Adobe Flash CS4 Professional : classroom in a book / [writer: Russell Chun].
Flash CS4 professional
- Berkeley, Calif. : Peachpit, c2009.
- xiii, 355 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Classroom in a book : the official training workbook from Adobe Systems .
- Classroom in a book. .
Includes index.
Getting started -- Getting acquainted -- Starting Flash and opening a file -- Getting to know the work area -- Working with the Library Panel -- Understanding the timeline -- Organizing layers in a timeline -- Using the Property Inspector-- Using the Tools Panel -- Undoing steps in Flash -- Previewing your movie -- Publishing your movie -- Finding resources for using Flash -- Checking for updates -- Working with graphics -- Getting started -- Understanding strokes and fills -- Creating rectangles -- Using a gradient fill -- Making selections -- Drawing ovals -- Making patterns -- Creating curves -- Creating transparencies -- Creating and editing text -- Creating and editing symbols -- Getting started -- Importing illustrator files -- About symbols -- Creating symbols -- Importing Photoshop files -- Editing and managing symbols -- Changing the size and position of instances -- Changing the color effect of instances -- Understanding blend effects -- Applying filters for special effects -- Positioning in 3D space -- 1. 2. 3. Adding animation -- Getting started -- About animation -- Understanding the project file -- Animating position -- Changing the pacing and timing -- Animating transparency -- Animating filters -- Animating transformations -- Changing the path of the motion -- Swapping tween targets -- Creating nested animations -- Using the motion editor -- Easing -- Animating 3D motion -- Previewing the animation -- Articulated motion and morphing -- Getting started -- ARticulated motion with inverse kinematics -- Constraining joints -- Inverse kinematics with shapes -- Armature options -- Morphing with shape tweens -- Using shape hints -- Creating interactive navigation -- Getting started -- About interactive movies -- Designing a layout -- Creating buttons -- Understanding ActionScript 3.0 -- Adding a stop action -- Creating event handlers for buttons -- Creating destination keyframes -- Playing animation at the destination -- Animate buttons -- 4. 5. 6. Working with sound and video -- Getting started -- Understanding the project file -- Using sounds -- Understanding Flash Video -- Using the Adobe Media Encoder -- Understanding encoding options -- Playback of external video -- Working with video and transparency -- Embedding Flash Video -- Using components -- Getting started -- About components -- Adding a text component -- Using components to create interactivity -- Loading and controlling Flash content -- Getting started -- Loading external content -- Removing external content -- Controlling movie clips -- Creating masks -- Publishing Flash documents -- Getting started -- Testing a Flash document -- Understanding the band width profiler -- Adding metadata -- Publishing a movie for the Web -- Alternative publishing options -- Appendix : Hexadecimal color codes -- Index. 7. 8. 9. 10.
CD-ROM included for Windows and Mac OS.
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Flash (Computer file)
Computer animation. Interactive multimedia. Web sites--Design