Flash CS4 For Dummies -- About the Authors -- Dedication -- Authors' Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- How to Use This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Conventions Used in This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I A Blast of Flash -- Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with Flash CS4 -- Discovering Flash -- Understanding What You Can Create with Flash CS4 -- Determining When Not to Use Flash CS4 -- Getting the Right Start -- Taking a Look Around -- Getting Help in a Flash -- Try It -- You'll Like It -- Chapter 2 Your Basic Flash -- Looking at the Big Picture -- Setting the Stage -- Adding Metadata -- Grabbing a Graphic -- Using a Template -- Printing Your Movie -- Part II 1,000 Pictures and 1,000 Words -- Chapter 3 Getting Graphic -- Sharpening Your Pencil -- Creating Shapely Shapes -- Mixing and Matching Shapes -- Keeping Objects Safe and Secure -- Creating Curves with the Pen -- Getting Artistic with the Brush -- Creating Graffiti with the Spray Brush -- Pouring on the Paint -- Strokes, Ink -- A Rainbow of Colors -- Drawing Precisely -- The Import Business - Using Outside Graphics -- Chapter 4 You Are the Object Editor -- Selecting Objects -- Moving, Copying, Deleting, and Erasing -- Making Shapes More Shapely -- Transforming Fills -- Transferring Properties -- Finding and Replacing Objects -- Transforming Objects -- Combining Objects -- Getting Grouped -- Changing the Transformation Point -- Breaking Apart Objects -- Establishing Order on the Stage -- Undoing, Redoing, and Reusing -- Chapter 5 What's Your Type? -- Presenting Your Text -- Creating Cool Text Effects -- Chapter 6 Layering It On -- Creating Layers -- Getting Those Layers Right -- Opening Windows with Mask Layers -- Part III Getting Symbolic.

Chapter 7 Heavy Symbolism -- Understanding Symbol Types -- Creating Symbols -- Modifying Symbols -- Using Symbols from Other Movies -- Working with Instances, for Instance -- Chapter 8 Pushing Buttons -- Creating Simple Buttons -- Putting Buttons to the Test -- Creating Complex Buttons -- Part IV Total Flash-o-Rama -- Chapter 9 Getting Animated -- Who Framed the Animation? -- Preparing to Animate -- Animating with Keyframes -- Frame After Frame After Frame -- The Animation Tween -- Editing Animation -- Connecting the Hip Bone to the Thigh Bone -- Making the Scene -- Chapter 10 Getting Interactive -- Understanding ActionScript -- Adding ActionScript to Frames -- Using ActionScript with Buttons -- Using ActionScript with Movie Clips -- Exploring ActionScript Further -- Chapter 11 Extravagant Audio, High-Velocity Video -- Acquiring Amazing Audio -- Editing Sounds -- Managing Sound -- Video Magic -- Part V The Movie and the Web -- Chapter 12 Putting It All Together -- Adding the Power of Components -- Creating a Preloader -- Creating an Entire Web Site with Flash -- Testing for the Flash Player -- Using the Movie Explorer -- Making Your Site More Accessible -- Chapter 13 Publishing Your Flash Files -- Optimizing Movies for Fast Download -- Testing Movies -- Saving Your Work in Flash CS3 Format -- Publishing Flash Movies -- Publishing to SWF -- Publishing to HTML -- Publishing to Other Formats -- Using Publish Profiles -- Using Publish Preview -- Posting Your Movie to Your Web Site -- Exporting Movies and Images -- Creating Printable Movies -- Part VI The Part of Tens -- Chapter 14 Ten Frequently Asked Questions -- How Do I Combine Two Flash Movies? -- How Can I Sync Sound with Motion? -- What's the Best Way to Import Bitmaps? -- How Do I Rescale My Movie's Size? -- What Are the Best Tips for Creating Movies? -- Can Flash Do Full 3D?.

How Do I Center a Flash Movie in a Web Page? -- What Are the Size Limits for a Flash Movie? -- What Are the Top Tips for Web Design with Flash? -- How Do I Dynamically Load Music from the Web? -- Chapter 15 Ten Best Flash Resources -- Check Out Award-Winning Movies -- Look on the Flash Web Pages -- Visit Our Site -- Take a Course -- Join a Flash Discussion Group -- Check Out Flash Resource Sites -- Check Out Sites That Use Flash -- Attend a Flash Conference -- Collect Flash Movies -- Reuse Your Best Stuff -- Chapter 16 Ten Flash Designers to Watch -- Joshua Davis -- Anthony Eden -- Andy Foulds -- Chris Georgenes -- Ben Hantoot -- Seb Lee-Delisle and Dominic Minns -- Erik Natzke -- Micaël Reynaud -- Jared Tarbell -- Jeremy Thorp -- Index.