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Macromedia Flash 3 is a great tool to use in designing and developing a website.
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Basic Concepts
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| What is Flash? | (02:21) | |
| Flash Interface | (02:21) | |
| Frames | (01:19) | |
| Symbols | (00:43) | |
| Interactivity | (00:53) | |
| Scenes | (01:04) | |
| Movies | (00:48) | |
| Aftershock | (00:35) | |
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Basic Functions
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| Setting up | (00:59) | |
| Frame Rate | (00:41) | |
| Views | (00:59) | |
| Speed vs Quality | (00:52) | |
| Using the Grid/Rulers | (01:12) | |
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Drawing Toolbox
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| Arrow Tool | (02:06) | |
| Text Tool | (00:57) | |
| Pencil Tool | (01:50) | |
| Ink Bottle Tool | (00:40) | |
| Paint Brush Tool | (03:00) | |
| Paint Bucket | (01:01) | |
| Eraser Tool | (01:43) | |
| Eyedropper Tool | (00:40) | |
| Magnify Tool | (00:36) | |
| Lasso Tool | (00:28) | |
| Create Gradient fill | (02:50) | |
| Lock/Transform Gradient | (01:14) | |
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Originating Shapes
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| Initial shape | (02:50) | |
| Optimising Curves | (04:58) | |
| Grouping | (01:00) | |
| Scale & Rotate | (02:04) | |
| Importing graphics | (01:15) | |
| Working with Illustrator | (01:23) | |
| Working w/Freehand | (02:14) | |
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Bitmaps
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| Bitmap vs Vector | (01:33) | |
| Import Bitmap | (01:08) | |
| Trace Bitmap | (02:01) | |
| Tiled background | (02:14) | |
| Alpha Channels | (02:00) | |
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Functionality
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| Bring to Front | (00:46) | |
| Lock | (00:22) | |
| Flipping | (00:21) | |
| Remove Transform | (00:21) | |
| Remove Colors | (00:21) | |
| Edit Centre | (01:04) | |
| Align | (01:13) | |
| Text Setting | (02:29) | |
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Animating your Elements
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| Layers | (06:05) | |
| Frames & Keyframes | (04:20) | |
| Motion Tweening | (01:24) | |
| Tween Scaling | (01:36) | |
| Tween Rotation | (02:12) | |
| Motion Guide | (03:10) | |
| Easing In/Out | (00:49) | |
| Shape Tweening | (02:24) | |
| Shape Hints | (01:48) | |
| Masking | (03:30) | |
| Guide Layer | (00:55) | |
| Onion Skinning | (02:39) | |
| Frame display | (00:38) | |
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Symbols
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| Why use symbols? | (00:55) | |
| Creating Symbols | (05:18) | |
| The Liary | (02:32) | |
| Editing Symbols | (01:27) | |
| Animation Effects | (03:39) | |
| Movie Clip Symbols | (05:07) | |
| Open as Liary | (00:23) | |
| Unlink an Instance | (00:57) | |
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Scenes
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| Scenes | (01:19) | |
| Move Scenes | (00:25) | |
| Copy & Paste Frames | (01:54) | |
| Paste in Place | (00:54) | |
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Adding Interactivity
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| Actions | (01:25) | |
| Frame Actions | (02:41) | |
| Enable Frame Actions | (00:21) | |
| Create Button | (04:38) | |
| Enable/Disable Button | (00:42) | |
| Button Actions | (01:52) | |
| Test Movie/Scene | (01:07) | |
| Using Load Movie | (04:16) | |
| Using Tell Target | (03:49) | |
| Using If Frame Is Loaded | (03:16) | |
| Using Get URL | (02:31) | |
| Button Movie Clip | (01:31) | |
| Unload Movie | (00:49) | |
| Frame Labels | (02:02) | |
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Using Sound
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| Sound | (01:01) | |
| Import Sounds | (02:17) | |
| Keyframing Sound | (01:09) | |
| Editing Sounds | (02:59) | |
| Looping | (01:07) | |
| Button Sounds | (01:14) | |
| Remove a Sound | (00:42) | |
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Web Export
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| Optimize File Size | (03:28) | |
| Test Streaming | (01:08) | |
| Bandwidth Profiler | (01:27) | |
| Export Shockwave Flash | (04:06) | |
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Aftershock
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| Aftershock | (01:50) | |
| Scripting Tab | (00:48) | |
| Page Layout Tab | (00:54) | |
| Shockwave Tab | (01:45) | |
| Alternate Image Tab | (00:46) | |
| Java Tab | (00:39) | |
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Alternate Export
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| Stand-Alone Player | (01:25) | |
| Stand-Alone Projector | (01:16) | |
| Sequence Export | (02:04) | |
| QuickTime Export | (01:34) | |
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Examples - Banner
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| Cycling Colors | (03:08) | |
| Create Symbol | (02:28) | |
| New Symbol Instance | (02:02) | |
| White-Out | (02:09) | |
| Text Fade | (02:04) | |
| Add new Scene | (01:16) | |
| Text Morph | (01:50) | |
| Payoff Scene | (04:13) | |
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Examples - Menu
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| Getting started | (00:59) | |
| Movie Clip | (04:01) | |
| Menu Contents | (05:52) | |
| Retracting the Menu | (02:45) | |
| Unload Movie | (05:07) | |
| Making it work | (03:01) | |
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| Title: | Macromedia Flash 3 |
| Author: | Ian (Yan) Cowles |
| SKU: | 33073 |
| ISBN: | 1889347698 |
| Release Date: | 1999-03-18 |
| Duration: | 4 hrs / 119 lessons |
| Work Files: |
Yes |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |
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