Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 In 24 Hours

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Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia® Flash™ 8 in 24 Hours
By Phillip Kerman
Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: October 10, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32754-6
Pages: 624

		Copyright
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Introduction
		Part I.  Assembling the Graphics You'll Animate in Flash
			Hour 1.  Basics
				Jump Right In
				Getting Your Bearings
				Getting Around in Flash
				Document Properties
				File Types
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 2.  Drawing and Painting Original Art in Flash
				Drawing on the Stage
				Tools
				Selecting and Transforming Objects
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 3.  Importing Graphics into Flash
				Vector Graphics Versus Raster Graphics
				Reasons to Avoid Importing Graphics
				Importing Vector Graphics
				Using Bitmaps (Also Known As Raster Graphics)
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 4.  Using the Library for Productivity
				The Concept of the Library
				Using the Library
				Using Symbols from the Library
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 5.  Applied Layout Techniques
				Controlling Color
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
		Part II.  Animating in Flash
			Hour 6.  Understanding Animation
				How Animation Works
				Elements of Animation
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 7.  Animation the Old-Fashioned Way
				Understanding the Brute-Force Animation Technique
				Enhancing a Frame-by-Frame Animation
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 8.  Using Motion Tweens to Animate
				Creating a Motion Tween
				Fine-Tuning a Motion Tween
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 9.  Using Shape Tweens to Morph
				Making a Shape Tween
				Refining and Fine-tuning a Shape Tween
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 10.  Including Sound in Animations
				Importing Sounds
				Using Sounds
				Controlling Quality and File Size
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 11.  Using Layers in Animations
				How Layers Work
				Using Layer Properties for Visual Effect
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 12.  Animating Using Movie Clip and Graphic Symbols
				Movie Clip Symbol Behavior
				Subtleties of Movie Clips
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 13.  Creating Special Effects
				Effects with Shapes
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
		Part III.  Adding Interactivity and Advanced Animation
			Hour 14.  Making Buttons for the User to Click
				Making a Button
				Advanced Buttons
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 15.  Using ActionScript and Behaviors to Create Nonlinear Movies
				Using ActionScript
				Using Behaviors
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 16.  Using ActionScript for Advanced Interactivity
				Making Drag-and-Drop Interactions
				Programming in Flash
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 17.  Using Components
				What Is a Component?
				Using the RadioButton Component
				Changing Component Styles
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 18.  Using Video
				Flash Basic 8 Versus Flash Professional 8
				Embedding Video Versus Playing External Video
				Using Video
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
		Part IV.  Putting It All Together for the Webs
			Hour 19.  Linking a Movie to the Web
				Basic Publishing
				Simple Hyperlinks
				Using Style Sheets
				What Other Web Tasks Can Flash Do?
				Using Flash Inside a Larger Website
				Uploading Files to a Web Server
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 20.  Designing a Website to Be Modular
				Loading Movies or Images
				Determining When a Movie Is Fully Loaded and How to Unload It
				Shared Library Items
				Playing External Sounds
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 21.  Optimizing a Flash Site
				File Size Considerations
				Performance Hits
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 22.  Advanced Animation Techniques
				It's the Result, Not the Technology
				Applying Conventional Techniques
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 23.  Working on Large Projects and in Team Environments
				Production Methodologies
				Applying Productivity Techniques
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
			Hour 24.  Publishing a Creations
				How to Publish
				Adding Metadata to Your Flash Creation
				Deciding Which Media Types to Publish
				Exporting Other Media Types
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
		Part V.  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  Shapes You Can Make in Merge Drawing Mode
				Semicircle
				Spokes on a Wheel
				Five-Pointed Star
				Oblique Cube
				Sine Waves
				3D Sphere
				Color Wheel
			Appendix B.  Resources
				Tutorials and Other Online Resources
				Content Sites
				Third-Party Products
				Statistics
			Glossary
				A
				B
				C
				D - E
				F
				G
				H
				I - J
				K - L
				M
				N - O
				P
				Q
				R
				S
				T
				U
				V
				W - X - Y - Z
		Index

 

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