Macromedia Flash 5

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Macromedia Flash 5

• Advanced Level Course

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Using Actions
Add/Delete a Statement
Move Action Up/Down
Toolbox List
Actions List
Parameters area
Expand/Collapse Parameters area
Insert Target Path
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Frame Label

• Frame Labels are used to name specific Keyframes
  
• Frame Labels can be attached to Keyframes only

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Frame Action

• Frame Actions are used to instruct the movie to
  do something when the Playhead reaches a specific
  Keyframe
• Frame Actions can be assigned to Keyframes only

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Button Action

• Button Actions are used to instruct the movie to
  do something when the user clicks on the button
  or rolls the mouse over it

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Movie Clip Action

• Movie Clip Actions are used to instruct the movie
  to do something when the movie clip loads or
  reaches a certain frame in its own timeline

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Complex Movie Clip Actions

• Movie Clips can be very complex and contain other
  symbols inside them like Buttons, Graphics and
  other Movie Clips

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Variables

• Variables are a temporary place to store
  information that you want to use over and over
  again while a movie is running
• Conditional Statements allow the movie to make
  decisions based on the condition that you have
  specified
• Operators are used in the Conditional Statements
  or in the Expressions

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Properties

• Each object has Properties that can be changed
  during the authoring
• There are built-in properties that come
  predefined in Flash

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Input and Output

• The Input Text is used as a variable that will
  receive its value from the user input
• The Dynamic Text is used as a variable that will
  display its value on the screen

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Dot Notation

• The Dot Notation in the ActionScript is a way of
  expressing a path through a movie

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Using Smart Clips

• A Smart Clip is a type of a Movie Clip that has
  programming code encapsulated in it so that a
  non-technical person can use it without having to
  know how it works
• Flash comes with a set of Smart Clips in the
  Common Library

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Scenes

• Scenes are used to organize your movie into
  sections
• The most common use of multi-scenes is to create
  a separate scene for the preloader, the
  introduction, and the main movie

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Multiple Movies

• Having several movies that are loaded only when
  needed will improve
• Download time
• Project Management
• Team work

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Hyperlinks

• Hyperlinks can be attached to the button or the
  text
• This means that when users clicks the button, or
  the text link, they will hyperlink to the new
  website
• Hyperlinks use the following HTML code
• http//www.macromedia.com
• www.macromedia.com is the web address
• http// is the protocol that Internet browsers
  use to access websites

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Targets

• You can specify the Target Window or Frame where
  you want the new page to appear

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Email

• Email links can be attached to the button or the
  text
• This means that when the user clicks the button,
  or the text link, the default Email program will
  open to send an email to the Email link address
• Email links use the following HTML code
• mailtoinfo_at_macromedia.com
• info_at_macromedia.com is the email address
• mailto is the command to send an email

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The Bandwidth Profiler

• The Bandwidth Profiler helps you find the problem
  areas in your movie, like the frames that take to
  long to download

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Optimizing Movie Components

• Optimizing movie components will decrease the
  movie file size and improve the download time
• We can optimize three main movie components
• Optimizing Vector shapes will decrease the number
  of curves used in each vector shape
• Optimizing Bitmap images will decrease the pixel
  quality used in each bitmap image
• Optimizing Sound files will decrease the sound
  quality of each sound file

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Preloader

• A Preloader is the movie clip or a scene designed
  to download quickly and occupy the users
  attention while the rest of the movie is loading
  in the background

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Projector