Flash MX 2004 at Your Fingertips: Get in, Get Out, Get Exactly What You Need -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: FLASH WORKSPACE -- Chapter 1: Interface Overview -- 1.1 Overview: Creating Flash Animation -- 1.2 Overview: Testing Flash Content -- 1.3 Overview: Publishing Flash Content -- 1.4 Windows Authoring Interface -- 1.5 Windows Test Interface -- 1.6 Working with Panels (Windows) -- 1.7 Mac OS X Authoring Interface -- 1.8 Mac OS X Test Interface -- 1.9 Working with Panels (Mac) -- 1.10 Interface Objects -- Chapter 2: Menus -- 2.1 Menu Overview -- 2.2 File Menu -- 2.3 Edit Menu -- 2.4 View Menu -- 2.5 Insert Menu -- 2.6 Modify Menu -- 2.7 Text Menu -- 2.8 Commands Menu -- 2.9 Control Menu -- 2.10 Debug Menu -- 2.11 Window Menu -- 2.12 Help Menu -- 2.13 Contextual Menus -- Chapter 3: Toolbars and Tools -- 3.1 Toolbars Overview -- 3.2 Main Toolbar -- 3.3 Controller Toolbar -- 3.4 Edit Bar -- 3.5 Tools Overview -- 3.6 Selection (Arrow) Tool -- 3.7 Subselection Tool -- 3.8 Line Tool -- 3.9 Lasso Tool -- 3.10 Pen Tool -- 3.11 Text Tool -- 3.12 Oval Tool -- 3.13 Rectangle Tool -- 3.14 Pencil Tool -- 3.15 Brush Tool -- 3.16 Free Transform Tool -- 3.17 Fill Transform Tool -- 3.18 Ink Bottle Tool -- 3.19 Paint Bucket Tool -- 3.20 Eyedropper Tool -- 3.21 Eraser Tool -- 3.22 Hand Tool -- 3.23 Zoom Tool -- 3.24 Color Control and Palettes -- 3.25 Color Swatches -- Chapter 4: Timelines and Screens -- 4.1 Timeline Overview -- 4.2 Layer Options -- 4.3 Timeline Options -- 4.4 Timeline Menus and Modes -- 4.5 Screens -- 4.6 Slides and Forms -- Chapter 5: Panels -- 5.1 Align Panel -- 5.2 Color Mixer Panel -- 5.3 Color Swatches Panel -- 5.4 Info Panel -- 5.5 Scene Panel -- 5.6 Transform Panel -- 5.7 Actions Panel -- 5.8 Behaviors Panel -- 5.9 Components Panel -- 5.10 Component Inspector Panel -- 5.11 Debugger Panel.

5.12 Output Panel -- 5.13 Web Services Panel -- 5.14 Accessibility Panel -- 5.15 History Panel -- 5.16 Movie Explorer -- 5.17 Strings Panel -- 5.18 Common Libraries -- 5.19 Project Panel -- 5.20 Panel Sets -- 5.21 Arranging Windows -- 5.22 Property Inspector -- 5.23 Help Panel -- Chapter 6: Preferences and Printing -- 6.1 Preferences Overview -- 6.2 General Preferences -- 6.3 Editing Preferences -- 6.4 Clipboard Preferences -- 6.5 Warnings Preferences -- 6.6 ActionScript Preferences -- 6.7 ActionScript Settings Preferences -- 6.8 Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog -- 6.9 Customize Tools Panel -- 6.10 Font Mapping -- 6.11 Publish Settings -- 6.12 Printing and Sending Files -- Part II: AUTHORING TASKS -- Chapter 7: Flash File Operations -- 7.1 Opening New Files -- 7.2 The Start Page -- 7.3 Starting Flash Documents -- 7.4 Starting Flash Slide Presentations or Form Applications -- 7.5 Starting ActionScript, Communication, or Flash JavaScript Files -- 7.6 Starting Flash Projects -- 7.7 Opening from Templates -- 7.8 Opening from Sites -- 7.9 Printing from Movies -- 7.10 Using Rulers, Guides, Grids, and Snap -- 7.11 Changing Movie Properties -- 7.12 Saving Files or Templates -- 7.13 Exporting Movies -- Chapter 8: Selections and Groups -- 8.1 Selecting with the Selection Tool -- 8.2 Selecting with the Lasso or Free Transform Tool -- 8.3 Editing a Stage Selection -- 8.4 Making and Editing Groups -- 8.5 Using Groups -- 8.6 Breaking Apart Stage Elements -- Chapter 9: Drawing and Shape Creation -- 9.1 Basics of Primitives -- 9.2 Understanding Strokes and Fills -- 9.3 Understanding Color and Gradients -- 9.4 Creating Fills and Strokes -- 9.5 Moving Fills and Strokes -- 9.6 Creating Faux Perspectives with the Distort Tool -- 9.7 Conforming Primitives to Curves with the Envelope Tool -- 9.8 Deleting Shapes, Strokes, and Areas -- 9.9 Creating Bezier Curves.

9.10 Editing Vector Points with the Subselection Tool -- 9.11 Smoothing and Straightening Vectors -- 9.12 Converting Lines to Fills -- 9.13 Expanding and Softening Fill Edges -- 9.14 Optimizing Vector Shapes -- 9.15 Working with Depth -- 9.16 Assigning Colors -- 9.17 Creating Linear Gradients -- 9.18 Creating Radial Gradients -- 9.19 Adding Colors and Gradients to the Palette -- 9.20 Changing Fill Color and Gradient -- 9.21 Changing Stroke Color and Thickness -- 9.22 Transforming Gradients -- 9.23 Simulating Lighting with Gradients -- 9.24 Using Pattern Fills -- Chapter 10: Working with Timelines -- 10.1 Understanding Animation -- 10.2 Animation Concepts in Flash -- 10.3 Navigating between Timelines -- 10.4 Making Frame Selections -- 10.5 Adding and Deleting Frames and Keyframes -- 10.6 Moving and Copying Frames and Layers -- 10.7 Changing Frame View Attributes -- 10.8 Creating Frame-by-Frame Animation -- 10.9 Adding Shape Tweens -- 10.10 Controlling Shape Tweens with Hints -- 10.11 Adding Motion Tweens -- 10.12 Using Motion Tween Color and Alpha Effects -- 10.13 Testing Animations in the Authoring Environment -- 10.14 Using Center Frame -- 10.15 Using Onion Skinning and Edit Multiple Frames -- 10.16 Adding Sound to a Timeline -- 10.17 Understanding Timeline Effects -- 10.18 Adding and Removing Timeline Effects -- 10.19 Adding Video to a Timeline -- 10.20 Adding Layers -- 10.21 Setting Layer Properties and Layer Types -- 10.22 Using Layer Folders -- 10.23 Creating and Using Guide Layers -- 10.24 Creating Motion Tweening with Motion Paths -- 10.25 Creating and Using Masks and Masked Layers -- 10.26 Working with Scenes -- 10.27 Setting Screen Properties and Parameters -- 10.28 Building Slide Presentations -- 10.29 Building Form Applications -- 10.30 Controlling Screens and Adding Transitions -- Chapter 11: Symbols and Behaviors.

11.1 Understanding Symbols -- 11.2 Understanding Behaviors -- 11.3 Creating Graphics -- 11.4 Using the Color Instance Effects -- 11.5 Using Graphics in Tween Animations -- 11.6 Creating Movie Clip Animations -- 11.7 Using Movie Clips in Tween Animations -- 11.8 Creating Nested Movie Clips -- 11.9 Navigating Between Nested Movie Clips -- 11.10 Adding Movie Clip Control Using Behaviors -- 11.11 Testing Movie Clips -- 11.12 Creating Movie Clips from Bitmaps -- 11.13 Creating Movie Clips from Videos -- 11.14 Adding Video Control Using Behaviors -- 11.15 Creating Buttons -- 11.16 Adding Basic Button Navigation Using Behaviors -- 11.17 Creating Text Buttons -- 11.18 Creating Buttons with Audible Feedback -- 11.19 Creating Invisible Buttons -- 11.20 Creating Animated Buttons -- Chapter 12: Managing Symbols -- 12.1 Basics of Symbol Use -- 12.2 Creating and Editing Symbols -- 12.3 Setting the Symbol Registration Point -- 12.4 Changing Stage Symbol Behaviors -- 12.5 Swapping Symbols -- 12.6 Library Symbol Icons -- 12.7 Organizing the Library -- 12.8 Working with Multiple Libraries -- 12.9 Making Your Site Accessible -- Chapter 13: Importing and Optimizing Media Assets -- 13.1 Media Overview -- 13.2 Importing Bitmaps -- 13.3 Compressing Bitmaps -- 13.4 Importing Sound -- 13.5 Importing Video -- 13.6 Editing Video into Clips -- 13.7 Understanding Video Encoding Settings -- 13.8 Understanding Advanced Encoding Settings -- 13.9 Optimizing Video -- 13.10 Creating Effects with Video -- 13.11 Importing FreeHand Files -- 13.12 Importing Illustrator Files -- 13.13 Importing PDF Files -- 13.14 Importing Photoshop Files -- 13.15 Importing Swift 3D Files -- 13.16 Importing Toon Boom Studio Files -- Chapter 14: Working with Extensions and Commands -- 14.1 Installing and Using the Extension Manager -- 14.2 Finding Extensions on the Web.

14.3 Installing and Uninstalling Extensions -- 14.4 Installing and Uninstalling Components -- 14.5 Installing and Uninstalling Commands and Behaviors -- 14.6 Installing the FLV Exporter and Understanding Codecs -- 14.7 Exporting FLV Files -- Part III: SCRIPTING TASKS -- Chapter 15: Working with Basic Scripts -- 15.1 Script Overview -- 15.2 Understanding Scripted Animation vs. Timeline Animation -- 15.3 Adding a Frame Label or Comment -- 15.4 Adding an Instance Name -- 15.5 Entering Code in the Actions Panel -- 15.6 Basic Syntax -- 15.7 Dot Notation -- 15.8 Attaching a Script -- 15.9 Controlling Timeline Flow with Scripts -- 15.10 Error Checking and Formatting Scripts -- 15.11 Working with Properties -- 15.12 Using External Clips with # include -- 15.13 Managing Scripts with the Movie Explorer -- 15.14 Best Practices in Flash Coding -- Chapter 16: Working with Variables and Objects -- 16.1 Understanding Variables -- 16.2 Understanding Variable Types -- 16.3 Understanding Scope and Dot Notation -- 16.4 Creating Local Variables -- 16.5 Creating Timeline Variables -- 16.6 Creating Global Variables -- 16.7 Understanding Classes, Objects, Methods, and Properties -- 16.8 Using Flash Classes -- 16.9 Using Flash Instances -- 16.10 Creating and Using Arrays -- 16.11 Creating and Using Custom Classes -- 16.12 Understanding Flash MX 2004 Class-Based File Structures -- 16.13 Creating Flash MX 2004 Classes -- Chapter 17: Code Structures -- 17.1 Overview of Code Structures -- 17.2 The if, else...if, and else Statements -- 17.3 The switch and case Statements -- 17.4 The for Statements -- 17.5 The for...in Statement -- 17.6 The while Statement -- 17.7 The do...while Statement -- 17.8 Using Functions -- 17.9 The try, catch, and finally Keywords -- Chapter 18: Working with Events -- 18.1 Understanding Event-Driven Code.

18.2 Attaching Scripts to Buttons or Movie Clips.