Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom

Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom......Page 1
Contents......Page 11
Prerequisites......Page 21
Starting Adobe Flash CS4......Page 22
Loading lesson files......Page 23
Working with the video tutorials......Page 24
Additional resources......Page 26
Starting up......Page 27
New animation engine......Page 28
New drawing tools: The Deco and Spray Brush tools......Page 30
The 3D Rotation and 3D Translation tools......Page 31
Inverse Kinematics: The new Bone and Bind tools......Page 32
New CS4 interface......Page 33
New F4V video format......Page 34
Adobe Media Encoder......Page 35
Starting up......Page 37
What is Flash?......Page 38
Flash file types......Page 41
Creating a new document......Page 42
The Flash workspace......Page 47
Practicing with the Flash tools......Page 60
Getting help......Page 67
Self study......Page 68
Review......Page 69
Starting up......Page 71
Drawing in Flash......Page 72
Putting it all together......Page 77
Using the Pen tool......Page 82
Using the Combine Objects menu......Page 86
Using the Primitive tools (Smart Shapes)......Page 88
Adding text to your artwork......Page 95
Working with colors......Page 99
Organizing and layering graphics......Page 105
Transforming graphics......Page 110
Self study......Page 115
Review......Page 116
Starting up......Page 117
What are symbols?......Page 118
A look at the Library panel......Page 119
Creating symbols......Page 120
Building artwork with symbol instances......Page 126
Adding graphics and text to your banner......Page 139
Swapping symbols......Page 142
Managing the Library......Page 145
Review......Page 152
Starting up......Page 153
Working with gradients......Page 154
New Flash CS4 tools for advanced drawing......Page 158
Advanced Deco tool techniques......Page 166
Introduction to IK tools......Page 170
Self study......Page 171
Review......Page 172
Starting up......Page 173
Introducing keyframes and the Timeline......Page 174
Building animation: Enter the tween......Page 178
Tweening multiple objects......Page 181
Incorporating color effects and scaling......Page 185
New: Introducing the Motion Editor......Page 186
Controlling animation paths......Page 193
Where did Motion Guide layers go?......Page 194
Morphing graphics and colors with shape tweens......Page 195
Legacy techniques: Creating classic tweens......Page 199
(Re)creating motion guides for classic tweens......Page 202
Adjusting animation with onion skinning......Page 204
Review......Page 207
Starting up......Page 209
Copying, pasting, and saving animation......Page 210
Applying Advanced Easing Behavior......Page 215
Animating Masks......Page 218
Creating Animation with IK Poses......Page 221
Sequencing Animation......Page 223
New: Rendering and Animating in 3D......Page 227
Adding shape tweens and shape hints......Page 231
Review......Page 236
Starting up......Page 237
Customizing workspace layouts......Page 238
Working with panels......Page 239
Managing workspaces......Page 242
Setting preferences......Page 244
Keyboard shortcuts......Page 246
Visual aids for alignment......Page 250
Advanced alignment......Page 259
Review......Page 264
Starting up......Page 265
Import formats......Page 266
Importing still images......Page 267
Adding text......Page 271
Modifying imported artwork......Page 276
Importing Photoshop files......Page 280
Importing Illustrator artwork......Page 285
Review......Page 291
Starting up......Page 293
What is ActionScript?......Page 295
The Actions panel at work......Page 297
Adding actions to frames......Page 298
Controlling Movie Clip Timelines......Page 303
Functions......Page 305
Wrapping up......Page 308
Review......Page 309
Starting up......Page 311
Working with button symbols......Page 312
Creating frame labels for ActionScript......Page 324
Adding ActionScript: Events and event handlers......Page 326
Linking buttons to a web site......Page 333
Review......Page 336
Starting up......Page 337
Preparing sound files for Flash......Page 338
Importing sounds......Page 342
Placing sounds on the Timeline......Page 343
Adding sound effects to buttons......Page 347
Editing sounds......Page 350
Controlling sounds......Page 355
More sync menu controls: stop and start......Page 358
Sound publishing options......Page 362
Review......Page 363
Starting up......Page 365
About movie clips......Page 366
Creating movie clips......Page 367
Nesting movie clips......Page 375
Adding ActionScript to movie clip Timelines......Page 378
Tweening movie clips......Page 382
Combining movie clips for complex animation......Page 384
Adding filter effects to movie clips......Page 386
Review......Page 390
Starting up......Page 391
Video in Flash: formats and fundamentals......Page 392
Working with embedded video......Page 398
The Bandwidth Profiler......Page 404
Working with linked video......Page 406
Review......Page 413
Starting up......Page 415
Publishing to the web......Page 416
CD-ROM delivery......Page 422
Using Export Movie......Page 425
Using Adobe Device Central in Flash......Page 427
Review......Page 430
Index......Page 431