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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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| Course: | Macromedia Flash 4 |
| Author: | Ian (Yan) Cowles |
| SKU: | 33091 |
| ISBN: | 1889347833 |
| Release Date: | 1999-10-12 |
| Duration: | 7 hrs / 159 tutorials |
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| Captions: | No |
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