F | Macromedia Flash8 Bible

F (Gradient Transform tool)

adjusting scale with, 276–277

center point, adjusting with, 275–276

edit handles and, 226

lighting effects and, 279–280

overflow styles, setting, 278

overview of, 274–275

rotating fill with, 276

skewing bitmap fill with, 278–279

Tools panel and, 78

F1 (show/hide Help panel), 66

F4 (hide Tools panel), 77

F5 (add frame), 328

F6 (insert keyframe), 326

F7 (convert to blank keyframe), 328

F8 (convert bitmap to Flash symbol type), 523

F9 (open Actions panel), 477

fade effect, adding, 692–694

Fade In/Fade Out, 488

Fast option (Document window), 90

feature comparison Web site, 7

file

adding to project, 53–54, 56

backing up, 424

runtime, 49

uploading to Web server, 1167

file format

for exporting, CDBC23, CDBC25–CDBC27, CDBC45

for importing, 507–511, CDBA95–CDBA97

video, CDBA90–CDBA91

file size

in bytes (KB) for one second

of mono audio, 500

of mono MP3 audio, 500

codec and, 549

components and, 1108–1109

drawing and, 137

importing image and, 512

large, working with

overview of, 423–424

scenes, saving and, 425

storyboarding and, 424–425

voices, sound effects, and ambient sound, 425–426

sound file, CDBA82–CDBA86

stand-alone and, 778

File Structure option (Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box), CDBC7

file types. See also Flash movie file; Flash Video file

Flash ActionScript (.as), 12

Flash Component (.swc), 13, 23

Flash Debug (.swd), 13

Flash document (.fla)

on CD-ROM, opening, 1210

converting to Flash movie file, 712

description of, 9–10

Layer folders and, 16

Flash Project (.flp)

description of, 13, 48

saving changes to, 56

FileðCreate Projector, 773, 774

FileDamage plug-in (DigiEffects), 456

FileðExport Movie, 711

FileðExportðExport Image, CDBC23

FileðImage Preview (Fireworks), CDBC9

FileðImportðImport to Library, 171, 466

FileðImportðImport to Stage, 466, CDBC6

FileðImportðImport Video, 549

FileðImportðOpen External Library, 163, 165

FileðPage Setup, 109

FileðPublish, 736

FileðPublish Preview, 736

FileðPublish Settings, 11, 489, 712

FileReference API, 1167, 1201

Files panel (Dreamweaver), CDBC75

FileðSave As, 9

FileðSave As Template, 92

FileðSave for Web (Illustrator), DBC43–CDBC44

files.php script, 1168

fills

applying with Paint Bucket tool, 269

bitmap

resizing, 276–277

selecting, 226–227

skewing, 278–279

drawing tools and, 112, 130–137

gradient

Alpha settings and, 223–226

controlling color of, 222–223

working with, 220–222

Gradient Transform tool and, 274–279

sampling and switching

Eyedropper tool and, 268–270

Ink Bottle tool and, 270

overview of, 267–268

Paint Bucket tool and, 270–274

transparency of, adjusting, 219–220

Filter options (Publish Settings dialog box), 735

Filter Settings dialog box, 608

filters

adding and adjusting, 365–370

Adjust Color, 182, 375–376, 377–379

animating with motion tweens, 374

applying, 365–366

Bevel, 369

bitmap and, 523–524

Blow, 284

combining, and saving custom presets, 371–373

Custom Easing, using to control interpolation, 375

default settings for, 366–367

dimensional shadows, creating, 370–371

overview of, 365

properties and, for controlling color, 375–376

removing, 366

Filters panel, 365–366, 371–373

Filters tab

Player, updates to, 5

Property inspector, 229, 232, 265–266

Find and Replace command (Edit menu), 158

Find and Replace feature, 171, 194, 1077

Find and Replace panel, editing with, 301–302

Find in Library command (Movie Explorer Options menu), 196

Find Next command (Edit menu), 158

Finish Video Import screen

Import Video dialog box, 557, 563

Video Import wizard, 568

Fireworks (Macromedia)

batch processing bitmap sequences with, CDBC10–CDBC14

bitmap images and, CDBC2–CDBC5

creating Color Table in, 216–217

file, importing from, 534–535

Flash/GIF ad banners, creating, CDBC14–CDBC17

Frames panel, CDBC16

gradient styles and, 223

JPEG compression from, 527

preparing other bitmap formats in, CDBC9–CDBC10

transferring images with transparency to Flash authoring environment, CDBC6–CDBC8

Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box, 534, CDBC6–CDBC7

Fit in Window command (View submenu), 87

fixed-width box, 232

.fla (Flash document file)

on CD-ROM, opening, 1210

converting to Flash movie file, 712

description of, 9–10

Layer folders and, 16

Flash ActionScript 2.0 (AS2)

built-in functions, 816

commands, accessing, 793

controlling symbol instances with, 358

description of, 3, 14, 622, 625–626, 789

design pattern and, 1049

dot syntax, 658

Dreamweaver and, CDBC50

expressions, creating

conditions, 808–810

operators, 806–808

switch() and case statements, 810–811

features of, 795–797

history of, 20

#include directive, 796, 1097

inserting HTML tags into text fields with, 1019–1021

Language Reference, 65

loops, 812–816

printing with, 921–926

properties, 816

_root, 951

subroutines, 816

variables

as declarations, 801–802

declaring, 804–806

expression, 799–801

overview of, 797–799

string literal, 799

as text fields, 802–803

writing with Dreamweaver, CDBC77–CDBC79

Flash ActionScript file (.as), 12

Flash alignment setting (Publish Settings dialog box), 728

Flash Communication Server MX (Macromedia), 6, 23, 546, 592

Flash Component file (.swc), 13, 23

Flash Debug file (.swd), 13

Flash document file (.fla)

on CD-ROM, opening, 1210

converting to Flash movie file, 712

description of, 9–10

Layer folders and, 16

Flash 8. See also Flash movie file; Flash Video file; Professional version

as animation sequencer, 15–16

as audio player, 15

as bitmap handler, 14

deciding when not to use, 24–25

effective uses of, 21–23

enhancements to, 4–5

file types

Flash ActionScript (.as), 12

Flash Component (.swc), 13, 23

Flash Debug (.swd), 13

Flash document (.fla), 9–10, 16, 712, 1210

Flash Project (.flp), 13, 48, 56

as multimedia authoring program, 15

overview of, 13–14

programming and database front end, 16–17

topography of, 8–9

uses for, 8

as vector-based animator, 14–15

as vector-based drawing program, 14

versions of, 20–21, 61, 62

as video compressor, 15

Flash 8 ActionScript Bible (Lott), 83, 174

Flash 8 Video Encoder

creating cue points using, 575–584

encoding alpha video footage using, 613–616

limitations of, 602

working with, 601–602

Flash element, CDBC50, CDBC65–CDBC70

Flash Exchange, 65

Flash Lite authoring features, 718–722

Flash movie file (.swf)

Back button and, 44

bit rates for, 499

converting Flash document file to, 712

debugging remotely, 1093–1095

description of, 11–12

exporting from Illustrator, CDBC41–CDBC43

importing and, 509

inserting into Dreamweaver, CDBC52–CDBC55

Loader component, adding to, 983–984

communicating between multiple movies on different levels, 955

of differing dimensions, 951

external, into movie, 948–950

Flash Video into, 966–970

overview of, 946

placing, scaling, and rotating, 951–952

site architecture and, 947–948

storing multiple movies, 948

style sheet into, 1024–1025

through proxy server, 956

XML document into, 1012–1014

positioning in Dreamweaver, CDBC55

Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 607

testing

across mediums, 1095–1096

Bandwidth Profiler and, 706–710

MP3 encoding process and, 705–706

overview of, 703–704

size report and, 711

Test Scene or Test Movie command, 704–705

unloading, 955

using components in, 1129–1134

using with DHTML, 763, 764–766

using with JavaScript

enabling JavaScript, 766–767

overview of, 763–764

percentLoaded() method, adding, 767–769

viewing of, 3

visual data binding and, 1147–1154

writing markup for

overview of, 739–740

Flash MX components, 1108

Flash Player 8, Debug version of, 1096

Flash Player menu, 742, 743

Flash Player plug-in

browser and, 780

Camera tab, 783

description of, 779–780

detecting

with Flash 8, 749–755

forcing content without check, 748–749

with JavaScript and VBScript, 759–762

overview of, 748

with sniffer, 755–759

distribution on Web and, 780

installing, 781

Local Storage tab, 782

Microphone tab, 782–783

operating system and, 780

Privacy tab, 781–782

Flash Project file (.flp)

description of, 13, 48

saving changes to, 56

Flash Support Center, 65–66

Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box, CDBC41–CDBC42

Flash tab (Publish Settings dialog box)

audio output quality and, 489–490

Audio stream compression option, 485

Flash Player 6 r65 settings, 751

publishing Flash movie, 714–717

Flash Video 8 Encoder, 971

Flash Video Encoding Progress dialog box, 557

Flash Video Encoding Settings dialog box

cue points and, 575, 576, 577, 578

Encoding tab options, 579

3D modeling footage and, 613–614

video-editing programs and, 603, 604

Flash Video file (.flv)

compressing and deploying new file with Video Import wizard, 565–568

creating with embedded cue points, 575–584

deploying with Flash Pro 8, 561–564

description of, 13

displaying at native size

adjusting video size with metadata, 971–974

overview of, 970–971

setting video size without metadata, 974–975

extracting from Embedded Video symbol, 560–561

loading into Flash movie, 966–970

Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 606

FlashPaper (Macromedia), 27

FlashPaper object, inserting in Dreamweaver, CDBC64–CDBC65

FlashType text-rendering engine, 4, 1031

Flatten option (Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box), CDBC7–CDBC8

.flp (Flash Project file)

description of, 13, 48

saving changes to, 56

.flv (Flash Video file)

compressing and deploying new file with Video Import wizard, 565–568

creating with embedded cue points, 575–584

deploying with Flash Pro 8, 561–564

description of, 13

displaying at native size

adjusting video size with metadata, 971–974

overview of, 970–971

setting video size without metadata, 974–975

extracting from Embedded Video symbol, 560–561

loading into Flash movie, 966–970

Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 606

FLV QuickTime Export plug-in, 602–604

FLVPlayback component

custom UI components, 571–574

description of, 5

loading cue points into, 587–588

loading .flv file into, 563–564

overview of, 569

parameters, 569–570

settings for visual data binding, 1151

SMIL files, using with

overview of, 591–592

progressive .flv files and, 596–600

streaming .flv files and, 592–596

focus, 73

focus() method, 644

focusManager class, 968–969

folder

Add Layer (Timeline window), 98

deleting active, 98

dev, 49

fscommand, 778–779

Layer

document and, 16

nesting sound layers in, 472

uses of, 95, 100

Library, 523

main_starter.fla, 1173

organizing Library using, 169–171

prod, 49

wwwroot, 49

Foley stage, 425

Font field menu, 238

Font Mapping dialog box, 250

Font rendering menu, 245

Font symbol

creating, 254–256

overview of, 176, 253–254

updating at author-time, 256–257

using in runtime Shared library, 257–262

Font Symbol Properties dialog box, 254, 255, 992

<font> tag, 1016–1017

fonts

Bitmap text option, 247

device fonts, 247–248

embedded, using with component, 1137–1138

Minimal, using, 251–253

overview of, 229, 244

smoothing text with anti-alias settings, 245–247

substitution, controlling, 249–251

troubleshooting display of, 249

for loop, 813

for...in loop, 813–814

form, user comment, creating, 1006–1011

Format Options dialog box

horizontal text, 240

vertical text, 242

Formats tab (Publish Settings dialog box), 55, 712–713, 777

formatting

text

with HTML tags, 1015–1017

with Property inspector, 1018–1019

text fields with TextFormat object, 1021–1023

Frame By Frame Graph mode (Bandwidth Profiler), 708–709

frame comment, 662, 663

frame rate

animation timing and, 329

determining, 46

importing video and, CDBA96

quality and, 600

sound and, 472

Timeline Status display and, 98–99

Frame Rate option (Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box), CDBC41

frame span, 100

Frame View options (Timeline window), 97, 107–109

frame-by-frame animation, 100, 326–328

frames. See also frame rate

conventions for naming and display of, 99

copying and pasting, 672

editing, 101–105

editing multiple, 332–333

illusion of movement and, 16

selecting, 101, 102

sequence of on Timeline, 95

size

determining, 46

importing video and, CDBA96

specifying for goto action, 633

Frames button (Edit Envelope dialog box), 488

Frames panel (Fireworks), CDBC16

frames per second, movie compared to cartoon, 426

_framesloaded property, 932

frameThumb function, 1190

framing, 316, 1189–1191

Free Transform tool (Q)

limit options, 287

overview of, 286–287

shape options, 288–289

Tools panel and, 78

working with, 287

FreeHand Import dialog box, 535

freehand line and stroke tools

Brush tool, 120–125

Eraser tool (E), 126–127

overview of, 118

Pen tool (P), 127–130

Pencil tool, 119

freehand lines and strokes, 119

FreeHand (Macromedia)

file

format, 509

importing from, 535–537

Fireworks and, CDBC5

trial version of, CDBC30

tutorial on, 40

freeware program, 1211

frequency of sound, CDBA81

fscommand() action, 763, 774–776

fscommand folder, 778–779

Full option (Document window), 90

Function data type, 868–869

functional specification, 38–39

functions

addContextMenu, 1201

blurOverlay, 1192

buildHolders, 1179, 1184, 1198

built-in, 816

calcThumbW, 1179

chain, 1078

checkLetter(), 1063

checkLoad(), 976–977

checkStatus(), 1066–1069

clearTweens, 1195

as constructors for objects, 883–886

controlTweens, 1195

createDisplayedWord(), 1062

createLib(), 908–909

createMenu(), 881–882

creating, 872

defining, 872–873

description of, 872

dimThumb, 1190, 1195

displayCaption, 1197

displayWord(), 1062–1063

downloadImage, 1201

early(), 801

executing, 873–874

frameThumb, 1190

gts(), 873

init(), 1179, 1182, 1191, 1197

isLeft(), 1063–1064

loadFile(), 979

loadImage, 1185, 1197

lookForMatch(), 1064–1065

as methods of objects, 880–883

Movie Clip object and, 843

multipurpose, 1078

newRound(), 1059–1060, 1061

nextRound(), 1068

onCueSelect(), 1157

onFileData(), 1182

onGameState(), 1056

onHangManUpdate(), 1060

onImgComplete, 1192

onImgProgress, 1192

onLetterPicked(), 1064

onLoadInit, 1188

onLost(), 1068

onThumbClick(), 1184–1185

onThumbSaturation, 1195

onTweenFinish, 1195

onVideoMeta(), 1156

overlayThumb, 1192

printContent(), 924–925

selectedIndex, 1185, 1190, 1192, 1199

selectListItem(), 1157

sendComments(), 1009–1011

showText(), 1026, 1027–1028

soundLibrary(), 883–884

stylePane, 1179

unloadFile(), 980

updateScroller, 1188

XML constructor, 1013