MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH - Page 355

Creating controls and transitions for screens with behaviors (Flash Professional only) 355
Adding transitions to screens using behaviors (Flash
Professional only)
Screen transition behaviors let you add animated transitions between screens, fade a screen in
or out, rotate a screen as it appears or disappears, have a screen fly in from the edge of a
document, and create other effects. To add a transition using a behavior, you attach the
behavior directly to a screen.
You can select the direction of a transition: In, which plays the animation as the screen first
appears in the document; or Out, which plays the animation as the screen disappears from the
document. You can also specify the duration in seconds.
Easing options let you modify the transition to achieve different effects. For example, the
Bounce easing option makes the screen appear to bounce as the transition completes.
Some transitions have additional parameters that you can modify. Parameters appear in the
Transitions dialog box when you select the transition.
Follow these guidelines when adding transitions:
■ For most situations, the In option is recommended.
■ Use the In option when applying a transition that uses the on(reveal) event.
■ Use the Out option when applying a transition that uses the on(hide) event.
■ Do not add an Out transition immediately before an In transition in a presentation.
■ To attach the same transition to all children of a given slide, attach the single transition to
the
on(revealChild) or on(hideChild) event of the parent, rather than duplicating the
transition on all child slides.
To add a transition behavior:
1. Select the screen to which you want to apply the behavior.
2. In the Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button.
3. Select Screen > Transition from the submenu.
4. In the Transition dialog box, select a transition from the scroll list.
An animated preview of the transition plays in the preview window, and a brief
description of the transition appears in the description field. The animation changes to
reflect options that you select for the transition in the following steps.
5. For Direction, select In to play the transition as the screen appears in the document, and
Out to play the transition as the screen disappears from the document.