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Table of Contents
Introduction
Background Information
Why Use Macromedia Flash MX?
What's New in Macromedia Flash MX?
Macromedia Flash MX as Project, Player, or Projector?
File Types Associated with Macromedia Flash MX
Caution: Player Required!
Beyond Macromedia Flash MX
Interface
The Document Window
The Timeline
Docking and Undocking the Timeline
The Layer Controls
The Information Bar
The Toolbox
The Panels
Undocking and Docking Panels
Resizing Panels
Expanding, Collapsing, Hiding, and Closing Panels
Using the Panel Options Menu
Creating and Saving Panel Sets
Switching to Another Panel Set
The Panels Defined
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Creating a New Shortcut Set
Drawing and Color Tools
Drawing Tools Explained
Lines, Strokes, and Fills Explained
Exercise 1: Drawing with the Pencil Tool
Exercise 2: Modifying Lines
Exercise 3: Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools
Exercise 4: Using the Brush Tool
Exercise 5: Modifying Strokes and Fills
Exercise 6: Working with Multiple Objects
Exercise 7: Grouping Objects
What Is the Color Mixer Panel?
Exercise 8: Creating Gradients
Exercise 9: Drawing with the Pen Tool
Exercise 10: Modifying Paths
Animation Basics
The Timeline
Projects and Movies
Exercise 1: Document Properties
What Is a Keyframe?
Keyframes in Macromedia Flash MX
Exercise 2: Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes
Exercise 3: Onion Skinning
Exercise 4: Understanding Frame Rate
What Is the Frame Rate?
Recommended Frame Rates
Exercise 5: Inserting and Deleting Frames
Exercise 6: Copying and Reversing Frames
Exercise 7: Testing Movies
Shape Tweening
What Is Shape Tweening?
Exercise 1: Shape Tweening Text
Exercise 2: Shape Hinting
Exercise 3: Multiple Shape Tweening
Layer Properties Defined
Exercise 4: Animating Gradients
Symbols and Instances
The Symbol and Instance Structure
Symbol Naming Conventions
Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms
Exercise 1: Creating Graphic Symbols
Exercise 2: Creating Symbol Instances
Exercise 3: Editing Symbols
Exercise 4: Editing Symbol Instances
Color Styles
Exercise 5: Animating Graphic Symbols
Motion Tweening
Shape Tweening Versus Motion Tweening
Exercise 1: Basic Motion Tweening
Exercise 2: Tweening Effects
Exercise 3: Editing Multiple Frames
Exercise 4: Using a Motion Guide
Exercise 5: Exploding Text
Motion Tweening Options and Limitations
Bitmaps
Benefits of Bitmaps
Compression in Macromedia Flash MX
Exercise 1: Importing and Compressing Bitmaps
Exercise 2: Importing Bitmap Sequences
Exercise 3: Converting Bitmaps to Vectors
Exercise 4: Basic Masking
Exercise 5: Animated Masks
Exercise 6: Breaking Apart Bitmaps
Exercise 7: Stroking a Bitmap
Exercise 8: Combining Bitmaps and Vectors
Buttons
Button States
Button Types
Exercise 1: Rollover Buttons
Exercise 2: Rollover Buttons with Text
Exercise 3: Duplicating and Aligning Buttons
Exercise 4: Adding Sound to Buttons
Exercise 5: Invisible Buttons
Movie Clips
What Is a Movie Clip?
Exercise 1: Creating a Movie Clip
Exercise 2: Animated Graphic Symbols Versus Movie Clip Symbols
Exercise 3: Creating an Animated Rollover Button
Exercise 4: Animated Rollover Button in Action
ActionScripting Basics
Where Do I Place ActionScript?
The Actions Panel Defined
Exercise 1: Controlling the Timeline
Interactivity and Actions: Events and Event Handlers
Mouse Events
Keyboard Events
Movie Clip Events
Time-Based Events
Exercise 2: Controlling Movie Clips
Exercise 3: The goto Action to Create a Slideshow
Exercise 4: On Mouse Event: getURL
What Are Scenes?
Exercise 5: Targeting Scenes
Exercise 6: Creating a Drop-Down Menu
What Is loadMovie?
Exercise 7: Loading Movies
Working with Text
Text Block Types
Creating, Modifying, and Formatting Text
Text Options in the Property Inspector
Exercise 1: Working with Static Text and Device Fonts
Embedded Fonts Versus Device Fonts
Exercise 2: Loading Dynamic Text Fields Using External Files
Exercise 3: Working with Dynamic Text and HTML
Exercise 4: Scrollable Dynamic Text Fields
Exercise 5: Working with Input Text
Sound
Exercise 1: Importing Sounds
Exercise 2: Compressing Sound
Exercise 3: Creating Background Sound with Sound Effects
Modifying Sound Settings
Exercise 4: Controlling Sound with On/Off Buttons
Exercise 5: Compression Settings for Narration
Exercise 6: Synchronizing Sound to Narration Cues
Components and Forms
What Are Components?
Working with Components
Exercise 1: Creating a Form
Exercise 2: Configuring Components
Exercise 3: Modifying Components
Video
Importing Video into Macromedia Flash MX
Sorenson Spark Video Compression
Exercise 1: Importing Video
Exercise 2: Controlling Video with stop and go Actions
Exercise 3: Controlling Video Targeting Frame Labels
Exercise 4: Applying Effects to Video
Exercise 5: Linking to QuickTime Video
The QuickTime Dialog Box
What Is Sorenson Squeeze?
Publishing and Exporting
What Types of Content Can Macromedia Flash MX Publish?
Exercise 1: Macromedia Flash MX and HTML
Exercise 2: Creating Projectors
Exercise 3: Modifying Projectors with FSCommands
To Publish or to Export?
Exercise 4: Exporting Image Files
More About the Publish Settings
Flash Settings
HTML Settings
GIF Settings
JPEG Settings
PNG Settings
QuickTime Settings
Settings for Projector Files
Top Tips for Optimizing Movies
Putting It All Together
Exercise 1: The Big Picture
Exercise 2: Examining the Scenes
Layer Management
Exercise 3: Examining the Layers
Library Organization
Exercise 4: Investigating the Library
Exercise 5: Using the Movie Explorer
What Is a Preloader?
Exercise 6: Building a Preloader
Exercise 7: Printing from the Project File
Exercise 8: Printing from the Macromedia Flash Player
Exercise 9: Exporting the Scenes
Exercise 10: Creating Draggable Movies
Integration
Importing Vector Files
Exercise 1: Bringing Fireworks Editable Content into Flash
Exercise 2: Bringing Fireworks Flattened Content into Flash
Exercise 3: Importing FreeHand Content as Keyframes
Exercise 4: Importing FreeHand Content as Scenes
Exercise 5: Dreamweaver and Macromedia Flash MX
Exercise 6: Illustrator and Macromedia Flash MX
Exercise 7: Creating Accessible Content
Index