing Graphic Elements
			Positioning Graphic Elements
			Flipping, Rotating, and Skewing
			Distorting Graphic Elements
			Modifying Fills and Strokes
			Modifying Shapes: Selection Tool
			Modifying Shapes: Subselection Tool
			Converting Shape Types
		Chapter 5.  Complex Graphics on a Single Layer
			Working with Groups
			Working with Grouped Elements
			Editing Groups
			Controlling Stacking Order
			Aligning Elements
			Combining Drawing-Objects
			Using Gradients in Multipart Shapes
		Chapter 6.  Graphics on Multiple Layers
			Touring the Timeline's Layer Features
			Creating and Deleting Layers and Folders
			Controlling Layers and Folders
			Setting Layer Properties via the Timeline
			Controlling Layer Visibility in the Timeline
			Controlling the Stacking Order of Layers
			Organizing Layers in Folders
			Working with Graphics on Different Layers
			Cutting and Pasting Between Layers
			Distributing Graphic Elements to Layers
			Working with Guide Layers
			Working with Mask Layers
		Chapter 7.  Working with Symbols
			Understanding the Library Panel
			Understanding Library Hierarchy
			Converting Graphics to Symbols
			Creating New Symbols from Scratch
			Using Symbol Instances
			Modifying Symbol Instances
			Swapping One Symbol Instance for Another
			Editing Master Symbols
			Duplicating Master Symbols
			Deleting Master Symbols
			Converting Symbol Instances to Graphics
			Copying Symbols Between Movies
		Chapter 8.  Frame-by-Frame Animations
			Using the Timeline
			Creating Keyframes
			Creating In-Between Frames
			Selecting Frames
			Manipulating Frames in One Layer
			Removing Frames
			Making a Simple Frame-by-Frame Animation
			Previewing the Action
			Smoothing the Animation by Adding Keyframes
			Using Onion Skinning
			Editing Multiple Frames
			Setting the Frame Rate
			Varying the Speed of Animations
		Chapter 9.  Animation with Motion Tweening
			Creating a Bouncing Ball with Motion Tweening
			Adding Keyframes to Motion Tweens
			Animating Color Effects
			Animating Graphics That Change Size
			Rotating and Spinning Graphics
			Moving Graphics in Straight Lines
			Moving Graphics Along a Path
			Orienting Graphics to a Motion Path
			Changing Tween Speed
			Getting Help with Motion Tweens
		Chapter 10.  Animation with Shape Tweening
			Creating a Bouncing Ball with Shape Tweening
			Morphing Simple Lines and Fills
			Shape-Tweening Multiple Shapes
			Transforming a Simple Shape into a Complex Shape
			Creating Shapes That Move as They Change
		Chapter 11.  More-Complex Animation Tasks
			Understanding Scenes
			Manipulating Frames in Multiple Layers
			Animating Multiple Motion Tweens
			Animating Shape Tweens in Multiple-Shape Graphics
			Reversing Frames
			Combining Tweening with Frame-by-Frame Techniques
			Saving Animations As Graphic Symbols
			Using Animated Graphic Symbols
			Saving Animations as Movie-Clip Symbols
			Using Movie-Clip Symbols
			Using Animated Masks
		Chapter 12.  Building Buttons for Interactivity
			Creating a Basic Button Symbol
			Creating Shape-Changing Button Symbols
			Creating Fully Animated Button Symbols
			Creating Invisible Button Symbols
			Using Button Components
			Modifying Button Components
			Creating Movie-Clip Buttons
		Chapter 13.  Basic Interactivity
			Touring the Actions Panel
			Customizing the Actions Panel
			Organizing Frame Actions
			Adding Frame Actions
			Adding Actions to Buttons
			Previewing Actions at Work
			Changing Events
			Triggering Actions from the Keyboard
			Triggering Multiple Actions with One Event
			Using Multiple Handlers for One Button
			Editing Scripts
			Adding Actions to Movie Clips
			Adding Actions to Movie-Clip Buttons
			Making Frame Actions Control Objects
			Using Buttons to Control Movie Clips
			Linking to Other Web Pages
			Using the Script Navigator
		Chapter 14.  Using Non-Flash Graphics
			Importing Non-Flash Graphics
			Turning Bitmaps into Vector Graphics
			Using Bitmaps as Fills
		Chapter 15.  Adding Sound
			Importing Sounds
			Adding Sounds to Frames
			Adding Sounds to Buttons
			Using Event Sounds
			Using Start Sounds
			Using Stream Sounds
			Stopping Sounds
			Using Behaviors to Control Sounds
			Repeating Sounds
			Editing Sounds
		Chapter 16.  Delivering Movies to Your Audience
			Preparing Your Movie for Optimal Playback
			Publishing
			Working with Flash Player Settings
			Publishing HTML for Flash Player Files
			Using Alternate Image Formats
			Using Version Detection
			Creating Projectors
			Creating Publishing Profiles
			Exporting Flash to Other Formats
			Printing from Flash
			Printing from Flash Player
		Index