Foundation Flash CS3 Video

Foundation Flash CS3 Video......Page 1
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 13
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL REVIEWER......Page 15
ABOUT THE COVER IMAGE DESIGNER......Page 17
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 19
How video players Ògot deadÓ......Page 21
A short history of Flash video......Page 22
Flash video takes over......Page 24
WhatÕs in it for you?......Page 25
Layout conventions......Page 26
CREATING AND PLAYING FLASH VIDEO......Page 29
Before you import......Page 30
Importing a video with the Flash Import Video Wizard......Page 31
Using the Flash CS3 Video Encoder......Page 38
Playing an FLV file in Flash CS3 Professional......Page 44
What you’ve learned......Page 51
EDITING VIDEO FOR FLASH......Page 53
Nonlinear editing......Page 56
Windows Movie Maker......Page 57
Working with clips......Page 59
Editing in Movie Maker......Page 60
Exporting......Page 63
Apple iMovie......Page 64
Editing in iMovie......Page 66
Working with iMovie clips......Page 67
Adding and adjusting audio......Page 69
Exporting your movie......Page 70
What you’ve learned......Page 71
ALTERNATIVE FLV-CREATION TOOLS......Page 73
Data rate......Page 74
Using Flix Pro......Page 77
Using Sorenson Squeeze 4.5......Page 83
Previewing your work......Page 88
Adobe Media Player......Page 89
Adobe Bridge CS3......Page 90
What you’ve learned......Page 91
CREATING A CUSTOM PLAYER......Page 95
The FLVPlayback component and buffering......Page 96
Creating a custom video controller......Page 99
Adding the components at runtime......Page 102
Creating a custom video player......Page 104
Connecting the Video object to a web server......Page 107
Adding playback controls to a streaming video......Page 110
Adding a Playing Progress bar and a timer to a streaming video......Page 112
Your turn: Creating your own custom player......Page 117
Preparing to move from Fireworks to Flash......Page 119
Fireworks symbols and Flash symbols......Page 121
Wiring up the custom player with ActionScript 3.0......Page 123
Controlling the volume level of a video......Page 128
Showing the loading and playing progress of an FLV file......Page 130
What you’ve learned......Page 133
“TALKING HEAD” VIDEO AND ALPHA CHANNELS......Page 137
Creating an Alpha channel video with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3......Page 139
Creating an Alpha channel video with Adobe After Effects CS3......Page 144
Creating an FLV file directly out of After Effects CS3......Page 153
Creating an Alpha channel video in Final Cut Pro......Page 154
Creating an FLV file with an Alpha channel......Page 158
Playing with Alpha channel video in Flash......Page 160
Trimming video......Page 161
Video-on-video......Page 163
Reflections on an Alpha video theme......Page 164
Alpha video and HTML......Page 168
What you’ve learned......Page 171
ADDING FILTERS AND BLEND EFFECTS TO FLASH VIDEO......Page 175
Video trick #1: The “point-of-light” effect......Page 176
Video trick #2: The “ghost-in-the-machine” effect......Page 177
Video trick #3: Somebody fix the dang color!......Page 178
Filters and Flash video......Page 179
Applying filters and blends through ActionScript......Page 185
Using buttons to turn filters on and off......Page 188
Your turn: Using buttons to turn blend modes on and off......Page 194
What you’ve learned......Page 198
MASKING VIDEO......Page 201
Creating a simple mask......Page 203
Using an image as a mask......Page 206
Video masks and ActionScript......Page 213
Drawing with ActionScript......Page 218
Your turn: Masks in motion......Page 232
What you’ve learned......Page 237
FLASH VIDEO TRICKS, TIPS, AND SPECIAL EFFECTS......Page 239
Rotoscoping video......Page 240
Create your own iPod ad......Page 246
Letting video show its age......Page 247
Using SWFObject to deploy a SWF file......Page 252
Using a preview image as a video placeholder......Page 256
Letting the user “play” with the video......Page 260
Looping video......Page 263
If you can watch the video, why not watch the audio?......Page 265
Adding Flash video to Dreamweaver CS3......Page 271
What you’ve learned......Page 273
PLAYING WITH MULTIPLE VIDEOS......Page 275
Using a ComboBox component......Page 276
XML and the ComboBox component......Page 280
A video deck......Page 283
Playing videos sequentially......Page 289
Playing sequential videos through the FLVPlayback component......Page 291
A video clock......Page 292
Your turn: Interactive video......Page 297
What you’ve learned......Page 300
THE CAMERA OBJECT AND FLASH VIDEO......Page 303
Flash and the Camera object......Page 304
A video box......Page 306
Flipping video......Page 308
in Toronto......Page 310
Preparing the Video objects......Page 314
Recording and broadcasting video......Page 316
Capturing the screen......Page 320
Capturing webcam content......Page 323
Your turn: A little game of “gotcha”......Page 324
What you’ve learned......Page 326
CUE POINTS AND CAPTIONS IN FLASH VIDEO......Page 329
Cue points explained......Page 330
Using the Flash CS3 Video Encoder to create cue points......Page 332
ActionScript and cue points......Page 335
Cue points and XML......Page 337
Using the FLVPlaybackCaptioning component......Page 341
Timed text XML for captions......Page 342
Navigating through cue points with ActionScript......Page 345
Using the ComboBox for cue point navigation......Page 348
Your turn: Using event cue points to launch web pages......Page 350
What you’ve learned......Page 354
GOING SMALL AND GOING BIG WITH FLASH VIDEO......Page 357
Going small—playing video on a cell phone......Page 358
Controlling video using the soft keys......Page 361
Going the other way—Flash to QuickTime......Page 364
Using the keypad to play multiple videos......Page 367
Going big—enter H.264......Page 370
Playing an H.264 video......Page 372
Using the metadata in an MPEG-4 file......Page 374
Let’s think big—really big......Page 376
Using the FLVPlayback component to play HD video......Page 380
What you’ve learned......Page 386
INDEX......Page 389