Flash 5 HOT : hands-on training / by Kymberlee Weil and Garo Green ; developed with Lynda Weinman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weil, Kymberlee.

Contributor:

Green, Garo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flash (Computer file).

Computer graphics.

Computer animation.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

739 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 computer optical disk (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Pr., 2002.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Jump in immediately and get your hands dirty with Flash 5 Hands-On Training. The book's project-based exercises, modeled on acclaimed teacher Lynda Weinman's unique brand of instruction, are the ideal way for busy professionals to learn this cutting-edge Web technology. The book emphasizes the practical: You'll master core Flash principles using classroom-tested techniques and hard-won tips that you can apply to real-life projects.

Flash 5 Hands-On Training gives you a complete learning experience, combining the best of book-based and classroom instruction. You get the flexibility of following the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace, plus a CD full of sample files and QuickTime movies demonstrating key techniques. Armed with a thorough grounding in actual Flash problems and their solutions, you'll soon be creating your own professional interactive and animated Web sites.

Contents:

Making Exercise Files Editable on Windows Systems xxiii

Making File Extensions Visible on Windows Systems xxvi

Flash System Requirements xxix

Download Speed 3

Visual Control! 3

Enhanced Interactivity 3

Combine Vectors and Bitmaps 4

Scalability 5

Streaming Content 5

Caution: Plug-in Required! 9

Beyond Flash 10

What is Generator? 10

What's CGI? 10

2. The Flash Interface 12

The Document Window 13

The Layer Controls 18

The Panels 21

Creating Panel Sets 26

Saving Panel Sets 26

Changing Panel Layouts 27

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts 28

Creating a New Shortcut Set 29

3. Using the Color Tools 30

What is Web-Safe Color Anyway? 31

What Is Hexadecimal Color? 31

Exercise 1 Using the Mixer 33

Exercise 2 Adding Colors to Palettes 38

Exercise 3 Importing Palettes 43

Exercise 4 Creating Gradients 46

Exercise 5 Editing Gradients 51

4. Using the Drawing Tools 54

Drawing Tools Explained 55

Lines, Fills, and Strokes Explained 56

About the Pencil 57

Exercise 1 Drawing With the Pencil 58

Exercise 2 Modifying Lines 62

Exercise 3 Drawing with the Pen 72

Exercise 4 Modifying Lines 79

Exercise 5 Using the Oval and Rectangle 86

Exercise 6 Using the Brush 90

Exercise 7 Modifying Fills 94

Exercise 8 Multiple Objects 101

Exercise 9 Grouping Objects 106

5. Animation Basics 110

Projects and Movies 112

Exercise 1 Movie Properties 113

Keyframes in Flash 116

Exercise 2 Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes 118

Exercise 3 Blank Keyframes and Onion Skinning 124

Exercise 4 Keyframes with Erasing Content 130

Exercise 5 Understanding Frame Rate 135

What is a Frame Rate? 137

Recommended Frame Rates in Flash 138

Exercise 6 Inserting and Deleting Frames 139

Exercise 7 Copying and Reversing Frames 147

Exercise 8 Testing Movies 149

6. Shape Tweening 154

What shape tweening can do 157

What shape tweening can't do 157

Exercise 1 Shape Tweening 158

Exercise 2 Shape Hinting 163

Exercise 3 Multiple Shape Hints 168

Exercise 4 Animating Gradients 171

Exercise 5 Animated Glows 175

Exercise 6 Shape Tweening Text 179

Exercise 7 Tweening Shapes with Holes 183

Exercise 8 Multiple Shape Tweens 189

7. Symbols & Instances 196

The Symbol and Instance Structure 197

Exercise 1 Creating Graphic Symbols 199

Exercise 2 Creating More Symbols 205

Exercise 3 Creating Symbol Instances 207

Exercise 4 Editing Symbols 211

Exercise 5 Editing Symbol Instances 218

Exercise 6 Transforming Instances 226

Exercise 7 Animated Graphic Symbols 231

The Effect Panel 238

Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms 239

8. Motion Tweening 240

Shape Tween Versus Motion Tween 241

Exercise 1 Basic Motion Tweening 242

Exercise 2 Tweening Effects 246

Exercise 3 Editing Multiple Frames 251

Exercise 4 Using a Motion Guide 254

Exercise 5 Motion Tweening Text 263

Exercise 6 Exploding Text 271

Text Motion Tweening Options and Limitations 281

9. Bitmaps 282

Benefits of Bitmaps 283

Exercise 1 Importing and Compressing Bitmaps 285

Exercise 2 Importing Bitmap Sequences 291

Exercise 3 Bitmap Fills 293

Exercise 4 Breaking Apart Bitmaps 298

Exercise 5 Converting Bitmaps to Vectors 305

Exercise 6 Basic Masking 309

Exercise 7 Animated Masks 314

Exercise 8 Effects with Bitmaps: Fading Up and Down 316

Exercise 9 Effects with Bitmaps: Cross Dissolve 323

10. Buttons 326

Button States 327

Button Types 328

Exercise 1 Rollover Buttons 329

Exercise 2 Testing and Previewing Buttons 336

Exercise 3 Rollover Buttons Modified 340

Exercise 4 Duplicating and Aligning Buttons 344

Exercise 5 Invisible Buttons 350

Exercise 6 Adding Sound to Buttons 358

11. Movie Clips 364

Exercise 1 Animated Graphic Symbol versus Movie Clip Symbol 366

Exercise 2 Modifying Movie Clip Instances 374

Exercise 3 Creating a Movie Clip 379

Exercise 4 Creating an Animated Rollover Button 387

12. ActionScripting Basics 394

The Actions Panel Defined 395

Exercise 1 Object Actions: Stop and Play 397

Exercise 2 Frame Actions: Stop 404

Interactivity and Actions: Events and Event Handlers 407

Mouse Events 407

Keyboard Events 408

Time-based Events 409

Exercise 3 Go To Frame Action (Slide Show) 410

Exercise 4 On Mouse Event: Get URL 420

Exercise 5 Basic Drop-down Menu 426

What Are Scenes? 434

Exercise 6 Drop-down Menu Targeting Scenes 435

What is LoadMovie? 448

Exercise 7 Loading Movies 449

Exercise 8 Preloader 462

The Toolbox List 473

The Basic Actions List 474

13. Working with Text 476

Text Box Types 477

Label Text 477

Block Text 477

Editable Text 478

Creating, Modifying and Formatting Text 479

Character Panel 479

Paragraph Panel 481

Static Text 482

Text Options Panel: Static Text 482

Embedded Fonts vs. Device Fonts 483

Exercise 1 Working with Static Text 484

Character Attributes Gallery 488

Dynamic Text 489

Text Options Panel: Dynamic Text 489

Text Options Gallery 491

Exercise 2 Working with Dynamic Text 492

Exercise 3 Working with Dynamic Text and HTML 500

Input Text 504

Text Options Panel: Input Text 504

Exercise 4 Input Text 506

Exercise 5 Font Symbols 516

14. Sound 520

Exercise 1 Importing Sounds 521

Exercise 2 Compressing Sound 524

Exercise 3 Creating Background Sound with Sound Effects 529

The Sound Panel 537

Effect 537

Sync 538

Loops 539

Edit button 539

Exercise 4 Controlling Sound with On/Off Buttons 541

Exercise 5 Sound Synchronizing 549

15. Publishing 556

What Types of Content Can Flash Publish? 557

Exercise 1 Flash and HTML 558

Exercise 2 Creating Projectors 568

Exercise 3 Modifying Projectors with FS Commands 572

More About Publish Settings 578

Formats Tab 579

Filename 579

Type 579

Flash Settings 580

HTML Settings 582

GIF Settings (.gif) 584

JPEG Settings (.jpeg) 586

PNG Settings (.png) 587

QuickTime 589

Real Player 591

Projector files 593

Top Tips for Optimizing Movies 594

16. Deconstruction 596

Exercise 1 The Big Picture 597

Layer Management 598

Exercise 2 Examining Scenes 600

Library Organization 603

Exercise 3 Investigating the Library 605

Exercise 4 Using the Movie Controller 606

Exercise 5 The Movie Explorer 607

Exercise 6 Recreating the Oak Tree Project 611

Exercise 7 Adding Buttons and Scenes 618

Exercise 8 Swapping Symbols and Modifying Button Behavior 623

Instance Properties Panel 630

Exercise 9 Cleaning Up the Scenes and Adding Stop Actions 632

Exercise 10 Finishing the Main Scene 636

Exercise 11 Finishing the OakTrees Scene 639

Exercise 12 Finishing the Acorn Scene 646

Exercise 13 Finishing the Preservation Scene 652

Exercise 14 Printing from the Project File 658

Exercise 15 Printing from the Flash Player 661

17. Integration 666

Exercise 1 Bringing Fireworks Content Into Flash 667

Exercise 2 Editing PNG Files in Flash 672

Exercise 3 Importing FreeHand Content as Keyframes 674

The FreeHand Import Dialog Box 675

Exercise 4 Importing FreeHand Content as Scenes 678

Exercise 5 Dreamweaver and Flash 681

Exercise 6 QuickTime 685

The QuickTime Dialog Box 692

Exercise 7 Illustrator Files Into Flash 694

Appendix A Troubleshooting FAQ 702.

ISBN:

0201731347

OCLC:

47993373