Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source
Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source
ISBN: 0321336291
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 230
Pages: 230
Authors: James English
- Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Credits
- Bio
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Outline
- The Project Application
- Standard Elements in the Book
- Macromedia Training from the Source
- Macromedia Authorized Training and Certification
- What You Will Learn
- Minimum System Requirements
- Lesson1.Learning the Basics
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Introducing Flash 8
- Looking at the Flash Workspace
- Creating Your First Flash 8 Document
- Working with Panels
- Using the Timeline and Frames
- Working with Layers
- Setting Your Preferences
- Testing an FLA File
- Finding Help
- Exploring the Project
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson2.Creating Graphics
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Using the Tools Panel
- Learning About Fills and Strokes
- Using Vector and Bitmap Images
- Using Color
- Creating Graphics with Drawing Tools
- Using Guides, Grids, Coordinates, and Snapping
- Creating a New Graphic Symbol
- Creating and Using Masks
- Adding Strokes
- Using the Library
- Importing and Optimizing Bitmaps
- Importing Vector Drawings
- Using Fills and Gradients
- Manipulating Graphics
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson3.Using Text
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Using the Text Tool
- Understanding Static Text and Device Fonts
- Adding Static Text to a Document
- Using Embedded Fonts
- Looking at Font Properties
- Adding a Timeline Effect to a Text Field
- Spell Check Your Document
- Using Text-Based Components
- Understanding Dynamic Text Fields
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson4.Creating and Editing Symbols
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Symbols Explained
- Creating and Editing Symbols on the Stage
- Looking at Symbols in the Library
- Nesting Symbols and Timelines
- Revisiting Graphic Symbols
- Creating Buttons
- Placing the Buttons On the Stage
- Creating Text Buttons
- Creating an Invisible Button
- Creating and Using Movie Clips
- Creating the Menu
- Creating Movie Clip Buttons
- Duplicating Symbols and Adding Symbols to the Stage
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson5.Creating Animations
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Animating Explained
- Setting Up for a Motion Tween
- Adding the Motion Tweens
- Animating Alpha Levels and Size
- Animating the Movie Clip Button
- Creating a Shape Tween
- Creating Frame-by-Frame Animations
- Animating Along a Path
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson6.Adding Basic Interactivity
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Making Flash Documents Interactive
- Introducing Behaviors
- Using a Behavior to Load a JPEG
- Using Behaviors to Open a Web Page
- Loading an External SWF File with a Component
- Introducing Script Assist
- Using Actions to Control the Timeline
- Creating a Home Button
- Removing the Hand Cursor
- Making the Movie Clip Button Work
- Using the Script Navigator and Pins
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson7.Adding Sound and Video
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Using Sound and Video
- Editing Sound and Video
- Assuming Responsibility with Your Media
- Compression, Codecs, and Plug-ins
- Delivering Media Online
- File Size Considerations
- Importing Sound into a Document
- Adding and Customizing Sound
- Adding Sound to a Button
- Importing Video into Flash
- Encoding the Video
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson8.Creating Forms Using Components
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Introducing Forms and Data
- Introducing Flash Components
- Building the Feedback Form
- Using the Button Component
- Building a Questionnaire Using Flash
- Using the Focus Manager
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson9.Learning ActionScript Basics
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Learning about ActionScript 2.0
- Learning About Classes, Methods, and Properties
- Looking at Methods and Properties
- Learning How to Use Strict Data Typing
- Using Code Hints in the Actions Panel
- Using Functions and Conditional Statements
- Understanding Scope
- Using _root, _parent, this, and Levels
- Understanding LoadVars
- Creating the Reviews Page
- Using Events and Handlers
- Using Listeners
- Adding a Listener to the Reviews Page
- Adding Cascading Style Sheet Formatting to the Reviews
- Creating the Catalog Pages
- Building the Main Catalog
- Creating the News Page
- Building the Home Page
- Animating the Menu
- Controlling the Menu s Buttons
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson10.Loading and Optimizing Flash Content
- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Optimizing Flash Documents
- Organizing Applications and Using Good Practices
- Understanding Usability
- Optimizing Animation
- Making a Background More Efficient with Runtime Bitmap Caching
- Understanding Bandwidth and File Size
- Considering User Platforms
- Loading External Content
- Loading Content into the Main Application
- Sending Data Out of Flash
- Adding the ProgressBar Component
- Loading the Tech Bookstore
- Testing and Debugging the Tech Bookstore
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson11.Publishing Flash Documents
- What You Will learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Adding Metadata and Publishing SWF Files
- Detecting Flash Player
- Embedding an SWF File in an HTML Page
- Uploading the Tech Bookstore to the Web
- Wrapping It All Up
- What You Have Learned
- Appendix A. Installing Extensions
- Installing Extensions and Components
- Adding Commands and Behaviors to Flash
- Where to Find Extensions
- Appendix B. Resources
- Macromedia.com
- Tutorial and Resource Sites
- Forums
- E-mail Lists
- Extensions and Fonts
- Third-Party Tools and Integration
- Related Macromedia Press Books
- Appendix C. Keyboard Shortcuts
- Training from the Source
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source
ISBN: 0321336291
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 230
Pages: 230
Authors: James English