Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 Bible -- About the Author -- Credits -- Foreward -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who the Book Is For -- How the Book Is Organized -- Chapter QS: Dive Into Flash Catalyst CS5 -- Rich Internet Applications -- The Flash Catalyst Workflow -- Introducing Adobe Illustrator -- Introducing Flash Catalyst -- Introducing Flash Builder 4 -- Summary -- Chapter 1: Understanding Rich Internet Applications -- Moving Beyond HTML -- Understanding the Flash Platform -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Introducing Flash Catalyst -- Catalyst Projects -- The Flash Catalyst Interface -- Getting Help -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Working with Other Applications -- Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Tools -- Choosing Your Comp Tool -- Adobe Flash Builder 4 -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Wireframing an Application in Flash Catalyst -- Creating a New Wireframe Project -- Using the Selection, Direct Select, Hand, and Zoom Tools -- Using the Drawing Tools -- Using the Transform Tool -- Understanding Layers -- Working with Blend Modes -- Add Wireframe Components -- Run a Project -- Saving a Project -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Creating an Application Comp in Illustrator -- Create a New File in Illustrator -- Drawing in Illustrator -- Modify Artwork -- Organize Art Work on Layers -- Add Text to Your Designs -- Apply Effects -- Using Multiple Artboards -- Best Practices when Using Illustrator with Catalyst -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Creating Assets in Photoshop -- Opening Files in Photoshop -- Viewing Images -- Selecting Images -- Sizing and Cropping Images -- Work with Layers -- Image Retouching -- Add Vector Shapes and Paths in Photoshop -- Add Layer Styles -- Add Text -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Using Fireworks with Flash Catalyst -- Creating a New Fireworks File -- Fireworks Tools and Panels -- Working with Color -- Add Text.

Importing Bitmaps -- Working with Filters -- Saving Artwork as Symbols -- Adding Prototype Objects -- Exporting as FXG -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Converting Illustrator and Photoshop Artwork into Catalyst Projects -- Create a New Project from an Illustrator Comp -- Create a New Project from a Photoshop File -- Import Graphics into an Existing Project -- Round-Trip Editing with Illustrator -- Create Optimized Graphics -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Converting Artwork to Components -- Convert Layers and Groups to Custom Components -- Creating Buttons -- Convert Artwork to a Toggle Button -- Convert Artwork to a Text Field -- Convert Artwork to Sliders -- Convert Artwork to Radio Buttons and Checkboxes -- Convert Artwork to Scroll Panels and Data Lists -- Convert Artwork to a Scrollbar -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Creating View States -- Creating New View States -- Changing Components in States -- Triggering State Changes with Interactions -- Setting Up Transitions -- Using Button States -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Adding Animation -- Creating an Action Sequence -- Working with the Timeline -- Adding Actions -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Working with Design-time Data -- Convert an Asset to a Data List -- Add Design-time Data -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Adding Multimedia -- Adding SWFs to Your Project -- Importing Video -- Controlling a Video Player -- Importing and Playing Sound -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Flash Builder 4 and the Flex Framework -- The Flex Framework -- Flash Builder 4 -- Creating a Flex Project -- Understanding Flex 4 -- Running Projects -- Debugging -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Exporting a Flash Catalyst Project to Flash Builder -- View the Project's Code -- Import the Project into Flash Builder -- Run the Project from Flash Builder -- Viewing Help on the Code -- Viewing the Project in the Design Mode -- Connecting a Project to Live Data -- Summary.

Chapter 16: Returning a Project to Flash Catalyst -- Flash Builder Projects in Flash Catalyst -- Merging Projects -- Using a Flash Catalyst Library Package to Manage Changes -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Exporting Catalyst Projects Directly to Flash Player -- Exporting a Project as a SWF -- Font Embedding -- Deploying the Project to the Web -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Creating a Project for AIR -- Understanding AIR -- Converting a Project to AIR -- Completing an AIR Project -- Installing an AIR Application -- Deploying to AIR Directly from Catalyst -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Creating a Design Comp in Illustrator -- Identifying the Design Requirements -- Design the Application in Illustrator -- Optimizing the Project -- Summary -- Chapter 20: Importing the Design into Catalyst -- Creating a Catalyst Project from a Design Comp -- Organizing Artwork -- Moving, Rotating, and Resizing Artwork -- Convert Artwork to Optimized Graphics -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Importing Additional Artwork from Illustrator and Photoshop -- Importing Additional Artwork from Illustrator -- Importing Bitmap Artwork from Photoshop -- Using Copy and Paste to Import Assets from Illustrator and Photoshop -- Edit an Asset in Illustrator with Round-trip Editing -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Converting Artwork to Components in Your Projects -- Creating Custom Components -- Nest Components within Components -- Convert Artwork to a Button -- Create Check Boxes and Radio Buttons -- Convert Artwork to a Text Input Field -- Convert Artwork to a Scrollbar -- Summary -- Chapter 23: Creating View States in Your Project -- Creating States in the Main Application -- Modify the Contents of a State -- Create New States within a Component -- Components with Built-in View States -- Trigger View State Changes with Buttons -- Animating State Change Transitions -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Adding Data Lists.

Convert Artwork to a Data List -- Configuring the Data List's Parts -- Configuring the Repeating Item's Appearance -- Set Up Design-time Data -- Summary -- Chapter 25: Importing Your Project into Flash Builder -- Beginning the Import Process -- Running a Project in Flash Builder -- Merging Changes from Catalyst into Flash Builder -- Summary -- Chapter 26: Connecting Your Project to Live Data -- Setting Up a Local Testing Server -- Changing the Project Type -- Binding the Data to the Visual Component -- Summary -- Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts -- Basic Commands -- Tool Selections -- Temporary Tool Selections -- Appendix B: Best Practices -- Designer Best Practices -- Developer Best Practices -- Best Practices When Working in Catalyst -- Appendix C: What's on the Book's Web Site -- Index.