| | Copyright |
| | The Missing Credits |
| | | About the Author |
| | | About the Creative Team |
| | | Acknowledgements |
| | | The Missing Manual Series |
| | Introduction |
| | | The Two Flavors of Flash 8 |
| | | What's New in Flash 8 |
| | | Anatomy of an Animation |
| | | Flash in a Nutshell |
| | | The Very Basics |
| | | About This Book |
| | | About MissingManuals.com |
| | | Safari Enabled |
| | Part I: Creating a Flash Animation |
| | | Chapter 1. Getting Around Flash |
| | | Section 1.1. Starting Flash |
| | | Section 1.2. A Tour of the Flash Desktop |
| | | Section 1.3. Toolbars |
| | | Section 1.4. Panels |
| | | Section 1.5. The Timeline |
| | | Section 1.6. The Flash 8 Test Drive |
| | | Section 1.7. Opening a Flash File |
| | | Chapter 2. Creating Simple Drawings |
| | | Section 2.1. Planning Pays Off |
| | | Section 2.2. Preparing to Draw |
| | | Section 2.3. Creating Original Artwork |
| | | Section 2.4. Copying and Pasting Drawn Objects |
| | | Section 2.5. Adding Color |
| | | Chapter 3. Animating Your Drawings |
| | | Section 3.1. Frame-by-Frame Animation |
| | | Section 3.2. Adding Layers to Your Animation |
| | | Section 3.3. Animating Automatically (Tweening) |
| | Part II: Advanced Drawing and Animation |
| | | Chapter 4. Organizing Frames and Layers |
| | | Section 4.1. Working with Frames |
| | | Section 4.2. Adding Content to Multiple Layers |
| | | Section 4.3. Viewing Layers |
| | | Section 4.4. Working with Layers |
| | | Section 4.5. Organizing Layers |
| | | Chapter 5. Advanced Drawing and Coloring |
| | | Section 5.1. Selecting Graphic Elements |
| | | Section 5.2. Manipulating Graphic Elements |
| | | Section 5.3. Adding Text to Your Drawing |
| | | Section 5.4. Advanced Color and Fills |
| | | Section 5.5. Creating Custom Colors |
| | | Section 5.6. Saving Color Swatches |
| | | Section 5.7. Importing a Custom Color Palette |
| | | Section 5.8. Copying Color with the Eyedropper |
| | | Chapter 6. Adding Special Effects |
| | | Section 6.1. Built-in Timeline Effects |
| | | Section 6.2. Spotlight Effect Using Mask Layers |
| | | Chapter 7. Reusable Flash: Symbols and Templates |
| | | Section 7.1. Symbols and Instances |
| | | Section 7.2. Templates |
| | | Chapter 8. Incorporating Non-Flash Media Files |
| | | Section 8.1. Incorporating Graphics |
| | | Section 8.2. Incorporating Sound |
| | | Section 8.3. Incorporating Video |
| | Part III: Adding Interactivity |
| | | Chapter 9. Automating Flash with ActionScript |
| | | Section 9.1. How ActionScript Works |
| | | Section 9.2. Adding an Action |
| | | Section 9.3. Adding a Prebuilt Behavior |
| | | Chapter 10. Controlling Animation |
| | | Section 10.1. Slowing Down (or Speeding Up) Animation |
| | | Section 10.2. Organizing an Animation |
| | | Section 10.3. Looping a Series of Frames |
| | | Section 10.4. Reversing a Series of Frames |
| | | Chapter 11. Interacting with Your Audience |
| | | Section 11.1. Dynamic Text |
| | | Section 11.2. Input Text |
| | | Section 11.3. Tying Actions to Events |
| | | Chapter 12. Components for Interactivity |
| | | Section 12.1. The Built-in Components |
| | | Section 12.2. Adding Components |
| | | Section 12.3. Customizing Components |
| | | Section 12.4. Finding Additional Components |
| | Part IV: Delivering Your Animation to Its Audience |
| | | Chapter 13. Testing and Debugging |
| | | Section 13.1. Testing Strategies |
| | | Section 13.2. Testing on the Stage |
| | | Section 13.3. Testing in Flash Player |
| | | Section 13.4. Testing Inside a Web Page |
| | | Section 13.5. Testing Download Time |
| | | Section 13.6. The Art of Debugging |
| | | Chapter 14. Publishing and Exporting |
| | | Section 14.1. Optimizing Flash Documents |
| | | Section 14.2. Publishing Your Animations |
| | | Section 14.3. Exporting Flash to Other Formats |
| | Part V: Appendix |
| | | Appendix A. Installation and Help |
| | | Section A.1. Installing and Activating Flash 8 |
| | | Section A.2. Getting Help from Flash |
| | | Section A.3. Getting Help from Adobe |
| | | Section A.4. Finding Flash Gurus |
| | Colophon |
| | Index |