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Pacific Data Images 121

Paint Bucket Tool 3, 41, 69

parallax menu (tutorial) 150163

adding text to buttons 155

buttons variable 156

buttonScript function 161

buttonSelect function 162

buttonWidth and buttonHeight variables 154

controlling button row scrolling 159160

creating button row subsections 160163

creating button rows 155156

currentRow variable 155

drawRow function 155, 156, 157, 161, 163

formatting menu buttons 154

< menus > node 152

menus.xml 151

NavButton symbol 151, 153

newY and newScale variables 158

parallaxMenu_end.fla 163

parallaxMenu_end.swf 150

parallaxMenu_start.fla 151, 152

parseXML function 155

positioning button rows on stage 156158

rows variable 155

scroll function 159, 160

scrollAmount variable 159

scrollFactor variable 159

selectedColor and unselectedColor variables 154

stageWidth variable 154

testing movie with Flash Debugger 153

textfield layer 154

TextFormat object 154

tweenToPosition function 158, 160

$version variable 153

XML layer 151, 155

xmlFile variable 153

yChange variable 157

yDiminish variable 157

parallax scrolling 121122, 164. See also lost in text space (tutorial); Mars Patrol (tutorial); parallax menu (tutorial); Wyvern's Claw (tutorial)

parallel projections 207

Pencil Tool 224

perspective 39, 65. See also 3D rotation around another object (tutorial); 3D rotation using a motion guide (tutorial); 3D scaling with atmospheric perspective via ActionScript (tutorial); 3D scaling text with atmospheric perspective (tutorial); approaching UFO (tutorial); axonometric projection; basic 3D rotation using scaling (tutorial); basic 3D scaling (tutorial); isometric projection; marbles (tutorial)

atmospheric perspective 45, 105

linear perspective 65

one-point, two-point and three-point perspective 43

perspective grids 4345

pool ball (tutorial) 1924

adding '4' circle 23

adding color gradient 20

adding highlight 21

adding reflection 22

adding surface shadow 22

Arrow Tool 22

ball.fla 24

drawing circle 20

Fill Transform Tool 21, 23

Free Transform Tool 22, 23

Oval Tool 20, 21, 22, 23

positioning shadow on circle 21

Text Tool 23

preloaders 113. See also text preloader (tutorial)

prototyped movie clips 167