Index
A
Actions panel
breakpoints, setting, 385
viewing, 349
ActionScript Editor, debugging with, 376–377
ActionScript Server files, 14
ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM), 351
ActionScripts, 10, 131, 347. See also behaviors; components; conditional statements; debugging; dot syntax; methods; properties
animation, creating, 282
clip events, 365–366
data types, 360
for dynamic text, 180
external SWF files, loading, 418
files, 14
frame events, 364
functions, using, 361
motion tween as ActionScript, copying, 244, 253
mouse events, 362–363
new version, introducing, 351
preferences, setting, 356
printing with, 489
video with, 328–329
warning preferences, 65
activating masks, 295
Adaptive color palette, 477
Add Statement, 349
Adjust Color effect, 240–241
Adobe Air, 470–471
create, 470
publish, 471
Adobe After Effects CS2, 342
Adobe Bridge, 14–15
Adobe ConnectNow, 508
Adobe Fireworks. See Fireworks
Adobe Flash Exchange Web site
commands, downloading, 459
Extend link for accessing, 4
resources on, 27
updates and support on, 26–27
Adobe Flash Player. See Flash Player
Adobe Flash Support Online Web site
templates on, 13
updates and support on, 26–27
Adobe Flash Video. See Flash movies; FLV files
Adobe Illustrator. See Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop. See Photoshop
Adobe Premiere for alpha masks, 344–345
Adobe Stock Photos. See Stock Photos
Adobe Version Cue. See Version Cue
ADPCM compression, 318
advanced colors. See colors
Advertising templates, 13
Alert component, adding, 406–407
alignment
with guide layers, 41
HTML alignment, setting, 475
of paragraph text, 172
alpha
instance alpha, modifying, 158, 160
masks, working with, 344–345
motion tween, adding to, classic, 262
publishing movies, setting on, 477
shape tween alpha, changing, 279
anchor points, 81
arrow keys for moving, 116
corner points to curve points, converting, 116–117
curve points to corner points, converting, 116–117
anchor points (continued)
deleting, 111
Pen tool using, 110
types of, 116–117
AND conditional statement, 370
animations. See also frame-by-frame animation; GIF files; motion tweening
anti-aliasing for, 176
buttons, adding to, 151
of filters, 241
masks, animating, 300–301
symbols, converting to, 139
sync sounds, adding, 305
anti-aliasing text, 176
API (application programming interface) and components, 413
Apple Final Cut Pro, 342
alpha masks, working with, 344–345
Arial font, 176
built-in Flash device fonts for, 179
armature, 283–288
Arrange command, 133
arrow keys, 116
assets in Library, 134–135
attachMovie() method, 366
attributes, list of, 451
audience, determining, 8
audio. See sounds
Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) files. See AVI files
authoring parameters, 440, 441
Auto Format, 349
Auto Kerning, setting, 169
AutoCAD DXF. See DXF files
AVI files, 325
exporting movies to, 490–491
AvidXpress DV, 342
B
Back button on Edit bar, 46
attributes, 450
Property Inspector, changing color in, 16
ball animation. See shape tweening
bandwidth and debugging, 375
batch processing video encoding, 342–343
BBEdit, 354
behaviors, 10–11
adding behaviors, 371
instance, changing symbol behavior of, 144–145
sounds with, 310–311
Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip Behaviors, 372
symbol behavior, changing, 144
video with, 328–329
warn on behavior symbol conversion, 65
Behaviors panel, 371
Bevel effect, 240–241
bevel joins, 75
Bézier handles, 81
Pen tool using, 110
bindings, 431
creating, 444–445
modifying, 446–447
Web Services (WSDL) documents and, 434
Bindings tab, Component Inspector, 391, 440. See also bindings
bit depth options, 478
bit rate for sounds, 319
Break Apart for fill patterns, 205
center point of fill, changing, 206
compression, setting, 204
fills
Break Apart for fill patterns, 205
center point, changing, 206
orientation, changing, 206–207
resizing, 206–207
Find and Replace for, 186
Fireworks files, importing, 198–199
graphics, 188
Illustrator, importing from, 190
Magic Wand, editing with, 208–209
orientation of fills, changing, 206–207
outside editor, editing in, 202–203
Photoshop import preferences, 192–193
PNG bitmaps, importing, 198–199
preferences, setting, 63
replacing, 203
resizing fills, 206–207
Stage, importing bitmap to, 196
support for, 189
swapping, 197
text, 176
tracing bitmaps, 210
blending
instance blend, modifying, 159
shape tween, setting for, 278
Blur effect, 240–241
BMP files, 187
Bones tool, 283–288
Boolean data, 360
borders
for dynamic text, 180
for input text, 181
for Label components, 410
Bound To dialog box, 447
bitmap fill pattern, creating, 205
breaking
instances, 155
setting breakpoints, 385
text fields, 174–175
brightness
instances, modifying brightness of, 158
motion tween, adding to, classic, 262
Bring to Front/Bring Forward, 133
browsers
identifying playback browser, 9
printing from Flash Player, 489
system requirements, 2
building movies, 10–11
Button component, adding, 402–403
button objects, 355
buttons. See also RadioButton
animation, adding, 151
creating, 150–151
enabling/disabling, 152
invisible buttons, creating, 153
mouse events, attaching, 363
window sizing buttons, 19
C
calling functions, 296
camera data file information, 472–473
caps, 75
case-sensitivity in ActionScripts, 347
content for PDA, creating, 498
deployment of Flash movies to, 501
center of gradient fills, changing, 121
centering text, 172
characters. See also kerning
breaking text fields into, 174
for dynamic text, 180
for input text, 181
options, setting, 182
circles, creating, 79
classes
object-oriented programming, 348
working with ActionScript 3.0, 352–353
classic tween. See motion tweening
Clear Keyframe function, classic, 258–259
clip events, 365–366
attaching to movie clips, 366
Clipboard
pasting images from, 201
preferences, setting, 63
Close button, 19
closing
documents, 28
History panel, 453
panels, 52
code hints, 349
in debugging, 377
setting, 356
ColdFusion, 414
collapsing. See maximizing/minimizing
Color Mixer
bitmap fill, selecting, 205
fill colors, changing, 97
gradients in, 105
for shape tween, 279
specifying colors in, 98
stroke color, changing, 98
text colors, changing, 167
importing, 99
for shape tween, 279
type options, 477
Web 216
color palette, 477
working with, 98–99
Color Picker, 98–99
colors. See also backgrounds; color palettes; GIF files; gradients; instances; PNG files; RGB colors; Swatches panel; syntax-coloring
advanced colors
motion tween, adding effects to, classic, 262
simultaneously modifying color and transparency, 160
attributes, 450
fill colors, changing, 96–97
Find and Replace for, 186
font colors, changing, 167
highlight color preferences, setting, 162
instances, modifying color of, 158–159
Kuler panel, 100–101
motion tween, adding effects to, classic, 262
shape tween colors, changing, 279
stroke color, changing, 98
TextArea component, adding, 400–401
tint color of instance, modifying, 158
values, creating custom colors with, 98
column of vertical text, creating, 170
ComboBox component, adding, 394–395
commands, 31
deleting names of, 458–459
help commands, 25
History panel, saving steps as command in, 458–459
for Onion Skin markers, 229
running command, 459
saving steps as, 458–459
comments
in Actions panel, 349
with ActionScript Editor, 377
breakpoints, setting, 385
compatibility of ActionScripts, 351
Component Inspector, 391. See also components; parameters
authoring parameters, 440
description of, 440
components, 10–11, 14, 389. See also bindings; DataGrid component; parameters; schemas
Alert component, adding, 406–407
API (application programming interface) in, 413
attributes, modifying, 450
basic components, understanding, 390–391
Button component, adding, 402–403
categories of, 391
CheckBox component, adding, 396–397
ComboBox component, adding, 394–395
DataHolder component, 431, 432–433
forms, building, 412
Label component, adding, 410–411
List component, adding, 408–409
Loader component, adding, 418–419
MenuBar component, adding, 404–405
NumericStepper component, adding, 420–421
preloaders with, 418
ProgressBar component, adding, 422–423
RadioButton component, adding, 398–399
ScrollPanel component, adding, 424–425
TextArea component, adding, 400–401
TextInput component, adding, 392–393
Tree component, adding, 426–427
WebServicesConnector component, 436–437
Window component, adding, 428–429
XMLConnector component, 438–439
compression
bitmap compression, setting, 204
of Flash movies, 468
for sounds, 318
conditional statements, 367
using, 370
connected lines, drawing, 130
context-sensitive help, 376
Convert To Symbol dialog box, 139, 149
Copy Frames command, 220–221
Copy Steps button, 460
copying
bitmap images, 201
files, 21
frame sequence, 43
layers or folder contents, 38–39
motion tweens, 252–253
other programs, images from, 201
steps between documents, 460–461
corner points to curve points, converting, 116–117
CPU requirements, 9
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 183
cue points, 343
Current Script tag, 349
curve points to corner points, converting, 116–117
drawing smooth curves, 130
line segments, creating, 112
Pen tool, drawing with, 112–113
S-curves, creating, 113
shapes, optimizing, 77
customizing. See also colors
color palette, 477
keyboard shortcuts, 58
Tools panel, 50–51
D
data binding. See bindings
data components. See components
data types, 360
Web Services (WSDL) documents and, 434
adding, 414–415
with DataHolder component, 432–433
local data provider, using, 416–417
options, modifying, 430
DataHolder component, 431, 432–433
Debugger, 380–382. See also properties; variables
ActionScript 2.0, 382
ActionScript 3.0, 380–381
breakpoints, setting, 386
stepping through code, 387
debugging, 373. See also Debugger
in Actions panel, 349
with ActionScript Editor, 376–377
bandwidth and, 375
breakpoints, 376
concepts of, 374–375
Flash movies, permitting debugging of, 468
Flash Player, 388
manual debugging, 388
with Movie Explorer, 378–379
planning and, 375
testing and, 375
Deco tool, 109
defaults
Snap Align defaults, saving, 95
Toolbar defaults, restoring, 51
delay, setting, 356
deleting. See also masks; motion tweening
anchor points, 111
Command menu, name from, 458
commands, names of, 458–459
files in dialog box, 22
font mapping, 177
frames, 43
keyboard shortcut sets, 58–59
keyframes, 218–219
layers/folders, 34–35
panel sets, 57
scenes, 45
shape tween, keyframes from, 272
delivery computer system, identifying, 9
deployment
Flash deployment kit, 466
to other devices, 501
device fonts, setting, 178–179
DICOM file information, 472–473
dictionaries, using, 184
Digital Juice, 304
Digital video (DV) files, 325
display components. See components
distorting shapes, 120
Distribute to Layers command, 129
dithering on publishing movies, 478
docking/undocking panels, 54
frame rates, changing, 256
documents. See also layers; printing; projects
arranging multiple windows, 18
blank document, creating, 12
closing, 28
copying steps between documents, 460–461
creating
Adobe Air, 470
existing documents, opening, 14–15
general preferences, setting, 60
languages for, 181
last saved version, reverting to, 20
launching, opening documents on, 5
mouse, resizing windows with, 19
moving document windows, 19
multi-language authoring, 181
projector document, creating, 481
properties
setting up, 10
working with, 16–17
recently opened documents, opening, 15
resizing document windows, 19
saving, 20
compacting document when, 20
different name/location, saving with, 21
formats for, 22
multiple documents, 20
templates, saving as, 23
switching between, 18
templates
creating new document from, 13
saving document as, 23
description of, 357
movie clips, applying to, 358–359
Down state for buttons, 150
downloading
commands, 459
10-second rule, 488
drag-and-drop
DataGrids, 415
keyframes, 221
Library items, 134–135
motion tween, keyframes in, 258
Line tool for, 75
masks, 294
model options, 61
Oval tool, 78
Pencil tool for, 76–77
Polystar tool, 80
Rectangle tool, 78–79
rounded rectangle, 79
selection examples, 81
settings, changing, 130
Drop Shadow effect, 240–241
duplicating profiles, 486
DXF files, 189
exporting movies to, 490–491
dynamic media, 10
dynamic text. See text
E
ease properties. See also motion tweening
shape tween, setting for, 278
ECMAScript, 349
Edit bar, 7
scenes, selecting, 44
showing/hiding, 46
Edit in New Window mode, 140
Edit In Place mode, 140
Edit Snapping dialog box, 94–95
editable parameters, 442
editing. See also bitmaps; outside editors; symbols
keyframes, 220–221
Library, items in, 136–137
masks, 296
Onion Skins, 227
profile properties, 483
scene for editing, selecting, 47
sounds, 320
with Video Encoder, 342–343
effects, sound, 317
sending a document, 507
embedding. See also fonts
audio files, 305
data providers, 416–417
empty keyframe, creating, 214–215
Enable Simple Buttons command, 152
Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
exporting movies to, 490–491
support for, 189
EPS files, 187
exporting movies to, 490–491
importing options, 194
equals (=) statement, 370
clip events, 365–366
description of, 362
frame events, 364
events. See also ActionScripts; event handlers
sounds, triggering with, 312
existing documents, opening, 14–15
expanding/collapsing. See maximizing minimizing
exporting. See importing/exporting
Extend link, 4
Eye icon, 36
Eyedropper tool
for bitmap fills, 205
fills, editing, 104
strokes, editing, 104
F
exporting movies to different formats, 490–491
import file formats, 189
list of existing documents, opening, 14–15
files
debugging, file names and, 374
deleting, 22
text files, loading, 165
fills. See also bitmaps; gradients
Selection tool, selecting with, 84
colors, changing, 96–97
Eyedropper tool, editing with, 104
locking gradients, 106
Paint Bucket, editing with, 103
text fills, 167
filter effects, applying, 240–241
Find and Replace, 186
for active script, 349
importing files, 198–199
pasting images from, 201
.fla files. See documents
Flash CS4, 1
Flash deployment kit, 466
Flash File for mobile devices, 498
Flash Live Video files. See FLV files
Flash movies, 14 See also debugging; publishing movies
Bandwidth Profiler, working with, 488
different formats, exporting movie to, 490–491
exporting
different formats, exporting movies to, 490–491
video clips into FLV format, exporting, 346
Flash Player, optimizing for, 468
For loops for pausing, 368
planning, 8
previewing, 487
progressive downloads, 346
search engine searchability, improving, 17
security for local/network playback, 469
testing, 487
video-editing applications, exporting files from, 342–343
Flash Player, 2
debugging, 388
component, 332–333
frame-by-frame animation, testing, 225
installation, 3
magnification, changing, 487
masking and, 292
optimizing movies for, 468
printing from, 489
support for, 189
Version Detection, 475
Flash Project files, 14
Flash Remoting, 414
Flash Video Import Wizard, 323
Flash window, 30–31
FlashType, 176
flipping instances, 157
flowcharts, developing, 8
FLV files, 10, 325. See also Flash movies
exporting directly to, 346
Property Inspector, modifying video clips in, 346
FLV (Flash Video) QuickTime Export plug-in, 342–343
FLVPlayback component, 332–333
folders. See also layers
Library assets, creating folders for, 12
overlapped root folder warning, 65
renaming (See naming/renaming)
Font Mapping dialog box, 177
ActionScript text, setting for, 356
anti-aliasing, 176
attributes, 450
built-in Flash device fonts, 179
colors, changing, 166–167
deleting font mapping, 177
device fonts, setting, 178
embedded fonts, 178
symbols to embed font, creating, 136–137
Find and Replace for, 186
mapping, 177
missing font information, 178
preferences, setting, 62
size, changing, 167
substitute fonts, selecting, 177
symbols to embed font, creating, 136–137
TextArea component, adding, 400–401
type, changing, 166
warn on missing fonts, 64
For loops, 367
working with, 368
foreign languages. See languages
forms
components for building, 412
screens, creating, 496–497
45 degree angles, creating, 111
frame-based selection, 217
frame-by-frame animation, 211. See also Onion Skinning
Controller, playing with, 224
description of, 212–213
exporting to Flash movie, 224
Flash Player, testing in, 225
keyframes, 211
clearing, 218
converting frames to, 216
copying, 220
creating, 214–215
deleting, 218–219
drag-and-drop, 221
editing, 220–221
empty keyframe, creating, 214–215
pasting, 220
removing content from, 214
selecting frames, 217
span of keyframe, increasing, 215
multiple frames, editing, 230
playing animation, 224–225
selecting frames, 217
simple animation, creating, 222–223
frame events, 364
frame rate, 16
motion tween, changing in, 256
Property Inspector, changing in, 16
frames. See also keyframes; scenes
copying frame sequence, 43
deleting, 43
inserting, 43
moving frame sequence, 43
selecting, 42
warn on inserting frames when importing content, 64
Windows, setting in, 68
FreeTransform tool
distorting shapes in, 120
instances, working on, 156–157
scale of object, changing, 118
for text, 175
FreeTransform tool
envelope of shape, changing, 120
rotating object with, 119
skewing object with, 119
FreeHand, 187
importing options, 195
support for, 189
freehand text preferences, setting, 63
functions, using, 361
Future SplashPlayer, support for, 189
G
general preferences, setting, 60–61
Generator content, warn on reading, 64
geometric forms for shape tweening, 270
GIF files, 187
lossless compression with, 204
publishing movies, specifying options when, 476–477
support for, 189
Global Transform, 3D, 122–123
Glow effect, 240–241
Gradient Bevel effect, 240–241
Gradient Transform tool, 121
for bitmap fills, 206–207
locking, 106
multi-color gradient, creating, 105
publishing movies, settings on, 478
quality, setting, 63
transforming gradient fills, 121
graphic symbols, 148–149
graphics, 73. See also bitmaps; drawing; importing/exporting; layers; symbols; vector graphics
bitmap graphics, 188
filter effects, applying, 240–241
grouping/ungrouping, 132
pasting objects between layers, 126–127
in slides, 494
symbols, converting to, 149
vector graphics, 188
warning preferences, setting, 65
greater than (>) statement, 370
greater than or equal to (>=) statement, 370
grids and guides. See motion tweening
creating guides, 91
guide layers, 40–41
locking/unlocking, 91
modifying, 92–93
showing/hiding, 90
snap to grid, locking/unlocking, 91
turning on/off, 91
grouping/ungrouping, 131
artwork, 132
Illustrator import preferences, 191
panels, 55
Photoshop import preferences, 192–193
stacking order, changing, 133
guides. See grids and guides
H
hardware requirements, 9
headers in XML documents, 435
help, 24–25
in Actions panel, 349
commands, 25
context-sensitive help, 376
Helvetica font, 176
built-in Flash device fonts for, 179
hidden layers. See publishing movies
hiding. See showing/hiding
hierarchical data, viewing, 426–427
highlight color preferences, setting, 162
hints. See also code hints
for shape tween, 280–281
Stroke hinting, 75
History file information, 472–473
History panel, 451
clearing, 453
command, saving steps as, 458–459
copying steps between documents, 460–461
description of, 452
object level undo, working with, 462–463
opening/closing, 453
Options button, 452
repeating previous steps with, 452, 454
replaying steps with, 452, 453–454
undoing/redoing with, 452, 454–455
view, changing, 457
horizontal lines, creating, 111
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). See also publishing movies
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 183
keyboard shortcuts as HTML, exporting, 59
text rendered as, 180
XML compared, 435
HTTP/HTTPS security, 469
I
Illustrator, 187
converting layers options, 195
exporting Flash movies to, 490–491
file information, 472–473
import preferences, setting, 190–191
options for importing files, 194–195
Pen tool, 110
support for, 189
Import dialog box, 200
Import Script, 376
Import To Stage method, 196
importing/exporting. See also Flash movies; publishing movies; video; specific file formats
color palettes, importing, 98–99
different formats, exporting movie to, 490–491
file formats for, 189
Fireworks PNG files, 198–199
FLV format, exporting directly to, 346
frame-by-frame animation, exporting, 224
keyboard shortcuts as HTML, exporting, 59
media elements, 10
multiple files, importing, 200
profiles, 484–485
scripts, 376
sequence of files, importing, 200
sounds, 304–305
warning preferences, setting, 64–65
incompatibility warning preferences, 65
indents for text, setting, 173
inequality statement, 370
inheritance, 353
Ink Bottle tool, 102
input method, setting, 62
input text. See text
IPTC file information, 472–473
inserting file information, 472–473
Insert Target Path, 349
installation
preparation for, 2
standard application install, 3
advanced color options, 160
behavior, changing, 144–145
blend, modifying, 159
breaking, 155
brightness, modifying, 158
for dynamic text, 180
flipping, 157
for graphic symbols, 148–149
for input text, 181
movie clip instances, 154
multiple instances, working on, 156
properties, changing, 443
rotation, modifying, 156–157
scale, modifying, 146–157
simultaneously modifying color and transparency, 160
Stage, placing on, 142
swapping, 146–147
tint color, modifying, 158
transparency, modifying, 159, 160
Integrated Script window, 377
interlacing on publishing movies, 478
Inverse Kinematics, 283–288
invisible buttons, creating, 153
J
Japanese Handsets, 13
Java recordsets, 414
JavaScript, 14
commands, running, 459
History panel steps, viewing, 457
joins, 75
publishing movies, specifying options when, 480
Quality slider, dragging, 469
support for, 189
JSFL language, 51
justifying text, 172
K
adjusting, 168–169
Auto Kerning, setting, 169
preferences, setting, 62
keyboard controlling radio buttons, 398
keyboard shortcuts, 31
adding, 59
deleting, 58–59
HTML, exporting as, 59
open path, ending, 110
sets, creating, 58
Toolbar, identifying for, 51
keyframes, 42. See also frame-by-frame animation; motion tweening; shape tweening
moving, 43
Kuler panel, 100–101
L
Label component, adding, 410–411
labels
Label component, adding, 410–411
Macintosh, setting in, 66
Windows, setting in, 68
ActionScript language, setting, 356
character options, setting, 182
multi-language authoring, 181
Lasso tool
general preferences, setting, 61
with Magic Wand, 209
in polygon mode, 85
selecting with, 85
launching
Flash, 4–5
preferences on launch, setting, 60
Layer Properties dialog box, 40, 297
layers, 40. See also masks; motion tweening
copying layers or folder contents, 38–39
deleting layers/folders, 34–35
distributing graphics to, 129
expanding/collapsing folders, 38
guide layers, 40–41
height, changing, 40
Illustrator import preferences, 191
inactive layers, editing object on, 128
layer folder, creating, 34
moving layers/folders, 38
multiple layers, selecting, 35
new layers/folders, creating, 34
outlines, viewing contents as, 36–37
pasting objects between, 126–127
Photoshop import preferences, 192–193
pose, 283
properties, changing, 40
selecting, 34–35
separate layers, placing objects on, 129
types of, 40
layout
designing, 8–9
Windows, setting in, 68
leaf of Tree component, 426
left-aligning text, 172
less than (<) statement, 370
less than or equal to (<=) statement, 370
Library, 123. See also importing/exporting; sounds; symbols; video
accessing options, 137
bitmaps, importing, 196–197
items, 350
opening, 134–135
organizing item, 136
other libraries, opening, 134–135
sample common libraries, 134–135
sounds, importing, 304–305
Selection tool, converting with, 115
Pen tool, creating with, 112
line spacing, setting, 173
Line tool, 75
linear gradients, 105
lines. See also line segments
connected lines, drawing, 130
45 degree angles, creating, 111
horizontal lines, creating, 111
recognize lines option, 130
vertical lines, creating, 111
width, changing, 75
linked layers. See masks
linking Library assets, 137
List component, adding, 408–409
Loader component, adding, 418–419
Lock Fill feature, 106
Lock icon, 36
gradients, 106
grids and guides, 91
masks, 296
loops
creating, 367
exceptions, working with, 369
for graphic symbols, 148
sounds, looping, 317
lossless compression, 204
lossy compression, 204
M
Macintosh computers
keyboard commands on, 1
Macintosh computers (continued)
launching Flash, 5
margins, setting, 66–67
page setup, working with, 66–67
printing documents, 70–71
projector, creating, 481
system requirements for, 2
MacPaint support, 189
Magic Wand bitmaps, editing, 208–209
magnification
Flash Player, changing in, 487
Magnifying Glass, 86–87
Magnifying Glass, 86–87
Main toolbar, 30–31
showing/hiding, 48
mapping MIDI device sounds, 500–501
attributes, 450
Macintosh, setting in, 66–67
text margins, setting, 173
Windows, setting in, 68
markers. See Onion Skinning
mask layers, 40
masked layers, 40
masks, 289
activating, 295
adding layers to, 298
alpha masks, working with, 344–345
animating, 300–301
creating mask layers, 292–293
deleting
linked layers, 299
mask layers, 297
description of, 290–291
drawing masks, 294
editing, 296
linked layers
activating masks, 295
deleting, 299
order, changing, 298
Lock Layer column, 296
master symbols. See symbols
Maximize button, 19
in Actions panel, 349
with ActionScript Editor, 377
layer folders, 38
panels, 52–53
Tools panel, 50
media components, 391
Media Controller
advantages of using, 336
for frame-by-frame animation, 224
for streaming video, 335
working with, 336–337
for streaming video, 335
working with, 334–335
media elements, 10
Media Playback, 334–335
Media Player for streaming video, 334–335
MenuBar component, adding, 404–405
menus, 31
MenuBar component, adding, 404–405
converting to Object Drawing shape, 74
message
Web Services (WSDL) documents and, 434
in XML documents, 435
Metadata, 354
file information, 472–473
methods, 348, 350–351. See also ActionScripts; parameters
applying, 354–355
MIDI device sounds, mapping, 500–501
Minimize button, 19
minimizing. See maximizing/minimizing
miter joins, 75
Mobile SWF file information, 472–473
mobile devices. See cell phones; PDAs (personal data assistants)
monitor resolution requirements, 9
Motion Editor, 238–243
adding color effects and filters, 240–241
adding frames to tween, 254
adjusting, motion, 237
creating,
classic, 245
motion, 236
color effects, adding, classic, 262
copying tween, 252–253
deleting
frames from tween, 254–255
keyframes, classic, 258–259
ease in/out properties
customizing, classic, 266
setting, classic, 251
edit path, motion, 243
frame properties, classic, 247
frame rate, changing, 256
instance properties, 247
keyframes
deleting, classic, 258–259
moving, 249
work with, motion, 242
length of tween, changing, 254–255
Motion Editor, 238–243
motion guides
animating along, classic, 264
creating, classic, 263
orienting objects along, classic, 265
pasting tween, 252–253
presets, motion tween, 234–235
properties
ease properties, setting, classic, 251
frame and instance properties com-
pared, 247
pasting properties, 253
setting, classic, 250–251
reversing frames, 257
rotation, changing, classic, 260–261
scale
changing, classic, 260
rotate and scale, working with, 119
simple motion tween, creating, classic, 248–249
smoother animation, adding frames for, 255
target object, 231
understanding,
differences, 232
working with, classic, 246
mouse
resizing windows with, 19
movie clips, 154. See also components
clip events, 365–366
controlling video through, 330–331
dot syntax, applying, 358
Illustrator import preferences, 190–191
9-slice scaling, using, 161
Photoshop import preferences, 192–193
placing video in, 327
scaling, 161
ScrollPanel component for, 424–425
Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip
Behaviors, 372
symbols, 154
Timeline, referencing to, 329
Window component, adding, 428–429
Movie Explorer, debugging with, 378–379
moving
document windows, 19
files, 21
frame sequence, 43
keyframes, 43
layers/folders, 38
Tools panel, 50
MPG/MPEG files, 325
MP3 files, 10
compression, 319
streaming MP3 file, loading, 314–315
multi-language authoring, 181
multi-purposing, 466
music. See sounds
N
named anchor on scene, setting, 61
Command menu, deleting name from, 458
command names, deleting, 458–459
debugging, file names and, 374
folders, 21
keyboard shortcut sets, 58
with Movie Explorer, 378
panel sets, 57
scenes, 44–45
smart conventions, using, 374–375
navigating
in help topics, 24
planning for, 10–11
.Net recordsets, 414
nodes of Tree component, 426
normal layers, 40
Normal selection mode, 81
number data, 360
NumericStepper component, adding, 420–421
O
object data, 360
objects
working with ActionScript 3.0, 352–353
warning preferences, 65
working with, 74
objects, 348. See also ActionScripts; properties
tracking per-object changes, 462–463
On2 VP6 codec, 346
Onion Skinning, 211
activating, 226
manually setting markers, 228
Modify Onion Markers Window, setting markers in, 229
outlines, using, 227
online activation requirement, 3
opaque setting for publishing movies, 477
Open dialog box, 21
open path, Pen tool for, 110
opening
existing documents, 14–15
History panel, 453
launching, opening documents on, 5
panels, 52
Scene panel, 44
Options menu, 349
OR conditional statement, 370
orientation. See also Landscape orientation; Portrait orientation
bitmap fill orientation, changing, 206–207
text orientation, 170
Outline icon, 36
outlines of layer contents, 36–37
ActionScript code, editing, 354
bitmaps, editing, 202–203
Oval tool, 78
Over state for buttons, 150
overlapped root folder warning, 65
P
page setup
in Macintosh, 66–67
Windows, working in, 68–69
Page Setup dialog box
in Macintosh, 66–67
in Windows, 68–69
page size settings, 68
Paint Behind mode, 107
Paint Bucket
fills, editing, 103
fills with, 98
sensitivity, setting, 103
Paint Fills mode, 107
Paint Inside mode, 107
Paint Normal mode, 107
Paint Selection mode, 107
creating, 56
deleting, 57
displaying, 56
renaming, 57
Panel windows, 6
panels, 30
auto-collapsing, 60
docking/undocking, 54
expanding/collapsing, 52
grouping/ungrouping, 55
opening/closing, 52
Panels Options menu, 53
paper size settings, 66–67
authoring parameters, 440, 441
editing, 442–443
working with, 441
Parameters tab, Component Inspector, 391
parameters to functions, passing, 296
password parameters, 442
Paste Frames command, 220–221
Paste In Center, 126–127
Paste In Place, 126–127
Pasteboard. See Work Area
pasting
Clipboard, pasting images in, 201
keyframes, 220
layers, objects between, 126–127
motion tweens, 252–253
paths
bitmap, preserving paths on importing, 202
in debugging, 374
Illustrator import preferences, 191
pausing movie with For loops, 368
PDAs (personal data assistants)
content for PDA, creating, 498
deployment of Flash movies to, 501
PDF files, 187
importing options, 194
Macintosh documents, printing, 71
Pen tool,
closed path, creating, 111
curves, drawing, 112–113
deleting anchor points with, 111
description of, 111
open path, creating, 110
options, 130
S-curves, creating, 113
selection with, 81
Show Precise Cursors option, 112
Pencil tool,
in Smooth mode, 76–77
in Straighten mode, 76
perspective angle, 3D, 124
photo compression, 204
Photo Slideshows, 13
Photoshop, 187
converting layers options, 195
file import preferences, setting, 192–193
options for importing files, 194–195
pasting images from, 201
support for, 189
PICT files
exporting movies to, 490–491
settings, 63
support for, 189
Pin Script, 349
pinning multiple scripts, 377
pixels, 188
document, setting for, 16–17
planning
debugging and, 375
movies, 8
project plans, creation, 8–9
Play Once for graphic symbols, 148
playhead, 42
playing
frame-by-frame animation, 224–225
sounds, 312–313
PNG files, 187
importing, 198–199
lossless compression with, 204
publishing movies, specifying options when, 478–479
support for, 189
polygons
Lasso tool for, 85
with Polystar tool, 80
polymorphism, 353
Polystar tool, 80
port types, Web Services (WSDL) documents and, 434
Macintosh, setting in, 66
Windows, setting in, 68
pose layer, 283
preferences
ActionScript preferences, setting, 356
Clipboard preferences, setting, 63
general preferences, setting, 60–61
text preferences, setting, 62
warning preferences, setting, 64–65
Preferences dialog box. See drawing
preloaders, 418
ProgressBar component as, 422
previewing, 11
Flash movies, 487
Macintosh documents, 71
Primitive mode, 61
primitive rectangles/ovals, creating, 61, 79
Primitive shapes, 78
printers
Macintosh, setting properties in, 67
Windows, setting properties in, 69
printing. See also margins
with ActionScripts, 489
from Flash Player, 489
general preferences, setting, 61
help topics, 25
Macintosh documents, 70–71
Windows documents, 72
product updates. See updates
profiles. See publishing movies
ProgressBar component, adding, 422–423
progressive downloads, 346
Project panel, 502–505
projector document, creating, 481
creating and managing, 504–505
general preferences, setting, 61, 505
plans, creating, 8–9
testing, 506
properties, 350–351. See also documents; motion tweening; parameters
applying, 354–355
instance properties, changing, 443
layer properties, changing, 40
of movie clip symbols, 154
shape tween properties, setting, 278
viewing, 385
Property Inspector, 6, 30–31. See also behaviors; motion tweening
background color, changing, 16
bitmaps, swapping, 197
Color popup, 158
fill colors, changing, 96–97
Flash FLV video clips, modifying, 346
frame rate, changing, 16
kerning, adjusting, 168
motion tweens, adjusting, classic, 250
stroke color, changing, 98
text, rotating, 170
Publish Preview command, 487
Publish Settings dialog box, 340, 346, 465
security options, 469
Adobe Air, 470–471
Bandwidth Profiler, working with, 488
considerations for, 466
duplicating profiles, 486
editing profile properties, 483
GIF options, specifying, 476–477
hidden layers
exporting, 469
viewing, 37
HTML files, 11
options, specifying, 474–475
importing/exporting
different formats, exporting movie to, 490–491
hidden layers, exporting, 469
profiles, 484–485
protecting from import, 468
JPEG options, specifying, 480
modifying publish settings, 467
options, specifying, 468–469
Photoshop import preferences, 193
PNG options, specifying, 478–479
previewing movies, 487
profiles
creating, 482
duplicating, 486
editing properties of, 483
importing/exporting, 484–485
projector document, creating, 481
QuickTime video, Flash document as, 340–341
sound documents, 318–319
testing movies, 487
purpose of project, determining, 8
PushButton type, 151
Q
QuickTime Export Settings dialog box, 338–339
QuickTime Image support, 189
exporting movies to, 338–339, 490–491
FLV Export Plug-in support, 342
publishing Flash document as, 340–341
version requirements, 2
video file support, 325
quitting Flash, 28
Quiz, 13
R
radial gradients, 105
RadioButton, 151
component, adding, 398–399
RAM requirements, 9
raw data file information, 472–473
raw sounds, 319
readability, anti-aliasing for, 176
recordsets, DataGrid component for, 414
Rectangle Settings dialog box, 79
Rectangle tool, 78–79
rounded rectangle, drawing, 79
rectangles
Selection tool, selecting with, 84
primitive rectangles, creating, 61, 79
redoing. See undoing/redoing
registration point, creating, 139
renaming. See naming/renaming
repeating previous steps with History panel, 452, 454
Replace. See Find and Replace
replaying steps with History panel, 452, 453–454
resizing
bitmap fills, 206–207
bitmap graphics, 188
document windows, 19
fonts, 166
gradient fills, 121
text boxes, 165
Timeline display, 32
Restore Down button, 19
Reverse Frames command, 257
instances, modifying colors of, 160
values, entering, 98
right-aligning text, 172
Rotate Text button, 171
rotation
with Free Transform tool, 119
gradient fills, 121
instance, modifying rotation of, 156–157
motion tween, changing during, classic, 260–261
Rotation tool, 3D, 122–123
of text, 170–171
working with, 119
round joins, 75
rounded rectangle, drawing, 79
rulers. See also grids and guides
showing/hiding, 89
unit of measure, specifying, 17, 89
S
S-curves, creating, 113
sample rate for sounds, 319
sans serif fonts, 176
built-in Flash device fonts for, 179
Save As dialog box
folders, renaming, 21
formats for files, 22
saving. See also documents
Snap Align defaults, 95
undo, saving documents after, 455
warning preferences, setting, 64
scale. See also motion tweening
Free Transform tool for changing, 118
instance, modifying scale of, 156–157
Macintosh, setting in, 66–67
movie clips, 161
9-slice scaling, using, 161
Windows, setting in, 68
working with, 119
Scene button, 46
Scene panel, 44
adding scenes, 44
deleting, 45
edit, selecting scene to, 47
named anchor on scene, setting, 61
naming/renaming, 44–45
reordering, 45
selecting, 44–45
Schema tab, Component Inspector, 391, 440, 448, 443. See also schemas
description of, 448
modifying, 449
schematic flowcharts, 8
script, developing, 8
Script pane, 349
scroll bars, 424–425
scrolling
DataGrid component with, 414
text, creating, 181
ScrollPanel component, adding, 424–425
scrubbing, 224
search engines, 17
searching
with Find and Replace, 186
for help information, 25
with spell-checking, 184
security for local/network playback, 469
Selection tool, 81
connected stroke segments, selecting, 83
fills, selecting, 84
line segments, converting, 115
multiple stroke segments, selecting, 83
rectangles, selecting, 84
shapes, modifying, 114
strokes, selecting, 82–83
selecting
with Selection tool, 82–83
contact-sensitive selection, setting, 61
with Lasso tool, 85
layers, 34–35
scenes, 44–45
span based selection, 61
text, 172
Send to Back/Send Backward, 133
sending a document, e-mail, 507
serial number for installation, 3
serif fonts, built-in Flash device fonts for, 179
shape hints, 280–281
shape tweening, 267
alpha, changing, 279
ball animation
combining tweening and movement in, 276–277
creating, 274–275
blending properties, setting, 278
colors, changing, 279
combining tweening and movement in
ball animation, 276–277
creating shape tween form, 270–271
deleting keyframes, 272–273
hints, setting, 280–281
keyframes
adding, 272
deleting, 272–273
properties, setting, 278
working with, 268–269
shapes. See also masks; shape tweening
Selection tool, modifying with, 114
breaking text fields into, 174–175
distorting shapes, 120
envelope of shape, changing, 120
optimizing, 77
recognize shapes option, 130
with Rectangle tool, 78–79
rough shapes, converting, 76
Stage, creating shapes on, 414
Subselection tool, modifying with, 116–117
shared audio libraries, working with, 308–309
Sharing My Screen, 508
shortcuts. See also keyboard shortcuts
Macintosh, shortcut to Flash on, 5
Show Precise Cursors, 112
Edit bar, 46
grids and guides, 90
Main toolbar, 48
rulers, 89
Tools panel, 50
Welcome screen, 4
Silicon Graphics Image support, 189
Single Frame for graphic symbols, 148
site maps, 8
size reports, generating, 468
skewing with Free Transform tool, 119
Skinning component, 324
skins, 324
slide presentations, creating, 494–495
Slide Screen feature, 494–495
smooth curves. See curves
Smooth mode, Pencil tool in, 76–77
Snap Align, 94–95
snap to grid, locking/unlocking, 91
Snap to Object command, 95
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), 436
Sorensen codec, 346
sound card requirements, 9
SoundComplete event, 312
sounds, 303
with ActionScript 3.0, 310–311
with ActionScript behaviors, 310–311
with behaviors, 310–311
bit rate for, 319
effects, 317
embedded audio files, 305
events, triggering, 312
external library, adding audio with, 306–307
Find and Replace for, 186
importing, 304–305
Library
external library, adding audio with, 306–307
importing sounds to, 304–305
shared audio libraries, working with, 308–309
Timeline, adding sounds to, 306–307
looping sounds, 317
MIDI device sounds, mapping, 500–501
MP3 file, loading, 314–315
playing sounds, 312–313
publishing sound documents, 318–319
quality, changing, 319
shared audio libraries, working with, 308–309
in slides, 494
Soundbooth, 321
stopping sounds, 312–313
all sounds, 315
streaming MP3 file, loading, 314–315
sync sounds
animation, adding to, 305
Timeline, adding to, 316
Timeline
animation, adding sounds to, 305
Library, transferring file from, 306–307
sync sounds, adding, 316
timing of, 320
types, 303
zooming on, 320
Spanish text, displaying, 181
Spray Brush tool, 108
speech files, 319
spell-checking, 184–185
Spelling Setup dialog box, 184–185
squares, creating, 79
stacking order, changing, 133
Stage, 7, 29, 30–31. See also frames; importing/exporting; layers; sounds; Work Area
bitmap to Stage, importing, 196
components, adding, 391
dimensions, setting, 17
Hand tool, moving with, 47, 88
shapes directly on stage, creating, 414
Snap Align, 94–95
video files on, 326
view size, changing, 47
zooming specific area on, 86–87
Start menu, 15
Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip Behaviors, 372
startup preferences, customizing, 4
static media, 10
static text. See text
stepping through code, 387
steps. See History panel
stopping sounds. See sounds
Straighten mode, Pencil tool in, 76
streaming MP3 file, loading, 314–315
streaming video. See video
string data, 360
Stroke hinting, 75
strokes. See also lines
colors, changing, 98
Eyedropper tool, editing with, 104
Ink Bottle tool, editing with, 102
Subselection tool, 81
anchor points and vectors, editing, 110
corner points to curve points,
converting, 116–117
curve points to corner points, converting, 116–117
shapes, modifying, 116–117
supplies for Macintosh printing, 71
Swap dialog box, 146–147
Swap Symbol feature, 146–147
swapping bitmaps, 197
fill colors, changing, 97
for shape tween, 279
stroke color, changing, 98
text colors, changing, 167
.swc files. See components
.swf files. See Flash movies
switching between documents, 18
Symbol button, 46
symbols. See also buttons; instances; motion tweening; movie clips
animations to symbol, converting, 139
attributes, 450
behavior, changing, 144
duplicating during swap, 147
editing
entering/exiting editing mode, 140–141
master symbols, editing, 142–143
existing artwork to symbol, converting, 138
exiting editing mode, 141
Find and Replace for, 186
font symbols, creating, 136–137
graphic symbols, 148–149
IK animations, 283–287
master symbols
breaking instances from, 155
editing, 142–143
new symbols creating, 138
registration point, creating, 139
warning preferences, setting, 65
syntax. See also dot syntax
ActionScript 3.0, 353
checking, 349
indentation, 356
in debugging, 377
schemes, 356
system requirements, 2
T
tab size, setting, 356
telephones. See also cell phones
activation requirement, 3
templates. See also documents
for mobile device content, 498
saving documents as, 23
10-second rule, 488
Test Movie, 211. See also masks; motion tweening; shape tweening
debugging with, 380–382
general preferences, setting, 60
testing. See also debugging
debugging and, 375
Flash movies, 487
frame-by-frame animation, 225
projects, 506
text, 153. See also characters; fonts; kerning
aligning paragraph text, 172
anti-aliasing, 176
bitmap text, 176
breaking text fields, 174–175
colors, changing, 167
ComboBox component, adding, 394–395
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), working with, 183
dynamic text
character options for, 182
creating, 180
freehand text preferences, setting, 63
Illustrator, importing from, 190
input text, 163
character options for, 182
component, adding, 392–393
creating, 180–181
parameters, editing, 442–443
line spacing, setting, 173
margins, setting, 173
Photoshop import preferences, 192–193
preferences, setting, 62
rotation of, 170–171
scrolling text, creating, 181
selecting, 172
shapes, breaking text fields into, 174–175
single column of vertical text, creating, 170
spell-checking, 184–185
static text, 163
creating, 164
TextArea component, adding, 400–401
tracking, adjusting, 168
transforming, 175
vertical text, 170–171
block, creating, 171
options, setting, 62
text boxes, creating, 165
text files, loading, 165
Text tool, 164
TextArea component, adding, 400–401
TextInput component, adding, 392–393
TGA file support, 189
3D Space
GlobalTransform, 122–123
perspective angle, 124
Rotation, tool, 122–123
vanishing point, 125
Translation, tool, 122
TIFF file support, 189
Timeline, 7, 30–31. See also effects; frames; sounds; video
changing display, 32
elements, adding motion to, 11
frames display, changing, 32–33
movie clips, referencing, 329
resizing display, 32
sync sounds to animation, adding, 305
timing rule, 488
tint color
instance tint color, modifying, 158
motion tween, adding to, 240
toggle buttons, adding, 402–403
Toolbar, 6, 29, 30–31. See also Main toolbar
customizing, Tools panel, 50–51
moving, 50
Toolbox, 349
Tools, creating, 51
Tools panel. See Toolbar
tooltip preferences, 61
trace actions, protecting from, 468
Trace Bitmap dialog box, 210
tracing bitmaps, 210
tracking, adjusting, 168
Transformation panel, 156–157
transformation point, working with, 118
transition settings, 478
Translation tool, 3D, 122–123
transparency
instance transparency, modifying, 159, 160
publishing movies, setting on, 477
Tree component, adding, 426–427
turning on/off
grids and guides, 91
Work Area visibility, 88
tweening. See motion tweening; shape tweening
typewriter fonts, 179
U
UI components, connecting, 444
Undo command, 454
saving documents after using, 455
general preferences, setting, 60
History panel for, 452, 454–455
number of levels, changing, 48
object level undo, working with, 462–463
scene deletions, 45
text transformations, 175
Transform effects, 158
unlocking. See locking/unlocking
Up state for buttons, 150
online updates/support, 26–27
previous Flash versions, 3
registering to receive, 26
URLs changes warning, 64
user interface components, 391
V
variable names
for dynamic text, 180
for input text, 181
vanishing point, 3D, 125
variables, 348. See also ActionScripts
viewing, 383
Watch list, adding to, 384
tracing bitmaps to creating, 210
vectors, 73
enabling, 61
Version Detection, 475
vertical lines, creating, 111
vertical text. See text
video, 293. See also Media Display; movie clips; QuickTime/QuickTime Pro
with behaviors, 328–329
components, 391
controlling from Timeline, 328–329
file formats for, 325
Find and Replace for, 186
FLV format, exporting clips into, 346
video (continued)
with Media Player, 334–335
in slides, 494
Stage, moving file on, 326
streaming video
with Media Controller, 336–337
with Media Display, 334–335
with Media Player, 334–335
Video Import wizard, using, 324–325
video card requirements, 9
Video Encoder, 342–343
Video Import wizard, using, 324–325
views and viewing
document properties, 16
History panel, changing view in, 457
Stage, changing view size of, 46
W
warning preferences, setting, 64–65
Watch list variables, adding, 384
WAV files, exporting movies to, 490–491
Web Services (WSDL), 431
description of, 434
Web 216 color palette, 477
WebServicesConnector, 431, 436–437
While loops, 367
working with, 369
width of gradient fills, changing, 121
Window component, adding, 428–429
Windows Media File (WMV), 325
Windows Metafile (WMF)
exporting movies to, 490–491
support for, 189
Windows PCs
keyboard commands on, 1
launching Flash, 4
printing documents, 72
projector, creating, 481
system requirements for, 2
word wrapping, 376
Work Area, 88
storing graphics in, 126
Workspaces. See Panel Set.
X
XML (Extensible Markup Language), 181
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 183
description of, 435
ECMAScript, 349
HTML compared, 435
projects as, 504
XMLConnector component, 431, 438–439
XMP file information, 472–473
Z
Zoom button, 19
zooming
on bitmap images, 196
changing magnification area, 87
with Magnifying Glass, 86–87
on sounds, 320