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What's
new in Flash 4 |
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MP3
streaming audio |
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Editable
text fields |
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Additional,
sophisticated actions |
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Improved
Library window |
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Streamlined
web publishing |
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Layers
and animation enhancements |
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Colors
sets |
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Enhanced
user interface |
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Guide
to instructional media |
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Tutorial
overview |
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Open
the starting file |
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Create
an animated symbol |
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Create
animated buttons |
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Use
editable text fields |
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Assemble
the movie |
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Use
actions to control content |
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Publish
the movie |
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Flash
basics overview |
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About
vector and bitmap graphics |
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Introducing
the Flash work environment |
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The
Stage and the Timeline window |
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The
Library window |
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Symbols
and instances |
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Symbols
and interactive movies |
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Creating
a new movie and setting its properties |
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Previewing
and testing movies |
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Controlling
movie playback |
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Testing
movies |
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Using
the toolbox |
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Using
toolbars (Windows) |
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Using
the Timeline |
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Moving
the playhead |
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Displaying
the frame status |
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Changing
the display of frames in the Timeline |
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Creating
frame labels and movie comments |
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Using
scenes |
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Using
the Library window |
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Working
with folders in the Library window |
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Sorting
items in the Library window |
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Renaming
library items |
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Deleting
library items |
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Finding
unused library items |
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Updating
imported files |
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Using
the Libraries menu |
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Using
inspectors |
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Using
context menus |
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Viewing
the Stage |
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Zooming |
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Moving
the view |
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Using
View commands |
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Using
the grid and rulers |
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Printing
Flash files |
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Speeding
up the display |
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Setting
preferences |
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Drawing
and painting overview |
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Understanding
drawing and painting in Flash |
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Drawing
with the pencil tool |
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Drawing
straight lines, ovals, and rectangles |
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Painting
with the brush tool |
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Erasing |
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Filling
and stroking shapes |
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Setting
fill and stroke attributes |
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Applying
fills and strokes with a value of None |
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Creating
custom line widths and styles |
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Using
the paint bucket tool |
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Using
the Lock Fill modifier |
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Using
the ink bottle tool |
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Using
the eyedropper tool |
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Using
color palettes |
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Importing
and exporting color palettes |
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Creating
and editing solid colors |
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Creating
and editing gradients |
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Setting
drawing preferences |
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Reshaping
lines and shape outlines |
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Reshaping
using the arrow tool |
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Straightening
and smoothing lines |
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Optimizing
curves |
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Snapping |
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Creating
special curve effects |
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Working
with complex drawings |
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Working
with objects overview |
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Selecting
objects |
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Using
the arrow tool |
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Using
the lasso tool |
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Moving,
copying, and deleting objects |
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Moving
and copying objects by pasting |
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Copying
artwork with the Clipboard |
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Copying
transformed objects |
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Using
the Paste Special command (Windows) |
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Deleting
objects |
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Stacking
objects |
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Scaling
objects |
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Rotating
objects |
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Flipping
objects |
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Skewing
objects |
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Restoring
transformed objects |
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Aligning
objects |
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Grouping
objects |
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Moving
an object's registration point |
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Breaking
apart groups and objects |
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Using
type overview |
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Using
type in Flash movies |
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Creating
type |
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Creating
text fields and editable text |
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Setting
text field properties |
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Editing
text |
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Setting
type attributes |
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Choosing
a font, type size, and style |
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Setting
margins, indents, and line spacing |
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Setting
kerning and letter spacing |
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Defining
type color |
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Aligning
type |
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Transforming
type |
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Reshaping
type |
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Using
imported artwork overview |
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Placing
artwork into Flash |
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Choosing
an import file format |
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Using
FreeHand files |
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Using
Adobe Illustrator files |
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Using
QuickTime movies |
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Using
AutoCAD DXF files |
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Tracing
bitmaps |
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Painting
with a bitmap's image |
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Setting
bitmap properties |
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Layers
overview |
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Creating
layers |
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Editing
layers |
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Viewing
layers |
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Renaming
layers |
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Using
the Layer Properties dialog box |
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Changing
the order of layers |
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Using
guide layers |
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Using
mask layers |
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Using
symbols and instances overview |
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Determining
which type of symbol to use |
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Creating
symbols |
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Converting
animation on the Stage into a movie clip |
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Duplicating
symbols |
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Creating
instances |
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Identifying
instances on the Stage |
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Creating
buttons |
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Enabling,
selecting, and testing buttons |
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Editing
symbols |
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Changing
instance properties |
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Changing
the color and transparency of an instance |
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Replacing
an instance with another symbol |
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Changing
an instance type |
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Setting
the play mode of an animated graphic instance |
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Breaking
apart instances |
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Using
symbols from other movies |
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Creating
animation overview |
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Creating
keyframes |
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Distinguishing
animations in the Timeline |
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Animating
with layers |
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Setting
a frame rate |
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Extending
still images |
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About
tweened animation |
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Tweening
instances, groups, and type |
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Synchronizing
graphic instances |
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Tweening
motion along a path |
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Tweening
shapes |
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Using
shape hints |
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Creating
frame-by-frame animations |
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Editing
animation |
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Onion-skinning |
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Moving
an entire animation |
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Creating
interactive movies overview |
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Assigning
actions to buttons |
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Assigning
actions to a frame |
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Editing
actions |
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Playing
and stopping movies |
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Adjusting
movie display quality |
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Stopping
all sounds |
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Jumping
to a frame or scene |
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Jumping
to a different URL |
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Checking
whether a frame is loaded |
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Loading
and unloading additional movies |
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Obtaining
variables from a remote file |
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Sending
messages to the movie's host program |
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Controlling
other movies and movie clips |
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Understanding
multiple Timelines |
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Specifying
targets |
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Duplicating
and removing movie clips |
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Making
movie clips draggable |
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Changing
movie clip position and appearance |
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Commenting
actions |
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Setting
and identifying variables |
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Assigning
values to variables |
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Creating
conditional actions |
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Looping
actions |
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Reusing
actions |
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Types
of values |
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Emulating
arrays |
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Writing
expressions |
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Using
the Expression Editor |
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Numerical
expressions |
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String
expressions |
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Arithmetic
operators |
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String
operators |
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Comparison
operators |
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Logical
expressions |
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Measuring
time |
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Converting
ASCII code characters |
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Using
properties |
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Movie
clip properties |
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Text
field scrolling properties |
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Global
properties |
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Troubleshooting
Interactivity |
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Creating
interface elements overview |
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Creating
forms |
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Creating
forms that interact with a web server |
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Using
variables in forms |
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Creating
a dialog box |
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For
passwords and secure information |
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Verifying
entered data |
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Creating
pop-up menus |
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Adding
sound overview |
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Importing
sounds |
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Adding
sounds to a movie |
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Starting
and stopping sounds at a keyframe |
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Adding
sounds to buttons |
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Exporting
movies with sound |
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Specifying
sound compression options |
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Guidelines
for exporting sound in movies |
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Guidelines
for exporting sound to video |
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Publishing
and exporting overview |
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Optimizing
movies |
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Testing
movie download performance |
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Publishing
Flash movies |
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Flash
publish settings |
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HTML
publish settings |
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GIF
publish settings |
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JPEG
publish settings |
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PNG
publish settings |
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QuickTime
publish settings |
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Creating
projectors with Publish |
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Using
Publish Preview |
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Using
the stand-alone player |
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Using
Export Movie and Export Image |
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About
export file formats |
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Adobe
Illustrator |
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Bitmap
(BMP) |
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Enhanced
Metafile |
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EPS
3.0 with Preview |
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PICT
(Macintosh) |
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QuickTime |
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QuickTime
Video (Macintosh) |
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Windows
AVI (Windows) |
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Windows
Metafile |
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WAV
audio (Windows) |
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Creating
templates for HTML publishing |
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Creating
an image map |
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Creating
a text report |
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Creating
a URL report |
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Using
shorthand template variables |
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Sample
template |
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About
Flash HTML requirements |
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Using
OBJECT and EMBED |
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SRC |
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MOVIE |
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CLASSID |
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WIDTH |
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HEIGHT |
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CODEBASE |
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PLUGINSPAGE |
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SWLIVECONNECT |
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PLAY |
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LOOP |
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QUALITY |
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BGCOLOR |
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SCALE |
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ALIGN |
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SALIGN |
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BASE |
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MENU |
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WMODE |
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Configuring
a web server for Flash |
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File
menu |
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Edit
menu |
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View
menu |
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Insert
menu |
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Modify
menu |
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Control
menu |
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Window
menu |
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Controlling
layers and keyframes |
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Drawing
shortcuts |