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AAcid Pro, 289Acrobat Connect, 517Actions panel

breakpoints, setting, 380viewing, 347

ActionScript Editor, debugging with, 372-373

ActionScript Server files, 14ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM), 349ActionScripts, 10, 123, 345. See also

behaviors; components; conditionalstatements; debugging; dot syntax; methods; properties

animation, creating, 260clip events, 359-361data types, 362-363for dynamic text, 170external SWF files, loading, 412files, 14frame events, 358functions, using, 368loading movies with, 341motion tween as ActionScript,

copying, 229mouse events, 356-357new version, introducing, 349preferences, setting, 352printing with, 479video with, 298-299warning preferences, 65

activating masks, 267Adaptive color palette, 467Add Statement, 347Adjust Color effect, 498-499Adobe Acrobat Connect, 517Adobe After Effects CS2, 312Adobe Creative Suite 3

introduction, 506Adobe Device Central. See Device CentralAdobe Extension Manager. See Extension

ManagerAdobe Fireworks. See FireworksAdobe Flash deployment kit, 460Adobe Flash Exchange Web site

commands, downloading, 453Extend link for accessing, 4resources on, 27updates and support on, 26-27

Adobe Flash Player. See Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Support Online Web site

templates on, 13updates and support on, 26-27

Adobe Flash Video. See Flash movies; FLVfiles

Adobe Illustrator. See IllustratorAdobe Photoshop. See PhotoshopAdobe Photographers Directory, 515Adobe Premiere for alpha masks, 314-315Adobe Soundbooth, 275Adobe Stock Photos. See Stock PhotosAdobe Version Cue. See Version CueADPCM compression, 290advanced colors. See colorsAdvertising templates, 13Alert component, adding, 400-401alignment

with guide layers, 41HTML alignment, setting, 465of paragraph text, 162

alphainstance alpha, modifying, 148, 150masks, working with, 314-315motion tween, adding to, 240publishing movies, setting on, 467shape tween alpha, changing, 257

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anchor points, 81arrow keys for moving, 112corner points to curve points,

converting, 112-113curve points to corner points,

converting, 112-113deleting, 107Pen tool using, 106types of, 112-113

AND conditional statement, 367animations. See also frame-by-frame ani-

mation; GIF files; motion tweeninganti-aliasing for, 166buttons, adding to, 141of filters, 499masks, animating, 272-273symbols, converting to, 129sync sounds, adding, 277

anti-aliasing text, 166API (application programming interface)

and components, 407Apple Final Cut Pro, 312

alpha masks, working with, 314-315Arial font, 166

built-in Flash device fonts for, 169Arrange command, 125arrow keys, 112Arrow Selection tool, 81Arrow tool

connected stroke segments, selecting, 83fills, selecting, 84line segments, converting, 111multiple stroke segments, selecting, 83rectangles, selecting, 84shapes, modifying, 110strokes, selecting, 82-83

assets in Library, 126attachMovie() method, 361attributes, list of, 445audience, determining, 8audio. See soundsAudio Video Interleaved (AVI) files. See AVI

filesauthoring parameters, 434, 435Auto Format, 347Auto Kerning, setting, 159AutoCAD DXF. See DXF files

AVI files, 295exporting movies to, 480-481

AvidXpress DV, 312

BBack button on Edit bar, 46backgrounds

attributes, 444Property Inspector, changing color in, 16

ball animation. See shape tweeningbandwidth and debugging, 371batch processing video encoding, 496-497BBEdit, 350behaviors, 10-11, 333

adding behaviors, 334Goto Behaviors, 338-339Goto Web Page Behavior, 344instance, changing symbol behavior of,

134-135labels for referencing, 339Load External Movie Clip Behavior, 340-

341Play/Stop Goto Behaviors, 338-339sounds with, 282-283Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip

Behaviors, 342-343symbol behavior, changing, 134video with, 298-299warn on behavior symbol conversion, 65

Behaviors panel, 334Bevel effect, 498-499bevel joins, 75Bézier handles, 81

Pen tool using, 106bindings, 425

creating, 438-439modifying, 440-441Web Services (WSDL) documents and,

428Bindings tab, Component Inspector, 385,

434. See also bindingsbit depth options, 468bit rate for sounds, 291bitmaps

Break Apart for fill patterns, 195center point of fill, changing, 196compression, setting, 194

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fillsBreak Apart for fill patterns, 195center point, changing, 196orientation, changing, 196-197resizing, 196-197

Find and Replace for, 176Fireworks files, importing, 188-189graphics, 178Illustrator, importing from, 180Magic Wand, editing with, 198-199orientation of fills, changing, 196-197outside editor, editing in, 192-193Photoshop import preferences, 182-183PNG bitmaps, importing, 188-189preferences, setting, 63replacing, 193resizing fills, 196-197Stage, importing bitmap to, 186support for, 179swapping, 187text, 166tracing bitmaps, 200

blendinginstance blend, modifying, 149shape tween, setting for, 256

Blur effect, 320, 498-499BMP files, 177Boolean data, 362borders

for dynamic text, 170for input text, 171for Label components, 404

Bound To dialog box, 441Break Apart, 153, 164-165

bitmap fill pattern, creating, 195breaking

instances, 145setting breakpoints, 380text fields, 164-165

BREW Handsets, 13, 502Bridge

automate, 514camera raw images, 510-513exploring, 507getting photos, 509introduction, 506managing files, 512-513

preferences, 518-519starting, 508

brightnessinstances, modifying brightness of, 148motion tween, adding to, 240

Bring to Front/Bring Forward, 125browsers

identifying playback browser, 9printing from Flash Player, 479system requirements, 2

building movies, 10-11Button component, adding, 396-397button objects, 351buttons. See also RadioButton

animation, adding, 141creating, 140-141enabling/disabling, 142invisible buttons, creating, 143mouse events, attaching, 357window sizing buttons, 19

Ccalling functions, 268camera raw,

getting photos from a digital camera,509

working with files, 510-511caps, 75case-sensitivity in ActionScripts, 345cell phones

content for PDA, creating, 502deployment of Flash movies to, 501

center of gradient fills, changing, 117centering text, 162characters. See also kerning

breaking text fields into, 164for dynamic text, 170for input text, 171options, setting, 172

circles, creating, 79Clear Keyframe function, 234-235clip events, 359-361

attaching to movie clips, 361Clipboard

pasting images from, 191preferences, setting, 63

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Close button, 19closing

documents, 28History panel, 447panels, 52

code hints, 347in debugging, 373setting, 352

ColdFusion, 408collapsing. See maximizing/minimizingColor Mixer

bitmap fill, selecting, 195fill colors, changing, 97gradients in, 103for shape tween, 257specifying colors in, 98stroke color, changing, 96text colors, changing, 157

color palettesimporting, 99for shape tween, 257type options, 467Web 216 color palette, 467working with, 99

Color Picker, 99colors. See also backgrounds; color

palettes; GIF files; gradients;instances; PNG files; RGB colors;Swatches panel; syntax-coloring

advanced colorsmotion tween, adding effects to, 240simultaneously modifying color and

transparency, 150attributes, 444fill colors, changing, 96-97Find and Replace for, 176font colors, changing, 157highlight color preferences, setting, 152instances, modifying color of, 148-149motion tween, adding effects to, 240shape tween colors, changing, 257stroke color, changing, 96TextArea component, adding, 394-395tint color of instance, modifying, 148values, creating custom colors with, 98

column of vertical text, creating, 160ComboBox component, adding, 388-389

commands, 31deleting names of, 452-453help commands, 25History panel, saving steps as command

in, 452-453for Onion Skin markers, 219running command, 453saving steps as, 452-453

commentsin Actions panel, 347with ActionScript Editor, 373breakpoints, setting, 380

compatibility of ActionScripts, 349Component Inspector, 385. See also

components; parametersauthoring parameters, 434Bindings tab, 434, 438description of, 434Schema tab, 434, 442, 443

components, 10-11, 14, 383. See also bind-ings; DataGrid component; parameters; schemas

Alert component, adding, 400-401API (application programming interface)

in, 407attributes, modifying, 444basic components, understanding,

384-385Button component, adding, 396-397categories of, 385CheckBox component, adding, 390-391ComboBox component, adding, 388-389DataHolder component, 425, 426-427forms, building, 406Label component, adding, 404-405List component, adding, 402-403Loader component, adding, 412-413MenuBar component, adding, 398-399NumericStepper component, adding,

414-415preloaders with, 412ProgressBar component, adding, 416-417RadioButton component, adding,

392-393ScrollPanel component, adding, 418-419TextArea component, adding, 394-395TextInput component, adding, 386-387Tree component, adding, 420-421

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WebServicesConnector component, 430-431

Window component, adding, 422-423XMLConnector component, 432-433

compressionbitmap compression, setting, 194of Flash movies, 462for sounds, 290

conditional statements, 364using, 367

connected lines, drawing, 74Consumer Devices, 13, 502context-sensitive help, 372Convert To Symbol dialog box, 129, 139Copy Frames command, 210-211Copy Steps button, 454Copy To Grid effect, 321copying

bitmap images, 191files, 21frame sequence, 43keyframes, 43, 210layers or folder contents, 38-39motion tweens, 228-229other programs, images from, 191steps between documents, 454-455

corner points to curve points, converting,112-113

CPU requirements, 9CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 173Current Script tag, 347curve points to corner points, converting,

112-113curves

drawing smooth curves, 74line segments, creating, 108Pen tool, drawing with, 108-109S-curves, creating, 109shapes, optimizing, 77

customizing. See also colorscolor palette, 467keyboard shortcuts, 58Toolbar, 48-49

Ddata binding. See bindingsdata components. See components

data types, 362-363Web Services (WSDL) documents and,

428DataGrid component

adding, 408-409with DataHolder component, 426-427local data provider, using, 410-411options, modifying, 424

DataHolder component, 425, 426-427Debugger, 377. See also properties;

variablesbreakpoints, setting, 380stepping through code, 382

debugging, 369. See also Debuggerin Actions panel, 347with ActionScript Editor, 372-373bandwidth and, 371breakpoints, 372concepts of, 370-371Flash movies, permitting debugging of,

462Flash Player, 376manual debugging, 376with Movie Explorer, 374-375planning and, 371testing and, 371

defaultsSnap Align defaults, saving, 95Toolbar defaults, restoring, 49

delay, setting, 352deleting. See also masks; motion tweening

anchor points, 107Command menu, name from, 452commands, names of, 452-453effects, 326, 332files in dialog box, 22font mapping, 167frames, 43keyboard shortcut sets, 58-59keyframes, 207-208layers/folders, 34-35panel sets, 57scenes, 45shape tween, keyframes from, 250

delivery computer system, identifying, 9deployment

Flash deployment kit, 460to other devices, 501

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Device Centralchecking content, 521exploring, 520introduction, 506

device fonts, setting, 168-169dictionaries, using, 174Digital Juice, 276Digital video (DV) files, 295display components. See componentsdistorting shapes, 116Distribute to Layers command, 121Distributed Duplicate effect, 324-325dithering on publishing movies, 468DNG file format

introduction, 511convert to, 509

docking channel, 7maximizing/minimizing, 51

docking/undocking panels, 54Document window, 7, 30-31

frame rates, changing, 236documents. See also layers; printing;

projectsarranging multiple windows, 18blank document, creating, 12closing, 28copying steps between documents,

454-455existing documents, opening, 14-15general preferences, setting, 60languages for, 171last saved version, reverting to, 20launching, opening documents on, 5mouse, resizing windows with, 19moving document windows, 19multi-language authoring, 171projector document, creating, 471properties

setting up, 10working with, 16-17

recently opened documents, opening, 15resizing document windows, 19saving, 20

compacting document when, 20different name/location, saving

with, 21formats for, 22multiple documents, 20

templates, saving as, 23switching between, 18templates

creating new document from, 13saving document as, 23

dot syntaxdescription of, 353movie clips, applying to, 354-355

Down state for buttons, 140downloading

commands, 45310-second rule, 478

drag-and-dropDataGrids, 409keyframes, 211Library items, 126motion tween, keyframes in, 234

drawingLine tool for, 75masks, 266model options, 61Oval tool, 78Pencil tool for, 76-77Polystar tool, 80Rectangle tool, 78-79rounded rectangle, 79selection examples, 81settings, changing, 74

Drop Shadow effect, 322, 498-499duplicating profiles, 476DXF files, 179

exporting movies to, 480-481dynamic media, 10dynamic text. See text

Eease properties. See also motion tweening

shape tween, setting for, 256ECMAScript, 347Edit bar, 7

scenes, selecting, 44showing/hiding, 46

Edit in New Window mode, 130Edit In Place mode, 130Edit Snapping dialog box, 94-95editable parameters, 436

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editing. See also bitmaps; outside editors;symbols

effects, 319, 326keyframes, 210-211Library, items in, 127masks, 268Onion Skins, 217profile properties, 473scene for editing, selecting, 47sounds, 292with Video Encoder, 496-497

effects, 317Blur effect, 320, 498-499Copy To Grid effect, 321deleting, 326, 332Distributed Duplicate effect, 324-325Drop Shadow effect, 322, 498-499editing, 319, 326Expand effect, 323Explode effect, 318-319filter effects, applying, 498-499Glow effect, 498-499Gradient Bevel effect, 498-499keyframes, converting to, 331modifying, 330multiple effects, using, 319, 324Transform effect, 326-327Transition effect, 328-329

embedding. See also fontsaudio files, 277data providers, 410-411

empty keyframe, creating, 204-205Enable Simple Buttons command, 142Enhanced Metafile (EMF)

exporting movies to, 480-481support for, 179

EPS files, 177exporting movies to, 480-481importing options, 184

equals (=) statement, 367event handlers

clip events, 359-361description of, 356frame events, 358

events. See also ActionScripts; event handlers

mouse events, 356, 357sounds, triggering with, 284

existing documents, opening, 14-15Expand effect, 323expanding/collapsing. See maximizing

minimizingExplode effect, 318-319exporting. See importing/exportingExtend link, 4Extension Manager

introduction, 506using, 522

Eye icon, 36Eyedropper tool

for bitmap fills, 195fills, editing, 102strokes, editing, 102

FFade Transition effect, 328file formats

exporting movies to different formats,480-481

import file formats, 179list of existing documents, opening,

14-15files

debugging, file names and, 370deleting, 22text files, loading, 155

fills. See also bitmaps; gradientsArrow tool, selecting with, 84colors, changing, 96-97Eyedropper tool, editing with, 102locking gradients, 104Paint Bucket, editing with, 101text fills, 157

filter effects, applying, 498-499Find and Replace, 176

for active script, 347Fireworks

importing files, 188-189pasting images from, 191

.fla files. See documentsFlash CS3 editions, 1Flash deployment kit, 460Flash File for mobile devices, 502Flash Live Video files. See FLV filesFlash movies, 14. See also debugging; pub-

lishing movies

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Flash movies (continued)Bandwidth Profiler, working with, 478different formats, exporting movie to,

480-481exporting

different formats, exporting moviesto, 480-481

video clips into FLV format, exporting,316

Flash Player, optimizing for, 462For loops for pausing, 365planning, 8previewing, 477progressive downloads, 316search engine searchability, improving,

17security for local/network playback, 463Swatches panel for loading, 341testing, 477video-editing applications, exporting

files from, 312-313Flash Player, 2

debugging, 376frame-by-frame animation, testing, 215installation, 3magnification, changing, 477masking and, 264optimizing movies for, 462printing from, 479support for, 179Version Detection, 465

Flash Project files, 14Flash Remoting, 408Flash Video Import Wizard, 293Flash window, 30-31FlashType, 166flipping instances, 147flowcharts, developing, 8FLV files, 10, 295. See also Flash movies

exporting directly to, 495Property Inspector, modifying video clips

in, 316FLV (Flash Video) QuickTime Export plug-in,

312-313folders. See also layers

Library assets, creating folders for, 12overlapped root folder warning, 65renaming (See naming/renaming)

Font Mapping dialog box, 167

fontsActionScript text, setting for, 352anti-aliasing, 166attributes, 444built-in Flash device fonts, 169colors, changing, 156-157deleting font mapping, 167device fonts, setting, 168embedded fonts, 168

symbols to embed font, creating, 127Find and Replace for, 176mapping, 167missing font information, 168preferences, setting, 62size, changing, 157substitute fonts, selecting, 167symbols to embed font, creating, 127TextArea component, adding, 394-395type, changing, 156warn on missing fonts, 64

For loops, 364working with, 365

foreign languages. See languagesforms

components for building, 406screens, creating, 486-487

45 degree angles, creating, 107frame-based selection, 207frame-by-frame animation, 201. See also

Onion SkinningController, playing with, 214description of, 202-203exporting to Flash movie, 214Flash Player, testing in, 215keyframes, 201

clearing, 208converting frames to, 206copying, 210creating, 204-205deleting, 207-208drag-and-drop, 211editing, 210-211empty keyframe, creating, 204-205pasting, 210removing content from, 204selecting frames, 207span of keyframe, increasing, 205

multiple frames, editing, 220

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playing animation, 214-215selecting frames, 207simple animation, creating, 212-213

frame events, 358frame rate, 16

motion tween, changing in, 236Property Inspector, changing in, 16

frames. See also keyframes; scenesbehaviors, labels for referencing, 339copying frame sequence, 43deleting, 43in effect, 327inserting, 43moving frame sequence, 43selecting, 42warn on inserting frames when import-

ing content, 64Windows, setting in, 68

Free Transform tooldistorting shapes in, 116instances, working on, 146-147scale of object, changing, 114for text, 165

Free Transform toolenvelope of shape, changing, 116rotating object with, 115skewing object with, 115

FreeHand, 177importing options, 185support for, 179

freehand text preferences, setting, 63functions, using, 368Future SplashPlayer, support for, 179

Ggeneral preferences, setting, 60-61Generator content, warn on reading, 64geometric forms for shape tweening, 248GIF files, 177

lossless compression with, 194publishing movies, specifying options

when, 466-467support for, 179

Global Handsets, 13, 502Glow effect, 498-499Goto Behaviors, 338-339Goto Web Page Behavior, 344

Gradient Bevel effect, 498-499Gradient Transform tool, 117

for bitmap fills, 196-197gradients

locking, 104multi-color gradient, creating, 103publishing movies, settings on, 468quality, setting, 63transforming gradient fills, 117

graphic symbols, 138-139graphics, 73. See also bitmaps; drawing;

importing/exporting; layers; symbols;vector graphics

bitmap graphics, 178filter effects, applying, 498-499grouping/ungrouping, 124pasting objects between layers, 118-119in slides, 484symbols, converting to, 139vector graphics, 178warning preferences, setting, 65

greater than (>) statement, 367greater than or equal to (>=) statement, 367grids and guides. See motion tweening

creating guides, 91guide layers, 40-41locking/unlocking, 91modifying, 92-93showing/hiding, 90snap to grid, locking/unlocking, 91turning on/off, 91

grouping/ungrouping, 123artwork, 124Illustrator import preferences, 181panels, 55Photoshop import preferences, 182-183stacking order, changing, 125

guides. See grids and guides

HHand tool, 47, 88hardware requirements, 9headers in XML documents, 429help, 24-25

in Actions panel, 347commands, 25context-sensitive help, 372

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Helvetica font, 166built-in Flash device fonts for, 169

hidden layers. See publishing movieshiding. See showing/hidinghierarchical data, viewing, 420-421highlight color preferences, setting, 152hints. See also code hints

for shape tween, 257-258Stroke hinting, 75

History panel, 445clearing, 447command, saving steps as, 452-453copying steps between documents,

454-455description of, 446object level undo, working with, 456-457opening/closing, 447Options button, 446repeating previous steps with, 446, 448replaying steps with, 446, 447-448undoing/redoing with, 446, 448-449view, changing, 451

horizontal lines, creating, 107HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). See

also publishing moviesCSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 173keyboard shortcuts as HTML,

exporting, 59text rendered as, 170XML compared, 429

HTTP/HTTPS security, 463

IIllustrator, 177

converting layers options, 185exporting Flash movies to, 480-481import preferences, setting, 180-181options for importing files, 184-185Pen tool, 106support for, 179

Import dialog box, 190Import Script, 372Import To Stage method, 186importing/exporting. See also Flash movies;

publishing movies; video; specific fileformats

color palettes, importing, 99

different formats, exporting movie to,480-481

file formats for, 179Fireworks PNG files, 188-189FLV format, exporting directly to, 495frame-by-frame animation ,

exporting, 214keyboard shortcuts as HTML,

exporting, 59media elements, 10multiple files, importing, 190profiles, 474-475scripts, 372sequence of files, importing, 190sounds, 276-277warning preferences, setting, 64-65

In/Out Transition effect, 328incompatibility warning preferences, 65indents for text, setting, 163inequality statement, 367Ink Bottle tool, 100input method, setting, 62input text. See textInsert Target Path, 347installation

preparation for, 2standard application install, 3

instancesadvanced color options, 150behavior, changing, 134-135blend, modifying, 149breaking, 145brightness, modifying, 148for dynamic text, 170flipping, 147for graphic symbols, 138-139for input text, 171movie clip instances, 144multiple instances, working on, 146properties, changing, 437rotation, modifying, 146-147scale, modifying, 146-147simultaneously modifying color and

transparency, 150Stage, placing on, 132swapping, 136-137tint color, modifying, 148transparency, modifying, 149, 150

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Integrated Script window, 373interlacing on publishing movies, 468invisible buttons, creating, 143

JJapanese Handsets, 13Java recordsets, 408JavaScript, 14

commands, running, 453History panel steps, viewing, 451

joins, 75JPEG files, 10, 177

loading runtime JPG files, 335publishing movies, specifying options

when, 470Quality slider, dragging, 463support for, 179

JSFL language, 49justifying text, 162

Kkerning

adjusting, 158-159Auto Kerning, setting, 159preferences, setting, 62

keyboard controlling radio buttons, 392keyboard shortcuts, 31

adding, 59deleting, 58-59HTML, exporting as, 59open path, ending, 106sets, creating, 58Toolbar, identifying for, 49

keyframes, 42. See also frame-by-frameanimation; motion tweening; shapetweening

copying, 43, 210effects to keyframes, converting, 331moving, 43

LLabel component, adding, 404-405labels

for behaviors, 339Label component, adding, 404-405

landscape orientation

Macintosh, setting in, 66Windows, setting in, 68

languagesActionScript language, setting, 352character options, setting, 172multi-language authoring, 171

Lasso toolgeneral preferences, setting, 61with Magic Wand, 199in polygon mode, 85selecting with, 85

launchingFlash, 4-5preferences on launch, setting, 60

Layer Properties dialog box, 40, 269layers, 40. See also masks; motion

tweeningcopying layers or folder contents, 38-39deleting layers/folders, 34-35distributing graphics to, 121expanding/collapsing folders, 38guide layers, 40-41height, changing, 40Illustrator import preferences, 181inactive layers, editing object on, 120layer folder, creating, 34locking/unlocking, 36, 40moving layers/folders, 38multiple layers, selecting, 35naming/renaming, 34, 35, 40new layers/folders, creating, 34outlines, viewing contents as, 36-37pasting objects between, 118-119Photoshop import preferences, 182-183properties, changing, 40renaming, 34, 35, 40selecting, 34-35separate layers, placing objects on, 121showing/hiding, 36, 40types of, 40

layoutdesigning, 8-9Windows, setting in, 68

leaf of Tree component, 420left-aligning text, 162less than (<) statement, 367less than or equal to (<=) statement, 367

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Library, 123. See also importing/exporting;sounds; symbols; video

accessing options, 127bitmaps, importing, 186-187items, 348opening, 126-127other libraries, opening, 127sample common libraries, 126sounds, importing, 276-277

line segmentsArrow tool, converting with, 111Pen tool, creating with, 108

line spacing, setting, 163Line tool, 75linear gradients, 103lines. See also line segments

connected lines, drawing, 7445 degree angles, creating, 107horizontal lines, creating, 107recognize lines option, 74vertical lines, creating, 107width, changing, 96

linked layers. See maskslinking Library assets, 127List component, adding, 402-403Load External Movie Clip Behavior, 340-341Load Graphic Behavior, 335

using, 336-337Loader component, adding, 412-413Lock Fill feature, 104Lock icon, 36locking/unlocking

gradients, 104grids and guides, 91layers, 36, 40masks, 268

loopscreating, 364exceptions, working with, 366for graphic symbols, 138sounds, looping, 289

lossless compression, 194lossy compression, 194

MMacintosh computers

keyboard commands on, 1

launching Flash, 5margins, setting, 66-67page setup, working with, 66-67printing documents, 70-71projector, creating, 471system requirements for, 2

MacPaint support, 179Magic Wand bitmaps, editing, 198-199magnification

Flash Player, changing in, 477Magnifying Glass, 86-87

Magnifying Glass, 86-87Main toolbar, 30-31

showing/hiding, 50mapping MIDI device sounds, 500-501margins

attributes, 444Macintosh, setting in, 66-67text margins, setting, 163Windows, setting in, 68

markers. See Onion Skinningmask layers, 40masked layers, 40masks, 261

activating, 267adding layers to, 270alpha masks, working with, 314-315animating, 272-273creating mask layers, 264-265deleting

linked layers, 271mask layers, 269

description of, 262-263drawing masks, 266editing, 268linked layers

activating masks, 267deleting, 271order, changing, 270

Lock Layer column, 268master symbols. See symbolsMaximize button, 19maximizing/minimizing

in Actions panel, 347with ActionScript Editor, 373docking channel, 51document windows, 19

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layer folders, 38panels, 52-53Toolbar, 48

media components, 385Media Controller

advantages of using, 306for frame-by-frame animation, 214for streaming video, 303working with, 306-307

Media Displayfor streaming video, 303working with, 304-305

media elements, 10Media Playback, 302-303Media Player for streaming video, 302-303MenuBar component, adding, 398-399menus, 31

MenuBar component, adding, 398-399Merge Drawing, 61, 73

converting to Object Drawing shape, 122message

Web Services (WSDL) documents and,428

in XML documents, 429Metadata, 350, 513methods, 346, 348-349. See also

ActionScripts; parametersapplying, 350-351

MIDI device sounds, mapping, 500-501Minimize button, 19minimizing. See maximizing/minimizingmiter joins, 75mobile devices. See cell phones; PDAs

(personal data assistants)monitor resolution requirements, 9motion tweening, 221

adding frames to tween, 232color effects, adding, 240copying tween, 228-229deleting

frames from tween, 232-233keyframes, 234-235

ease in/out propertiescustomizing, 244setting, 227

frame properties, 231frame rate, changing, 236instance properties, 231

keyframesadding, 225, 234deleting, 234-235moving, 225

length of tween, changing, 232-233motion guides

animating along, 242creating, 241orienting objects along, 243

pasting tween, 228-229properties

ease properties, setting, 227frame and instance properties com-

pared, 231pasting properties, 229setting, 226-227

reversing frames, 237rotation, changing, 238-239scale

changing, 238rotate and scale, working with, 115

simple motion tween, creating, 224-225smoother animation, adding frames for,

233understanding, 222-223working with, 230

mouseevents, 356, 357resizing windows with, 19

movie clips, 144. See also componentsclip events, 359-361controlling video through, 300-301dot syntax, applying, 354Illustrator import preferences, 180-181Load External Movie Clip Behavior, 340-

3419-slice scaling, using, 151Photoshop import preferences, 182-183placeholder movie clips, 340-341placing video in, 297scaling, 151ScrollPanel component for, 418-419Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip

Behaviors, 342-343symbols, 144Timeline, referencing to, 299Window component, adding, 422-423

Movie Explorer, debugging with, 374-375

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movingdocument windows, 19files, 21frame sequence, 43keyframes, 43layers/folders, 38Toolbar, 48

MPG/MPEG files, 295MP3 files, 10

compression, 291streaming MP3 file, loading, 287

multi-language authoring, 171multi-purposing, 460multiple authors, version control for,

492-493music. See sounds

Nnamed anchor on scene, setting, 61naming/renaming

Command menu, deleting name from,452

command names, deleting, 452-453debugging, file names and, 370folders, 21keyboard shortcut sets, 58layers, 34, 35, 40with Movie Explorer, 3743panel sets, 57scenes, 44-45smart conventions, using, 370-371

navigatingin help topics, 24planning for, 10-11

.Net recordsets, 408nodes of Tree component, 420normal layers, 40Normal selection mode, 81number data, 362NumericStepper component, adding, 414-

415

Oobject data, 362Object Drawing, 61, 73

warning preferences, 65working with, 122

objects, 346. See also ActionScripts; properties

tracking per-object changes, 456-457On2 VP6 codec, 316onClipEvent(), 359, 361Onion Skinning, 201

activating, 216manually setting markers, 218Modify Onion Markers Window, setting

markers in, 219outlines, using, 217

online activation requirement, 3opaque setting for publishing movies, 467Open dialog box, 21open path, Pen tool for, 106opening

existing documents, 14-15History panel, 447launching, opening documents on, 5panels, 52Scene panel, 44

Options menu, 347OR conditional statement, 367orientation. See also Landscape orientation;

Portrait orientationbitmap fill orientation, changing, 196-197text orientation, 160

Outline icon, 36outlines of layer contents, 36-37outside editors

ActionScript code, editing, 350bitmaps, editing, 192-193

Oval tool, 78ovals, creating, 61, 70Over state for buttons, 140overlapped root folder warning, 65

Ppage setup

in Macintosh, 66-67Windows, working in, 68-69

Page Setup dialog boxin Macintosh, 66-67in Windows, 68-69

page size settings, 68Paint Behind mode, 105

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Paint Bucketfills, editing, 101fills with, 96sensitivity, setting, 101

Paint Fills mode, 105Paint Inside mode, 105Paint Normal mode, 105Paint Selection mode, 105Paintbrush tool, 96, 105panel sets

creating, 56deleting, 57displaying, 56renaming, 57

Panel windows, 6panels, 30

auto-collapsing, 60docking/undocking, 54expanding/collapsing, 52grouping/ungrouping, 55maximizing/minimizing, 52-53opening/closing, 52

Panels Options menu, 53paper size settings, 66-67parameters

authoring parameters, 434, 435editing, 436-437working with, 435

Parameters tab, Component Inspector, 385parameters to functions, passing, 268password parameters, 436Paste Frames command, 210-211Paste In Center, 118-119Paste In Place, 118-119Pasteboard. See Work Areapasting

Clipboard, pasting images in, 191keyframes, 210layers, objects between, 118-119motion tweens, 228-229

pathsbitmap, preserving paths on importing,

192in debugging, 370Illustrator import preferences, 181

pausing movie with For loops, 365

PDAs (personal data assistants)content for PDA, creating, 502deployment of Flash movies to, 501

PDF files, 177importing options, 184Macintosh documents, printing, 71

Pen tool, 96closed path, creating, 107curves, drawing, 108-109deleting anchor points with, 107description of, 107open path, creating, 106options, 74S-curves, creating, 109selection with, 81Show Precise Cursors option, 108

Pencil tool, 96in Smooth mode, 76-77in Straighten mode, 76

photo compression, 194Photo Slideshows, 13Photoshop, 177

converting layers options, 185file import preferences, setting, 182-183options for importing files, 184-185pasting images from, 191support for, 179

PICT filesexporting movies to, 480-481settings, 63support for, 179

Pin Script, 347pinning multiple scripts, 373pixels, 178

document, setting for, 16-17placeholders for external movies, 340planning

debugging and, 371movies, 8project plans, creation, 8-9

Play Once for graphic symbols, 138Play/Stop Goto Behaviors, 338-339playhead, 42playing

frame-by-frame animation, 214-215sounds, 284-285

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PNG files, 177importing, 188-189lossless compression with, 194publishing movies, specifying options

when, 468-469support for, 179

polygonsLasso tool for, 85with Polystar tool, 80

Polystar tool, 80port types, Web Services (WSDL) docu-

ments and, 428portrait orientation

Macintosh, setting in, 66Windows, setting in, 68

preferencesActionScript preferences, setting, 352Clipboard preferences, setting, 63general preferences, setting, 60-61text preferences, setting, 62warning preferences, setting, 64-65

Preferences dialog box. See drawingpreloaders, 412

ProgressBar component as, 416previewing, 11

Flash movies, 477Macintosh documents, 71

Primitive mode, 61primitive rectangles/ovals, creating, 61, 79Primitive shapes, 78printers

Macintosh, setting properties in, 67Windows, setting properties in, 69

printing. See also marginswith ActionScripts, 479from Flash Player, 479general preferences, setting, 61help topics, 25Macintosh documents, 70-71Windows documents, 72

product updates. See updatesprofiles. See publishing moviesProgressBar component, adding, 416-417progressive downloads, 316Project panel, 489projector document, creating, 471projects

checking files in and out, 494

creating and managing, 488-489general preferences, setting, 61plans, creating, 8-9testing, 490-491version control, working with, 492-493

properties, 348-349. See also documents;motion tweening; parameters

applying, 350-351instance properties, changing, 437layer properties, changing, 40of movie clip symbols, 144shape tween properties, setting, 256viewing, 380

Property Inspector, 6, 30-31. See alsobehaviors; motion tweening

background color, changing, 16bitmaps, swapping, 187Color popup, 148fill colors, changing, 97Flash FLV video clips, modifying, 316frame rate, changing, 16kerning, adjusting, 158motion tweens, adjusting, 226stroke color, changing, 96text, rotating, 160

Publish Preview command, 477Publish Settings dialog box, 310, 316, 459

security options, 463publishing movies, 11, 459

Bandwidth Profiler, working with, 478considerations for, 460duplicating profiles, 476editing profile properties, 473GIF options, specifying, 466-467hidden layers

exporting, 463viewing, 37

HTML files, 11options, spsecifying, 464-465

importing/exportingdifferent formats, exporting movie to,

480-481hidden layers, exporting, 463profiles, 474-475protecting from import, 462

JPEG options, specifying, 470modifying publish settings, 461options, specifying, 462-463

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Photoshop import preferences, 183PNG options, specifying, 468-469previewing movies, 477profiles

creating, 472duplicating, 476editing properties of, 473importing/exporting, 474-475

projector document, creating, 471QuickTime video, Flash document as,

310-311sound documents, 290-291testing movies, 477

purpose of project, determining, 8PushButton type, 141

QQuickTime Export Settings dialog box,

308-309QuickTime Image support, 179QuickTime/QuickTime Pro

exporting movies to, 308-309, 480-481FLV Export Plug-in support, 312publishing Flash document as, 310-311version requirements, 2video file support, 295

quitting Flash, 28Quiz, 13

Rradial gradients, 103RadioButton, 141

component, adding, 392-393RAM requirements, 9raw sounds, 291readability, anti-aliasing for, 166recordsets, DataGrid component for, 408Rectangle Settings dialog box, 79Rectangle tool, 78-79

rounded rectangle, drawing, 79rectangles

Arrow tool, selecting with, 84primitive rectangles, creating, 61, 79

redoing. See undoing/redoingregistration point, creating, 129

renaming. See naming/renamingrepeating previous steps with History

panel, 446, 448Replace. See Find and Replacereplaying steps with History panel, 446,

447-448resizing

bitmap fills, 196-197bitmap graphics, 178document windows, 19fonts, 156gradient fills, 117text boxes, 155Timeline display, 32

Restore Down button, 19Reverse Frames command, 237RGB colors

instances, modifying colors of, 150values, entering, 98

right-aligning text, 162Rotate Text button, 161rotation

with Free Transform tool, 115gradient fills, 117instance, modifying rotation of, 146-147motion tween, changing during, 238-239of text, 160-161working with, 115

round joins, 75rounded rectangle, drawing, 79rulers. See also grids and guides

showing/hiding, 89unit of measure, specifying, 17, 89

SS-curves, creating, 109sample rate for sounds, 291sans serif fonts, 166

built-in Flash device fonts for, 169Save As dialog box

folders, renaming, 21formats for files, 22

saving. See also documentsSnap Align defaults, 95undo, saving documents after, 449warning preferences, setting, 64

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scale. See also motion tweeningFree Transform tool for changing, 114instance, modifying scale of, 146-147Macintosh, setting in, 66-67movie clips, 1519-slice scaling, using, 151Windows, setting in, 68working with, 115

Scene button, 46Scene panel, 44scenes

adding scenes, 44deleting, 45edit, selecting scene to, 47named anchor on scene, setting, 61naming/renaming, 44-45reordering, 45selecting, 44-45

Schema tab, Component Inspector, 385,434, 442, 443. See also schemas

schemasdescription of, 442modifying, 443

schematic flowcharts, 8script, developing, 8Script Assist, 372, 408Script Navigator, 347, 373Script pane, 347scroll bars, 418-419scrolling

DataGrid component with, 408text, creating, 171

ScrollPanel component, adding, 418-419scrubbing, 214search engines, 17searching

with Find and Replace, 176for help information, 25with spell-checking, 174

security for local/network playback, 463selecting

with Arrow tool, 82-83contact-sensitive selection, setting, 61frames, 42, 207with Lasso tool, 85layers, 34-35scenes, 44-45

span based selection, 61text, 162

Send to Back/Send Backward, 125serial number for installation, 3serif fonts, built-in Flash device fonts for,

169shape hints, 257-258shape tweening, 245

alpha, changing, 257ball animation

combining tweening and movementin, 254-255

creating, 252-253blending properties, setting, 256colors, changing, 257combining tweening and movement in

ball animation, 254-255creating shape tween form, 248-249deleting keyframes, 250-251hints, setting, 257-258keyframes

adding, 250deleting, 250-251

properties, setting, 256working with, 246-247

shapes. See also masks; shape tweeningArrow tool, modifying with, 110breaking text fields into, 164-165distorting shapes, 116envelope of shape, changing, 116optimizing, 77recognize shapes option, 74with Rectangle tool, 78-79rough shapes, converting, 76Stage, creating shapes on, 408Sub-Selection tool, modifying with,

112-113shared audio libraries, working with, 280-

281shortcuts. See also keyboard shortcuts

Macintosh, shortcut to Flash on, 5Show Precise Cursors, 108showing/hiding

Edit bar, 46grids and guides, 90layers, 36, 40Main toolbar, 50rulers, 89

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Toolbar, 48Welcome screen, 4

Silicon Graphics Image support, 179Single Frame for graphic symbols, 138site maps, 8size reports, generating, 462skewing with Free Transform tool, 115Skinning component, 294skins, 294slide presentations, creating, 484-485Slide Screen feature, 484-485smooth curves. See curvesSmooth mode, Pencil tool in, 76-77Snap Align, 94-95snap to grid, locking/unlocking, 91Snap to Object command, 95SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), 430Sonic Foundry, 289Sorensen codec, 316sound card requirements, 9Soundbooth, 275SoundComplete event, 284sounds, 275

with ActionScript behaviors, 282-283with behaviors, 282-283bit rate for, 291editing, 292embedded audio files, 277events, triggering, 284external library, adding audio with,

278-279Find and Replace for, 176importing, 276-277Library

external library, adding audio with,278-279

importing sounds to, 276-277shared audio libraries, working with,

280-281Timeline, adding sounds to, 278-279

looping sounds, 289MIDI device sounds, mapping, 500-501MP3 file, loading, 287playing sounds, 284-285publishing sound documents, 290-291quality, changing, 291shared audio libraries, working with,

280-281

in slides, 484stopping sounds, 284-285

all sounds, 286streaming MP3 file, loading, 287sync sounds

animation, adding to, 277Timeline, adding to, 288

Timelineanimation, adding sounds to, 277Library, transferring file from, 278-279sync sounds, adding, 288timing of, 292zooming on, 292

span-based selection, 61, 207Spanish text, displaying, 171speech files, 291spell-checking, 174-175Spelling Setup dialog box, 174-175squares, creating, 79stacking order, changing, 125Stage, 7, 29, 30-31. See also frames; import-

ing/exporting; layers; sounds; WorkArea

bitmap to Stage, importing, 186components, adding, 385dimensions, setting, 17Hand tool, moving with, 47, 88shapes directly on stage, creating, 408Snap Align, 94-95video files on, 296view size, changing, 47zooming specific area on, 86-87

Start menu, 15Start/Stop Dragging Movie clip Behaviors,

342-343startup preferences, customizing, 4static media, 10static text. See textstepping through code, 382steps. See History panelStock Photos,

downloading photos, 515introduction, 506

stopping sounds. See soundsStraighten mode, Pencil tool in, 76streaming MP3 file, loading, 287streaming video. See videostring data, 362

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Stroke hinting, 75strokes. See also lines

colors, changing, 96Eyedropper tool, editing with, 102Ink Bottle tool, editing with, 100

Sub-Selection tool, 81anchor points and vectors, editing, 106corner points to curve points,

converting, 112-113curve points to corner points,

converting, 112-113shapes, modifying, 112-113

supplies for Macintosh printing, 71Swap dialog box, 136-137Swap Symbol feature, 136-137swapping bitmaps, 187Swatches panel

fill colors, changing, 97for shape tween, 257stroke color, changing, 96text colors, changing, 157

.swc files. See components

.swf files. See Flash moviesswitching between documents, 18Symbol button, 46symbols. See also buttons; instances;

motion tweening; movie clipsanimations to symbol, converting, 129attributes, 444behavior, changing, 134duplicating during swap, 137editing

entering/exiting editing mode, 130-131

master symbols, editing, 132-133existing artwork to symbol, converting,

128exiting editing mode, 131Find and Replace for, 176font symbols, creating, 127graphic symbols, 138-139master symbols

breaking instances from, 145editing, 132-133

new symbols creating, 128registration point, creating, 129warning preferences, setting, 65

syntax. See also dot syntax

checking, 347indentation, 352

syntax-coloringin debugging, 373schemes, 352

system requirements, 2

Ttab size, setting, 352telephones. See also cell phones

activation requirement, 3templates. See also documents

for mobile device content, 502saving documents as, 23

10-second rule, 478Test Movie, 201. See also masks; motion

tweening; shape tweeningdebugging with, 377general preferences, setting, 60

testing. See also debuggingdebugging and, 371Flash movies, 477frame-by-frame animation, 215projects, 490-491

text, 153. See also characters; fonts; kerningaligning paragraph text, 162anti-aliasing, 166bitmap text, 166breaking text fields, 164-165colors, changing, 157ComboBox component, adding, 388-389CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), working

with, 173dynamic text

character options for, 172creating, 170

freehand text preferences, setting, 63Illustrator, importing from, 180input text, 153

character options for, 172component, adding, 386-387creating, 170-171parameters, editing, 436-437

line spacing, setting, 163margins, setting, 163Photoshop import preferences, 182-183preferences, setting, 62

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rotation of, 160-161scrolling text, creating, 171selecting, 162shapes, breaking text fields into, 164-165single column of vertical text, creating,

160spell-checking, 174-175static text, 153

creating, 154TextArea component, adding, 394-395tracking, adjusting, 158transforming, 165vertical text, 160-161

block, creating, 161options, setting, 62

text boxes, creating, 155text files, loading, 155Text tool, 154TextArea component, adding, 394-395TextInput component, adding, 386-387TGA file support, 179TIFF file support, 179Timeline, 7, 30-31. See also effects; frames;

sounds; videochanging display, 32elements, adding motion to, 11frames display, changing, 32-33Load Graphic Behavior on, 337movie clips, referencing, 299resizing display, 32sync sounds to animation, adding, 277

timing rule, 478tint color

instance tint color, modifying, 148motion tween, adding to, 240

toggle buttons, adding, 396-397Toolbar, 6, 29, 30-31. See also Main toolbar

customizing, 48-49expanding/collapsing, 48moving, 48showing/hiding, 48

Toolbox, 347Tools, creating, 49Tools panel. SeeToolbartooltip preferences, 61trace actions, protecting from, 462Trace Bitmap dialog box, 200tracing bitmaps, 200

tracking, adjusting, 158Transform effect, 326-327Transformation panel, 146-147transformation point, working with, 114Transition effect, 328-329transition settings, 468transparency

instance transparency, modifying, 149,150

publishing movies, setting on, 467Tree component, adding, 420-421turning on/off

grids and guides, 91Work Area visibility, 88

tweening. See motion tweening; shapetweening

typewriter fonts, 169

UUI components, connecting, 438Undo command, 448

saving documents after using, 449undoing/redoing

general preferences, setting, 60History panel for, 446, 448-449number of levels, changing, 50object level undo, working with, 456-457scene deletions, 45text transformations, 165Transform effects, 148

unlocking. See locking/unlockingUp state for buttons, 140updates

online updates/support, 26-27previous Flash versions, 3registering to receive, 26

URLs changes warning, 64user interface components, 385

Vvariable names

for dynamic text, 170for input text, 171

variables, 346. See also ActionScriptsviewing, 378Watch list, adding to, 379

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vector graphics, 73, 178tracing bitmaps to creating, 200

vectors, 73version control, working with, 492-493Version Cue

enabling, 61introduction, 506managing files, 516

Version Detection, 465vertical lines, creating, 107vertical text. See textvideo, 293. See also Media Display; movie

clips; QuickTime/QuickTime Prowith behaviors, 298-299components, 385controlling from Timeline, 298-299file formats for, 295Find and Replace for, 176FLV format, exporting clips into, 316with Media Player, 302-303in slides, 484Stage, moving file on, 296streaming video

with Media Controller, 306-307with Media Display, 304-305with Media Player, 302-303

Video Import wizard, using, 294-295video card requirements, 9Video Encoder, 496-497Video Import wizard, using, 294-295views and viewing

document properties, 16History panel, changing view in, 451Stage, changing view size of, 46

Wwarning preferences, setting, 64-65Watch list variables, adding, 379WAV files, exporting movies to, 480-481Web page Goto Web Page Behavior, 344Web Services (WSDL), 425

description of, 428Web 216 color palette, 467WebServicesConnector, 425, 430-431Welcome screen, 4, 6

While loops, 364working with, 366

width of gradient filles, changing, 117Window component, adding, 422-423Windows Media File (WMV), 295Windows Metafile (WMF)

exporting movies to, 480-481support for, 179

Windows PCskeyboard commands on, 1launching Flash, 4printing documents, 72projector, creating, 471system requirements for, 2

WipeTransition effect, 328word wrapping, 372Work Area, 88

storing graphics in, 118

XXML (Extensible Markup Language), 171

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 173description of, 429ECMAScript, 347HTML compared, 429projects as, 488

XMLConnector component, 425, 432-433

ZZoom button, 19zooming

on bitmap images, 186changing magnification area, 87with Magnifying Glass, 86-87on sounds, 292

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