Flash Out of the Box

by Hoekman, Robert, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780596006914
• ISBN10: 0596006918
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

With this book, readers will follow and work with the box through a "day in the life" style journey. They'll study, use, abuse, and transform the box as they step through exercises that teach them the basics of Flash in a reader- centric, task-oriented fashion. They'll learn to animate, work with video, load external assets, draw, mask, modularize, and many other things that will be essential as they move into more advanced techniques with other books. The basics of Flash will be revealed through tasks. Written in a fun, engaging and conversational tone, this book is all about getting excited and learning about Flash.

Author Biography

Allen Noren is editor-at-large for the Online Publications Group at O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Getting Started	1	(16)
Drawing Your First Box	3	(3)
Filling Shapes with Color	6	(8)
Creating Reusable Graphics	14	(3)
Creating Layouts Quickly	17	(12)
Know Your History Panel	18	(3)
Alignment for Unlicensed Chiropractors	21	(8)
Your First Animation	29	(22)
Customizing Movie Properties	30	(6)
Animation	36	(3)
Preparing Text for Animation	39	(4)
Publishing Your Movie	43	(8)
Interactivity and Movie Clips	51	(16)
Drawing a Cartoon Character	52	(10)
Controlling the Character with ActionScript	62	(2)
Controlling Movie Clips	64	(3)
Using Images and Video	67	(14)
Working with Other Software	68	(4)
Importing, Compressing, and Using Video	72	(9)
Building an Animated Ad	81	(18)
Revealing Objects Over Time	82	(2)
Animated Transitions	84	(9)
Timeline Effects	93	(6)
Effects and Beyond	99	(18)
Text Effects	100	(4)
Motion Effects	104	(5)
ActionScript Effects	109	(8)
Buttons and Interactivity	117	(20)
Buttons as Symbols	118	(11)
Creating a Quiz	129	(4)
More Fun with Buttons	133	(4)
Sound, Transitions, and Streaming Video	137	(16)
Manipulating Artwork	138	(6)
Streaming Video with ActionScript	144	(3)
Transitions and Sound	147	(6)
Loading Assets on the Fly	153	(20)
Using ActionScript to Modularize Content	154	(7)
A Preloader Component	161	(12)
Building a Reusable Ad Template	173	(24)
Using External Text and CSS	174	(11)
Using Components	185	(8)
Put the Movie Online	193	(4)
Flash for Handhelds and CD-ROM	197	(16)
Flash on the Run: Flashing Your Devices	198	(5)
Flash on CD-ROM	203	(10)
Get Out of the Box	213	(8)
The Recap	214	(2)
Resources	216	(5)
A. Workflow and Workspace Tips	221	(8)
Index	229