Learning Flash CS4 Professional

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Getting Up to Speed with Flash

By Rich Shupe

Publisher: O'Reilly Media / Adobe Dev Library

Released: April 2009

Pages: 400

Chapter 1 INTERFACE ESSENTIALS
1. Introduction
2. Getting to Know the Flash CS4 Interface
3. Customizing Your Interface
4. Project Progress
Chapter 2 CREATING GRAPHICS
1. Introduction
2. Drawing Modes
3. Using Fills and Strokes
4. Working with Color
5. Using Context-Sensitive Tool Options
6. Transforming Assets
7. Creating Static Text
8. Using the Spray Brush
9. Project Progress
Chapter 3 USING SYMBOLS
1. Introduction
2. Symbol Types
3. Creating and Editing Symbols
4. Reusing Symbols
5. Using the Deco Tool
6. Project Progress
Chapter 4 IMPORTING GRAPHICS
1. Introduction
2. Importing Graphics
3. Importing an Image Sequence
4. Working with Bitmaps
5. Project Progress
Chapter 5 ANIMATION
1. Introduction
2. Knowing the Timeline
3. Creating Frame-by-Frame Animations
4. Creating a Shape Tween
5. Adding a Layer Mask
6. Creating a Motion Tween
7. Using Motion Presets
8. Copying Motion
9. Using the Motion Editor Panel
10. Easing
11. Creating a Classic Tween
12. Project Progress
Chapter 6 ACTIONSCRIPT BASICS
1. Introduction
2. How Much ActionScript Is Covered in This Book?
3. Introducing ActionScript Interface Elements
4. Basic Script Grammar
5. Basic Syntax Issues
6. Variables and Data Types
7. Casting Data Types
8. Operators
9. Scope and this
10. Functions
11. Conditionals
12. Loops
13. Arrays
14. Properties
15. Methods
16. Events
17. Removing Event Listeners
18. The Display List
19. Timeline Control
20. Project Progress
Chapter 7 FILTERS AND BLEND MODES
1. Introduction
2. Bitmap Caching
3. Filters
4. Blend Modes
5. Alpha Masks
6. Project Progress
Chapter 8 3D
1. Introduction
2. Moving Objects in 3D Space
3. Global 3D Environment Settings
4. Animating 3D Properties
5. Depth Management
6. Parallax Scrolling
7. Using ActionScript to Change 3D Properties
8. Project Progress
Chapter 9 COMPONENTS
1. Introduction
2. Adding and Configuring Components
3. Functionality Without Programming
4. Adding a Pinch of ActionScript
5. Working Hand-in-Hand with Code
6. Skinning UI Components
7. Project Progress
Chapter 10 INVERSE KINEMATICS
1. Introduction
2. Anatomy of an Armature
3. Using the Bone Tool with Movie Clips
4. Authortime Mode
5. Runtime Mode
6. Joint Rotation and Translation
7. Transforming Movie Clips and Armatures
8. Using the Bone Tool with Shapes
9. Basic ActionScript
10. Project Progress
Chapter 11 TEXT
1. Introduction
2. Components
3. Configuring Text Fields with the Flash Interface
4. Resizing Text Fields
5. Configuring Text Fields with ActionScript
6. Formatting Text
7. Using HTML
8. Using CSS
9. Loading Text
10. Using InDesign and XFL
11. Project Progress
Chapter 12 AUDIO
1. Introduction
2. Supported File Formats
3. Compression
4. Timeline Use
5. Editing a Sound
6. ActionScript Use
7. Project Progress
Chapter 13 VIDEO
1. Introduction
2. Video Formats
3. Encoding Software
4. Playing Video with the FLVPlayback Component
5. Full-Screen Video
6. Captioning Video
7. Streaming Versus Progressive Download
8. Embedding Videos in a SWF
9. Project Progress
Chapter 14 PUBLISHING AND DEPLOYING
1. Introduction
2. Using a Preloader
3. Distributing External Assets
4. Deploying for Web Browsers
5. Deploying for AIR
6. What's Next?

Title:

Learning Flash CS4 Professional

By:

Rich Shupe

Publisher:

O'Reilly Media / Adobe Dev Library

Formats:

Print
Ebook
Safari Books Online

Print:

April 2009

Ebook:

April 2009

Pages:

400

Print ISBN:

978-0-596-15976-4

| ISBN 10:

0-596-15976-5

Ebook ISBN:

978-0-596-80255-4

| ISBN 10:

0-596-80255-2

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Table of Contents

Product Details

About the Author

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Chapter 1 INTERFACE ESSENTIALS

Introduction

Getting to Know the Flash CS4 Interface

Customizing Your Interface

Project Progress

Chapter 2 CREATING GRAPHICS

Introduction

Drawing Modes

Using Fills and Strokes

Working with Color

Using Context-Sensitive Tool Options

Transforming Assets

Creating Static Text

Using the Spray Brush

Project Progress

Chapter 3 USING SYMBOLS

Introduction

Symbol Types

Creating and Editing Symbols

Reusing Symbols

Using the Deco Tool

Project Progress

Chapter 4 IMPORTING GRAPHICS

Introduction

Importing Graphics

Importing an Image Sequence

Working with Bitmaps

Project Progress

Chapter 5 ANIMATION

Introduction

Knowing the Timeline

Creating Frame-by-Frame Animations

Creating a Shape Tween

Adding a Layer Mask

Creating a Motion Tween

Using Motion Presets

Copying Motion

Using the Motion Editor Panel

Easing

Creating a Classic Tween

Project Progress

Chapter 6 ACTIONSCRIPT BASICS

Introduction

How Much ActionScript Is Covered in This Book?

Introducing ActionScript Interface Elements

Basic Script Grammar

Basic Syntax Issues

Variables and Data Types

Casting Data Types

Operators

Scope and this

Functions

Conditionals

Loops

Arrays

Properties

Methods

Events

Removing Event Listeners

The Display List

Timeline Control

Project Progress

Chapter 7 FILTERS AND BLEND MODES

Introduction

Bitmap Caching

Filters

Blend Modes

Alpha Masks

Project Progress

Chapter 8 3D

Introduction

Moving Objects in 3D Space

Global 3D Environment Settings

Animating 3D Properties

Depth Management

Parallax Scrolling

Using ActionScript to Change 3D Properties

Project Progress

Chapter 9 COMPONENTS

Introduction