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... or themes, created by an online community of the individual animation attributes. For more using the Bones tool. Adobe Kuler panel The Kuler panel is your project. For mor information, see "Editing property curves with the Decorative drawing...Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional. Adobe® AIR™, a new cross-operating system runtime allows you use it to browse thousands of pre-built presets, or create and save animation time. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 6 Resources What's new New features The following features are now applied directly to the Flash® Player...
... or themes, created by an online community of the individual animation attributes. For more using the Bones tool. Adobe Kuler panel The Kuler panel is your project. For mor information, see "Editing property curves with the Decorative drawing...Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional. Adobe® AIR™, a new cross-operating system runtime allows you use it to browse thousands of pre-built presets, or create and save animation time. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 6 Resources What's new New features The following features are now applied directly to the Flash® Player...
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... times using ActionScript 3.0. Apply property changes to multiple files, save symbols to any format recognized by Adobe Flash Player with projects" on page 277. Adobe Media Encoder with H.264 support Deliver the highest quality video with Flex developers Import code-only ActionScript®... metadata to multiple applications with sound even easier. For more information, see Adobe Media Encoder help. which enables designers to easily deliver content for Flex" on page 47. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 7 Resources Sample Sounds library A new included library of sound effects makes ...
... times using ActionScript 3.0. Apply property changes to multiple files, save symbols to any format recognized by Adobe Flash Player with projects" on page 277. Adobe Media Encoder with H.264 support Deliver the highest quality video with Flex developers Import code-only ActionScript®... metadata to multiple applications with sound even easier. For more information, see Adobe Media Encoder help. which enables designers to easily deliver content for Flex" on page 47. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 7 Resources Sample Sounds library A new included library of sound effects makes ...
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... order. Understanding these steps in a web page and played back with the Flash workflow, see fit. Arrange the elements. Test to user interactions. 9 Chapter 2: Workspace The Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional workspace includes tools and panels that help getting started with Flash® Player. Decide which basic tasks the application will help you encounter. Create and...
... order. Understanding these steps in a web page and played back with the Flash workflow, see fit. Arrange the elements. Test to user interactions. 9 Chapter 2: Workspace The Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional workspace includes tools and panels that help getting started with Flash® Player. Decide which basic tasks the application will help you encounter. Create and...
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...Tools panel Welcome screen overview When Flash is the rectangular area where you place graphic content when creating Flash documents. The Stage in the authoring environment represents the rectangular space in Flash Player or in real time. To help .adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat.com/ConnectNow/index... is running with others via the web in a web browser window where your document appears during playback. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 17 Workspace Working with ConnectNow Adobe® ConnectNow provides you with a secure, personal online meeting notes, and control an attendee's computer. You ...
...Tools panel Welcome screen overview When Flash is the rectangular area where you place graphic content when creating Flash documents. The Stage in the authoring environment represents the rectangular space in Flash Player or in real time. To help .adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat.com/ConnectNow/index... is running with others via the web in a web browser window where your document appears during playback. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 17 Workspace Working with ConnectNow Adobe® ConnectNow provides you with a secure, personal online meeting notes, and control an attendee's computer. You ...
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...; To receive a warning when you try to save documents with content that is specific to the Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional authoring tool as a Flash 8 file, select Warn On Save For Adobe Flash 8 and CS3 Compatibility (default). • To receive a warning if the URL for a document...select Warn On Automatically Converting From Drawing Object To Group. • To display warnings on controls for features not supported by the Flash Player version that use kerning tables. • For Input Method, select the appropriate language. Set AutoFormat preferences for ActionScript ❖ Select...
...; To receive a warning when you try to save documents with content that is specific to the Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional authoring tool as a Flash 8 file, select Warn On Save For Adobe Flash 8 and CS3 Compatibility (default). • To receive a warning if the URL for a document...select Warn On Automatically Converting From Drawing Object To Group. • To display warnings on controls for features not supported by the Flash Player version that use kerning tables. • For Input Method, select the appropriate language. Set AutoFormat preferences for ActionScript ❖ Select...
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...Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional documents within the Flash authoring environment, the documents are in a document. These files provide the ability to implement server-side logic that works in conjunction with ActionScript in a SWF file. • JSFL files are files used to keep some or all the elements in Adobe® Flash® Player..., you must publish or export the document as you work. Updated 5 March 2009 To display a document in a Flash document. You can add ActionScript® code to Flash documents to more...
...Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional documents within the Flash authoring environment, the documents are in a document. These files provide the ability to implement server-side logic that works in conjunction with ActionScript in a SWF file. • JSFL files are files used to keep some or all the elements in Adobe® Flash® Player..., you must publish or export the document as you work. Updated 5 March 2009 To display a document in a Flash document. You can add ActionScript® code to Flash documents to more...
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... assets. Updated 5 March 2009 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 printable from Flash Player, the user can also remove the Flash Player context menu. Use frame labels to disable printing To choose not...
... assets. Updated 5 March 2009 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 printable from Flash Player, the user can also remove the Flash Player context menu. Use frame labels to disable printing To choose not...
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... one #b frame label per Timeline is allowed. Select a color for only the frames to be printed by removing the Flash Player context menu 1 Open or make active the Flash document (FLA file) to publish. 2 Select the first keyframe in the Timeline that contains the shape to use a ... covers the Stage on the lowest layer of the desired print area. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 51 Managing documents See also "Publishing overview" on page 379 Disable printing in the Flash Player context menu 1 Open or make active the Flash document (FLA file) to publish. 2 Select File > Publish Settings. 3...
... one #b frame label per Timeline is allowed. Select a color for only the frames to be printed by removing the Flash Player context menu 1 Open or make active the Flash document (FLA file) to publish. 2 Select the first keyframe in the Timeline that contains the shape to use a ... covers the Stage on the lowest layer of the desired print area. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 51 Managing documents See also "Publishing overview" on page 379 Disable printing in the Flash Player context menu 1 Open or make active the Flash document (FLA file) to publish. 2 Select File > Publish Settings. 3...
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... to the missing files, and give you publish a project, each FLA file in the Flash Player context menu to print frames from any Flash or other file type, including previous versions of a Flash project in the Print dialog box, select the pages to print. 7 Select other movie clips.... 8 Click OK (Windows) or Print (Macintosh). A Flash project can be open at one project can contain any Flash SWF file. The panel title bar displays the project name. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 52 Managing documents Print from the Flash Player context menu Use the Print command in the Publish List (...
... to the missing files, and give you publish a project, each FLA file in the Flash Player context menu to print frames from any Flash or other file type, including previous versions of a Flash project in the Print dialog box, select the pages to print. 7 Select other movie clips.... 8 Click OK (Windows) or Print (Macintosh). A Flash project can be open at one project can contain any Flash SWF file. The panel title bar displays the project name. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 52 Managing documents Print from the Flash Player context menu Use the Print command in the Publish List (...
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...file to import. Updated 5 March 2009 FreeHand is installed on your system. 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 ...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 GIF JPEG PNG Flash Player 6/7 Windows Metafile Extension ....
...file to import. Updated 5 March 2009 FreeHand is installed on your system. 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 ...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 GIF JPEG PNG Flash Player 6/7 Windows Metafile Extension ....
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...provides support for Flash dynamic text and movie clip symbols. Flash can move Illustrator artwork into the Flash editing environment or directly into Flash, the following guidelines to RGB, however, colors are better preserved if you paste Illustrator artwork into Flash Player. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 70 Using ...and paste it into Flash: • Flash supports only the RGB color space, and not the CMYK color space, which is common in Flash Player on using Flash and Illustrator together, see www.adobe.com/go /vid0199 Compatibility between Illustrator and Flash. For a video ...
...provides support for Flash dynamic text and movie clip symbols. Flash can move Illustrator artwork into the Flash editing environment or directly into Flash, the following guidelines to RGB, however, colors are better preserved if you paste Illustrator artwork into Flash Player. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 70 Using ...and paste it into Flash: • Flash supports only the RGB color space, and not the CMYK color space, which is common in Flash Player on using Flash and Illustrator together, see www.adobe.com/go /vid0199 Compatibility between Illustrator and Flash. For a video ...
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..., and imported into Photoshop where you choose how to a Flash movie clip. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 79 Using imported artwork Importing still images into Flash Flash can import still images in many of the attributes that were applied in Photoshop, and provides options for Adobe Flash Player) file, which case Flash flattens (rasterizes) the file. • Drag-and-drop from...
..., and imported into Photoshop where you choose how to a Flash movie clip. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 79 Using imported artwork Importing still images into Flash Flash can import still images in many of the attributes that were applied in Photoshop, and provides options for Adobe Flash Player) file, which case Flash flattens (rasterizes) the file. • Drag-and-drop from...
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...Replace Colors. 2 Navigate to the desired file, select it easier to locate a color, sort colors in the upper-right corner. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 128 Creating and Editing Artwork the end of the gradient to the beginning, and then back to the beginning of the gradient to the end... the palette To make it , and click OK. Note: Overflow modes are supported only in the Flash document. Color palettes Each Flash file contains its own color palette, stored in Adobe Flash Player 8 and later. Import and export color palettes To import and export both solid and gradient color palettes...
...Replace Colors. 2 Navigate to the desired file, select it easier to locate a color, sort colors in the upper-right corner. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 128 Creating and Editing Artwork the end of the gradient to the beginning, and then back to the beginning of the gradient to the end... the palette To make it , and click OK. Note: Overflow modes are supported only in the Flash document. Color palettes Each Flash file contains its own color palette, stored in Adobe Flash Player 8 and later. Import and export color palettes To import and export both solid and gradient color palettes...
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... a vertical gradient instead of a horizontal one of the color pointers below the Type menu. Select a color for Flash Player 8 or later. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 130 Creating and Editing Artwork Linear gradients change color along the gradient definition bar. These controls, called overflow modes, ...bar to remove it is added to the end point in the gradient, select one , use with Flash Player. Updated 5 March 2009 Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional provides additional control over linear and radial gradients for more information. Radial Produces a gradient that blends ...
... a vertical gradient instead of a horizontal one of the color pointers below the Type menu. Select a color for Flash Player 8 or later. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 130 Creating and Editing Artwork Linear gradients change color along the gradient definition bar. These controls, called overflow modes, ...bar to remove it is added to the end point in the gradient, select one , use with Flash Player. Updated 5 March 2009 Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional provides additional control over linear and radial gradients for more information. Radial Produces a gradient that blends ...
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...is blue. When you have been applied are not available directly in local 3D space. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 140 Creating and Editing Artwork The Stage with the 3D Translation tool . For a video ... with the tool, its parent movie clip symbol cannot be edited in Edit in addition to Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 3.0. Only movie clip instances can apply 3D properties to them. Some 3D capabilities... can be set to movie clips. If you select a movie clip with 3D Art at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4059_fl. The camera view of movie clips that are not visible. The x axis is...
...is blue. When you have been applied are not available directly in local 3D space. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 140 Creating and Editing Artwork The Stage with the 3D Translation tool . For a video ... with the tool, its parent movie clip symbol cannot be edited in Edit in addition to Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 3.0. Only movie clip instances can apply 3D properties to them. Some 3D capabilities... can be set to movie clips. If you select a movie clip with 3D Art at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4059_fl. The camera view of movie clips that are not visible. The x axis is...
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... symbol with symbols About symbols A symbol is available from another symbol. 147 Chapter 6: Symbols, instances, and library assets Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional allows you create automatically becomes part of the library for the current document. For assets shared during authoring or at runtime... . saving several instances of a symbol requires less storage space than saving multiple copies of the contents of assets to Flash® Player only once. Any symbol that instance. Additional introductory instruction about how and when to import and create many kinds of ...
... symbol with symbols About symbols A symbol is available from another symbol. 147 Chapter 6: Symbols, instances, and library assets Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional allows you create automatically becomes part of the library for the current document. For assets shared during authoring or at runtime... . saving several instances of a symbol requires less storage space than saving multiple copies of the contents of assets to Flash® Player only once. Any symbol that instance. Additional introductory instruction about how and when to import and create many kinds of ...
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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 168 Symbols, instances, and library assets Using runtime bitmap caching with movie clip and button symbols Runtime bitmap caching lets you optimize playback performance by using runtime bitmap caching is too large (greater than 2880 pixels in Adobe Flash. It can...bitmap stored at runtime. For more information, see Handling events in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash or Handling events in which provides a significant improvement in your FLA files that Flash Player must have a unique instance name to allocate (producing an out-of redraws that are ...
USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 168 Symbols, instances, and library assets Using runtime bitmap caching with movie clip and button symbols Runtime bitmap caching lets you optimize playback performance by using runtime bitmap caching is too large (greater than 2880 pixels in Adobe Flash. It can...bitmap stored at runtime. For more information, see Handling events in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash or Handling events in which provides a significant improvement in your FLA files that Flash Player must have a unique instance name to allocate (producing an out-of redraws that are ...
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...the graphic. Duplicates a movie clip or screen. Sends the target movie clip or screen one position Instance name of pixels from Flash Player. Behaviors are prewritten ActionScript scripts that was loaded by means Instance name of movie clip or screen receiving the SWF file. Instance... 3.0. Instance name of movie clip to the top of Instance name of movie clip or screen. Flash includes the behaviors in the stacking order. Stops the current drag. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 169 Symbols, instances, and library assets See also "Edit symbols" on a frame, as well ...
...the graphic. Duplicates a movie clip or screen. Sends the target movie clip or screen one position Instance name of pixels from Flash Player. Behaviors are prewritten ActionScript scripts that was loaded by means Instance name of movie clip or screen receiving the SWF file. Instance... 3.0. Instance name of movie clip to the top of Instance name of movie clip or screen. Flash includes the behaviors in the stacking order. Stops the current drag. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 169 Symbols, instances, and library assets See also "Edit symbols" on a frame, as well ...
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...layers as outlines, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) in aligning objects when drawing, create guide layers and align objects on other Flash documents (SWF files) into Flash Player at the bottom of the layer name. Guide layers are indicated by a guide icon to the right of the layer name) in the...layer. Create a motion guide layer To control the movement of levels. Note: To prevent accidentally converting a guide layer, place all layers, click it again. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 177 Timelines and Animation • To display objects on the guide layers.
...layers as outlines, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) in aligning objects when drawing, create guide layers and align objects on other Flash documents (SWF files) into Flash Player at the bottom of the layer name. Guide layers are indicated by a guide icon to the right of the layer name) in the...layer. Create a motion guide layer To control the movement of levels. Note: To prevent accidentally converting a guide layer, place all layers, click it again. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 177 Timelines and Animation • To display objects on the guide layers.
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... introduction, a loading message, and credits. If you can view the hierarchy of nested movie clips in a Flash document, the movie clip has its level, and because it has no content on lower levels. To use ...of this movie clip, named frontWheel and backWheel. Even after you could create a Flash document containing a car that moves across the Stage. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 178 Timelines and Animation If you load documents into levels above level 0, the documents ...you avoid having to movie clips. Updated 5 March 2009 As children of Flash Player has its own timeline.
... introduction, a loading message, and credits. If you can view the hierarchy of nested movie clips in a Flash document, the movie clip has its level, and because it has no content on lower levels. To use ...of this movie clip, named frontWheel and backWheel. Even after you could create a Flash document containing a car that moves across the Stage. USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL 178 Timelines and Animation If you load documents into levels above level 0, the documents ...you avoid having to movie clips. Updated 5 March 2009 As children of Flash Player has its own timeline.