Developing Web Animation using Flash

Exercise 8-3 Adding a Video File.

1. Launch Macromedia Flash MX 2004

2. Open your banner.fla document
3. Add two new layers on top of all Layers. Named them as:
Actions
Video
Logo Folder
Menu folder
Background Folder
4. Extend all layers to Frame 10.
5. Insert keyframe to frame 5 of the Action layer and Video layer.
6. Insert a new movie clip Symbol and name it as mcForest.
7. Inside mcForest choose File > Import > Import to Stage... Locate
the forest.mov file.
8. Choose Embed Video in Macromedia Flash then click NEXT.
9. Choose Import the Entire video then click NEXT.
10. At the Compression profile select DSL/Cable 256 kbps.
11. Click Finish. Choose YES when a dialog box appears.
12. Add new layer inside the movie clip and name it as navigation.
13. From the common library add the gel Right and gel Pause at the
middle bottom of the video.
14. Add a stop action on the gel Pause button and play action on the gel
Right button. Return to Scene 1.
15. Add a stop action in Frame 1 of Action layer.
16. At frame 5 of Video layer drag an instance of the mcForest to the
center of the stage.
17. Select the invisible button on top of RIDE WITH US then add a
gotoAndStop action at frame 5.
18. Test your movie.
19. Save your work.