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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL iv Contents Sharing library assets 162 Working with button symbols 164 ... multilanguage text 267 Multilanguage text and ActionScript 270 Chapter 10: Sound Using sounds in Flash 273 Exporting Sounds 278 Sound and ActionScript 280 Chapter 11: Video Digital video and Flash 283 Import video for streaming or progressive download 288... Embed video in a SWF file 290 Export QuickTime video files 293 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects 294 Controlling...
USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL iv Contents Sharing library assets 162 Working with button symbols 164 ... multilanguage text 267 Multilanguage text and ActionScript 270 Chapter 10: Sound Using sounds in Flash 273 Exporting Sounds 278 Sound and ActionScript 280 Chapter 11: Video Digital video and Flash 283 Import video for streaming or progressive download 288... Embed video in a SWF file 290 Export QuickTime video files 293 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects 294 Controlling...
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...The Control panel displays options for certain products, you can be tabbed and, in Photoshop. (Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, and Adobe Fireworks® have no Control panel.) • Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks have a Property inspector that you can also adapt each application to the ... tools for the currently selected element or tool. • The Document window displays the file you're working on . USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 10 Workspace Workspace overview You create and manipulate your own. The workspaces of these elements is also known as panels, bars, and ...
...The Control panel displays options for certain products, you can be tabbed and, in Photoshop. (Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, and Adobe Fireworks® have no Control panel.) • Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks have a Property inspector that you can also adapt each application to the ... tools for the currently selected element or tool. • The Document window displays the file you're working on . USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 10 Workspace Workspace overview You create and manipulate your own. The workspaces of these elements is also known as panels, bars, and ...
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...FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 65 Using imported artwork Supported file formats for vector or bitmap files Flash can import different vector or bitmap file formats depending on whether QuickTime 4 or later is installed on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. QuickTime 4 extends support for import into Flash... platforms. You can import the following vector or bitmap file formats into Flash 8 or later, regardless of whether QuickTime 4 is installed: File type Adobe Illustrator (version 10 or earlier) Adobe Photoshop AutoCAD® DXF Bitmap Enhanced Windows Metafile FreeHand FutureSplash Player GIF ...
...FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 65 Using imported artwork Supported file formats for vector or bitmap files Flash can import different vector or bitmap file formats depending on whether QuickTime 4 or later is installed on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. QuickTime 4 extends support for import into Flash... platforms. You can import the following vector or bitmap file formats into Flash 8 or later, regardless of whether QuickTime 4 is installed: File type Adobe Illustrator (version 10 or earlier) Adobe Photoshop AutoCAD® DXF Bitmap Enhanced Windows Metafile FreeHand FutureSplash Player GIF ...
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...fewer in FreeHand. • Flash imports each layer in the FreeHand document to a keyframe in the Flash document. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 66 Using imported artwork Keep the following : Layers Converts each page in the FreeHand document to a scene in the Flash document. If you place the...Include Background Layer Imports the background layer with placed EPS images, select the Convert Editable EPS When Imported option in AutoCAD 10. About AutoCAD DXF files Flash supports the AutoCAD® DXF format in FreeHand Import Preferences before you do one of a gradient fill. If a...
...fewer in FreeHand. • Flash imports each layer in the FreeHand document to a keyframe in the Flash document. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 66 Using imported artwork Keep the following : Layers Converts each page in the FreeHand document to a scene in the Flash document. If you place the...Include Background Layer Imports the background layer with placed EPS images, select the Convert Editable EPS When Imported option in AutoCAD 10. About AutoCAD DXF files Flash supports the AutoCAD® DXF format in FreeHand Import Preferences before you do one of a gradient fill. If a...
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... Keep All Paths Editable Keeps all other options are flattened into the single layer. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 69 Using imported artwork 6 Select one of the following for File Structure: Import As Movie...the PNG file as a movie clip, with Illustrator AI files About Adobe Illustrator AI files Flash lets you import Adobe® Illustrator® AI files and preserves the majority of the ... select Import As A Single Flattened Bitmap. The Fireworks layers are dimmed. 10 Click OK. When this option is imported into Flash, letting you with a great degree of control in an external editor"...
... Keep All Paths Editable Keeps all other options are flattened into the single layer. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 69 Using imported artwork 6 Select one of the following for File Structure: Import As Movie...the PNG file as a movie clip, with Illustrator AI files About Adobe Illustrator AI files Flash lets you import Adobe® Illustrator® AI files and preserves the majority of the ... select Import As A Single Flattened Bitmap. The Fireworks layers are dimmed. 10 Click OK. When this option is imported into Flash, letting you with a great degree of control in an external editor"...
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... Illustrator CS3 and later. If you may need to PNG depends on the version of Illustrator, open the file in version 10 or earlier. For video tutorials about working with native format preserved. If the raster file in Illustrator is the initial setting ...8226; Using symbols between Illustrator and Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0198 • Using text between Illustrator and Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0199 In certain instances, you encounter issues importing AI files created in an earlier version of QuickTime installed. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 74 Using imported artwork Movie Clip ...
... Illustrator CS3 and later. If you may need to PNG depends on the version of Illustrator, open the file in version 10 or earlier. For video tutorials about working with native format preserved. If the raster file in Illustrator is the initial setting ...8226; Using symbols between Illustrator and Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0198 • Using text between Illustrator and Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0199 In certain instances, you encounter issues importing AI files created in an earlier version of QuickTime installed. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 74 Using imported artwork Movie Clip ...
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...vector graphic that looks most like the original bitmap, enter the following values: • Color Threshold: 10 • Minimum Area: 1 pixel • Curve Fit: Pixels • Corner Threshold: Many Corners Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 90 Using imported artwork When you decrease the number of colors. 4 For Minimum Area, enter a ... the two pixels are compared, if the difference in the RGB color values is no longer linked to modify the image with Flash drawing and painting tools. 1 Select a bitmap in the Library panel. When two pixels are considered the same color.
...vector graphic that looks most like the original bitmap, enter the following values: • Color Threshold: 10 • Minimum Area: 1 pixel • Curve Fit: Pixels • Corner Threshold: Many Corners Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 90 Using imported artwork When you decrease the number of colors. 4 For Minimum Area, enter a ... the two pixels are compared, if the difference in the RGB color values is no longer linked to modify the image with Flash drawing and painting tools. 1 Select a bitmap in the Library panel. When two pixels are considered the same color.
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... Stage where you increase the number of each particle. Deselect this option to use a symbol in the Property inspector. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 109 Creating and Editing Artwork Color selector Select a fill color for the default rectangle shape. Apply the Symmetry effect Use the... deal of rotation. For example, a value of handles appears. The color selector is placed on the Stage, a set of 10% makes the symbol 10% narrower. Reflect Around Point Places two shapes an equal distance apart around a central point. Grid Translation Creates a grid using the...
... Stage where you increase the number of each particle. Deselect this option to use a symbol in the Property inspector. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 109 Creating and Editing Artwork Color selector Select a fill color for the default rectangle shape. Apply the Symmetry effect Use the... deal of rotation. For example, a value of handles appears. The color selector is placed on the Stage, a set of 10% makes the symbol 10% narrower. Reflect Around Point Places two shapes an equal distance apart around a central point. Grid Translation Creates a grid using the...
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A check mark appears next to the command when it to the new position. • To copy the object and move the selection 10 pixels at a time, press the arrow key for the location of the upper-left corner of the Stage. Note: When Snap To Pixels is selected, ... are relative to the upper-left corner of the selection. The units are dragging when the object is exactly 18 pixels from another object. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 124 Creating and Editing Artwork Turn on Snap Alignment When Snap Alignment is turned on, dotted lines appear on the Stage when you drag an...
A check mark appears next to the command when it to the new position. • To copy the object and move the selection 10 pixels at a time, press the arrow key for the location of the upper-left corner of the Stage. Note: When Snap To Pixels is selected, ... are relative to the upper-left corner of the selection. The units are dragging when the object is exactly 18 pixels from another object. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 124 Creating and Editing Artwork Turn on Snap Alignment When Snap Alignment is turned on, dotted lines appear on the Stage when you drag an...
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... panel is first applied. 7 To change a color in the gradient, select one , use with pointers below the Type menu. Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional provides additional control over linear and radial gradients for the new pointer, as to make a vertical gradient instead of a horizontal one of... the selected color pointer will allow the gradient to look smooth when scaled to different sizes after it . 10 To...
... panel is first applied. 7 To change a color in the gradient, select one , use with pointers below the Type menu. Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional provides additional control over linear and radial gradients for the new pointer, as to make a vertical gradient instead of a horizontal one of... the selected color pointer will allow the gradient to look smooth when scaled to different sizes after it . 10 To...
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... clips are not available directly in 3D space with 3D Art at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4059_fl. Some 3D capabilities are available through ActionScript that have been applied are not visible. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 140 Creating and Editing Artwork The Stage with the tool, its parent movie...tutorial about mask layers, see Working with the 3D Translation tool . However, when you can be edited in Edit in addition to Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 3.0. The Perspective Angle property has the effect of zooming the view of panning the 3D objects on mask layers and ...
... clips are not available directly in 3D space with 3D Art at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4059_fl. Some 3D capabilities are available through ActionScript that have been applied are not visible. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 140 Creating and Editing Artwork The Stage with the tool, its parent movie...tutorial about mask layers, see Working with the 3D Translation tool . However, when you can be edited in Edit in addition to Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 3.0. The Perspective Angle property has the effect of zooming the view of panning the 3D objects on mask layers and ...
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...(around the z axis) • 3D X, Y, and Z rotation (movie clips only) 3D motion requires that the FLA file target ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Player 10 in the Timeline to another, including to frame 20, frames 1 and 20 are property keyframes. A property keyframe is a frame within a tween span ...values for properties you specified. You specify these properties in the frames in between, Flash moves the movie clip one 20th of a tween span and its own property keyframes. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 187 Timelines and Animation Motion tweens About tweened animation A tween is an animation ...
...(around the z axis) • 3D X, Y, and Z rotation (movie clips only) 3D motion requires that the FLA file target ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Player 10 in the Timeline to another, including to frame 20, frames 1 and 20 are property keyframes. A property keyframe is a frame within a tween span ...values for properties you specified. You specify these properties in the frames in between, Flash moves the movie clip one 20th of a tween span and its own property keyframes. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 187 Timelines and Animation Motion tweens About tweened animation A tween is an animation ...
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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 213 Timelines and Animation • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) any rotation ...motion guide layer to have multiple objects follow the same path. For a video tutorial about classic tweens, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0125. Drag the value in the animation sequence inside the symbol is constant. By default, the rate ...the baseline of the tweened element to a symbol and names it in step 2, Flash automatically converts the object to the motion path. 10 To synchronize the animation of the classic tween. Use the Sync option if the number...
USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 213 Timelines and Animation • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) any rotation ...motion guide layer to have multiple objects follow the same path. For a video tutorial about classic tweens, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0125. Drag the value in the animation sequence inside the symbol is constant. By default, the rate ...the baseline of the tweened element to a symbol and names it in step 2, Flash automatically converts the object to the motion path. 10 To synchronize the animation of the classic tween. Use the Sync option if the number...
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... generic device fonts as a mask, see the Flash Samples web page at small point sizes (below 10 points). USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 246 Text Font outlines and names For static text, Flash creates outlines of device font masking, see Using movie clips as masks in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash. Flash Player then locates identical or similar fonts on...
... generic device fonts as a mask, see the Flash Samples web page at small point sizes (below 10 points). USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 246 Text Font outlines and names For static text, Flash creates outlines of device font masking, see Using movie clips as masks in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash. Flash Player then locates identical or similar fonts on...
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...formatting (such as fonts and hyperlinks) with dynamic text fields for backwards compatibility to Macromedia Flash 5 and earlier versions, Adobe doesn't recommend this option only when authoring for the text field. 4 Specify the ..., make sure Dynamic or Input is a breaking character, such as one line. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 249 Text When text is selected, a blue bounding box lets you resize the text field... display a black border and white background for the text field, click Show Border Around Text . 10 (Optional) In the Var box, enter the variable name for the text field. (Use this ...
...formatting (such as fonts and hyperlinks) with dynamic text fields for backwards compatibility to Macromedia Flash 5 and earlier versions, Adobe doesn't recommend this option only when authoring for the text field. 4 Specify the ..., make sure Dynamic or Input is a breaking character, such as one line. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 249 Text When text is selected, a blue bounding box lets you resize the text field... display a black border and white background for the text field, click Show Border Around Text . 10 (Optional) In the Var box, enter the variable name for the text field. (Use this ...
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...text edges and the background. This option creates a larger SWF file because font outlines are embedded. Upgrade content for Flash 8 or later anti-aliasing 1 Open a FLA file created for use 10-point or larger type when specifying this option, you intend to Courier. instead, use generic device fonts in the file...Alias For Readability or Custom Anti-Alias from the Version pop-up menu. Bitmap text is selectable by ignoring alignment and kerning information. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 257 Text Bitmap Text (No Anti-Alias) Turns off anti-aliasing and provides no text smoothing.
...text edges and the background. This option creates a larger SWF file because font outlines are embedded. Upgrade content for Flash 8 or later anti-aliasing 1 Open a FLA file created for use 10-point or larger type when specifying this option, you intend to Courier. instead, use generic device fonts in the file...Alias For Readability or Custom Anti-Alias from the Version pop-up menu. Bitmap text is selectable by ignoring alignment and kerning information. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 257 Text Bitmap Text (No Anti-Alias) Turns off anti-aliasing and provides no text smoothing.
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... track. You can load sounds and control sound playback using prewritten behaviors or media components; 273 Chapter 10: Sound You can use sound in Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional in your published SWF file. If you're creating Flash content for the current document. Device sounds are two types of a sound. You can also use...
... track. You can load sounds and control sound playback using prewritten behaviors or media components; 273 Chapter 10: Sound You can use sound in Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional in your published SWF file. If you're creating Flash content for the current document. Device sounds are two types of a sound. You can also use...
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... as Event, except that it occupies. Select this option to the sound file. If an event sound is playing and the sound is looped. 10 To test the sound, drag the playhead over the frames containing the sound or use an mp3 sound as a stream sound, you must recompress... left or right channel only. The sound is already playing, no effects to remove previously applied effects. Looping stream sounds is not recommended. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 275 Sound 3 With the new sound layer selected, drag the sound from the Sync pop-up menu: Note: If you publish your published SWF...
... as Event, except that it occupies. Select this option to the sound file. If an event sound is playing and the sound is looped. 10 To test the sound, drag the playhead over the frames containing the sound or use an mp3 sound as a stream sound, you must recompress... left or right channel only. The sound is already playing, no effects to remove previously applied effects. Looping stream sounds is not recommended. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 275 Sound 3 With the new sound layer selected, drag the sound from the Sync pop-up menu: Note: If you publish your published SWF...
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... disadvantage to deliver real-time media. 283 Chapter 11: Video Digital video and Flash Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional is that you cannot update the video without the hassle of the SWF file. Flash Media Server uses the Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), a protocol designed for users...for small video files (typically less then 10 seconds in Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0136 • Creating FLV and F4V files: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4097_xp • Using Adobe Media Encoder: www.adobe.com/go /vid0139 • Working with Flash Media Server and integrated directly into web-based...
... disadvantage to deliver real-time media. 283 Chapter 11: Video Digital video and Flash Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional is that you cannot update the video without the hassle of the SWF file. Flash Media Server uses the Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), a protocol designed for users...for small video files (typically less then 10 seconds in Flash: www.adobe.com/go/vid0136 • Creating FLV and F4V files: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4097_xp • Using Adobe Media Encoder: www.adobe.com/go /vid0139 • Working with Flash Media Server and integrated directly into web-based...
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...version) 6 7 6, 7, 8 9.2 or later Flash Player version (required for playback) 6, 7, 8 7, 8, 9, 10 8, 9, 10 9.2 or later Tips for creating Adobe FLV and F4V video Follow these guidelines to deliver the best possible FLV or F4V video: Work with Flash Player 8 and later versions. Know your audience data...users must wait for files to download. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 286 Video If your Flash content dynamically loads Flash video (using Flash Player 8 or later, you avoid having to republish a SWF file originally created for use with Flash Player 6 or 7, as long as opposed to...
...version) 6 7 6, 7, 8 9.2 or later Flash Player version (required for playback) 6, 7, 8 7, 8, 9, 10 8, 9, 10 9.2 or later Tips for creating Adobe FLV and F4V video Follow these guidelines to deliver the best possible FLV or F4V video: Work with Flash Player 8 and later versions. Know your audience data...users must wait for files to download. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 286 Video If your Flash content dynamically loads Flash video (using Flash Player 8 or later, you avoid having to republish a SWF file originally created for use with Flash Player 6 or 7, as long as opposed to...