Foundation Flash CS5 For Designers

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
About the Authors......Page 16
About the Technical Reviewers......Page 17
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
Learning the Flash CS5 Professional Interface......Page 23
Document preferences......Page 31
Document settings......Page 32
Zooming the stage......Page 33
The timeline......Page 36
Frames......Page 38
Using the Motion Editor panel......Page 41
The Properties panel......Page 45
The Tools panel......Page 51
The Library panel......Page 53
Layer properties......Page 55
Creating layers......Page 56
Adding content to layers......Page 58
Showing/hiding and locking layers......Page 60
Where to get help......Page 62
Nesting movie clips......Page 67
Drawing the fly......Page 69
Creating the illusion of depth with Flash......Page 70
Creating an animated fly......Page 77
Using a motion guide......Page 79
Adding audio......Page 81
Testing and saving Flash files......Page 83
Graphics in Flash CS5......Page 89
The Selection and Subselection tools......Page 94
The Free Transform tool......Page 97
The Gradient Transform tool......Page 99
Object Drawing mode......Page 102
The Pencil tool......Page 105
The Brush tool......Page 107
The Deco tool......Page 110
The Spray Brush tool......Page 120
The Eraser tool......Page 123
The Pen tool......Page 124
Drawing the tree trunk......Page 126
Drawing the pine tree......Page 128
Adding pine needles......Page 129
Build the campfire movie......Page 130
The Color palette and the Color Picker......Page 134
Creating persistent custom colors......Page 137
The kuler Color Picker......Page 139
Your turn: playing with color......Page 141
Working with bitmaps in Flash......Page 147
Tracing an image......Page 149
Optimizing the drawing......Page 152
JPEG files and Flash......Page 153
Using GIF files in Flash CS5......Page 156
Working with GIF images......Page 157
Working with GIF animations......Page 158
Importing Fireworks CS5 documents into Flash CS5......Page 159
Importing Illustrator CS5 documents into Flash CS5......Page 162
Importing Photoshop CS5 documents into Flash CS5......Page 168
Symbols and Libraries......Page 173
Graphic symbols......Page 177
Button symbols......Page 178
Movie clip symbols......Page 180
Editing symbols......Page 181
How 9-slice scaling works......Page 183
Your turn: frames for an olive seller......Page 185
The 9-slice “gotchas”......Page 188
Sharing libraries......Page 193
Applying filters......Page 196
Applying a Drop Shadow filter......Page 197
Adding perspective......Page 199
Some filter facts......Page 201
Playing with blends......Page 202
Aligning objects on the stage......Page 208
Snapping to the grid......Page 209
Aligning with guides......Page 210
Stacking order and using the Align panel......Page 211
Using the Align panel......Page 214
A simple mask......Page 216
Creating a masked animation......Page 219
Using text as a mask......Page 223
Adding the clouds......Page 228
Getting the clouds in motion......Page 230
Bonus round......Page 232
ActionScript Basics......Page 235
Actions panel components......Page 238
Script pane......Page 239
Panel context menu......Page 240
The Actions panel vs. the Behaviors panel......Page 241
Classes......Page 243
Using instance names......Page 244
Methods......Page 248
Events......Page 251
Capitalization matters......Page 255
Mind your keywords......Page 256
Commenting code......Page 257
Dot notation......Page 259
Scope......Page 261
Variables......Page 262
Data types......Page 263
Operators......Page 266
Conditional statements......Page 269
Class files and the document class......Page 273
On migrating to ActionScript 3.0: the pain and the joy......Page 274
Syntax checking......Page 275
Getting help......Page 280
Search tactics......Page 281
Pausing a timeline......Page 283
Looping the Timeline......Page 287
Using Code Snippets......Page 288
Adding a snippet into the Code Snippets panel......Page 291
Code completion for custom classes......Page 293
Audio in Flash CS5......Page 301
Bit depth and sample rates......Page 303
Flash and MP3......Page 305
Importing an audio file......Page 306
Setting sound properties......Page 307
Choosing a sound type: event or streaming......Page 310
Getting loopy......Page 313
Adjusting volume and pan......Page 315
A note from a master......Page 317
Playing a sound from the Library......Page 320
Using a button to play a sound......Page 322
Playing a sound from outside of Flash......Page 323
Turning a remote sound on and off......Page 324
Adjusting volume with code......Page 326
Your turn: storm over Lake Superior......Page 327
Code snippet: visualize audio......Page 331
Text......Page 337
CoolType to the rescue......Page 342
Typefaces and fonts......Page 343
Read-only text properties......Page 353
Character properties......Page 354
Advanced character properties......Page 356
Paragraph properties......Page 358
Container and flow......Page 359
Selectable and editable text......Page 362
TLF and ActionScript......Page 363
Creating a column of text with ActionScript......Page 364
Import statements for this exercise......Page 366
Using TLF text as a button......Page 367
Import statements for this exercise......Page 371
Using ActionScript to add hyperlinks to TLF text......Page 372
Import statements used for this exercise......Page 374
Using the UIScrollBar component......Page 377
Rolling your own scroller......Page 378
Import statements used for this exercise......Page 381
Animation, Part 1......Page 383
Scaling and stretching......Page 385
Modifying shape tweens......Page 390
Altering shapes......Page 391
Examining anchor points......Page 393
Shape changing......Page 394
Shape hints......Page 395
Altering gradients......Page 399
Rotation......Page 401
Classic tween properties......Page 403
Scaling, stretching, and deforming......Page 404
Easing......Page 406
Custom easing......Page 409
Adding anchor points......Page 413
Easing multiple properties......Page 415
A closer look at the Timeline panel......Page 417
Onion skinning......Page 419
Modifying multiple frames......Page 422
Swapping graphic symbols......Page 423
Movie clip timelines vs. graphic symbol timelines......Page 424
Nesting symbols......Page 426
Graphic symbols as mini-libraries......Page 428
Motion guides......Page 430
Animating a mask......Page 433
Using motion guides with masks......Page 434
Tweening Filter Effects......Page 435
Copying motion as ActionScript......Page 438
Using the keyboard to control motion......Page 441
Creating random motion using ActionScript......Page 443
Brownian bonus round......Page 446
Animation, Part 2......Page 449
Getting acquainted: scaling and moving......Page 452
Easing with graphs......Page 459
Built-in eases......Page 460
Applying multiple eases......Page 466
Changing duration proportionally......Page 471
Manipulating motion paths......Page 472
Using advanced motion paths......Page 475
Motion tween properties......Page 476
Using the Bone tool......Page 481
Bone tool properties......Page 484
Constraining joint rotation......Page 487
Deleting bones......Page 490
Applying joint translation......Page 492
A note about bone preferences......Page 497
Animating IK Poses......Page 500
Using the Bind tool......Page 502
Shape IK and anchor points......Page 507
Your turn: animate a fully rigged IK model......Page 509
Flash Has a Third Dimension......Page 517
Old-school 3D rotation......Page 523
Using 3D rotation......Page 525
The 3D Translation tool......Page 528
The parallax effect: traveling through space......Page 534
Use the 3D center point to your advantage......Page 539
Be aware of depth limitations......Page 542
Video......Page 549
Using the Adobe Media Encoder......Page 554
Previewing and trimming video......Page 556
Video settings......Page 557
Audio settings......Page 560
Cropping video......Page 561
Running the render process......Page 562
Batch encoding......Page 563
Creating an F4V file......Page 564
More Media Encoder Goodness......Page 566
Using the wizard......Page 568
A word about file paths......Page 573
Using the FLVPlayback component......Page 574
Playing video using ActionScript......Page 577
There’s a snippet for that......Page 581
Using the FLVPlayback control components......Page 582
Navigating through video using cue points......Page 584
Adding captions with the FLVPlaybackCaptioning component......Page 589
Preparing and using alpha channel video......Page 594
Full-screen video the ActionScript/HTML way......Page 596
Full-screen video using Dreamweaver CS5......Page 600
Embedding video as a movie clip......Page 603
Interacting with video content......Page 604
An alternate XML format for cue points......Page 606
Your turn: create XML captions for video......Page 610
Bonus round......Page 614
Building Interfaces with the UI Components......Page 623
Using the Button component......Page 625
Adding button events......Page 628
Referencing components in event handlers......Page 630
Considering UI component weight......Page 631
Skinning......Page 632
Styling components......Page 634
XML (Dynamic Data)......Page 665
Dots and @s......Page 672
Node types......Page 676
E4X filtering......Page 678
Double dots and more......Page 679
Namespaces......Page 681
Your turn: time to explore XFL......Page 683
What is XFL?......Page 684
XFL bonus round......Page 688
CSS......Page 691
Block element styling......Page 702
Inline element styling......Page 705
Custom tags......Page 706
Style inheritance......Page 708
Styling hyperlinks......Page 710
Embedded fonts......Page 712
Selectors vs. the Properties panel......Page 715
Building Stuff......Page 717
Are we there yet?......Page 719
Somebody stole my preloader......Page 723
A tour of the Beijing art district......Page 726
Extending the tour......Page 731
Setting up the external playlist......Page 734
Renaming Library assets......Page 735
Improving the controls......Page 737
Wiring up the MP3 player controls......Page 742
Handling the button events......Page 748
Programming the sliders......Page 750
Finishing up the controls......Page 756
Evaluating and improving the MP3 player......Page 757
A quick tour of Device Central......Page 759
“Wiring up” the game......Page 765
Testing the game in Device Central......Page 771
Package the game as an Android AIR app......Page 772
From Flash to AIR to Android......Page 774
Build more stuff......Page 778
Optimizing and Publishing Flash Movies......Page 779
This “Internet” thing......Page 781
Bandwidth......Page 782
So, who are these folks we call users?......Page 784
Simulating a download......Page 787
Pinpointing problem content......Page 791
Can I get that in writing?......Page 792
Planning your project......Page 793
Distributing the weight......Page 798
Optimizing elements in the movie......Page 800
Flash......Page 806
HTML......Page 807
Animated GIFs......Page 808
Exporting as an animated GIF......Page 809
QuickTime......Page 812
Publish settings......Page 814
Formats......Page 815
Flash settings......Page 816
HTML settings......Page 821
Publishing the butterfly garden......Page 825
Publishing Flash movies containing linked files......Page 827
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