MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH

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Summary

Introduction

What is Flash

Making a simple Flash document

Guides through the basic steps of creating a new Flash document, including drawing and saving.

Installing Flash

Describes the process of installing Flash, including system requirements and activation.

Chapter 2: Flash Basics

Getting to know the workspace

Using the Stage

Explains the Stage as the primary canvas for placing and viewing content in Flash.

Using the Timeline

Details the Timeline for organizing content over time, layers, frames, and the playhead.

Using frames and keyframes

Using layers

Using the Tools panel

Using panels and the Property inspector

Explains how to use panels and the Property inspector to view, organize, and change assets.

Chapter 3: Tutorial: Building Your First Flash Application

Create a new document

Details the process of creating a new Flash document and saving it.

Define document properties

Create symbols

Teaches how to create reusable assets (symbols) and manage instances in the Library panel.

Edit a symbol Timeline

Add actions to frames

Shows how to add ActionScript code (stop() method) to control playhead movement in frames.

Add labels to frames

Add motion tweens

Demonstrates creating motion tweens to animate objects across the Stage with easing.

Edit the main Timeline

Create the border

Add a symbol

Add a text box

Add the movie clip to the Stage

Add a button component

Shows how to add a button component and set its label for user interaction.

Add ActionScript code

Details adding ActionScript code to display text and manage slide transitions in the FMA.

Publish your document

Guides on publishing the Flash document as a SWF file for web playback.

Chapter 4: Tutorial: Building a Video Player (Flash Professional only)

Create a working folder

Encode a video file

Details converting a video file (MOV) into a Flash video file (FLV) using Flash Video Encoder.

Create a new Flash document

Add a media component

Teaches adding and configuring the FLVPlayback component for video display and controls.

Publish your document

Guides on publishing the Flash document as a SWF file for web deployment.