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Macromedia Flash 8 Bible |
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IndexPP (Pen tool), 127–130
Page Setup dialog box (Windows), 109
Paint Behind mode (Brush tool), 123
Paint Bucket tool (K)
applying fill with, 269
description of, 227
gap problems and, 436
Gap size option, 272
highlight point of gradient fill, setting, 276
Lock Fill option, 272–274
uses of, 270–272
Paint Fills mode (Brush tool), 122
Paint Inside mode (Brush tool), 123–124
Paint Normal mode (Brush tool), 122
Paint Selection mode (Brush tool), 123
painting with white, 271
palette, custom, importing, 214–217
Palette settings (Publish Settings dialog box), 732
Palette Type settings (Publish Settings dialog box), 731–732
Accessibility, 696–697
Align, 153–154
Color Swatches
Color Mixer panel and, 217
importing custom palettes, 214–217
options menu, 212–213
Web-safe color and, 204
Component Inspector
description of, 1113–1114
Components
description of, 569–570
Flash Basic 8
opening, 1110
using, 1111
Debugger
displaying and modifying variables, 1086–1087
editing and displaying movie properties, 1089
overview of, 1085–1086
stepping through code using breakpoints and, 1092–1093
Watch list, 1087–1088
docking, 72
Find and Replace, 301–302
Frames (Fireworks), CDBC16
grouping and stacking, 71–72
Help
accessing, 794
search in, 4
showing or hiding, 66
using, 794–795
Using FlashðWorking with Projects, 48
History
Clear History command, 304
Copy Steps control, 303–304
History View setting, 304
overview of, 302–303
Replay Steps control, 303
Save As command, 304–305
using, 158
History (Fireworks), creating Fireworks command with, CDBC11–CDBC12
Info, 154–155
making active, 73
managing, 70–73
Output
description of, 1081
List Objects and List Variables commands, 1084–1085
trace() action and, 1081–1084
Project (Professional version)
adding file to project, 53–54
adding new file to project, 56
committing and editing files, 54–55
establishing project and site, 49–53
publishing entire project, 57
site definition in, 48
Properties
Blend mode menu, 382–383
Edit button, 341
Join menu, 115–116
Scale menu for strokes, 133
stroke height and, 132–133
Scene, 88–89
Tools
controlling, 77
customizing, 79–80
docking, 68
Object Drawing option, 112
Options area, 78–79
reading, 78
selection tools, 111
Swatches pop-up, 211
undocking and unstacking, 72–73
window compared to, 68–69
Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color (Eiseman), 209
paragraph break, inserting, 1016
parameters (arguments)
of Button component, 1116–1117
of CheckBox component, 1117–1118
of ComboBox component, 1118–1119
of component, modifying, 1115
Flash element
defining, CDBC66–CDBC67
editing, CDBC69–CDBC70
of FLVPlayback component instance, 569–570
of List component, 1119–1120
of RadioButton component, 1120–1121
of ScrollPane component, 1121–1122
of TextArea component, 1123
of Tween class, 1194–1195
of UIScrollBar component, 1124
Password option (Publish Settings dialog box), 716
Paste command (Movie Explorer Options menu), 196
Paste in Center command (Edit menu), 158
Paste in Place command (Edit menu), 158
Paste Special command (Edit menu), 158
path
absolute and relative, 659–660
combining, CDBC33–CDBC34
curved, CDBC36–CDBC37
in Flash 4 or earlier movies, 661
modifying and adjusting, 147
simplifying, CDBC34–CDBC35
Pen tool (P), 127–130
percentLoaded() method (JavaScript), 767–769
perception, manipulating, 315–320
permutation, 314
Perry, Bill (developer relations), 1215
personality, adding to animation, 313–314
Photoshop (Adobe)
building layered backgrounds in, 450
color management in, CDBC18
creating Color Table in, 215–216
file format, 510
preparing bitmap in, CDBC17
PHP, 1167
pianoKeys Movie Clip, 667–668
Pin toggle (Library panel), 164
pitch, CDBA81
Place instance on stage option (Embedding screen), 552
placement of code, 1077–1078
placing externally loaded Flash movie, 951–952
planning project
designing for usability, 41–45
Gallery component, 1166–1170
importance of, 1099
overview of, 33–34
Phase I, establishing concept and goals
approving final concept and budget, 40
defining problem, 34–35
goals, determining, 35–36
producing solution, 36–40
Phase II, producing, testing, and staging presentation, 46–48
resources for, 40
play action, 636
Play command (Library), 169
Play Once setting for Graphic symbol, 173
Play Sound dialog box, 673
player, stand-alone
creating projector using, 773–774
description of, 771
distributing, 774
fscommand() actions for, 774–776
Playhead or Current frame indicator (Timeline window), 97
PlayPauseButton component, 572
plug-in. See also specific plug-ins
from CD-ROM, installing and using, 1210–1211
description of, 739
PNG (Portable Network Graphic) format
file, importing as Movie Clip, CDBC8
PNG tab (Publish Settings dialog box), 733–735
Polygon mode (Lasso tool), 144–145
Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format
file, importing as Movie Clip, CDBC8
PowerPoint (Microsoft), 26
Preferences dialog box, Text category, 233
preloader for external assets, using, 975–983
Presets option (Filters panel), 371–373
press event, 642
Pressure toggle (Brush tool), 125
prevFrame action, 635
Preview Mode command (Document window), 90
Preview tabs (Document window, Fireworks), CDBC9
previewing animated Flash element, CDBC68–CDBC69
prevScene action, 635
Print command (Movie Explorer Options menu), 197
Print Margins dialog box (Mac), 109
printContent() function, 924–925
PrintJob class, 921
Privacy tab (Flash Player Settings), 781–782
prod folder, 49
Professional version. See also Project panel
Component Inspector panel in, 1113
components included in, 1107
Components panel in, 1112
enhancements to, 5–6
Flash Lite authoring and, 718–722
studio-level production work and, 7
Profile features (Publish Settings dialog box), 736–738
progressive .flv file, SMIL file and, 596–600
project
content for each area, creating, 680–684
creating, 675–676
determining properties of, 677
fade effect, adding, 692–694
goals of, 676
making accessible, 695–698
mapping and organizing, 676–677
mapping presentation areas to keyframes, 677–680
marker for active section, creating, 681–682
named anchors, adding, 694–695
navigation elements, adding
browsing video items, 687–689
text buttons for menu, creating, 684–687
scrolling text, creating, 689–692
slide show, adding to, 682–684
project categories
data-driven application, 30
data-driven presentation, 30
interactive presentation, 30
linear presentation, 29–30
project management, 6
Project panel (Professional version)
adding file to project, 53–54
adding new file to project, 56
committing and editing files, 54–55
establishing project and site, 49–53
publishing entire project, 57
site definition in, 48
Project Settings dialog box, 52–53
projector
distributing, 774
fscommand() actions for, 774–776
Toggle Full Screen mode behavior and, 776–778
properties
_droptarget, 849–853
filters and, for controlling color, 375–376
_framesloaded property, 932
text field
scroll, 1030–1031
text rendering, 1031–1037
_totalframes property, 932
vPosition, 692
Properties panel
Blend mode menu, 382–383
Edit button, 341
Join menu, 115–116
Scale menu for strokes, 133
stroke height and, 132–133
Property inspector
in Dreamweaver, CDBC53–CDBC55
Effect menu, 487–489
formatting text with, 1018–1019
Input text field settings, 803
Motion tween options, 344–345
Movie Clips, naming, 656
Properties tab, 1115
Render text as HTML button, 234
Sound attributes, 469
Swap button, 524
Swatches pop-up, 211
text attributes, setting
application Text menu commands, 241–242
editable text options, 243–244
overview of, 238
Static text options, 238–239
vertical text options, 242
Protect from Import option (Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box), CDBC42
proxy server, loading external file through, 956
Proxy.as file, 1171–1172
Publish button (Publish Settings dialog box), 772–773
Publish Settings dialog box
Compress Movie option, 11
GIF tab, 729–732
PNG tab, 733–735
Profile feature, 736–738
Protect from import option, 11
Publish button, 772–773
Window Mode setting, 727, CDBC55–CDBC56
publishing Flash movie
overview of, 711–712
profiling feature, 736–738
projector, creating, 735
Publish Preview submenu, 736
Publish Settings dialog box
Flash tab, 714–717
Formats tab, 712–713
GIF tab, 729–732
HTML tab, 722–728
JPEG tab, 732–733
PNG tab, 733–735
Publish submenu, 736
QuickTime Publish Settings, 736
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