Macromedia Flash Professional 8
Flash
is a world leading software that designers and developers use to make
presentations, applications, and other content that make possible
user interaction. Flash projects can consist of simple animations,
video content, complex presentations, applications and almost
everything. In general, single pieces of content created with Flash
are named as applications,
even though they might only be a simple animation. You can build
media-rich Flash applications by including images, audio, video, and
special effects.
Flash
is extremely best for creating content to deliver over the Internet
because its files are very small in size. Flash wins this through its
extensive use of vector
graphics.
To build an
application in Flash, you create graphics with the Flash drawing
tools existing in the tools panel and import extra media elements
into your Flash document. After, you define how and when you want to
use each of those elements to build the application you have idea.
When you make
content in Flash, you work in a Flash document file. Flash documents
have the file extension .fla (FLA). A Flash document usually has four
main parts:
The
Stage
is where your graphics, videos, buttons, audio and so on appear
during playback.
The
Timeline
is where you ask Flash when you want the graphics and other elements
of the project to appear. You also use the Timeline to specify the
order of layers graphics on the Stage. Graphics in upper layers
appear on top of graphics in lower layers.
The
Library
panel is the place where Flash displays a list of the media elements
in your Flash document.
ActionScript
code enables you to add interactivity to the media elements in your
document. For instance, you can add code on a button to display in
image when user click on it. You can also use ActionScript to have
logic added to your applications.
Flash includes
numerous features that brand it powerful but easy to use, such as
pre-built drag-and-drop user interface components, built-in behaviors
that allows you easily add ActionScript to your document, and special
effects that you can add to media objects.
When you have
finished creating your Flash document, you can publish it using the
File > Publish command. This creates a compressed version of your
file with the extension .swf (SWF). You can then use Flash Player to
play the SWF file in a web browser or as a stand-alone application.
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