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Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity
By Robert Hoekman, Jr., Rich Shupe
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: March 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-10223-2
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-610223-4
Pages: 358

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Authors
		Preface
		Chapter 1.  Getting Started, Right Out of the Box
			Section 1.1.  Drawing Your First Box
			Section 1.2.  Coloring Fills and Strokes
			Section 1.3.  Merging and Stacking Shapes
			Section 1.4.  Creating Reusable Graphics
		Chapter 2.  Creating Quickly: Customizing Your Workspace
			Section 2.1.  Designing Your Own Panel Layout
			Section 2.2.  Customizing Movie Properties
			Section 2.3.  Aligning Objects on the Stage
			Section 2.4.  Behind Every Good Symbol Is a Good Editor
			Section 2.5.  Automate Your Workflow
			Section 2.6.  What's Next?
		Chapter 3.  Your First Animation
			Section 3.1.  Layers and the Timeline
			Section 3.2.  Keyframes and Tweening
			Section 3.3.  Preparing Text for Animation
			Section 3.4.  Staggering Animation
			Section 3.5.  Alpha Effect
			Section 3.6.  Motion Effects
			Section 3.7.  Your First Script
			Section 3.8.  Publishing Your Movie
		Chapter 4.  Buttons and Interactivity
			Section 4.1.  Buttons as Symbols
			Section 4.2.  Scripting Your Button
			Section 4.3.  Components and Behaviors
			Section 4.4.  Navigation
			Section 4.5.  More Fun with Buttons
		Chapter 5.  Working with Graphics
			Section 5.1.  Importing Pixels
			Section 5.2.  Working with Pixels
			Section 5.3.  Importing Vectors
			Section 5.4.  Using Scenes
			Section 5.5.  Working with the Library
		Chapter 6.  Movie Clips and Interactivity
			Section 6.1.  Drawing a Cartoon Character
			Section 6.2.  Controlling the Character with ActionScript
			Section 6.3.  More Movie Clip Control
		Chapter 7.  More Animation Techniques
			Section 7.1.  Morphing with Shape Tweens
			Section 7.2.  Frame-by-Frame Animation
			Section 7.3.  Using Masks
			Section 7.4.  Timeline Versus ActionScript Animation
			Section 7.5.  What's Next?
		Chapter 8.  Using Sound
			Section 8.1.  Importing Sounds
			Section 8.2.  Controlling External Sounds
			Section 8.3.  Scripting Your Own Sound Control
		Chapter 9.  Using Video
			Section 9.1.  Importing Video
			Section 9.2.  Controlling External Videos
			Section 9.3.  Scripting Your Own Video Control
		Chapter 10.  Compositing and Bitmap Effects
			Section 10.1.  Runtime Bitmap Caching
			Section 10.2.  Bitmap Filter Effects
			Section 10.3.  Blend Modes
		Chapter 11.  Working with Text
			Section 11.1.  Text Types
			Section 11.2.  Using Fonts
			Section 11.3.  Loading and Styling Text
			Section 11.4.  FlashType
		Chapter 12.  Loading Assets on the Fly
			Section 12.1.  Using ActionScript to Modularize Content
			Section 12.2.  Preloading
		Chapter 13.  e-Learning with Flash
			Section 13.1.  Creating a Quiz: Getting Started with Templates
			Section 13.2.  Sending Results with a Form
			Section 13.3.  Saving and Retrieving Local Data
		Chapter 14.  Flash for CD-ROM and Handhelds
			Section 14.1.  Flash on CD-ROM
			Section 14.2.  Flash on the Run
		Chapter 15.  Think Outside the Box
			Section 15.1.  Exporting to Video
			Section 15.2.  The Drawing API
			Section 15.3.  Extending Flash
			Section 15.4.  The Rest Is Up to You
		Appendix A.  Tips and Resources
			Section .1.  Preferences
			Section .2.  Customizing the Tools Panel
			Section .3.  Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
			Section .4.  Basic Tips
			Section .5.  Flash 8 Basic Versus Professional
			Section .6.  Troubleshooting
			Section .7.  Areas of Continued Study
			Section .8.  Extending Flash
			Section .9.  Resources
		Colophon
		Index