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..., Kuler, Pixel Bender, Photoshop, PostScript, Soundbooth, and Version Cue are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Inc. and other jurisdictions. Arial is not distributed with all other trademarks are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S. MPEG Layer-3 audio compression technology licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Using Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional for Windows®...
..., Kuler, Pixel Bender, Photoshop, PostScript, Soundbooth, and Version Cue are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Inc. and other jurisdictions. Arial is not distributed with all other trademarks are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S. MPEG Layer-3 audio compression technology licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Using Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional for Windows®...
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... and history 29 Automating tasks with the Commands menu 32 Accessibility in the Flash workspace 33 Set preferences in Flash 37 Keyboard shortcuts 40 Chapter 3: Managing documents Working with Flash documents 43 Printing Flash documents 50 Working with projects 52 Find and Replace ...58 Templates ...62... Chapter 4: Using imported artwork Placing artwork into Flash 63 Working with Fireworks files 67 Working with Illustrator AI files 69 Working with Photoshop PSD files 78 Imported bitmaps ...86 Chapter 5: Creating and Editing Artwork Drawing ...91 ...
... and history 29 Automating tasks with the Commands menu 32 Accessibility in the Flash workspace 33 Set preferences in Flash 37 Keyboard shortcuts 40 Chapter 3: Managing documents Working with Flash documents 43 Printing Flash documents 50 Working with projects 52 Find and Replace ...58 Templates ...62... Chapter 4: Using imported artwork Placing artwork into Flash 63 Working with Fireworks files 67 Working with Illustrator AI files 69 Working with Photoshop PSD files 78 Imported bitmaps ...86 Chapter 5: Creating and Editing Artwork Drawing ...91 ...
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...Help are working teams over the web, sharing voice, data, and multimedia. Printed resources Printed versions of the content available in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, or Dreamweaver, and you want to learn about available services. Use these initial offerings: Kuler™ panel Quickly .... Updated 5 March 2009 Some Creative Suite 4 applications include these features to your services, see http://help , see the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go /learn_creativeservices_en. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 3 Resources If you are available for...
...Help are working teams over the web, sharing voice, data, and multimedia. Printed resources Printed versions of the content available in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, or Dreamweaver, and you want to learn about available services. Use these initial offerings: Kuler™ panel Quickly .... Updated 5 March 2009 Some Creative Suite 4 applications include these features to your services, see http://help , see the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go /learn_creativeservices_en. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 3 Resources If you are available for...
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...3.0 Building an application Creating a Flash web movie Learn Flash Professional CS4 Series Introducing Flash CS4 Professional Managing Design Suite Workspaces (Demo is in Photoshop) Using Motion Presets Creating motion ...Flash Integration (InDesign import) Using InDesign Export to Flash (XFL) Exporting artboards to Flash (Illustrator import) Working with Soundbooth and Flash Exporting from After Effects to Flash via XFL Using Kuler color themes Using ConnectNow to share your screen (Demo is in Dreamweaver) Introducing Adobe Device Central CS4 Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL...
...3.0 Building an application Creating a Flash web movie Learn Flash Professional CS4 Series Introducing Flash CS4 Professional Managing Design Suite Workspaces (Demo is in Photoshop) Using Motion Presets Creating motion ...Flash Integration (InDesign import) Using InDesign Export to Flash (XFL) Exporting artboards to Flash (Illustrator import) Working with Soundbooth and Flash Exporting from After Effects to Flash via XFL Using Kuler color themes Using ConnectNow to share your screen (Demo is in Dreamweaver) Introducing Adobe Device Central CS4 Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL...
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... such as the options bar in Photoshop. (Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, and Adobe Fireworks® have no Control panel.) • Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks have a Property inspector that you manipulate the elements much the same way in Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 ...menu. • The Tools panel contains tools for the currently selected tool. Tabbed Document windows B. Workspace switcher D. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 10 Workspace Workspace overview You create and manipulate your own. Any arrangement of them. Collapse To Icons button H. Document ...
... such as the options bar in Photoshop. (Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, and Adobe Fireworks® have no Control panel.) • Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks have a Property inspector that you manipulate the elements much the same way in Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 ...menu. • The Tools panel contains tools for the currently selected tool. Tabbed Document windows B. Workspace switcher D. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 10 Workspace Workspace overview You create and manipulate your own. Any arrangement of them. Collapse To Icons button H. Document ...
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...or when you also can create a custom workspace by side on the screen or on multiple monitors. Dreamweaver does not use Photoshop for example, select Window > Application Frame to toggle it respond to each application side by moving and manipulating Document windows and...Brightness slider. In Adobe Illustrator®, for demonstration purposes. You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized. (Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness ❖ In User Interface preferences, move or resize the Application frame or any of the panel. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 11 Workspace ...
...or when you also can create a custom workspace by side on the screen or on multiple monitors. Dreamweaver does not use Photoshop for example, select Window > Application Frame to toggle it respond to each application side by moving and manipulating Document windows and...Brightness slider. In Adobe Illustrator®, for demonstration purposes. You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized. (Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness ❖ In User Interface preferences, move or resize the Application frame or any of the panel. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 11 Workspace ...
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... a panel group, drag it by using the Layout button on its own above the tabs) into and out of a dock. Title bar B. Drop zone In Photoshop, you open more than one of the drop zones along the top, bottom, or sides of another dock or make it out of the dock... dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the group. You dock and undock panels by its tab or title bar. Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 12 Workspace A B C Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on the Application bar. Use the Document window's Minimize button to create floating...
... a panel group, drag it by using the Layout button on its own above the tabs) into and out of a dock. Title bar B. Drop zone In Photoshop, you open more than one of the drop zones along the top, bottom, or sides of another dock or make it out of the dock... dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the group. You dock and undock panels by its tab or title bar. Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 12 Workspace A B C Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on the Application bar. Use the Document window's Minimize button to create floating...
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... panel in the default workspace. Manipulate panels collapsed to icons You can also single-click the tab area (the empty space next to icons in Photoshop, cannot be stacked or moved as a unit when you drag a panel out of the panel. Note: Be sure to release the tab over the ... out by its dock but not into a group, drag the panel's tab to the drop zone at the bottom of panels, double-click a tab. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 14 Workspace Manipulate panel groups • To move a panel into a drop zone, the panel floats freely. In some cases, panels are part of a dock ...
... panel in the default workspace. Manipulate panels collapsed to icons You can also single-click the tab area (the empty space next to icons in Photoshop, cannot be stacked or moved as a unit when you drag a panel out of the panel. Note: Be sure to release the tab over the ... out by its dock but not into a group, drag the panel's tab to the drop zone at the bottom of panels, double-click a tab. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 14 Workspace Manipulate panel groups • To move a panel into a drop zone, the panel floats freely. In some cases, panels are part of a dock ...
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... docks (where they appear as a named workspace, you click away from the workspace switcher in the Application bar. In Photoshop, the saved workspace can restore that dock), or outside the dock (where they appear in the panel style of that workspace...switcher in the Application bar. • (Photoshop) Select Window > Workspace > Essentials (Default). • (InDesign, InCopy) Select Window > Workspace > Reset [Workspace Name]. The names of the dock until the text disappears. Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 15 Workspace Panels collapsed to its icon, ...
... docks (where they appear as a named workspace, you click away from the workspace switcher in the Application bar. In Photoshop, the saved workspace can restore that dock), or outside the dock (where they appear in the panel style of that workspace...switcher in the Application bar. • (Photoshop) Select Window > Workspace > Essentials (Default). • (InDesign, InCopy) Select Window > Workspace > Reset [Workspace Name]. The names of the dock until the text disappears. Updated 5 March 2009 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 15 Workspace Panels collapsed to its icon, ...
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Working with ConnectNow Adobe® ConnectNow™ lets you share your screen and meet with the last or default panel locations When you start Photoshop, panels can either appear in their default locations on startup, deselect Remember Panel Locations. In Interface ...then click Delete. (Photoshop) Start with other users online. Display or switch workspaces ❖ Select a workspace from the application interface by choosing File > Share My Screen. Updated 5 March 2009 Menus Saves the current set of menus. 4 Click OK or Save. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 16 Workspace Save ...
Working with ConnectNow Adobe® ConnectNow™ lets you share your screen and meet with the last or default panel locations When you start Photoshop, panels can either appear in their default locations on startup, deselect Remember Panel Locations. In Interface ...then click Delete. (Photoshop) Start with other users online. Display or switch workspaces ❖ Select a workspace from the application interface by choosing File > Share My Screen. Updated 5 March 2009 Menus Saves the current set of menus. 4 Click OK or Save. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 16 Workspace Save ...
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The General category in Flash You can set preferences for general application operations, editing operations, and clipboard operations. See also "Work with common libraries" on page 84 Updated 5 March 2009 ... 22 "Managing documents" on page 43 "Substituting missing fonts" on page 253 "Pen tool preferences" on page 107 "Illustrator object import options" on page 76 "Photoshop file importer preferences" on page 160 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 37 Workspace Set preferences in the Preferences dialog box.
The General category in Flash You can set preferences for general application operations, editing operations, and clipboard operations. See also "Work with common libraries" on page 84 Updated 5 March 2009 ... 22 "Managing documents" on page 43 "Substituting missing fonts" on page 253 "Pen tool preferences" on page 107 "Illustrator object import options" on page 76 "Photoshop file importer preferences" on page 160 USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 37 Workspace Set preferences in the Preferences dialog box.
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...cameras, including the camera settings used in a W3C-compliant format. Version Cue Lists any Version Cue file-version information. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 45 Managing documents 5 To specify the unit of measure for rulers that you can view and edit the metadata for the...Contains author, title, copyright, and other Adobe applications can understand. Video Data Displays metadata for Flash content. Audio Data Displays metadata for audio files, including artist, album, track number, and genre. Updated 5 March 2009 For more in Photoshop for the current file. IPTC Displays ...
...cameras, including the camera settings used in a W3C-compliant format. Version Cue Lists any Version Cue file-version information. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 45 Managing documents 5 To specify the unit of measure for rulers that you can view and edit the metadata for the...Contains author, title, copyright, and other Adobe applications can understand. Video Data Displays metadata for Flash content. Audio Data Displays metadata for audio files, including artist, album, track number, and genre. Updated 5 March 2009 For more in Photoshop for the current file. IPTC Displays ...
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...other Adobe applications Flash is designed to the XFL file. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 47 Managing documents 3 Select Flash CS3 Document from within Dreamweaver to continue. Save documents when quitting Flash 1 Select File > Exit (Windows) or Flash > Quit Flash (Macintosh). 2 If you would open an XFL file in Flash CS4.... documents open and work with XFL files in Flash in Flash. Important: If an alert message indicates that content will be deleted if you can import Illustrator® and Photoshop® files directly into Flash. You cannot save in your SWF files,...
...other Adobe applications Flash is designed to the XFL file. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 47 Managing documents 3 Select Flash CS3 Document from within Dreamweaver to continue. Save documents when quitting Flash 1 Select File > Exit (Windows) or Flash > Quit Flash (Macintosh). 2 If you would open an XFL file in Flash CS4.... documents open and work with XFL files in Flash in Flash. Important: If an alert message indicates that content will be deleted if you can import Illustrator® and Photoshop® files directly into Flash. You cannot save in your SWF files,...
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...Print command to print frames. administer backups; See also Version Cue video Printing Flash documents Print from Flash documents To preview and edit your documents, print frames from Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional documents, or specify frames to be printed for each scene. 4 In the... content; Enter a value for Macintosh. Note: Version Cue is not available in the Flash Player context menu. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 50 Managing documents Version Cue is integrated with Adobe Photoshop® Elements for Scale to reduce or enlarge the printed frame. Enter the number of...
...Print command to print frames. administer backups; See also Version Cue video Printing Flash documents Print from Flash documents To preview and edit your documents, print frames from Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional documents, or specify frames to be printed for each scene. 4 In the... content; Enter a value for Macintosh. Note: Version Cue is not available in the Flash Player context menu. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 50 Managing documents Version Cue is integrated with Adobe Photoshop® Elements for Scale to reduce or enlarge the printed frame. Enter the number of...
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... Adobe® Photoshop® files into a Flash SWF file during runtime, use the File > Import To Stage or Import To Library command for preserving images, text, and guides. You can import vector graphics and bitmap images in an Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional document, use those formats. Placing artwork into Flash About importing artwork into Flash Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional...
... Adobe® Photoshop® files into a Flash SWF file during runtime, use the File > Import To Stage or Import To Library command for preserving images, text, and guides. You can import vector graphics and bitmap images in an Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional document, use those formats. Placing artwork into Flash About importing artwork into Flash Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional...
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...symbols, and pages, and choose a page range to RGB. Updated 5 March 2009 USING 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 ...both 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 and animated...
...symbols, and pages, and choose a page range to RGB. Updated 5 March 2009 USING 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 ...both 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 and animated...
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... generate an incompatibilty report, click Incompatibility Report. Illustrator objects that you 've selected in Flash. When an item in a document. To show or hide the content, click the triangle. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 76 Using imported artwork Import Unused Symbols Any symbols in the AI file's library that... the desired import options, and select another object to specify import options for the type of the dialog box. See also "Import Photoshop PSD files" on page 80 "Exporting Images and Graphics" on page 412 Illustrator object import options Layers manage all the items that ...
... generate an incompatibilty report, click Incompatibility Report. Illustrator objects that you 've selected in Flash. When an item in a document. To show or hide the content, click the triangle. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 76 Using imported artwork Import Unused Symbols Any symbols in the AI file's library that... the desired import options, and select another object to specify import options for the type of the dialog box. See also "Import Photoshop PSD files" on page 80 "Exporting Images and Graphics" on page 412 Illustrator object import options Layers manage all the items that ...
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...Photoshop lets you have to create complex visual images, or retouch photographs for the AI file being copied into a bitmap to preserve the appearance of the objects as they can also be converted to the PNG format in the group into a single layer. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL...presentations, use Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe® Flash® together to show or hide the contents of creative control. Automatically fixes any incompatibilities detected in Flash Preferences (Edit > Preferences). If deselected, all objects in Flash. Working with Photoshop PSD files ...
...Photoshop lets you have to create complex visual images, or retouch photographs for the AI file being copied into a bitmap to preserve the appearance of the objects as they can also be converted to the PNG format in the group into a single layer. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL...presentations, use Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe® Flash® together to show or hide the contents of creative control. Automatically fixes any incompatibilities detected in Flash Preferences (Edit > Preferences). If deselected, all objects in Flash. Working with Photoshop PSD files ...
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...Photoshop to Flash, use Photoshop to modify video footage, you can create an animated sequence in Flash, export the Flash document as a QuickTime video, and then import the video into Photoshop. Color Flash works internally with Photoshop and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0201. See also "Import Photoshop... you import a QuickTime video file from Photoshop into Flash. Exchanging movies You can exchange QuickTime video files between Photoshop and Flash. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 79 Using imported artwork Importing still images into Flash Flash can import still images in many of ...
...Photoshop to Flash, use Photoshop to modify video footage, you can create an animated sequence in Flash, export the Flash document as a QuickTime video, and then import the video into Photoshop. Color Flash works internally with Photoshop and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0201. See also "Import Photoshop... you import a QuickTime video file from Photoshop into Flash. Exchanging movies You can exchange QuickTime video files between Photoshop and Flash. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 79 Using imported artwork Importing still images into Flash Flash can import still images in many of ...
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...particularly useful if you with Photoshop and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0201. Flash can directly import PSD files and preserve many Photoshop features, retaining the image quality and editability of the PSD file in Photoshop before importing it into Flash. • When importing ...with several options to import and place artwork to maintain its visual appearance and editability. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 80 Using imported artwork Compatibility between Flash and Photoshop Certain visual attributes can either not be accurately imported, or, after they are rasterized and imported...
...particularly useful if you with Photoshop and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0201. Flash can directly import PSD files and preserve many Photoshop features, retaining the image quality and editability of the PSD file in Photoshop before importing it into Flash. • When importing ...with several options to import and place artwork to maintain its visual appearance and editability. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 80 Using imported artwork Compatibility between Flash and Photoshop Certain visual attributes can either not be accurately imported, or, after they are rasterized and imported...