Sams Teach Yourself Adobe LiveMotion 2 in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® LiveMotion™ 2 in 24 Hours......Page 2
Copyright • 2002 by Sams Publishing......Page 3
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
About the Author......Page 17
Tell Us What You Think! As the reader of this book, you are our most important......Page 19
Who Should Read This Book......Page 20
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 21
PART I Creating LiveMotion Objects......Page 22
HOUR 1 Creating Simple Objects......Page 24
Exploring Objects in LiveMotion......Page 25
Drawing an Object—A Simple Rectangle......Page 26
Modifying an Object......Page 28
Creating a Rounded Rectangle......Page 36
Using the Ellipse Tool......Page 38
Working with Polygons......Page 39
Drawing Free-Form Objects Using the Pen Tool......Page 42
Summary......Page 43
Activities......Page 44
HOUR 2 Importing Photos and Artwork as Objects......Page 46
Understanding Image Objects......Page 47
Getting the Graphic Goods......Page 49
Importing Your Art......Page 54
Placing Graphic Files......Page 55
Pasting External Graphics......Page 59
Dragging and Dropping Art......Page 60
Summary......Page 62
Quiz......Page 63
Activities......Page 64
HOUR 3 Setting Type with LiveMotion......Page 66
Basic Typographic Principles......Page 67
Creating Text Objects......Page 75
Setting a Font......Page 76
Tracking Type......Page 78
Controlling Leading......Page 79
Aligning Type......Page 80
Summary......Page 82
Q&A......Page 83
Activities......Page 84
PART II Modifying Objects......Page 86
HOUR 4 Combining, Grouping, and Editing Objects......Page 88
Understanding Group and Combine......Page 89
Grouping Objects......Page 90
Combining Objects......Page 94
Working with the Intersect Command......Page 96
Editing Objects......Page 99
Undoing What You’ve Done......Page 105
Alignment and Distribution......Page 106
Summary......Page 109
Activities......Page 110
HOUR 5 Selecting and Transforming Objects......Page 112
Selecting and Deselecting Objects with LiveMotion Tools......Page 113
Moving Objects......Page 118
Resizing Objects......Page 123
Summary......Page 125
Quiz Answers......Page 126
Activities......Page 127
HOUR 6 Working with Object Layers......Page 128
All About Layers......Page 129
Using the Object Layers Palette......Page 130
Arranging Layers......Page 137
Modifying Object Layers with the Layer Palette......Page 138
Q&A......Page 142
Activities......Page 143
PART III Color, Shape, and Style......Page 144
HOUR 7 Using LiveMotion’s Color Tools......Page 146
All About Web Color......Page 147
General Color Tools and Techniques......Page 149
Working with the Color Palette......Page 151
Tapping into the Power of Color Schemes......Page 157
Q&A......Page 160
Activities......Page 161
HOUR 8 Working with the Library Palette......Page 162
The Importance of Shape......Page 163
Using LiveMotion’s Library Palette......Page 164
Adding Custom Shapes to the Library......Page 172
Deleting LiveMotion Library Files......Page 174
Summary......Page 175
Activities......Page 176
HOUR 9 Applying LiveMotion Styles......Page 178
All About LiveMotion Styles......Page 179
Exploring the Styles Palette......Page 180
Customizing Preset Styles......Page 188
Adding Styles to the Style Palette......Page 189
Q&A......Page 191
Activities......Page 192
HOUR 10 Textures, Gradients, Distortion, and Effects......Page 194
Using the Textures Palette......Page 195
Applying Gradients......Page 199
Distorting Objects......Page 201
Working with 3D Effects......Page 203
Using the Adjust Palette......Page 204
Activities......Page 206
Understanding Mattes......Page 208
Channels and Masks......Page 209
Cropping Images......Page 217
Quiz......Page 219
Activities......Page 220
PART IV Creating Images for the Web......Page 222
HOUR 12 Designing Static Web Graphics......Page 224
Building Backgrounds......Page 225
Working with Logos......Page 230
Creating Headers......Page 231
Navigation Buttons......Page 232
Working with Spot Art......Page 234
Q&A......Page 235
Activities......Page 236
HOUR 13 Image Mapping and Rollover Techniques......Page 238
Linking Images to Web Pages......Page 239
Mapping Images......Page 242
Advanced Web Palette Techniques......Page 245
Designing Rollovers......Page 247
Q&A......Page 249
Activities......Page 250
HOUR 14 Creating Remote Rollovers......Page 252
About Remote Objects......Page 253
Designing a Simple Remote Rollover......Page 254
Designing a Complex Remote Rollover......Page 259
Q&A......Page 262
Activities......Page 263
PART V Flash SWF Animation and Multimedia......Page 264
Animation Fundamentals......Page 266
Exploring the LiveMotion Timeline......Page 267
Q&A......Page 276
Activities......Page 277
HOUR 16 Designing Animations......Page 278
Designing Basic and Looping Animations......Page 279
Cell-Based Sequential Animation......Page 283
Importing and Sequencing Photoshop Layers......Page 285
Summary......Page 286
Activities......Page 287
HOUR 17 Working with Movie Clips......Page 288
About Movie Clips......Page 289
About Movie Clip Groups......Page 293
Movie Clips and LiveMotion Animation......Page 295
Q&A......Page 300
Activities......Page 301
HOUR 18 Adding LiveMotion Audio......Page 302
Understanding Audio......Page 303
Where to Get Audio......Page 304
Working with Audio in LiveMotion......Page 305
Adding Audio to the Sounds Palette......Page 308
Q&A......Page 310
Activities......Page 311
HOUR 19 Creating a Multimedia Presentation......Page 312
About Multimedia......Page 313
A Concept, a Plan, a Script......Page 314
Designing Presentation Components......Page 318
Production Tips......Page 319
Q&A......Page 321
Activities......Page 322
PART VI Designing and Optimizing Advanced Web Presentations......Page 324
HOUR 20 Professional Applications of LiveMotion......Page 326
Planning the Site......Page 327
Deconstructing a LiveMotion Web Site......Page 330
Q&A......Page 336
Activities......Page 337
HOUR 21 Optimizing and Exporting LiveMotion Files......Page 338
Export Features and Formats......Page 339
Previewing and Optimizing Your Work......Page 340
Exporting Your Designs......Page 342
Working with LiveMotion’s Generated Code......Page 346
Q&A......Page 347
Activity......Page 348
PART VII Advanced Techniques: Scripting......Page 350
HOUR 22 Scripting and LiveMotion......Page 352
About JavaScript......Page 353
About ActionScript......Page 354
About Automation Scripts and Live Tabs......Page 355
LiveMotion Scripting Tools Overview......Page 359
Summary......Page 361
Activities......Page 362
HOUR 23 Adding Scripts......Page 364
About the Script Editor......Page 365
Understanding Labels......Page 367
Understanding Script Keyframes......Page 371
Understanding Event Handlers......Page 374
Learning About State Scripts......Page 375
Summary......Page 376
Activities......Page 377
HOUR 24 Scripting Project......Page 378
Planning and Organizing Your Project......Page 379
Beginning the Animation......Page 380
Adding Audio......Page 383
Animating Objects Along a Specified Route......Page 384
Adding a Scripted Component......Page 385
Summary......Page 386
Activities......Page 387
Getting Familiar with LiveMotion Menus......Page 388
Exploring the Toolbox......Page 390
Working with Palettes......Page 393
Working with Script Tools......Page 409
APPENDIX B Setting Preferences and Working with the Composition Area......Page 412
Calibrating Your Monitor......Page 413
Setting LiveMotion Preferences......Page 415
Opening an Existing File......Page 417
Creating a New File......Page 418
Modifying the Composition Area......Page 419
Saving Files to Default LiveMotion Settings......Page 420
Summary......Page 421
About Computer Graphics......Page 422
Exploring Common File Types......Page 428
Suitable Web File Formats......Page 429
Graphic Interchange Format (GIF)......Page 430
Joint Experts Photographic Group (JPEG)......Page 435
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)......Page 438
INDEX......Page 440