Flash CS6: The Missing Manual

by Grover, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781449316259
• ISBN10: 1449316255
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-26
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Description coming later.

Author Biography

Chris Grover is a veteran of the San Francisco Bay Area advertising and design community, with: 25 years experience in print, video, and electronic media. His agency, Bolinas Road Creative, helps small businesses promote their products and services. He is, the author of Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual.

Table of Contents

The Missing Credits	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Creating a Flash Animation
Getting Around Flash	p. 15
Starting Flash	p. 15
A Tour of the Flash Workspace	p. 20
Panels and Toolbars	p. 25
The Flash CS6 Test Drive	p. 35
Creating Simple Drawings	p. 43
Plan Before You Draw	p. 43
Preparing to Draw	p. 47
Drawing a Shape	p. 53
Choosing a Drawing Mode	p. 55
Creating Original Artwork	p. 65
Copying and Pasting Drawn Objects	p. 82
Adding Color	p. 84
Animate Your Art	p. 91
Frame-by-Frame Animation	p. 91
Editing Your Frame-by-Frame Animation	p. 99
Making It Move with Motion Tweens	p. 103
Editing the Motion Path	p. 110
Copying and Pasting Properties	p. 115
Shape Tweening (Morphing)	p. 117
Advanced Drawing and Animation
Organizing Frames and Layers	p. 127
Working with Frames	p. 127
Working with Multiple Layers	p. 135
Organizing Layers	p. 148
Spotlight Effect Using Mask Layers	p. 151
Advanced Drawing and Coloring	p. 157
Selecting Graphic Elements	p. 157
Manipulating Graphic Elements	p. 170
Spray Painting Symbols	p. 195
Drawing with the Deco Tool	p. 196
Advanced Color and Fills	p. 198
Choosing and Formatting Text	p. 215
Text Questions	p. 216
Choosing TLF or Classic Text	p. 216
About Typefaces and Fonts	p. 219
Adding Text to Your Document	p. 220
Choosing and Using Text Containers	p. .228
Animating Text Without ActionScript	p. 233
Text Properties by Subpanel	p. 239
Reusable Flash: Symbols and Templates	p. 247
Symbols and Instances	p. 248
Templates	p. 280
Advanced Tweens with the Motion Editor	p. 295
Applying Motion Presets	p. 295
Modifying a Motion Preset	p. 299
Editing a Tween Span	p. 307
A Tour of the Motion Editor	p. 311
Easing Tweens	p. 320
Realistic Animation with IK Bones	p. 325
Linking Symbols with Bones	p. 326
Perfect Posing with Control Handles	p. 339
Baby Steps with Pins	p. 341
Making Shapes Move with Bones	p. 342
Apply Spring to a Motion	p. 346
Animating an Armature with ActionScript	p. 349
Incorporating Non-Flash Media Files	p. 351
Importing Graphics	p. 351
Importing Illustrator Graphics Files	p. 354
Importing Photoshop Graphic Files	p. 359
Importing Fireworks Graphics	p. 361
Editing Bitmaps	p. 364
Editing Bitmaps with Photoshop	p. 366
Importing a Series of Graphics Files	p. 368
Exporting Graphics from Flash	p. 370
Incorporating Sound and Video	p. 373
Incorporating Sound	p. 374
Incorporating Video	p. 384
I Importing Video Files	p. 396
Adding Interactivity
Introduction to ActionScript 3.0	p. 407
Getting to Know ActionScript 3.0	p. 408
Beginning Your ActionScript Project	p. 413
Object-Oriented Thinking	p. 419
Using Data Types, Variables, and Constants	p. 429
Conditionals and Loops	p. 436
Combining ActionScript's Building Blocks	p. 440
Controlling Actions with Events	p. 443
How Events Work	p. 443
Mouse Events	p. 445
Getting Help for Events and Event Listeners	p. 448
Keyboard Events and Text Events	p. 471
Keeping Time with TimerEvent	p. 476
Removing Event Listeners	p. 477
In Case of Other Events	p. 478
Organizing Objects with the Display List	p. 481
The Display List: Everything in Its Place	p. 481
Adding Objects to the Display List	p. 483
Managing the Stacking Order	p. 500
Summary of Properties and Methods	p. 507
Controlling the Timeline and Animation	p. 513
Slowing Down (or Speeding Up) Animation	p. 514
Timeline Stop and Go	p. 519
Organizing Your Animation	p. 522
Looping a Series of Frames	p. 536
Reversing a Series of Frames	p. 541
Components for Interactivity	p. 543
Adding Components	p. 544
The Built-in Components	p. 558
Finding Additional Components	p. 579
Choosing, Using, and Animating Text	p. 581
What Font Does Your Audience Have?	p. 581
Controlling Text with ActionScript	p. 585
Creating Text Fields with ActionScript	p. 591
Formatting Characters and Paragraphs	p. 596
Formatting with html and CSS	p. 600
Choosing the Right Text Formatting System	p. 608
Drawing with ActionScript	p. 611
What's the Point?	p. 611
Beginning with the Graphics Class	p. 615
Drawing Lines	p. 616
Drawing Curves	p. 619
Drawing Built-in Shapes	p. 622
Drawing Irregular Shapes	p. 625
Making Drawings Move	p. 626
Removing Lines and Shapes	p. 632
Debugging and Delivering Your Animation
Testing and Debugging Your Animation	p. 637
Testing Strategies	p. 637
Testing on the Stage	p. 641
Using the Test Movie Commands	p. 642
Testing Inside a Web Page	p. 644
Testing Download Time	p. 646
The Art of Debugging	p. 652
Analyzing Code with the Debugger	p. 662
Publishing and Exporting	p. 669
Optimizing Flash Documents	p. 669
Publishing Your Animations	p. 677
Exporting Flash to Other Formats	p. 699
Introducing Adobe AIR	p. 705
Meet Adobe AIR	p. 705
Creating Your First AIR Application	p. 707
Create a Code Signing Certificate	p. 710
Convert a Flash Animation to AIR	p. 713
Publish Your AIR Application	p. 715
Manually Install Adobe air Runtime	p. 720
Making iPhone Apps	p. 721
Your First "Hello iPad" App	p. 722
Joining the iOS Developer Program	p. 723
Air for iOS App Settings	p. 738
Building a Tap-Ready App	p. 745
Tips for iOS App Development	p. 749
Building Android Apps	p. 751
Meet AIR for Android	p. 752
Building Apps for Both iOS and Android	p. 760
Tips for Android App Development	p. 763
Appendixes
Installation and Help	p. 767
Flash CS6 Minimum System Requirements	p. 767
Getting Help from Flash	p. 770
Getting Help from Adobe	p. 771
More Flash Books	p. 772
Finding Flash Gurus	p. 773
Flash Professional CS6, Menu by Menu	p. 775
File	p. 775
Edit	p. 779
View	p. 784
Insert	p. 788
Modify	p. 790
Text	p. 798
Commands	p. 799
Control	p. 800
Debug	p. 802
Window	p. 804
Help	p. 809
Index	p. 813
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