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AdobeFlashAdobeFlash2ApproachestoFlash:Designer/Animator-usetraditional'cel'animationtechniquesDeveloper/Programmer-writerobustapplicationsusingActionScriptStufftoCoverTimelineKeyframesTweening-MotionTweenvs.
ShapeTweenToolsLibrarySymbols-Graphic,MovieClipandButtonImportingassetsActionScriptPanelScriptAssistvs.
ExpertModePublishingYourMovie.
swf+.
htmlTheStageAlltheactionhappenshere.
Forthemostpart,anythingthat'sontheStagewillappearinyourfinalanimation.
TheTimelineAvisualrepresentationofyourmovieovertime.
Eachdot(Keyframe)representswhatyourmovielookslikeatthatmomentintime.
TheTimelineShapeTweens:Organicmovement.
Allowsblendsbetweentwovectorshapes.
Cannotusesymbols.
Tweens:Shapevs.
MotionMotionTweens:Notorganic.
MustuseSymbols.
OnlyoneSymbolperlayer,ortheTweenwillfail.
TheLibraryYourrepositoryofassets.
SomegoodthingstoknowaboutFlash:anyLibraryitemcanbeusedanunlimitedamountoftimesinyourmoviewithoutimpactingfile-size.
each"instance"ofasymbolcanhaveitsproperties(size,color,alpha,rotation,etc.
)modifiedontheStagewithoutaffectingtheoriginalLibraryitem.
TheLibraryGraphic:haveatimelinethatissynchronizedwiththemainmovietimelineyoucansetloopingorsetthemtoonlyplayacertainrangeofframesyoucaninteractivelyseetheanimationTheLibraryButton:doesexactlywhatyouwouldthinkitwouldhavetheirownspecialtimelinecanattachActionScriptdirectlytoaninstanceofaButtonSymbolTheLibraryMovieClip:theMostAwesomeSymbol-likePeterfromHeroescantargetitandtellittodostufffromActionScriptit'stimelineisindependentofthemaintimelinecandynamicallypositionMovieClipsontheStageActionScriptLikeJavaorotherECMA-Scriptcompliantlanguages.
*Providesarichsetofcommandsforcontrollingyourmovieandprovidinginteractivity.
Case-sensitive.
*(Idon'tknowwhatECMA-Scriptmeans.
)PublishingYoucanpublishinvariousformats.
Togetyourmovieontheweb,youneedatleastthe.
swfformatandanhtmlpagetoembeditinto.
Youcanwriteyourownhtml,butyouneedtoembedtheswfcorrectlyinit.
ProperFlashdetectionisalsoaconsideration.
(Intheend,it'sprobablyjusteasiertoletFlashhandleit.
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