Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Subtitle: classroom in a book
By: [writer: Russell Chun]
Contributors: Adobe Systems
Series: Classroom in a book : the official training workbook from Adobe Systems; Classroom in a book
Publisher: Peachpit
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780321573827
Other titles: Flash CS4 professional
Notes: Includes index.

CD-ROM included for Windows and Mac OS.
Table of contents: title: Getting started -- -- 1.; title: Getting acquainted --; title: Starting Flash and opening a file --; title: Getting to know the work area --; title: Working with the Library Panel --; title: Understanding the timeline --; title: Organizing layers in a timeline --; title: Using the Property Inspector--; title: Using the Tools Panel --; title: Undoing steps in Flash --; title: Previewing your movie --; title: Publishing your movie --; title: Finding resources for using Flash --; title: Checking for updates -- -- 2.; title: Working with graphics --; title: Getting started --; title: Understanding strokes and fills --; title: Creating rectangles --; title: Using a gradient fill --; title: Making selections --; title: Drawing ovals --; title: Making patterns --; title: Creating curves --; title: Creating transparencies --; title: Creating and editing text -- -- 3.; title: Creating and editing symbols --; title: Getting started --; title: Importing illustrator files --; title: About symbols --; title: Creating symbols --; title: Importing Photoshop files --; title: Editing and managing symbols --; title: Changing the size and position of instances --; title: Changing the color effect of instances --; title: Understanding blend effects --; title: Applying filters for special effects --; title: Positioning in 3D space --; title: 4.; title: Adding animation --; title: Getting started --; title: About animation --; title: Understanding the project file --; title: Animating position --; title: Changing the pacing and timing --; title: Animating transparency --; title: Animating filters --; title: Animating transformations --; title: Changing the path of the motion --; title: Swapping tween targets --; title: Creating nested animations --; title: Using the motion editor --; title: Easing --; title: Animating 3D motion --; title: Previewing the animation -- -- 5.; title: Articulated motion and morphing --; title: Getting started --; title: ARticulated motion with inverse kinematics --; title: Constraining joints --; title: Inverse kinematics with shapes --; title: Armature options --; title: Morphing with shape tweens --; title: Using shape hints -- -- 6.; title: Creating interactive navigation --; title: Getting started --; title: About interactive movies --; title: Designing a layout --; title: Creating buttons --; title: Understanding ActionScript 3.0 --; title: Adding a stop action --; title: Creating event handlers for buttons --; title: Creating destination keyframes --; title: Playing animation at the destination --; title: Animate buttons --; title: 7.; title: Working with sound and video --; title: Getting started --; title: Understanding the project file --; title: Using sounds --; title: Understanding Flash Video --; title: Using the Adobe Media Encoder --; title: Understanding encoding options --; title: Playback of external video --; title: Working with video and transparency --; title: Embedding Flash Video -- -- 8.; title: Using components --; title: Getting started --; title: About components --; title: Adding a text component --; title: Using components to create interactivity -- -- 9.; title: Loading and controlling Flash content --; title: Getting started --; title: Loading external content --; title: Removing external content --; title: Controlling movie clips --; title: Creating masks -- -- 10.; title: Publishing Flash documents --; title: Getting started --; title: Testing a Flash document --; title: Understanding the band width profiler --; title: Adding metadata --; title: Publishing a movie for the Web --; title: Alternative publishing options --; title: Appendix : Hexadecimal color codes --; title: Index.