Index

A

A (Selection tool)

arrow states, 141–142

moving multiple elements with, 140

options, 142–143

overview of, 138–139

preferences, modifying, 140

A (Subselection tool), 146–147

<a> tag

asfunction attribute and, 1029

description of, 1017

absolute color control, 381–382

absolute path, 659, 661–665

acceleration, 321–322

accessibility information, adding to project, 695–698

Accessibility panel

opening, 696

options, 696–697

Accessibility settings in Dreamweaver, CDBC53

accessing

Accessibility panel, 696

Actions panel (F9), 477, 626

Bandwidth Profiler, 476

Buttons Library, 687

Component Inspector panel, 1113

Components panel, 1110

document Library, 161, 165

Flash 8 Video Encoder, 601

Flash document (.fla) in CD-ROM, 1210

Help panel, 794

item in shared library

assigning names to assets, 993

linking to assets from other movies, 994–995

overview of, 990–991

publishing shared library movie file, 994

setting up shared library file, 991–992

specifying library location, 993

updating shared assets, 995–996

action/reaction force pairs, 322–323

actions

ActionScript notation for, 638

adding

to keyframe, 645

to Script pane, 627

break, 814–815

combining with event handler, 638–641

continue, 815

deprecated or incompatible, 631–632

description of, 621

fscommand(), 763, 774–776

getBytesLoaded(), 932

getBytesTotal(), 932

getURL

description of, 636–637

sending data out of Flash movie, 1004–1005

sending variable to URL, 805

using, 647–652

gotoAndPlay and gotoAndStop, 632–634

if...else, 808–810

ifFrameLoaded(), 932

linking, 919–920

loadMovie()

loadMovieNum() compared to, 954

as method for Movie Clip target, 956–957

overview of, 931, 946, 948

URL used in, 949

loadVariables(), 804–805

LoadVars.send(), 1004

name of, and parentheses, 630

nextFrame and prevFrame, 635

nextScene and prevScene, 635

play and stop, 636

Set Variable, 801

stopAllSounds, 636

tellTarget, 657

trace, 644, 1081–1084

unloadMovie(), 931, 955, 956–957

with(), 843

XML.send(), 1004

actions layer of Main Timeline, 1052–1055

Actions panel

adding or removing breakpoint in, 1090

Check Syntax button, 628, 630, 793

customizing

code hints, 1071–1074

overview of, 1071

syntax coloring, 1074–1076

Esc shortcut keys and, 794

keyboard shortcuts for, 76

navigating, 626–630

opening (F9), 477

Script pane, 627, 628, 793

UI components and, 1115

Word Wrap option, 691

Actions toolbox, 626, 628

ActionScript 2.0 (AS2)

built-in functions, 816

commands, accessing, 793

controlling symbol instances with, 358

description of, 3, 14, 622, 625–626, 789

design pattern and, 1049

dot syntax, 658

Dreamweaver and, CDBC50

expressions, creating

conditions, 808–810

operators, 806–808

switch() and case statements, 810–811

features of, 795–797

history of, 20

#include directive, 796, 1097

inserting HTML tags into text fields with, 1019–1021

Language Reference, 65

loops, 812–816

printing with, 921–926

properties, 816

_root, 951

subroutines, 816

variables

as declarations, 801–802

declaring, 804–806

expression, 799–801

overview of, 797–799

string literal, 799

as text fields, 802–803

writing with Dreamweaver, CDBC77–CDBC79

ActionScript 2.0 Settings dialog box, 944

ActionScript cue point

description of, 574

generating with XML, 584–591

ActionScript editor. See Actions panel

ActionScript expression method of goto action, 634

ActionScript library, 1099

ActionScript version option (Publish Settings dialog box), 715

Active layer icon (Timeline window), 97

active, making panel or window, 73

Add Behavior menu, 623

Add Binding dialog box, 1149, 1152

Add blend mode, 385

Add Layer folder (Timeline window), 98

Add layer (Timeline window), 98

Add Motion Guide command (Layers contextual menu), 106

Add Motion Guide layer (Timeline window), 98

addContextMenu function, 1201

Adjust Color filter, 182, 375–376, 377–379

adjusting scale with Gradient Transform tool, 276–277

Adobe

After Effects

DigiEffects CineLook 1.5 plug-in for, 453–456

keying plug-ins and, 609

Illustrator

enhancing production with, CDBC40

exporting .swf file from, CDBC41–CDBC43

file format, 508, CDBC30–CDBC31

file, importing, 532

moving artwork to Flash from, CDBC40–CDBC41

Pathfinder panel, CDBC33–CDBC34

Save for Web command, CDBC43–CDBC44

simplifying paths, CDBC34–CDBC35

Text Wrap Options dialog box, CDBC39

Photoshop

building layered backgrounds in, 450

color management in, CDBC18

creating Color Table in, 215–216

file format, 510

preparing bitmap in, CDBC17

ADPCM format, 464

ADPCM option (Sound Settings dialog box), 492

Advanced Effect dialog box, 380–382, 900–901

After Effects (Adobe)

DigiEffects CineLook 1.5 plug-in for, 453–456

keying plug-ins and, 609

.ai format, CDBC45

AIFF format, 462

AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design (Crawford), 40

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), 26

Align & Info & Transform panel group, 70

Align panel, 153–154

aligning contents of keyframes, 685

Alpha blend, 385, 386–389

alpha channel

description of, 526

live action footage, 610–613

overview of, 609

3D modeling footage, 613–616

transparency and, CDBC17

Alpha Color property, 379

Alpha control (Color Mixer panel)

bitmap and, 523–524

fill and stroke transparency, adjusting, 219–220

gradients and, 223–226

alpha slider, creating, 853–863

alphabet

creating for game, 1058–1059

displaying letters of, 1061

Amazon.com Web Service program, 29

ambient sound, 426

anchor (<a>) tag

asfunction attribute and, 1029

description of, 1017

Angle setting (filters), 369

animated GIF banner, CDBC14–CDBC17

animated Timeline effect, applying, 392–396

animating

filter with motion tween, 374

Graphic symbol in Movie Clip, 186–187

imported vector graphic, 537–539

animation

along path, 408–409

basic methods of, 325–326

cartoon animation

anticipation and, 427

backgrounds and scenery, 447–452

blurring to simulate motion, 428

character design strategies, 437–440

CineLook filters for "classic," 453–456

coloring art, 436–437

finishing up, 453

instance swapping, 441

keys and inbetweening, 432

large file size and, 423–424

lip-syncing, 442–447

motion and emotion, expressing, 426–427

Motion Guide feature, 442

overlapping actions, 427–428

overview of, 423, 426

panning, 441

storyboarding scenes and shots, 424–425

tweening and, 440–442

voices, sound effects, and ambient sound, 425–426

walk cycles or loops, 432–435

weight and, 427

challenge of, 309

description of, 325

frame-by-frame, 326–328

guidelines for, 310

laws of nature and, 320–323

limited, 437

multiframe sequences, modifying, 328–333

multiplane, bitmaps and, CDBC18–CDBC22

multiple sequences, integrating, 351–355

perception and illusion, manipulating, 315–320

personality, adding, 313–314

in raster program, CDBC28

response to, 309

synchronizing sound to, 472–473

Timeline Effects, using for

animated effect, applying, 392–396

custom effects, 396–400

limitations of, 389–390

options for, 390–392

overview of, 389

static effect, applying, 392

symbols, modifying, 396

tweened

adjusting with Custom Easing, 346–349

instance swapping, 441

motion tweening, 340–346

multiple Custom Easing curves, using, 349–351

overview of, 333

panning, 441

Shape Hints, adding, 337–340

shape tweening, 334–337

using video as basis for fluid, hand-drawn, 429–432

variables, defining, 310–313

animation sequencer component, 15–16

Anti-alias for animation setting, 245, 247

Anti-alias for readability setting, 245

Antialias option (Document window), 90

Anti-alias option menu, 240

Antialias Text option (Document window), 90

anti-aliasing

applying, 1032–1034

comparing, 1037

controlling, 1034–1037

eliminating, 232

using, 245–247

anti-aliasing engine, improvement to, 229

antiAliasType:String property of TextField object, 1031

anticipation, 318–319, 427

Apple

ColorSync software, CDBC18

Macintosh

document tabs, 4

interface on, 66–69

Print Margins dialog box, 109

system requirements for CD-ROM, 1210

Tools panel, 79

QuickTime

audio file, importing, 462

file format, 510

FLV QuickTime Export plug-in, 602–604

limitations of, 449–450

Player, 784

SMIL and, 27

Video codec, 453

application

on CD-ROM, 1211

from CD-ROM, installing and using, 1210–1211

applying

animated Timeline effect, 392–396

anti-aliasing features, 1032–1034

basic blend, 385–386

color

to bitmap, 523–524

to symbol instance, 180–182

compound blend, 386–387

fill with Paint Bucket tool, 269

filter, 365–366

Motion guide layer, 405–408

Motion tween to span, 343

Preset, 373

static Timeline effect, 392

stroke with Ink Bottle tool, 269

style sheets to text fields, 1023–1026

arguments (parameters)

of Button component, 1116–1117

of CheckBox component, 1117–1118

of ComboBox component, 1118–1119

of component, modifying, 1115

Flash element

defining, CDBC66–CDBC67

editing, CDBC69–CDBC70

of FLVPlayback component instance, 569–570

of List component, 1119–1120

of RadioButton component, 1120–1121

of ScrollPane component, 1121–1122

of TextArea component, 1123

of Tween class, 1194–1195

of UIScrollBar component, 1124

arithmetic entropy compression, 549

array access operator, 801

arrays

associative, 1067

description of, 874–875

dynamic reusable menu, creating with, 876–880

emulating, 875

artwork. See also images

coloring

gap problems, 436

model sheet, 436

speed coloring, 437

temporary backgrounds, 437

creating, 184

creating in external graphics applications, 530–531

importing

bitmap, preparing, 511–512

cross-browser consistency and, 522

file formats for, 507–511

JPEG rotation and, 522–523

overview of, 505

preserving bitmap quality, 513–514

vectors and bitmaps, description of, 505–507

scalable, creating, 280–281

.as (Flash ActionScript file), 12

asfunction attribute in anchor tag, 1029

assets

assembling, 46

assigning names to, 993

external, using preloader for, 975–983

loading, 961–963

runtime shared, 254

shared Library

accessing items in, 990–996

description of, 166

Font symbol, using in runtime Shared library, 257–262

setting up shared library file, 991–992

specifying location of, 993

assigning

names to assets, 993

sound to button, 468–470

Assistants Timeline effect, 390

associative array, 1067

AS2 (ActionScript 2.0)

built-in functions, 816

commands, accessing, 793

controlling symbol instances with, 358

description of, 3, 14, 622, 625–626, 789

design pattern and, 1049

dot syntax, 658

Dreamweaver and, CDBC50

expressions, creating

conditions, 808–810

operators, 806–808

switch() and case statements, 810–811

features of, 795–797

history of, 20

#include directive, 796, 1097

inserting HTML tags into text fields with, 1019–1021

Language Reference, 65

loops, 812–816

printing with, 921–926

properties, 816

_root, 951

subroutines, 816

variables

as declarations, 801–802

declaring, 804–806

expression, 799–801

overview of, 797–799

string literal, 799

as text fields, 802–803

writing with Dreamweaver, CDBC77–CDBC79

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), 26

attachSound() method of Sound class, 904, 909

audience

data rates and, 600

defining, 35, 41

audio

adding to Main Timeline, 470–471

assigning to button, 468–470

behaviors and

Load Sound from Library behavior, 478–480

Load streaming MP3 file behavior, 480–482

overview of, 477–478

Play Sound behavior, 482–483

Stop All Sounds behavior, 483–485

combining methods for controlling, 497

creating library of, 164

editing

Edit Envelope dialog box and, 486–487

Effect menu and, 487–489

overview of, 485

export formats, 464–465

exporting file, optimizing for, 489

extracting from document, 501–502

import formats, 462–463

importing file, 466–467

Library and, 176

Library panel and

overview of, 494

settings for, 495–496

loading MP3 audio into Flash movie, 963–966

naming, 668

optimizing

for bandwidth usage, 498–500

for export, 489

for limited delivery network, CDBA86–CDBA87

organizing on Timeline, 471–472

overview of, 461, CDBA81

Publish Settings dialog box and, 489–490

quality and size of file, CDBA81–CDBA86

stopping

all sound, 476–477

Event sound, 474–476

Stream sound, 476

storage of in movie, 467–468

supporting, and MP3 playback, 494

synchronizing to animation, 472–473

VBR (Variable Bit Rate) MP3, 497–498

video quality and, CDBA92–CDBA93

volume and balance sliders for, creating, 912–914

Audio Event option (Publish Settings dialog box), 490, 491, 717

audio player component, 15

Audio Stream option (Publish Settings dialog box), 490, 491, 717

Audio track option (Embedding screen), 551–552

Audio/Video Compression Settings dialog box, 610

authoring environment

description of, 15

elements of Flash document in, 10

structure of, 8–9

transferring Fireworks images with transparency to, CDBC6–CDBC8

Authortime shared Library, 198–201

Authortime sharing, 166

Authorware (Macromedia), 26

AutoCAD DXF file format, 508, CDBC45

auto-loading image, 1188–1189

autoPlay parameter (FLVPlayback component), 569

autoRewind parameter (FLVPlayback component), 569

autoSize parameter (FLVPlayback component), 569

Avery, Tex (animator), 427

axis point of symbol, 286