Crystal acoustics

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
 Chapter 1 Building Complexity......Page 14
  Motion Tweening Strategies......Page 15
  Duplicating Motion......Page 29
  Shape Tweening Strategies......Page 41
  Using Inverse Kinematics......Page 46
  Creating Special Effects......Page 61
  Using Masks......Page 64
 Chapter 2 Working With Video......Page 70
  Preparing Video for Flash......Page 71
  Using Adobe Media Encoder......Page 72
  Understanding Encoding Options......Page 75
  Embedding Video Into Flash......Page 83
  Playback of External Video......Page 86
  Adding Cue Points to External Video......Page 92
  Detecting and Responding to Cue Points......Page 95
 Chapter 3 Getting a Handle on Actionscript......Page 98
  What Is Actionscript 3?......Page 99
  About Objects and Classes......Page 100
  About Methods and Properties......Page 101
  Writing With Dot Syntax......Page 102
  More on Punctuation......Page 104
  The Actions Panel......Page 105
  Editing Actionscript......Page 114
  Using Objects......Page 117
  About Functions......Page 127
  Using Code Snippets......Page 132
  Using Comments......Page 136
 Chapter 4 Advanced Buttons and Event Handling......Page 138
  Listening for Events......Page 139
  Mouse Detection......Page 141
  The Simplebutton Class......Page 146
  Invisible Buttons......Page 150
  Animated Buttons and the Movie Clip Symbol......Page 152
  Complex Buttons......Page 155
  Button-Tracking Options......Page 159
  Changing Button Behavior......Page 161
  Creating Buttons Dynamically......Page 164
  Keyboard Detection......Page 166
  The Contextual Menu......Page 170
  Creating Continuous Actions......Page 176
  A Summary of Events......Page 181
 Chapter 5 Controlling Multiple Timelines......Page 182
  Navigating Timelines With Movie Clips......Page 183
  Target Paths......Page 184
  Absolute and Relative Paths......Page 188
  Using the With Action to Target Objects......Page 190
  Movie Clips As Containers......Page 192
  Using Frame Labels......Page 196
 Chapter 6 Managing External Communication......Page 200
  Communicating With the Web Browser......Page 201
  Loading External Flash Movies......Page 213
  Controlling Loaded Flash Movies......Page 219
  Loading External Images......Page 225
  Communicating With External Video......Page 228
  Detecting Download Progress: Preloaders......Page 235
 Chapter 7 Controlling and Displaying Graphics......Page 244
  Understanding the Display List......Page 245
  Changing Visual Properties......Page 246
  Modifying the Color......Page 253
  Blending Colors......Page 259
  Applying Special Effects With Filters......Page 263
  Creating Drag-and-Drop Interactivity......Page 266
  Detecting Collisions......Page 271
  Generating Graphics Dynamically......Page 274
  Controlling Stacking Order......Page 277
  Creating Vector Shapes Dynamically......Page 280
  Using Dynamic Masks......Page 295
  Generating Motion Tweens Dynamically......Page 301
  Customizing Your Pointer......Page 305
  Putting It Together: Animating Graphics With Actionscript......Page 307
  About Bitmap Images......Page 309
  Creating and Accessing Bitmap Data......Page 310
  Manipulating Bitmap Images......Page 316
  Using Filters on Bitmap Images......Page 326
  Putting It Together: Animating Bitmap Images......Page 329
 Chapter 8 Controlling Sound......Page 334
  Using Sounds......Page 335
  Playing Sounds From the Library......Page 336
  Loading and Playing External Sounds......Page 338
  Controlling Sound Playback......Page 339
  Tracking Sound Progress......Page 343
  Modifying Volume and Balance......Page 345
  Detecting Sound Events......Page 349
  Working With Mp3 Song Information......Page 351
  Visualizing Sound Data......Page 354
 Chapter 9 Controlling Information Flow......Page 356
  Using Variables and Expressions......Page 357
  Loading External Variables......Page 359
  Storing and Sharing Information......Page 367
  Loading and Saving Files on the Hard Drive......Page 373
  Modifying Variables......Page 377
  Concatenating Variables and Dynamic Referencing......Page 379
  Testing Information With Conditional Statements......Page 381
  Providing Alternatives to Conditions......Page 385
  Branching Conditional Statements......Page 387
  Combining Conditions With Logical Operators......Page 391
  Looping Statements......Page 393
 Chapter 10 Controlling Text......Page 396
  Understanding Tlf and Classic Text......Page 397
  Creating Wrapping Text......Page 400
  Creating Multicolumn Text......Page 403
  Controlling Text Field Contents......Page 405
  Displaying Html......Page 408
  Modifying Text Field Appearances......Page 412
  Generating Text Dynamically: Classic Vs. Tlf Text......Page 414
  Creating Classic Text......Page 415
  Creating Tlf Text Fields......Page 421
  Getting Text Into the Textflow......Page 423
  Tlf Text Containers and Controllers......Page 427
  Formatting the Textflow......Page 431
  Making Text Selectable or Editable......Page 433
  Detecting Text Focus......Page 435
  Analyzing Text......Page 437
 Chapter 11 Manipulating Information......Page 448
  Making Calculations With the Math Class......Page 449
  Calculating Angles......Page 451
  Creating Directional Movement......Page 459
  Calculating Distances......Page 463
  Generating Random Numbers......Page 466
  Ordering Information With Arrays......Page 467
  Keeping Track of Objects With Arrays......Page 473
  Using the Date and Time......Page 477
 Chapter 12 Managing Content and Troubleshooting......Page 484
  Sharing Library Symbols......Page 485
  Saving Files in An Uncompressed Format......Page 492
  Tracking, Finding and Managing Flash Elements......Page 494
  Optimizing Your Movie......Page 501
  Avoiding Common Mistakes......Page 506
Appendix: Keyboard Key Codes......Page 508
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