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Macromedia Flash 8 for Windows and Macintosh

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Ulrich, Katherine.

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Berkeley, Calif. : Peachpit ; [London : Pearson Education [distributor]], 2006.

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Books

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Visual quickstart guide

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xx, 569 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Title Subject:

Flash (Computer file)

Subject Term:

Web sites -- Authoring programs.

Web sites -- Design.

ISBN:

9780321349637

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RESERVE 006.78 F615UL, 2006

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Macromedia Flash is the industry-standard tool for producing web sites. This book takes an easy, visual approach to teaching Flash 8, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do.

Introduction	p. xi
About Flash	p. xii
What Makes Flash a Special Web-Design Tool?	p. xiii
Flash 8: What's New?	p. xiv
How to Use This Book	p. xix
Chapter 1 The Flash Authoring Tool	p. 1
Working with Flash Documents	p. 2
Working with Template Documents	p. 7
Touring the Flash Authoring Environment	p. 10
About the Timeline	p. 11
About Document Properties	p. 13
Using Rulers, Grids, and Guides	p. 19
Working with Snapping	p. 22
Viewing at Various Magnifications	p. 26
About Panels	p. 28
Working with Grouped Panels	p. 31
About the Property Inspector	p. 36
Chapter 2 Creating Simple Graphics	p. 39
Touring the Tools	p. 40
Creating Solid Colors and Gradients	p. 42
Working with Color Swatches	p. 49
Creating Color Sets	p. 50
Setting Fill Attributes	p. 53
Setting Stroke Attributes	p. 55
Making Geometric Shapes	p. 58
Creating Freeform Shapes	p. 63
Adding Strokes and Fills	p. 74
Chapter 3 Working with Text	p. 79
Using the Text Tool	p. 80
Setting Text Attributes	p. 82
Setting Paragraph Attributes	p. 89
Chapter 4 Modifying Simple Graphics	p. 93
Setting Selection Preferences	p. 94
Making Selections	p. 95
Using the Clipboard	p. 102
Resizing Graphic Elements	p. 104
Positioning Graphic Elements	p. 108
Flipping, Rotating, and Skewing	p. 111
Distorting Graphic Elements	p. 115
Modifying Fills and Strokes	p. 119
Modifying Shapes: Selection Tool	p. 128
Modifying Shapes: Subselection Tool	p. 133
Converting Shape Types	p. 140
Chapter 5 Complex Graphics on a Single Layer	p. 143
Working with Groups	p. 146
Working with Grouped Elements	p. 148
Editing Groups	p. 150
Controlling Stacking Order	p. 153
Aligning Elements	p. 155
Combining Drawing-Objects	p. 157
Using Gradients in Multipart Shapes	p. 160
Chapter 6 Graphics on Multiple Layers	p. 169
Touring the Timeline's Layer Features	p. 170
Creating and Deleting Layers and Folders	p. 171
Controlling Layers and Folders	p. 174
Setting Layer Properties via the Timeline	p. 178
Controlling Layer Visibility in the Timeline	p. 182
Controlling the Stacking Order of Layers	p. 183
Organizing Layers in Folders	p. 184
Working with Graphics on Different Layers	p. 186
Cutting and Pasting Between Layers	p. 188
Distributing Graphic Elements to Layers	p. 191
Working with Guide Layers	p. 192
Working with Mask Layers	p. 194
Chapter 7 Working with Symbols	p. 199
Understanding the Library Panel	p. 200
Understanding Library Hierarchy	p. 205
Converting Graphics to Symbols	p. 208
Creating New Symbols from Scratch	p. 212
Using Symbol Instances	p. 215
Modifying Symbol Instances	p. 216
Swapping One Symbol Instance for Another	p. 220
Editing Master Symbols	p. 222
Duplicating Master Symbols	p. 224
Deleting Master Symbols	p. 225
Converting Symbol Instances to Graphics	p. 227
Copying Symbols Between Movies	p. 228
Chapter 8 Frame-by-Frame Animations	p. 233
Using the Timeline	p. 234
Creating Keyframes	p. 237
Creating In-Between Frames	p. 242
Selecting Frames	p. 244
Manipulating Frames in One Layer	p. 247
Removing Frames	p. 252
Making a Simple Frame-by-Frame Animation	p. 256
Previewing the Action	p. 259
Smoothing the Animation by Adding Keyframes	p. 261
Using Onion Skinning	p. 263
Editing Multiple Frames	p. 266
Setting the Frame Rate	p. 268
Varying the Speed of Animations	p. 269
Chapter 9 Animation with Motion Tweening	p. 271
Creating a Bouncing Ball with Motion Tweening	p. 272
Adding Keyframes to Motion Tweens	p. 276
Animating Color Effects	p. 277
Animating Graphics That Change Size	p. 278
Rotating and Spinning Graphics	p. 280
Moving Graphics in Straight Lines	p. 283
Moving Graphics Along a Path	p. 286
Orienting Graphics to a Motion Path	p. 290
Changing Tween Speed	p. 292
Getting Help with Motion Tweens	p. 298
Chapter 10 Animation with Shape Tweening	p. 301
Creating a Bouncing Ball with Shape Tweening	p. 302
Morphing Simple Lines and Fills	p. 307
Shape-Tweening Multiple Shapes	p. 310
Transforming a Simple Shape into a Complex Shape	p. 312
Creating Shapes That Move as They Change	p. 316
Chapter 11 More-Complex Animation Tasks	p. 319
Understanding Scenes	p. 320
Manipulating Frames in Multiple Layers	p. 323
Animating Multiple Motion Tweens	p. 326
Animating Shape Tweens in Multiple-Shape Graphics	p. 332
Reversing Frames	p. 334
Combining Tweening with Frame-by-Frame Techniques	p. 336
Saving Animations As Graphic Symbols	p. 338
Using Animated Graphic Symbols	p. 342
Saving Animations as Movie-Clip Symbols	p. 348
Using Movie-Clip Symbols	p. 352
Using Animated Masks	p. 355
Chapter 12 Building Buttons for Interactivity	p. 363
Creating a Basic Button Symbol	p. 365
Creating Shape-Changing Button Symbols	p. 370
Creating Fully Animated Button Symbols	p. 373
Creating Invisible Button Symbols	p. 375
Using Button Components	p. 377
Modifying Button Components	p. 380
Creating Movie-Clip Buttons	p. 384
Chapter 13 Basic Interactivity	p. 389
Touring the Actions Panel	p. 390
Customizing the Actions Panel	p. 393
Organizing Frame Actions	p. 396
Adding Frame Actions	p. 397
Adding Actions to Buttons	p. 403
Previewing Actions at Work	p. 411
Changing Events	p. 413
Triggering Actions from the Keyboard	p. 418
Triggering Multiple Actions with One Event	p. 420
Using Multiple Handlers for One Button	p. 425
Editing Scripts	p. 428
Adding Actions to Movie Clips	p. 431
Adding Actions to Movie-Clip Buttons	p. 433
Making Frame Actions Control Objects	p. 438
Using Buttons to Control Movie Clips	p. 446
Linking to Other Web Pages	p. 448
Using the Script Navigator	p. 451
Chapter 14 Using Non-Flash Graphics	p. 455
Importing Non-Flash Graphics	p. 456
Turning Bitmaps into Vector Graphics	p. 464
Using Bitmaps as Fills	p. 467
Chapter 15 Adding Sound	p. 471
Importing Sounds	p. 472
Adding Sounds to Frames	p. 474
Adding Sounds to Buttons	p. 479
Using Event Sounds	p. 481
Using Start Sounds	p. 485
Using Stream Sounds	p. 486
Stopping Sounds	p. 489
Using Behaviors to Control Sounds	p. 491
Repeating Sounds	p. 498
Editing Sounds	p. 500
Chapter 16 Delivering Movies to Your Audience	p. 505
Preparing Your Movie for Optimal Playback	p. 506
Publishing	p. 511
Working with Flash Player Settings	p. 515
Publishing HTML for Flash Player Files	p. 525
Using Alternate Image Formats	p. 534
Using Version Detection	p. 539
Creating Projectors	p. 541
Creating Publishing Profiles	p. 542
Exporting Flash to Other Formats	p. 546
Printing from Flash	p. 548
Printing from Flash Player	p. 550
Index	p. 553

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