... mouse marksman.
Figure 5 -33 :
Top: When you turn on snapping, Flash gives you a visual cue when you drag
an object close to alignment. Here, Snap Align is turned on, so Flash displays a
dashed ... page 136 for details.
3. Click inside the text box, type birds, and then click anywhere else in the
workspace.
Flash displays the new name for your layer.
4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for La...
... beginning and
ending images like a stylized acorn and tree (Figures 3- 29 and 3- 30) contain a bunch of
editable lines, shapes, and colors, Flash has to guess at which elements are most impor-
tant and ... 98).
3. On the stage, draw the shape you want to begin your tween.
In Figure 3- 24, the beginning shape is a ball—a yellow fill with a black stroke.
Figure 3- 24:
You can use any...
... shown in Figure 7- 13.
4. Drag the symbol to the stage.
Flash creates an instance of the symbol and places it in the keyframe you se-
lected in step 1. As you see in Figure 7-14, Flash colors your ... the previous steps, you use the 3D Rotation tool (W) to spin text
around a single point. If you want to move text forward or backward in 3- D space,
use the 3D Translation tool (G). If y...
... animation in Flash or using the Flash Player.
At this point, the animation looks pretty much the same whether you run it
inside Flash (Enter) or you compile the animation and test it in the Flash ... the Motion Editor (page 30 2), and the Properties panel (page 102).
32 0
F CS: T M M
Linking Symbols
with Bones
Figure 9 -3:
When you create a
bone, Flash auto-...
... convert a video to one of the Flash video formats (.flv or .f4v), see page 37 2.
When you add video to your Flash project using this method, Flash creates a link
between the Flash file and your project. ... your Flash video. If you
have a video that’s already in the Flash video format (.flv or .f4v), you can jump
ahead to page 38 5 to learn how to import it into your Flash...
... mcFlowerTab.gotoAndStop("selected");
33 // when clicked change the mcContent to show related frame
34 mcContent.gotoAndStop("flower");
35 // Set all the other tabs to the "out" frame
36 mcCatTab.gotoAndStop("out");
37 ... mcFlowerTab.gotoAndStop("selected");
23 }
24 else
25 {
26 mcFlowerTab.gotoAndStop("out");
27 }
28 }
29 fun...
... ActionScript 3. 0 and Components reference you find in Flash
Help (see page 434 ), and a good book that covers both ActionScript and object-oriented design. Colin
Moock’s Essential ActionScript 3. 0, ... CS: T M M
Adding Components
Figure 16-1:
Flash CS5 Professional comes with dozens of compo-
nents. Components for ActionScript 3. 0 documents
include: User Interface...
... checking out:
• Flashthusiast
(http://flashthusiast.com).
A blog maintained by Team Tween of
Flash at Adobe. You can read the new developments or search the archives.
• Flash Kit (www.flashkit.com). ... work.
• FlashTuts+ (http://active.tutsplus.com). Tutorials on ActionScript, AIR, Flash,
and other design tools.
• Flashloaded (www.flashloaded.com). A place to purchase predesigned Fl...