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• Flash CS4: The Missing Manual
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  • A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
  • The Missing Credits
    • About the Author
    • About the Creative Team
    • Acknowledgements
    • The Missing Manual Series
  • Introduction
    • Flash CS4 Professional for Everyone
    • Whats New in Flash CS4
    • Anatomy of an Animation
    • Flash in a Nutshell
    • The Very Basics
    • Macintosh and Windows
    • About This Book
    • About the Outline
    • About These Arrows
    • Flash Examples
    • About MissingManuals.com
    • Safari Books Online
  • I. Creating a Flash Animation
    • 1. Getting Around Flash
      • Starting Flash
      • A Tour of the Flash Desktop
        • Menu Bar
        • The Stage
      • Toolbars
      • Panels
        • Tools Panel
          • Selection and Drawing tools
          • View tools
          • Color tools
          • Options tools
        • Accessibility Panel
        • Actions Panel/ActionScript Debug Panels
        • Align Panel
        • Behaviors Panel
        • Color Panel/ Swatches Panel
        • Common Libraries
        • Components Panel/Component Inspector Panel
        • History Panel
        • Info Panel
        • Library Panel
        • Movie Explorer Panel
        • Output Panel
        • Properties Panel
          • Properties subpanels
        • Scene Panel
        • Transform Panel
      • The Timeline
      • Using the Workspace Switcher
      • The Flash CS4 Test Drive
      • Opening a Flash File
        • Exploring the Properties Panel
        • Resizing the Stage
        • Zooming In and Out
        • Playing an Animation
        • Saving a File
    • 2. Creating Simple Drawings
      • Planning Pays Off
        • Creating a Storyboard
        • Five Questions for a Better Result
      • Preparing to Draw
        • Customizing Your Stage
          • Change the size of the stage
          • Setting the background color
          • Add helpful measurement guides
        • Choosing a Drawing Mode
          • When to use merge drawing mode
          • When to use object drawing mode
        • Selecting Objects on the Stage
          • Selection tool
          • Subselection tool
          • Lasso tool
        • Essential Drawing Terms
      • Creating Original Artwork
        • Drawing and Painting with Tools
          • Line tool
          • Pencil tool
          • Pen tool
          • Brush tool
          • Arranging drawn objects forward and backward
          • Shape tools: Oval, Rectangle, and PolyStar
        • Aligning Objects with the Align Tools
        • Erasing Mistakes with the Erase Tool
          • Configuring the Eraser
          • Cutting out an irregular shape from another object
      • Copying and Pasting Drawn Objects
      • Adding Color
        • Changing the Color of a Stroke (Line)
          • Coloring strokes with the Properties panel.
          • Coloring strokes with the Ink Bottle tool
        • Changing the Color of a Fill
          • Coloring fills with the Properties panel
          • Coloring fills with the Paint Bucket tool
    • 3. Animating Your Drawings
      • Frame-by-Frame Animation
        • Frames and Keyframes
        • Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation
        • Testing Your Frame-by-Frame Animation
        • Editing Your Frame-by-Frame Animation
          • Selecting frames and keyframes
          • Inserting and deleting keyframes and frames
      • Adding Layers to Your Animation
        • Creating Layers
          • Deleting layers
      • Animating Automatically (Tweening)
        • Choosing a Type of Tween
        • Shape Tweening (Morphing)
        • Shape Hints
        • Using Multiple Layers for Shape Tweens
        • Classic Tweening
          • Motion guide layers (moving along a nonstraight path)
          • Orient to path
        • Spotlight Effect Using Mask Layers
        • Adding a Motion Path to a Mask
        • Motion Tweening
        • Creating a Motion Tween Path
        • Scaling an Object with a Motion Tween
        • Changing Transparency with the Motion Editor
        • Rotating an Object with the Motion Editor
  • II. Advanced Drawing and Animation
    • 4. Organizing Frames and Layers
      • Working with Frames
        • Copying and Pasting Frames
        • Moving Frames (Keyframes)
        • Editing Multiple Frames
      • Adding Content to Multiple Layers
      • Viewing Layers
        • Showing and Hiding Layers
          • To hide a layer
          • To show a layer
          • To hide (or show) all layers except the one you're currently editing
      • Working with Layers
        • Renaming Layers
        • Copy and Paste a Layer
        • Reordering (Moving) Layers
        • Delete a Layer
        • Locking and Unlocking Layers
      • Organizing Layers
        • Outline View
        • Organizing Your Layers with Layer Folders
          • Creating layer folders
          • Deleting a layer folder
    • 5. Advanced Drawing and Coloring
      • Selecting Graphic Elements
        • The Selection Tool
          • Selecting a graphic element
          • Selecting part of a graphic element
          • Moving and reshaping (transforming) with the Selection tool
        • The Subselection Tool
        • The Lasso Tool
          • Freehand selecting with the Lasso
          • Pointing and clicking with the Lasso
          • Selecting ranges of color in bitmaps with the Magic Wand
      • Manipulating Graphic Elements
        • Modifying Object Properties
        • Moving, Cutting, Pasting, and Copying
          • Moving
          • Cutting
          • Copying
          • Pasting
        • Transforming Objects (Scaling, Rotating, Skewing, Distorting)
          • Scaling objects
          • Rotating objects
          • Skewing objects
          • Distorting objects
          • Applying an Envelope transform
        • Moving and Rotating Objects in 3-D
          • Rotating (transforming) objects three-dimensionally
          • Moving (translating) objects in three dimensions
          • Adjusting the perspective and vanishing point in 3-D
        • Stacking Objects
        • Converting Strokes to Fills
        • Aligning Objects
          • Snapping
          • Guide layers
      • Adding Text to Your Drawing
      • Spray Painting Symbols
      • Drawing with the Deco Drawing Tool
      • Advanced Color and Fills
        • Color Basics
        • RGB and HSB
      • Creating Custom Colors
      • Specifying Colors for ActionScript
      • Saving Color Swatches
        • Using an Image as a Fill "Color"
        • Applying a Gradient
      • Importing a Custom Color Palette
      • Copying Color with the Eyedropper
    • 6. Reusable Flash: Symbols and Templates
      • Symbols and Instances
        • Graphic Symbols
          • Converting an existing image to a graphic symbol
          • Creating a graphic symbol in symbol editing mode
          • Using a graphic symbol (creating an instance of a graphic symbol)
          • Editing an instance of a graphic symbol
          • Editing a graphic symbol
          • Deleting a graphic symbol
        • Multiframe Graphic Symbols
          • Creating a multiframe graphic symbol
          • Creating an instance of a multiframe graphic symbol
          • Editing an instance of a multiframe graphic symbol
          • Editing a multiframe graphic symbol
          • Deleting a multiframe graphic symbol
        • Movie Clip Symbols
          • Creating a movie clip symbol
          • Creating an instance of a movie clip symbol
          • Editing a movie clip symbol
          • Editing an instance of a movie clip symbol
        • Button Symbols
          • Creating a button symbol
          • Using a button symbol (creating an instance of a button symbol)
          • Editing an instance of a button symbol
          • Editing a button symbol
      • Templates
        • Using a Prebuilt Template
        • Creating and Using Your Own Custom Template
    • 7. Advanced Tweens with the Motion Editor
      • Applying Motion Presets
        • Saving a Custom Motion Preset
          • Deleting motion presets
        • Modifying a Motion Preset
      • Changing the Motion Path
        • Deleting a motion path
          • Deleting a motion path
        • Copying and Pasting a Motion Path
        • Orienting Tweened Objects to a Motion Path
          • Other things you can do in the Rotation panel
        • Swapping the Tweened Object
      • Editing a Tween Span
        • Viewing and Editing Property Keyframes in the Timeline
        • Copying Properties Between Property Keyframes
      • A Tour of the Motion Editor
        • Workflow for Common Tweens
        • Adding and Removing Property Keyframes
        • Moving Property Keyframes
        • Fine-tuning Property Changes
        • Adding and Removing Color Effects
        • Using Filters in Tweens
        • Customizing Your Motion Editor View
          • Getting the best view property graphs
      • Easing Tweens
        • Applying an Ease Preset
        • Creating a Custom Ease Preset
    • 8. Realistic Animation with IK Bones
      • Linking Symbols with Bones
        • Changing the Pose Layer
        • Creating Branching Armatures
        • Controlling the Degree of Rotation
        • Moving Bones
        • Repositioning Symbol Instances
        • Changing the Length of a Bone
        • Deleting Bones
      • Making Shapes Move with Bones
        • Working with Control Points
      • Animating an Armature
    • 9. Incorporating Non-Flash Media Files
      • Incorporating Graphics
      • Importing Illustrator Graphics Files
      • Importing Photoshop Graphic Files
        • Import options for bitmaps
          • Import options for bitmaps
          • Import options for text
          • Other Photoshop import options
      • Importing Fireworks Graphics
        • Import options for graphics
          • Import options for graphics
          • Import options for text
        • Copying Fireworks Effects and Blends
      • Editing Bitmaps
        • Turning bitmaps into fills
          • Turning bitmaps into fills
          • Turning bitmaps into vectors
          • Turning bitmaps into symbols
        • Importing a Series of Graphics Files
      • Exporting Graphics from Flash
    • 10. Incorporating Sound and Video
      • Incorporating Sound
        • Importing Sound Files
        • Adding an Imported Sound to a Frame (or Series of Frames)
        • Editing Sound Clips in Flash
      • Incorporating Video
        • Encoding: Making Flash Video Files
          • Batch encoding to save time
        • Encoding Part of a Video Clip
        • Resizing and Cropping a Video Clip
          • Cropping a video while encoding
        • Adding Cue Points to Your Video
        • Choosing a Video Codec
        • Other Techniques for Reducing Video File Sizes
          • Video techniques for reducing file sizes
          • Encoding techniques for reducing file sizes
        • Preparing to Import Video Files
      • Importing Video Files
        • Importing a Flash Video File Stored on Your Computer
          • Deploying your flash video on the Web
        • Importing a Flash Video from the Web
        • Customizing the Video Playback Component
  • III. Adding Interactivity
    • 11. Introduction to ActionScript 3
      • Getting to Know ActionScript 3
        • The Flash/ActionScript Partnership
        • ActionScript 3
        • ActionScript vs. JavaScript and Other Languages
        • ActionScript 3 Spoken Here
      • Beginning Your ActionScript Project
        • Writing ActionScript Code in the Timeline
        • Using the Script Pane Toolbar
        • Writing Code in an ActionScript File
      • Object-Oriented Thinking
        • ActionScript Classes
        • Changing an Object's Properties
        • Functions and Methods Put the Action in ActionScript
        • Events
      • Using Data Types, Variables, and Constants
        • Numbers
          • Number
          • int
          • uint
          • Numbers and Operators
          • Precedence and parentheses
        • Strings
          • Strings and operators
        • Boolean
          • Booleans and operators
        • Arrays
        • ActionScript Built-in Data Types
          • MovieClip
          • TextField
          • SimpleButton
          • Date
        • Variables
          • Declaring variables
        • Constants
          • Declaring constants
      • Conditionals and Loops
        • Conditionals: if( ) and switch( ) Statements
          • if( ) statements test a condition
          • if..else if statements choose from many options
          • switch( ) statements choose from many options
        • Loops: while( ) and for( ) Statements
          • while( ) statements repeat tasks when a condition is met
          • for( ) statements repeat tasks a specific number of times
      • Combining ActionScript's Building Blocks
    • 12. Controlling Actions with Events
      • How Events Work
      • Mouse Events
      • Getting Help for Events and Event Listeners
        • Creating a Rollover with a Mouse Event
        • Adding Statements to an Event Listener
          • Applying mouse events to other projects
      • Creating a Tabbed Window with Mouse Events
        • Setting the Stage for Tabbed Windows
        • Planning Before Coding
          • Testing your work so far
        • Copy and Tweak Coding
          • Modifying tabbed windows for projects
      • Keyboard Events and Text Events
        • Using Event Properties
        • Capturing Text Input with TextEvent
      • Keeping Time with TimerEvent
      • Removing Event Listeners
      • In Case of Other Events
    • 13. Organizing Objects with the Display List
      • The Display List: Everything in Its Place
        • When Display Objects are Display Object Containers
      • Adding Objects to the Display List
        • Adding a Second Object to the Display List
        • Using trace( ) to Report on the Display List
        • Placing Objects Inside of Display Containers
          • Modifying display containers
        • Moving Objects from One Container to Another
        • Removing Objects from the Display List
      • Managing the Stacking Order
        • Adding Display Objects by Index Position
        • Removing Display Objects by Index Position
        • Getting the Name or Index Position of a Display Object
        • Swapping the Position of Two Children
      • Summary of Properties and Methods
        • DisplayObjectContainer Properties
        • DisplayObjectContainer Methods
    • 14. Controlling Animation
      • Slowing Down (or Speeding Up) Animation
        • Setting a Document Frame Rate
        • Setting a Frame Rate with ActionScript
      • Timeline Stop and Go
        • Using ActionScript to Start a Timeline
      • Organizing an Animation
        • Working with Labeled Frames
          • Labeling a frame
          • Targeting a labeled frame
        • Working with Scenes
          • Creating a scene
          • Renaming a scene
          • Reorganizing scenes
          • Scripting (targeting) a scene
      • Looping a Series of Frames
      • Reversing a Series of Frames
        • Using Modify Timeline Reverse Frames
    • 15. Components for Interactivity
      • Adding Components
        • Making Button Components Work with ActionScript
        • Modifying Components in the Properties Panel
        • Adding a ColorPicker Component
          • Modifying the ColorPicker with ActionScript
      • The Built-in Components
        • User Interface Components
          • Button
          • CheckBox
          • ColorPicker
          • ComboBox
          • DataGrid
          • Label
          • List
          • NumericStepper
          • ProgressBar
          • RadioButton
          • ScrollPane
          • Slider
          • TextArea
          • TextInput
          • TileList
          • UILoader
          • UIScrollBar
      • Finding Additional Components
    • 16. Choosing, Using, and Animating Text
      • About Typefaces and Fonts
        • What Font Does your Audience Have?
      • Choosing and Using Text Containers
        • Resizing and Transforming Text Fields
        • Working with Vertical Text
        • Creating Line Breaks
      • Applying Advanced Formatting to Text
      • Adding Hyperlinks to Text
      • Animating Text without ActionScript
        • Experimenting with Animated Text
      • Controlling Text with ActionScript
        • ActionScript Text: String Theory
        • Creating a New String
        • Joining Strings
        • Using TextField's appendText( ) Method
        • Adding Line Breaks to a String
        • Finding a String within a String
        • Replacing Words or Characters in a String
        • Converting Strings to Uppercase or Lowercase
      • Creating Text Fields with ActionScript
        • Positioning, Sizing and Formatting a Text Field
        • Autosizing a Text Field
      • Formatting Characters and Paragraphs
      • Formatting with HTML and CSS
        • HTML and CSS Philosophical Differences
        • Using HTML Text in Flash
        • Creating a Hyperlink with HTML
        • Using CSS to Format Text in Flash
        • Formatting Text with an External CSS File
      • Choosing the Right Text Formatting System
    • 17. Drawing with ActionScript
      • What's the Point?
      • Beginning with the Graphics Class
      • Drawing Lines
      • Drawing Curves
      • Drawing Built-in Shapes
      • Drawing Irregular Shapes
      • Making Drawings Move
        • Using ActionScript's TimerEvent to Animate Drawings
        • Moving Objects Independently
      • Shape, Sprite, and MovieClip for Drawings
      • Removing Lines and Shapes
  • IV. Delivering Your Animation to Its Audience
    • 18. Testing and Debugging
      • Testing Strategies
        • Planning Ahead
          • Separate potentially troublesome elements
          • Reuse as much as possible
          • Be generous with comments
          • Stick with consistent names
        • Techniques for Better Testing
      • Testing on the Stage
      • Testing in Flash Player
      • Testing Inside a Web Page
      • Testing Download Time
        • Simulating Downloads
          • Pinpointing bottlenecks with a bandwidth profiler report
      • The Art of Debugging
        • Using the Syntax Checker
        • Using the Compiler Errors Panel
        • Using the Output Panel and trace( ) Statement
      • Using the Debugger
        • Setting and Using Breakpoints
    • 19. Publishing and Exporting
      • Optimizing Flash Documents
        • Ten Optimization Strategies
          • Choose tweens over frame-by-frame animations
          • Choose the Pencil tool over the Brush tool
          • Choose solid over dashed or dotted lines
          • Simplify curves
          • Use symbols
          • Avoid bitmaps (or optimize them)
          • Keep sound clips to a minimum; when you do use them, optimize them.
          • Group elements
          • Avoid the extraneous
          • Tell Flash to keep your file size down
      • Publishing Your Animations
        • Publishing as a Compiled Flash (.swf) File
        • Publishing as a Web Page
        • Publishing a Frame as a Static Image File
          • Publishing a static GIF
          • Publishing a JPEG
          • Publishing a PNG
        • Publishing as an Animated GIF
        • Publishing as a Standalone Projector
      • Exporting Flash to Other Formats
        • Exporting the Contents of a Single Frame
        • Exporting an Entire Animation
  • V. Appendixes
    • A. Installation and Help
      • Flash CS4 Minimum System Requirements
      • Installing and Activating Flash CS4
      • Getting Help from Flash
        • Flash Documentation: The Help Page
        • ActionScript 3.0 Reference
        • Flash Video Workshop Tutorials
      • Getting Help from Adobe
        • Online Articles, FAQs, and Sample Code
        • Forums
        • Direct Person-to-Person Help
      • Finding Flash Gurus
    • B. Flash CS4, Menu by Menu
      • File
        • New
        • Open
        • Browse in Bridge
        • Open Recent
        • Close
        • Close All
        • Save
        • Save and Compact
        • Save As
        • Save as Template
        • Check In
        • Save All
        • Revert
        • Import
        • Export
        • Publish Settings
        • Publish Preview
        • Publish
        • AIR Settings
        • File Info
        • Share My Screen
        • Page Setup
        • Print Margins (Mac only)
        • Print
        • Send (Windows only)
        • Exit (Mac: Flash Quit Flash)
      • Edit
        • Undo
        • Redo
        • Cut
        • Copy
        • Paste in Center
        • Paste in Place
        • Clear
        • Duplicate
        • Select All
        • Deselect All
        • Find and Replace
        • Find Next
        • Timeline
          • Remove Frames
          • Cut Frames
          • Copy Frames
          • Paste Frames
          • Clear Frames
          • Select All Frames
          • Copy Motion
          • Copy Motion as ActionScript 3.0
          • Paste Motion
          • Paste Motion Special
        • Edit Symbols/Document
        • Edit Selected
        • Edit in Place
        • Edit All
        • Preferences (Mac: Flash Preferences)
        • Customize Tools Panel (Mac: Flash Customize Tools Panel)
        • Font Mapping (Mac: Flash Font Mapping)
        • Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac: Flash Keyboard Shortcuts)
      • View
        • Go To
        • Zoom In
        • Zoom Out
        • Magnification
        • Preview Mode
          • Outlines
          • Fast
          • Anti-Alias
          • Anti-Alias Text
          • Full
        • Pasteboard
        • Rulers
        • Grid
        • Guides
        • Snapping
          • Snap Align
          • Snap to Grid
          • Snap to Guide
          • Snap to Pixels
          • Snap to Objects
          • Edit Snapping
        • Hide Edges
        • Show Shape Hints
        • Show Tab Order
      • Insert
        • New Symbol
        • Motion Tween
        • Shape Tween
        • Classic Tween
        • Timeline
          • Layer
          • Layer Folder
          • Frame
          • Keyframe
          • Blank Keyframe
        • Scene
      • Modify
        • Document
        • Convert to Symbol
        • Break Apart
        • Bitmap
          • Swap Bitmap
          • Trace Bitmap
        • Symbol
          • Swap Symbol
          • Duplicate Symbol
        • Shape
          • Advanced Smooth
          • Advanced Straighten
          • Optimize
          • Convert Lines to Fills
          • Expand Fill
          • Soften Fill Edges
          • Add Shape Hint
          • Remove All Hints
        • Combine Objects
          • Delete Envelope
          • Union
          • Intersect
          • Punch
          • Crop
        • Timeline
          • Distribute to Layers
          • Layer Properties
          • Reverse Frames
          • Synchronize Symbols
          • Convert to Keyframes
          • Clear Keyframe
          • Convert to Blank Keyframes
        • Transform
          • Free Transform
          • Distort
          • Envelope
          • Scale
          • Rotate and Skew
          • Scale and Rotate
          • Rotate 90 degrees CW
          • Rotate 90 degrees CCW
          • Flip Vertical
          • Flip Horizontal
          • Remove Transform
        • Arrange
          • Bring to Front
          • Bring Forward
          • Send Backward
          • Send to Back
          • Lock
          • Unlock All
        • Align
          • Left
          • Horizontal Center
          • Right
          • Top
          • Vertical Center
          • Bottom
          • Distribute Widths
          • Distribute Heights
          • Make Same Width
          • Make Same Height
          • To Stage
        • Group
        • Ungroup
      • Text
        • Font
        • Size
        • Style
        • Align
        • Letter Spacing
        • Scrollable
        • Check Spelling
        • Spelling Setup
      • Commands
        • Manage Saved Commands
        • Get More Commands
        • Run Command
        • Copy Motion as XML
        • Export Motion XML
        • Import Motion XML
      • Control
        • Play
        • Rewind
        • Go To End
        • Step Forward One Frame
        • Step Backward One Frame
        • Test Movie
        • Test Scene
        • Delete ASO Files
        • Delete ASO Files and Test Movie
        • Loop Playback
        • Play All Scenes
        • Enable Simple Frame Actions
        • Enable Simple Buttons
        • Enable Live Preview
        • Mute Sounds
      • Debug
        • Debug Movie
        • Continue
        • End Debug Session
        • Step In
        • Step Over
        • Step Out
        • Remove All Breakpoints
        • Begin Remote Debug Session
      • Window
        • Duplicate Window
        • Toolbars
          • Controller
          • Edit Bar
        • Timeline
        • Motion Editor
        • Tools
        • Properties
        • Library
        • Common Libraries
        • Motion Presets
        • Actions
        • Behaviors
        • Compiler Errors
        • Debug Panels
        • Movie Explorer
        • Output
        • Align
        • Color
        • Info
        • Swatches
        • Transform
        • Components
        • Component Inspector
        • Other Panels
          • Accessibility
          • History
          • Scene
          • Screens
          • Strings
          • Web Services
        • Extensions
          • Kuler
          • Connections
        • Workspace
        • Hide Panels
      • Help
        • Search Field (Mac Only)
        • Flash Help
        • Adobe Product Improvement Program
        • Flash Exchange
        • Manage Extensions
        • Flash Support Center
        • Flash Developer Center
        • Adobe Training
        • Register/Activate/Deactivate
          • Registration
          • Activate
          • Deactivate
        • Updates
        • About Adobe Flash CS4 Professional(Mac: Flash About Flash)
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Colophon
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