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Basic Concepts
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| What is Flash? | (02:47) | |
| Flash Interface | (04:21) | |
| Frames | (01:33) | |
| Symbols | (01:22) | |
| Action Scripting | (01:56) | |
| Scenes | (01:19) | |
| Movies | (01:03) | |
| Publish | (01:01) | |
| Visit my web site | (00:21) | |
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Basic Functions
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| Setting up | (01:28) | |
| Frame Rate | (00:43) | |
| Views | (00:50) | |
| Speed vs Quality | (00:53) | |
| Using the Grid/Rulers | (01:03) | |
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Drawing Toolbox
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| Arrow Tool | (01:15) | |
| Lasso Tool | (01:28) | |
| Line Tool | (02:00) | |
| Text Tool | (01:53) | |
| Oval Tool | (00:52) | |
| Rectangle Tool | (00:53) | |
| Pencil Tool | (01:23) | |
| Brush tool | (02:43) | |
| Ink Bottle Tool | (00:39) | |
| Paint Bucket | (00:55) | |
| Eyedropper Tool | (00:51) | |
| Eraser Tool | (01:14) | |
| Hand Tool | (00:24) | |
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Colors & Fills
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| Solid Colors | (02:23) | |
| Gradients | (03:13) | |
| Lock Gradient | (01:01) | |
| Transform Gradient | (01:44) | |
| Alpha Settings | (02:35) | |
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Originating Shapes
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| Initial Shape | (02:55) | |
| Editing & Optimization | (02:39) | |
| Lines To Fill | (00:39) | |
| Expand Shape | (00:43) | |
| Soften Edges | (00:49) | |
| Grouping | (01:15) | |
| Scale & Rotate | (02:02) | |
| Importing Graphics | (01:27) | |
| Illustrator & Freehand | (01:53) | |
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Bitmaps
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| Bitmap vs Vector | (01:29) | |
| Import Bitmaps | (00:50) | |
| Tiled background | (02:32) | |
| Trace Bitmap | (03:14) | |
| Alpha Channels | (01:35) | |
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Functionality
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| Send to Back | (02:20) | |
| Lock | (00:47) | |
| Flipping | (00:25) | |
| Remove Transform | (00:42) | |
| Remove Colours | (00:11) | |
| Edit Centre | (01:18) | |
| Align | (03:47) | |
| Typesetting | (02:07) | |
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Animating
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| Layers | (05:50) | |
| Frames | (01:47) | |
| Keyframes | (04:02) | |
| Motion Tween | (01:55) | |
| Tween Scaling | (01:47) | |
| Tween Rotation | (00:50) | |
| Shape Tween | (02:45) | |
| Motion Guides | (06:18) | |
| Easing In/Out | (01:07) | |
| Guide Layer | (00:57) | |
| Masking | (05:18) | |
| Shape Hints | (02:29) | |
| Onion Skinning | (02:13) | |
| Frame Display | (00:57) | |
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Symbols
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| Why use Symbols? | (00:45) | |
| Creating Symbols | (04:43) | |
| The Library | (02:29) | |
| Editing Symbols | (01:40) | |
| Animation Effects | (03:30) | |
| Movie Clip Symbol | (04:46) | |
| Unlink an Instance | (00:50) | |
| Open as Liary | (00:54) | |
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Scenes
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| Scenes | (02:08) | |
| Copy & Paste Frames | (01:57) | |
| Paste in Place | (01:32) | |
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Interactivity
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| Actions | (01:26) | |
| Create Frame Action | (03:33) | |
| Create Buttons | (06:05) | |
| Button Actions | (02:42) | |
| Test Movie/Scene | (01:26) | |
| Load Movie | (04:19) | |
| Unload Movie | (02:26) | |
| Tell Target | (03:20) | |
| Get URL | (01:48) | |
| If Frame Is Loaded | (03:09) | |
| Button Movie Clip | (01:21) | |
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Action Scripting
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| Action Script Overview | (01:31) | |
| Variables | (03:16) | |
| If statements | (02:48) | |
| Else/Else If | (01:54) | |
| Trace/Comment | (02:19) | |
| Error trapping | (03:05) | |
| Loops | (06:05) | |
| Set Property | (03:30) | |
| Call statement | (03:49) | |
| Text Fields | (03:07) | |
| Drag Movie Clip | (04:16) | |
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Using Sound
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| Sound | (00:59) | |
| Import Sound | (01:48) | |
| Keyframe Sound | (01:45) | |
| Editing Sound | (02:15) | |
| Looping | (01:07) | |
| Button Sound | (01:16) | |
| Stop All Sounds | (01:59) | |
| Remove Sound | (00:43) | |
| Hit Sounds | (02:11) | |
| Streaming vs Event Sound | (01:51) | |
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Web Optimize
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| Optimize Flash | (03:01) | |
| Test Streaming | (01:31) | |
| Bandwidth Profiler | (01:37) | |
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Publishing
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| Publish Overview | (01:25) | |
| Formats | (01:31) | |
| Publish Flash | (05:10) | |
| Publish HTML | (02:59) | |
| Publish Projector | (01:22) | |
| Publish QuickTime | (00:20) | |
| Publish | (03:11) | |
| Export Sequence | (01:34) | |
| Export Image | (00:32) | |
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Banner Ad
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| Create Background | (03:59) | |
| Import Illustrator | (01:57) | |
| New Symbol Instance | (01:52) | |
| White-out | (02:29) | |
| Add New Scene | (01:39) | |
| Text Morph | (02:03) | |
| Payoff Scene | (04:30) | |
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Drop Down Menu
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| Getting Started | (00:50) | |
| Movie Clip | (04:12) | |
| Menu Contents | (04:41) | |
| Retracting the Menu | (04:44) | |
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Flash Form
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| Text Fields | (05:36) | |
| Create Checkbox | (05:12) | |
| Reset Button | (03:53) | |
| Send Button | (01:19) | |
| Recipient & Redirect | (01:58) | |
| Form as Clip or | (00:36) | |
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Movie Pause
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| Set Variable | (03:25) | |
| If loop | (02:28) | |
| Dupe the Loop | (01:27) | |
| Extend pause | (00:47) | |
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Sound On/Off switch
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| Single Scene | (01:18) | |
| Sound in Movie Clip | (04:08) | |
| On/off Button | (02:08) | |
| Using Tell Target | (03:07) | |
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Multiple Choice Buttons
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| Name Instances | (03:15) | |
| Script Combi-Buttons | (04:11) | |
| Process Variables | (02:36) | |
| Label Frames | (02:22) | |
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Drop Target
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| Name Instances | (01:23) | |
| Droptarget Action | (02:07) | |
| Remove from stage | (01:02) | |
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| Title: | Macromedia Flash 4 |
| Author: | Ian (Yan) Cowles |
| SKU: | 33091 |
| ISBN: | 1889347833 |
| Release Date: | 1999-10-12 |
| Duration: | 7 hrs / 159 lessons |
| Work Files: |
Yes |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |
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