Adobe 38039336 - Flash CS3 Professional Reference manual

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TEKTUTORIAL:INTRODUCTIONTOADOBEFLASHCS3

INTRODUCTION

ThistutorialisanintroductiontoAdobeFlashCS3andwilldemonstratethebasicFlashtoolsandconceptswithastepby

stepguidetocreatingananimatedbutterfly.

VECTORVSBITMAP

Flashisavectorbaseanimationprogram.Vectorobjectsaredescribedmathematically,whereasbitmapsare

representedbypixels.ThisallowsFlashdocumentstoremainrelativelysmallandFlashobjectstoretainquality

regardlessofzoomresolution.

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CREATEANEWFLASHDOCUMENT

Whenyoufirststartflash,youwillbepresentedwithawindowtoopenaFlashdocument,createanewFlash

document,orstartfromatemplate.ClickonFlashFile(ActionScript3.0)tocreateanewblankFlashdocument.

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SAVEANDSAVEOFTEN

Beforeproceeding,saveyourdocumentandsaveoftenthereafter.

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CreateaNewFile

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Vector

20xZoom

Bitmap

20xZoom

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TEKTUTORIAL:INTRODUCTIONTOADOBEFLASHCS3

USERINTERFACE

Theuserinterfaceconsistsofthefollowingpanels:

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Timeline

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Stage

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Layers

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PropertyInspector

Behaviors

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Library

Tools

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DISPLAYING/HIDINGPANELS

PanelscanbedisplayedorshownbyselectingordeselectingpanelsfromtheWindowsmenu.

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1. ClickontheWindows

menu.

2. Clickonanunchecked

paneltodisplayitorclick

onacheckedpaneltohide

it.

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TEKTUTORIAL:INTRODUCTIONTOADOBEFLASHCS3

EXAMPLEEXPLAININGLAYERS

ThinkoflayersasindividualtransparencysheetswhichallowFlashobjectstobecreatedandeditedindependentfrom

oneanother.TheexamplebelowshowsaFlashdocumentwhichhasthreelayers:Triangle,Rectangle,andCircle.

Objectsinthetopmostlayerwillcoveranyobjectsdirectlyunderneath.

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LOCKINGALAYER

Lockalayerormultiplelayerstopreventthemfrombeingeditedon.Inthefollowingexample,onlytheRectanglelayer

canbeworkedon.LockalayerbyclickingonthedotlocatedunderneaththeLockcolumn.Clickonthelockicondirectly

totherightofthelayernametounlockthelayer.

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Circle

Rectangle

Triangle

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LockColumn

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HIDE/SHOWALAYER

AlayercanbehiddenbyclickingonthedotlocatedunderneaththeEyeicon,theshowandhidecolumn.Noticethedot

changestoahashmark.Showalayerbyclickingonthehashmarkdirectlytotherightofthelayername.Intheexample

below,theTrianglelayerishidden.

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HINT

Whenworkingonaprojectwithmanylayers,hidingandlockinglayerswillmakeiteasiertoworkontheFlashStage.

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Show/HideColumn

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DOCUMENTPROPERTIES

WhencreatinganewblankFlashdocument,setthedocumentstagesizeimmediately.Changingthestagesizelatermay

alterthepositionofyourFlashobjects.Tosetthestagesize,clicktheModifymenuandselectDocument….Youcanalso

setthestagebackgroundcolorandframerate.

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SethowfasttheFlash

documentwillplay.

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FLASHSYMBOLS

ObjectsinFlasharecalledsymbolsandasymbolcanbeagraphic,amovie,orabutton.Symbolscancontainother

symbols.Forexample,amovieclipcancontaingraphicandbuttonsymbols.

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WHYUSESYMBOLS

Onceasymboliscreated,itgetsstoredintheLibraryandthencanbereusedmultipletimesintheFlashdocument,

withoutsignificantlyincreasingtheFlashdocumentsize.Anotheradvantageisthatmodificationstothesymbolwill

affectallinstancesofthatsymbolontheFlashstage,whichsavestime.

CREATINGABUTTERFLY

CreateanewmoviesymbolbyclickingontheInsertmenuandselectingNewSymbol….

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SelectMovieClipasthesymboltypeandenteradescriptivenamelikeButterfly,andthenclickOK.

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BUTTERFLYMOVIECLIP

TheblankbutterflymovieclipappearsonthestageandthisisindicatedbytheTabwiththelabelButterflybeneaththe

Timelinepanel.Layer1bydefaulthasanemptyframeindicatedbytheopencircleinframe1.

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Gra

hicIcon

ButtonIcon

MovieIcon

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Eachlayerbeginswith

anemptyframe

Currentlyediting

ButterflyMovieClip

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THEBUTTERFLYBODY

Selecttheovaltool.

Hint:

Thetriangleinthelowerrighthandcornerindicatesthatthereareadditionaltools.

Clickandholdthetooltoseeapopupwindowofavailabletools.

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Withtheovaltoolactive,clickanddragthemousetodrawaslenderovalshapefor

thebutterflybody.Noticehowframe1onthetimelinechangesfromanopencircleto

asolidcircle.Thisindicatesthatthisframehasobjects.

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ANTENNAE

Selectthelinetool.

Click,drag,andreleasetodraw1antennaandrepeattodrawthesecondantenna.

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Thesolidcircleindicates

thatthereareobjects

createdonthisframe.

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INSERTMOREFRAME

Nowthatthereisoneframewiththebodyandantennadrawn,addmoreframestothetimeline.Todothis,right‐click

onframe60andchooseInsertFramefromthepopupwindow.

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Frames2through60willturngrey.Frame60willhaveanopenrectangleindicatingthatitisthelastframethatisa

duplicateofframe1.Clickonanyoneoftheframes2through60andyouwillseeacopyofthebutterflybodyidentical

toframe1.

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LABELEACHLAYER

Itisimportanttolabeleachlayerwithadescriptivenametomakeitiseasiertodistinguishbetweeneachlayer,

especiallywhenyouhavemanylayerstoworkwith.DoubleclickonthelabelLayer1andtype”Body”.Lockthelayerby

clickonthedotinthelockcolumn.

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Doubleclickandtype

inanewlayernameLockthelayertoprevent

itfrombeingedited

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ADDANOTHERLAYER

Clickontheinsertbuttontoaddanotherlayer.

RenameLayer2to“LeftWing”.

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Clickontheframe1oftheLeftWinglayer.

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WHATISYOURFAVORITECOLOR

Selecttherectangletool.

Clickonthecolorpaletteandselectacolorforthewing.

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WINGINGIT

OntheFlashstage,inframe1oftheLeftWinglayer.Clickanddragtherectangletoolanddrawaboxnearthebutterfly

body.

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Clickontheselectiontool

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Clicktoaddalayer

abovethecurrentlayer

Clickonthecolorpalette.

Chooseacolorforthewing.

Clickattheupperlefthand

corneranddragthemouseto

thelowerrighthandcorner.

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