Summary


  • The science of color on the computer is far from accurate. There are many variables involved in the presentation of color over the Web.

  • Web-safe color does not ensure "good color" — many strategies go into applying color skillfully, but contrast can be the defining factor that makes or breaks your design.

  • Although Flash doesn't directly support color scheme plug-ins, colors can be loaded into the Color Swatches panel from source GIF files or custom Color Table (.act) files, or they can be sampled with the Dropper tool to load them into the active color chip.

  • The Swatches pop-up available from any of the color previews or color pointers in the Color Mixer gives immediate, intuitive access to the currently loaded swatches and all custom colors that have been added to the main Color Swatches panel. It also permits direct insertion of hexadecimal values.

  • The Color Mixer panel is used to create and modify gradients and select bitmaps to be used as fills, in addition to adjusting the alpha and tint of new or existing colors. Custom colors added to the current swatches will be available in any of the Swatches pop-ups.

  • Flash 8 supports 16-point gradients — allowing twice the number of control points within a gradient blend than previous versions of Flash.

  • The Eyedropper, Paint Bucket, and Ink Bottle tools work together to select and apply fill and stroke colors. We discuss the options for these tools, along with the Gradient Transform and Free Transform tools, in Chapter 9, "Modifying Graphics."

  • Advanced color capabilities of Flash include color tweening, scriptable color, and negative alpha. We discuss these topics in depth in subsequent chapters.




Macromedia Flash 8 Bible
Macromedia Flash8 Bible
ISBN: 0471746762
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 395

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