Creating the Flash Slide Show Document


Okay, it's time to start working with Flash. All the ActionScript will be on the first frame of the movie in the actions layer. This will keep the code centralized and easy to find.

1.

Open Flash and create a new document. Save it as slideshow.fla in the slideshow folder on the desktop.

2.

Set the background to white, or another light color, and set the stage size to 500x400.

3.

Create three layers named text, image mc, and actions, with actions as the top layer.

4.

Select the text layer, choose the Text tool, and draw a text field that stretches almost all the way across your stage. With the text field still selected, go to the Property inspector (see Figure 16.1) and format the text field as Dynamic, Arial, 14 point, white, and bold. In the upper-left instance name field, name the instance title_txt.

Figure 16.1. Properties of the title_txt text field.


5.

In the image_mc layer, create a 400x300 grey rectangle with no outline. Select the rectangle and choose Modify, Convert to Symbol (or press F8). Select Movie Clip as the symbol option and click the upper-left dot on the registration widget to set the upper-left corner as the registration point. Name the new symbol mc_holder. This is the name of the master symbol that resides in your library. In the Property inspector, name the instance that resides on the stage holder_mc (see Figure 16.2).

Figure 16.2. Properties of the movie clip instance on the stage.




Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
ISBN: 0789733854
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 337

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