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IndexFF (Gradient Transform tool)
adjusting scale with, 276–277
center point, adjusting with, 275–276
edit handles and, 226
lighting effects and, 279–280
overflow styles, setting, 278
overview of, 274–275
rotating fill with, 276
skewing bitmap fill with, 278–279
Tools panel and, 78
F1 (show/hide Help panel), 66
F4 (hide Tools panel), 77
F5 (add frame), 328
F6 (insert keyframe), 326
F7 (convert to blank keyframe), 328
F8 (convert bitmap to Flash symbol type), 523
F9 (open Actions panel), 477
fade effect, adding, 692–694
Fade In/Fade Out, 488
Fast option (Document window), 90
feature comparison Web site, 7
file size
in bytes (KB) for one second
of mono audio, 500
of mono MP3 audio, 500
codec and, 549
components and, 1108–1109
drawing and, 137
importing image and, 512
large, working with
overview of, 423–424
scenes, saving and, 425
storyboarding and, 424–425
voices, sound effects, and ambient sound, 425–426
sound file, CDBA82–CDBA86
stand-alone and, 778
File Structure option (Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box), CDBC7
file types. See also Flash movie file; Flash Video file
Flash ActionScript (.as), 12
Flash Debug (.swd), 13
Flash document (.fla)
on CD-ROM, opening, 1210
converting to Flash movie file, 712
description of, 9–10
Layer folders and, 16
Flash Project (.flp)
saving changes to, 56
FileDamage plug-in (DigiEffects), 456
FileðExport Movie, 711
FileðExportðExport Image, CDBC23
FileðImage Preview (Fireworks), CDBC9
FileðImportðImport Video, 549
FileðPage Setup, 109
FileðPublish, 736
FileðPublish Preview, 736
Files panel (Dreamweaver), CDBC75
FileðSave As, 9
FileðSave As Template, 92
FileðSave for Web (Illustrator), DBC43–CDBC44
files.php script, 1168
fills
applying with Paint Bucket tool, 269
bitmap
resizing, 276–277
selecting, 226–227
skewing, 278–279
gradient
Alpha settings and, 223–226
controlling color of, 222–223
working with, 220–222
Gradient Transform tool and, 274–279
sampling and switching
Eyedropper tool and, 268–270
Ink Bottle tool and, 270
overview of, 267–268
Paint Bucket tool and, 270–274
transparency of, adjusting, 219–220
Filter options (Publish Settings dialog box), 735
Filter Settings dialog box, 608
filters
adding and adjusting, 365–370
animating with motion tweens, 374
applying, 365–366
Bevel, 369
bitmap and, 523–524
Blow, 284
combining, and saving custom presets, 371–373
Custom Easing, using to control interpolation, 375
default settings for, 366–367
dimensional shadows, creating, 370–371
overview of, 365
properties and, for controlling color, 375–376
removing, 366
Find and Replace command (Edit menu), 158
Find and Replace panel, editing with, 301–302
Find in Library command (Movie Explorer Options menu), 196
Find Next command (Edit menu), 158
Fireworks (Macromedia)
batch processing bitmap sequences with, CDBC10–CDBC14
bitmap images and, CDBC2–CDBC5
creating Color Table in, 216–217
file, importing from, 534–535
Flash/GIF ad banners, creating, CDBC14–CDBC17
Frames panel, CDBC16
gradient styles and, 223
JPEG compression from, 527
preparing other bitmap formats in, CDBC9–CDBC10
transferring images with transparency to Flash authoring environment, CDBC6–CDBC8
Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box, 534, CDBC6–CDBC7
Fit in Window command (View submenu), 87
fixed-width box, 232
.fla (Flash document file)
on CD-ROM, opening, 1210
converting to Flash movie file, 712
description of, 9–10
Layer folders and, 16
Flash ActionScript 2.0 (AS2)
built-in functions, 816
commands, accessing, 793
controlling symbol instances with, 358
design pattern and, 1049
dot syntax, 658
Dreamweaver and, CDBC50
expressions, creating
conditions, 808–810
operators, 806–808
features of, 795–797
history of, 20
inserting HTML tags into text fields with, 1019–1021
Language Reference, 65
loops, 812–816
printing with, 921–926
properties, 816
_root, 951
subroutines, 816
variables
as declarations, 801–802
declaring, 804–806
expression, 799–801
login sequence, creating with, 817–820
overview of, 797–799
string literal, 799
as text fields, 802–803
writing with Dreamweaver, CDBC77–CDBC79
Flash ActionScript file (.as), 12
Flash alignment setting (Publish Settings dialog box), 728
Flash Debug file (.swd), 13
Flash document file (.fla)
on CD-ROM, opening, 1210
converting to Flash movie file, 712
description of, 9–10
Layer folders and, 16
as animation sequencer, 15–16
as audio player, 15
as bitmap handler, 14
deciding when not to use, 24–25
effective uses of, 21–23
enhancements to, 4–5
file types
Flash ActionScript (.as), 12
Flash Debug (.swd), 13
as multimedia authoring program, 15
overview of, 13–14
programming and database front end, 16–17
topography of, 8–9
uses for, 8
as vector-based animator, 14–15
as vector-based drawing program, 14
as video compressor, 15
Flash 8 Video Encoder
creating cue points using, 575–584
encoding alpha video footage using, 613–616
limitations of, 602
working with, 601–602
Flash element, CDBC50, CDBC65–CDBC70
Flash Exchange, 65
Flash Lite authoring features, 718–722
Flash movie file (.swf)
Back button and, 44
bit rates for, 499
converting Flash document file to, 712
debugging remotely, 1093–1095
description of, 11–12
exporting from Illustrator, CDBC41–CDBC43
importing and, 509
inserting into Dreamweaver, CDBC52–CDBC55
Loader component, adding to, 983–984
loading
communicating between multiple movies on different levels, 955
of differing dimensions, 951
external, into movie, 948–950
Flash Video into, 966–970
overview of, 946
placing, scaling, and rotating, 951–952
site architecture and, 947–948
storing multiple movies, 948
style sheet into, 1024–1025
through proxy server, 956
XML document into, 1012–1014
positioning in Dreamweaver, CDBC55
Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 607
testing
across mediums, 1095–1096
Bandwidth Profiler and, 706–710
MP3 encoding process and, 705–706
overview of, 703–704
size report and, 711
Test Scene or Test Movie command, 704–705
unloading, 955
using components in, 1129–1134
using with JavaScript
enabling JavaScript, 766–767
overview of, 763–764
percentLoaded() method, adding, 767–769
viewing of, 3
visual data binding and, 1147–1154
writing markup for
<embed> tag, 746–748
overview of, 739–740
Flash MX components, 1108
Flash Player plug-in
browser and, 780
Camera tab, 783
description of, 779–780
detecting
forcing content without check, 748–749
with JavaScript and VBScript, 759–762
overview of, 748
with sniffer, 755–759
distribution on Web and, 780
installing, 781
Local Storage tab, 782
Microphone tab, 782–783
operating system and, 780
Privacy tab, 781–782
Flash Support Center, 65–66
Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box, CDBC41–CDBC42
Flash tab (Publish Settings dialog box)
audio output quality and, 489–490
Audio stream compression option, 485
Flash Player 6 r65 settings, 751
publishing Flash movie, 714–717
Flash Video 8 Encoder, 971
Flash Video Encoding Progress dialog box, 557
Flash Video file (.flv)
compressing and deploying new file with Video Import wizard, 565–568
creating with embedded cue points, 575–584
description of, 13
displaying at native size
adjusting video size with metadata, 971–974
overview of, 970–971
setting video size without metadata, 974–975
extracting from Embedded Video symbol, 560–561
loading into Flash movie, 966–970
Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 606
FlashPaper (Macromedia), 27
FlashPaper object, inserting in Dreamweaver, CDBC64–CDBC65
Flatten option (Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box), CDBC7–CDBC8
.flv (Flash Video file)
compressing and deploying new file with Video Import wizard, 565–568
creating with embedded cue points, 575–584
description of, 13
displaying at native size
adjusting video size with metadata, 971–974
overview of, 970–971
setting video size without metadata, 974–975
extracting from Embedded Video symbol, 560–561
loading into Flash movie, 966–970
Sorenson Squeeze 4 and, 606
FLV QuickTime Export plug-in, 602–604
FLVPlayback component
custom UI components, 571–574
description of, 5
loading cue points into, 587–588
loading .flv file into, 563–564
overview of, 569
parameters, 569–570
settings for visual data binding, 1151
SMIL files, using with
overview of, 591–592
progressive .flv files and, 596–600
streaming .flv files and, 592–596
focus, 73
focus() method, 644
focusManager class, 968–969
folder
Add Layer (Timeline window), 98
deleting active, 98
dev, 49
fscommand, 778–779
Layer
document and, 16
nesting sound layers in, 472
Library, 523
main_starter.fla, 1173
organizing Library using, 169–171
prod, 49
wwwroot, 49
Foley stage, 425
Font field menu, 238
Font Mapping dialog box, 250
Font rendering menu, 245
Font symbol
creating, 254–256
updating at author-time, 256–257
using in runtime Shared library, 257–262
<font> tag, 1016–1017
fonts
Bitmap text option, 247
device fonts, 247–248
embedded, using with component, 1137–1138
Minimal, using, 251–253
smoothing text with anti-alias settings, 245–247
substitution, controlling, 249–251
troubleshooting display of, 249
for loop, 813
for...in loop, 813–814
form, user comment, creating, 1006–1011
formatting
text
with HTML tags, 1015–1017
with Property inspector, 1018–1019
text fields with TextFormat object, 1021–1023
Frame By Frame Graph mode (Bandwidth Profiler), 708–709
frame rate
animation timing and, 329
determining, 46
importing video and, CDBA96
quality and, 600
sound and, 472
Timeline Status display and, 98–99
Frame Rate option (Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box), CDBC41
frame span, 100
frames. See also frame rate
conventions for naming and display of, 99
copying and pasting, 672
editing, 101–105
editing multiple, 332–333
illusion of movement and, 16
sequence of on Timeline, 95
size
determining, 46
importing video and, CDBA96
specifying for goto action, 633
Frames button (Edit Envelope dialog box), 488
Frames panel (Fireworks), CDBC16
frames per second, movie compared to cartoon, 426
_framesloaded property, 932
frameThumb function, 1190
Free Transform tool (Q)
limit options, 287
overview of, 286–287
shape options, 288–289
Tools panel and, 78
working with, 287
FreeHand Import dialog box, 535
freehand line and stroke tools
Brush tool, 120–125
Eraser tool (E), 126–127
overview of, 118
Pen tool (P), 127–130
Pencil tool, 119
freehand lines and strokes, 119
FreeHand (Macromedia)
file
format, 509
importing from, 535–537
Fireworks and, CDBC5
trial version of, CDBC30
tutorial on, 40
freeware program, 1211
frequency of sound, CDBA81
fscommand folder, 778–779
Full option (Document window), 90
Function data type, 868–869
functional specification, 38–39
functions
addContextMenu, 1201
blurOverlay, 1192
built-in, 816
calcThumbW, 1179
chain, 1078
checkLetter(), 1063
checkLoad(), 976–977
checkStatus(), 1066–1069
clearTweens, 1195
as constructors for objects, 883–886
controlTweens, 1195
createDisplayedWord(), 1062
createLib(), 908–909
createMenu(), 881–882
creating, 872
defining, 872–873
description of, 872
displayCaption, 1197
displayWord(), 1062–1063
downloadImage, 1201
early(), 801
executing, 873–874
frameThumb, 1190
gts(), 873
isLeft(), 1063–1064
loadFile(), 979
lookForMatch(), 1064–1065
as methods of objects, 880–883
Movie Clip object and, 843
multipurpose, 1078
nextRound(), 1068
onCueSelect(), 1157
onFileData(), 1182
onGameState(), 1056
onHangManUpdate(), 1060
onImgComplete, 1192
onImgProgress, 1192
onLetterPicked(), 1064
onLoadInit, 1188
onLost(), 1068
onThumbClick(), 1184–1185
onThumbSaturation, 1195
onTweenFinish, 1195
onVideoMeta(), 1156
overlayThumb, 1192
printContent(), 924–925
selectListItem(), 1157
sendComments(), 1009–1011
soundLibrary(), 883–884
stylePane, 1179
unloadFile(), 980
updateScroller, 1188
XML constructor, 1013
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