Flash basics overview
Flash movies are interactive vector graphics and animation for
web sites. Web designers use Flash to create navigation controls,
animated logos, long-form animations with synchronized sound, and
even complete, sensory-rich web sites. Flash movies are compact,
vector graphics, so they download rapidly and scale to the
viewer's screen size.
You've probably watched and interacted with Flash movies on
many web sites including Disney®, The Simpsons®, and Pepsi®.
Millions of web users have received the Flash Player with their
computers, browsers, or system software; others have downloaded it
from the Macromedia web site. The Flash Player resides on the
local computer, where it plays back movies in browsers or as
stand-alone applications.
As you work in Flash, you create a movie by drawing or
importing artwork, arranging it on the stage, and animating it
with the Timeline. You make the movie interactive by making it
respond to events and to change in specified ways. When the movie
is complete, you export it as a Flash Player movie, embed it
within an HTML page, and transfer it and the HTML page to a web
server.
For an interactive introduction to Flash, choose Help >
Lessons > 1 Introduction.
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