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Adobe Flash CS4 Professsional on Demand
What you need, when you need it!
Need answers quickly? Adobe Flash CS4 Professional on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.
Inside the Book
• Improve publishing and productivity with the CS4 interface
• Browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge
• Import Photoshop and Illustrator files directly into Flash
• Keep track of the changes in Flash on a per-object basis
• Quickly create animation with motion tweens
• Copy and paste graphic filters and motions
• Create more compelling designs with built-in filter effects and gradients
• Use blend modes to change the way the image of one object on the Stage is combined with other images
• Preview changes to 9-slice scaled movie clips on Stage
• Use Script Assisted mode to create scripts without detailed knowledge of ActionScript
• Test content on different target devices
• Workshops and related files
• Keyboard shortcuts
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Introduction xvii
1 Getting Started with Flash CS4 1
2 Working Within the Flash Environment 29
3 Creating Graphics 73
4 Working with Groups, Symbols, and Instances 131
5 Working with Text 163
6 Importing Graphics 187
7 Creating Frame_by_Frame Animation 211
8 Animating with Motion Tweening 231
9 Animating with Classic Tweening 245
10 Animating with Shape Tweening 267
11 Creating Masks 289
12 Working with Sounds 303
13 Working with Video 323
14 Using Basic ActionScripts 347
15 Debugging a Movie 373
16 Adding Display Components 389
17 Adding Advanced Display Components 413
18 Adding and Modifying Data Components 431
19 Automating Your Work 451
20 Publishing a Movie 465
21 Using Advanced Flash Features 493
W Workshops: Putting It All Together 509
Index 535