Macromedia Flash 8 Bible Free Open Book

Macromedia Flash 8 Bible

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Chapter 27: Interacting with Movie Clips

Overview

In This Chapter

Defining collisions

Using the hitTest() method

Using the ColorTransform class

Accessing the Sound class

Controlling the volume and balance of a sound

Printing Flash content with the PrintJob class

This chapter continues your exploration of the MovieClip object in ActionScript. You explore the ins and outs of collision detection for MovieClip objects and learn how to control the visibility of the mouse pointer or to attach a custom cursor to the mouse pointer. You look at other ActionScript elements such as ColorTransform and Sound objects that work with MovieClip objects to create visual and audio effects, respectively.

New Feature 

Flash Player 8 introduces the ColorTransform class, which enables you to more easily apply color effects to your MovieClip objects.

Tip 

You will also learn how to print Flash content with the PrintJob class, introduced with Flash Player 7. The Flash Player creates high-quality output for hard copy artwork.


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     Main Menu
Table of Contents
Back Cover
Macromedia Flash 8 Bible
Foreword
Preface
Part I: An Introduction to Flash Web Production
Part II: Mastering the Flash Environment
Part III: Creating Animation and Effects
Part IV: Integrating Media Files with Flash
Part V: Adding Basic Interactivity to Flash Movies
Part VI: Distributing Flash Movies
Part VII: Approaching ActionScript
Chapter 24: Knowing the Nuts and Bolts of Code
Chapter 25: Controlling Movie Clips
Chapter 26: Using Functions and Arrays
Chapter 27: Interacting with Movie Clips
Movie Clip Collision Detection
Using the Mouse Class
Manipulating Color Attributes
Enabling Sound with ActionScript
Printing with ActionScript
Summary
Part VIII: Applying ActionScript
Part IX: Integrating Components and Data-Binding
Part X: Expanding Flash
Part XI: Appendixes
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars


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