Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours

by Kerman, Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780672327544
• ISBN10: 0672327546
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

A best-selling Flash tutorials, revised to teach the latest version of Macromedia Flash through 24 one-hour lessons.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Part I: Assembling the Graphics You'll Animate in Flash
Basics	5	(30)
Jump Right In	5	(3)
Getting Your Bearings	8	(14)
Getting Around in Flash	22	(5)
Document Properties	27	(2)
File Types	29	(6)
Drawing and Painting Original Art in Flash	35	(38)
Drawing on the Stage	36	(1)
Tools	36	(19)
Selecting and Transforming Objects	55	(18)
Importing Graphics into Flash	73	(24)
Vector Graphics Versus Raster Graphics	73	(1)
Reasons to Avoid Importing Graphics	74	(1)
Importing Vector Graphics	75	(5)
Using Bitmaps (Also Known As Raster Graphics)	80	(17)
Using the Library for Productivity	97	(32)
The Concept of the Library	98	(7)
Using the Library	105	(5)
Using Symbols from the Library	110	(19)
Applied Layout Techniques	129	(24)
Controlling Color	129	(24)
Part II: Animating in Flash
Understanding Animation	153	(14)
How Animation Works	153	(1)
Elements of Animation	154	(13)
Animation the Old-Fashioned Way	167	(16)
Understanding the Brute-Force Animation Technique	167	(9)
Enhancing a Frame-by-Frame Animation	176	(7)
Using Motion Tweens to Animate	183	(20)
Creating a Motion Tween	183	(9)
Fine-Tuning a Motion Tween	192	(11)
Using Shape Tweens to Morph	203	(14)
Making a Shape Tween	203	(6)
Refining and Fine-tuning a Shape Tween	209	(8)
Including Sound in Animations	217	(24)
Importing Sounds	217	(4)
Using Sounds	221	(9)
Controlling Quality and File Size	230	(11)
Using Layers in Animations	241	(24)
How Layers Work	241	(8)
Using Layer Properties for Visual Effect	249	(16)
Animating Using Movie Clip and Graphic Symbols	265	(14)
Movie Clip Symbol Behavior	266	(6)
Subtleties of Movie Clips	272	(7)
Creating Special Effects	279	(22)
Effects with Shapes	279	(22)
Part III: Adding Interactivity and Advanced Animation
Making Buttons for the User to Click	301	(20)
Making a Button	302	(7)
Advanced Buttons	309	(12)
Using ActionScript and Behaviors to Create Nonlinear Movies	321	(30)
Using ActionScript	321	(18)
Using Behaviors	339	(12)
Using ActionScript for Advanced Interactivity	351	(20)
Making Drag-and-Drop Interactions	351	(7)
Programming in Flash	358	(13)
Using Components	371	(16)
What Is a Component?	371	(7)
Using the RadioButton Component	378	(3)
Changing Component Styles	381	(6)
Using Video	387	(28)
Flash Basic 8 Versus Flash Professional 8	387	(1)
Embedding Video Versus Playing External Video	388	(8)
Using Video	396	(19)
Part IV: Putting It All Together for the Web
Linking a Movie to the Web	415	(24)
Basic Publishing	415	(5)
Simple Hyperlinks	420	(5)
Using Style Sheets	425	(2)
What Other Web Tasks Can Flash Do?	427	(2)
Using Flash Inside a Larger Website	429	(5)
Uploading Files to a Web Server	434	(5)
Designing a Website to Be Modular	439	(18)
Loading Movies or Images	440	(3)
Determining When a Movie Is Fully Loaded and How to Unload It	443	(3)
Shared Library Items	446	(6)
Playing External Sounds	452	(5)
Optimizing a Flash Site	457	(28)
File Size Considerations	457	(20)
Performance Hits	477	(8)
Advanced Animation Techniques	485	(22)
It's the Result, Not the Technology	486	(2)
Applying Conventional Techniques	488	(19)
Working on Large Projects and in Team Environments	507	(14)
Production Methodologies	507	(5)
Applying Productivity Techniques	512	(9)
Publishing a Creation	521	(28)
How to Publish	521	(9)
Adding Metadata to Your Flash Creation	530	(2)
Deciding Which Media Types to Publish	532	(10)
Exporting Other Media Types	542	(7)
Part V: Appendixes
APPENDIX A: Shapes You Can Make in Merge Drawing Mode	549	(18)
Semicircle	550	(2)
Spokes on a Wheel	552	(2)
Five-Pointed Star	554	(4)
Oblique Cube	558	(1)
Sine Waves	559	(2)
3D Sphere	561	(2)
Color Wheel	563	(4)
APPENDIX B: Resources	567	(8)
Tutorials and Other Online Resources	567	(2)
Content Sites	569	(2)
Third-Party Products	571	(3)
Statistics	574	(1)
Glossary	575	(8)
Index	583

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