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Introduction To Macromedia Flash 8
Introduction To Macromedia Flash 8
Flash Workspace
Tools panel Timeline Panels Current scene Layers
Stage You compose movie content on the Stage. Set Stage size to match a specific browser size
Display Area in Microsoft Internet Explorer 620 x 318 780 x 438 1004 x 606 1260 x 862
Screen Resolution
640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024
Tools Panel
Tools create the content of a movie.
Tools: Draw, paint, create text, select objects, modify objects, and erase objects
Panels
Panels provide additional tools for creating and editing movies.
Click the options menu to view additional options for the current panel.
You can hide or show panels by using the options on the Window menu.
Options menu
Timeline
You can organize and control the content of a movie over time.
Playhead Frames
Layers
Frame rate
Empty frames
Blank keyframe
Layers
Layers are like multiple film
strips stacked on top of each other, each with a different element that appears on the Stage.
Graphics Animations Text Sounds Buttons Frame actions
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Shape
Shape Tween Motion Tween yes no
Group
no yes
Symbol
no yes
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Sound
First, import a sound file
into the library.
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Actions
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