Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
ISBN: 0582851165
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 243
Pages: 243
Authors: Katherine Ulrich
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Thank You:
- INTRODUCTION
- What Makes Flash a Special Web-Design Tool?
- About Flash
- Flash MX: What s New?
- How to Use This Book
- System Requirements
- About Flash Player
- Chapter 1. The Flash Authoring Tool
- Understanding Flash Basics
- Touring the Flash Authoring Environment
- About the Timeline
- About the Stage
- Using Grids
- Using Rulers and Guides
- Working with Snapping
- About the Toolbox
- Viewing Graphics at Various Magnifications
- About Panels
- Working with Grouped Panels
- Using Custom Panel Sets
- About the Property Inspector
- Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
- Chapter 2. Creating Simple Graphics
- Touring the Toolbox
- Using the Line Tool
- Setting Stroke Attributes
- Setting Fill Attributes
- Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools
- Using the Pencil Tool with Assistance
- Controlling the Amount of Assistance
- Using the Pencil Tool Without Assistance
- Using the Pen Tool: Straight Lines
- Using the Pen Tool: Curved Line Segments
- Using the Paint Bucket
- Using the Brush Tool in Normal Mode
- Using the Text Tool
- Working with Vertical Text
- Setting Text Attributes via Menu
- Setting Character Attributes via the Property Inspector
- Setting Paragraph Attributes
- Breaking Apart Text
- Chapter 3. Modifying Simple Graphics
- Setting Selection Preferences
- Selecting Lines with the Arrow Tool
- Selecting Fills with the Arrow Tool
- Using a Selection Rectangle
- Using the Lasso Tool
- Selecting Partial Elements
- Deselecting Elements
- Repositioning Elements Manually
- Repositioning Elements Numerically
- Basic Editing Tasks: Cut, Copy, Paste
- Editing Existing Elements with Assistance
- Moving End Points with the Arrow Tool
- Moving Points with the Subselection Tool
- Reshaping Lines
- Reshaping Curves with the Arrow Tool
- Reshaping Curves with the Subselection Tool
- Converting, Removing, and Adding Points
- Reshaping Fills
- Changing the Size of Graphic Elements
- Reorienting Graphic Elements
- Distorting Graphic Elements
- Changing the Envelope of Selected Elements
- Modifying Strokes
- Using the Eraser Tool in Normal Mode
- Using the Faucet Modifier
- Modifying Fill Colors
- Creating Solid Colors: Color Mixer Panel
- Creating Solid Colors: Color Picker
- Creating New Gradients
- Creating Color Sets
- Putting Gradients to Work
- Modifying Applied Gradients
- Applying Attributes of One Graphic Element to Another
- Converting Lines to Fills
- Chapter 4. Complex Graphics on a Single Layer
- When Lines Intersect Lines
- When Lines and Fills Interact
- When Shapes Interact
- Understanding Grouping
- Working with Grouped Elements
- Controlling the Stacking Order
- Editing Groups
- Aligning Elements
- Using the Complex Paint Modes with the Brush
- Applying Gradients to Multipart Shapes
- Using the Eraser Tool with Multiple Shapes
- Chapter 5. Graphics on Multiple Layers
- Touring the Timeline s Layer Features
- Creating and Deleting Layers
- Creating and Deleting Layer 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 6. Saving and Reusing Graphic Elements
- Understanding the Library Window
- Understanding Library-Window Views
- 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
- Creating Shared Libraries
- Using Font Symbols
- Chapter 7. Using Non-Flash Graphics
- Importing Non-Flash Graphics
- Using the Clipboard to Import Graphics
- Turning Bitmaps into Vector Graphics
- Editing Bitmaps with Flash s Tools
- Using Bitmaps As Fills
- Modifying Bitmap Fills
- 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
- Understanding Frame Rate
- Varying the Speed of Animations
- Chapter 9. Animation with Motion Tweening
- Creating a Bouncing Ball with Motion Tweening
- Setting the Tween Property
- Ending a Motion Tween
- 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
- 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. Interactivity with Simple Frame Actions
- Touring the Actions Panel
- Choosing a Scripting Mode
- Customizing the Actions Panel
- Organizing Actions
- Choosing Actions
- Adding Actions to a Frame
- Editing the Script
- Assigning Frame Labels and Comments
- Creating Named Anchors
- Controlling Movie Playback
- Previewing Actions in Action
- Chapter 13. Interactivity with Objects
- Previewing Button and Movie-Clip Actions in Test Mode
- Creating a Basic Rollover Button
- Previewing Buttons in Movie-Editing Mode
- Creating Buttons That Change Shape
- Creating a Fully Animated Button
- Adding Actions to Buttons
- Choosing a Button s Event Handler
- Using Multiple Mouse Event Handlers
- Triggering Button Actions from the Keyboard
- Creating an Invisible Button
- Creating a Button with Multiple Hot Spots
- Adding Actions to Movie Clips
- Making Movie Clips Act Like Buttons
- Chapter 14. Adding Sound and Video
- Using Sounds in Flash
- Importing Sounds
- Organizing Sounds
- Adjusting Sound-Layer Height
- Adding Sounds to Frames
- Adding Sounds to Buttons
- Using Event Sounds
- Using Start Sounds
- Using Streaming Sounds
- Stopping Sounds
- Looping Sounds
- Editing Sounds
- Importing Video
- Using Embedded Video Clips in Your Movie
- Updating Video Clips
- Chapter 15. Introducing Complex Interactivity
- Changing the Properties of Objects
- Creating Scriptable Text Objects
- Manipulating Variables
- Creating an Invisible Variable
- Using Conditional Actions
- Loading New Files
- Controlling Nested Timelines
- Using fscommand
- Using Components
- Using the Movie Explorer
- Chapter 16. Delivering Movies to Your Audience
- Preparing Your Movie for Optimal Playback
- Publishing and Exporting
- Working with Flash Player Settings
- Publishing HTML for Flash Player Files
- Controlling Movie Placement in the Browser
- Using HTML for Alternative Images
- Using Other Publish Settings
- Creating Projectors
- Setting MIME Types on Your Server
- Exporting Flash to Other Formats
- Printing from Flash
- Printing from Flash Player
- Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts
- Shortcuts for Commands
- Shortcuts for Accessing Tools and Manipulating Elements
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
ISBN: 0582851165
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 243
Pages: 243
Authors: Katherine Ulrich