Flash 5 Made Simple (Made Simple Computer)

✍ Scribed by Mike McGrath

• Publisher: Routledge
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 159
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It demonstrates how features such as animation and audio can be employed to ensure web sites are used to their full potential and therefore helps to create professional products that will secure a positive image of the company or product they are promoting. It is accessible and simplifies the authoring experience so that even those with little or no previous knowledge of creating web pages can develop and innovate stimulating and interactive features to enhance their content.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Flash basics
Launching Flash
Drawing a shape
Selecting elements
Grouping elements
Summary
2 Drawing in Flash
Choosing colours
Drawing lines
Pencil drawing
Changing lines
Summary
3 Painting in Flash
Filling with colour
Brushing colour
Pouring ink
Erasing graphics
Working with shapes
Summary
4 Writing in Flash
Adding text
Changing text attributes
Changing characters
Drop shadow effect
Summary
5 Thinking in layers
Creating a layer
Controlling layers
Moving between layers
Adding special layers
Summary
6 Saving graphics
The Flash library
Using symbol instances
Modifying instances
Editing symbols
Summary
7 Using other graphics
Importing graphics
Converting bitmaps
Importing animations
Bitmaps as fills
Summary
8 Animating graphics
The Flash Timeline
Creating keyframes
Handling frames
Animation preview
Frame rate
Summary
9 Tweening animations
Motion tweening
Graphic tweening
Motion Guide layers
Multiple Motion tweens
Summary
10 Interactive buttons
Rollover buttons
Adding button actions
Invisible buttons
Summary
11 Adding sound
Importing sounds
Embedding sound
Editing sounds
Summary
12 Delivering movies
Exporting from Flash
Optimizing movies
Publishing movies
Summary
Keyboard shortcuts
Index