Polyteknisk Boghandel

For those who are ready to sit down with a trusted instructor and learn the ins and outs of Macromedia's extensive upgrade to its popular interactive tool Flash MX 2004, this is the place to turn. Using lessons based on real-life projects, this friendly guide takes readers by the hand and leads them through the world of Flash MX 2004, covering its new interface, its drawing and color tools, animation basics, symbols and instances, motion, bitmaps, buttons, movie clips, ActionScript, sound, components and forms, video, and more. The CD also includes project and sample files.

Introduction
1. Background Information. Introducing the New Flash MX 2004 Product Line. Why Use Flash MX 2004? What's New in Flash MX 2004? Flash MX Professional. Project, Player, or Projector? File Types Associated with Flash MX. Caution: Player Required! Beyond Flash MX.
2. Interface. The Document Window. The Timeline. Docking and Undocking the Timeline. The Layer Controls. The Edit Bar. The Toolbar. The Panels. Undocking and Docking Panels. Resizing Panels. Expanding, Collapsing, Hiding, and Closing Panels. Using the Panel Options Menu. Creating and Saving Panel Sets. Switching to Another Panel Set. The Panels Defined. Shortcut Keys. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts. Creating a New Shortcut Set.
3. Using the Drawing and Color Tools. Drawing Tools Explained. Lines, Strokes, and Fills Explained. Exercise
1. Drawing with the Pencil. Exercise
2. Modifying Lines. Exercise
3. Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools. Exercise
4. Using the Brush Tool. Exercise
5. Modifying Strokes and Fills. Exercise
6. Working with Multiple Objects. Exercise
7. Grouping Objects. What Is the Color Mixer Panel? Exercise
8. Creating Gradients. Exercise
9. Drawing with the Pen Tool. Exercise
10. Modifying Paths.
4. Animation Basics. The Timeline. Projects and Movies. Exercise
1. Document Properties. What Is a Keyframe? Keyframes in Flash MX. Exercise
2. Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes. Exercise
3. Understanding Frame Rate. What Is the Frame Rate? Recommended Frame Rates. Exercise
4. Inserting and Deleting Frames. Exercise
5. Copying and Reversing Frames. Exercise
6. Onion Skinning. Exercise
7. Testing Movies.
5. Shape Tweening. What Is Shape Tweening? Exercise
1. Shape Tweening Text. Exercise
2. Shape Hinting. Exercise
3. Multiple Shape Tweening. Layer Properties Defined. Exercise
4. Animating Gradients.
6. Symbols and Instances. The Symbol and Instance Structure. Symbol Naming Conventions. Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms. Exercise
1. Creating Graphic Symbols. Exercise
2. Creating Symbol Instances. Exercise
3. Editing Symbols. Exercise
4. Editing Symbol Instances. Color Styles. Exercise
5. Animating Graphic Symbols. Exercise
6. Animating Instances by Modifying the Registration Point.
7. Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects. Shape Tweening Versus Motion Tweening. Exercise
1. Basic Motion Tweening. Exercise
2. Tweening Effects. Exercise
3. Editing Multiple Frames. Exercise
4. Using a Motion Guide. Exercise
5. Exploding Text. Motion Tweening Options and Limitations. Exercise
6. Timeline Effect Assistants. Exercise
7. Transition and Blur Timeline Effects.
8. Bitmaps \. Benefits of Bitmaps. Compression in Flash MX. Exercise
1. Importing and Compressing Bitmaps. Exercise
2. Importing Bitmap Sequences. Exercise
3. Converting Bitmaps to Vectors. Exercise
4. Basic Masking. Exercise
5. Animated Masks. Exercise
6. Breaking Apart Bitmaps. Exercise
7. Stroking a Bitmap. Exercise
8. Combining Bitmaps and Vectors.
9. Buttons \. Button States. Button Types. Exercise
1. Rollover Buttons. Exercise
2. Rollover Buttons with Text. Exercise
3. Duplicating and Aligning Buttons. Exercise
4. Adding Sound to Buttons. Exercise
5. Invisible Buttons.
10. Movie Clips. What Is a Movie Clip? Exercise
1. Creating a Movie Clip. Exercise
2. Animated Graphic Symbols Versus Movie Clip Symbols. Exercise
3. Creating an Animated Rollover Button. Exercise
4. Animated Rollover Button in Action.
11. ActionScript Basics and Behaviors. Where Do I Place ActionScript? The Actions Panel Defined. The Behaviors Panel. Exercise
1. Controlling the Timeline. Interactivity and Actions: Events and Event Handlers. Mouse Events. Keyboard Events. Movie Clip Events. Timeline Events. Exercise
2. Controlling Movie Clips. What Is Dot Syntax? Exercise
3. The goto Action to Create a Slideshow. Exercise
4. Go to Web Page Behavior. What Are Scenes? Exercise
5. Targeting Scenes. Exercise
6. Creating a Drop-Down Menu Using Frame Labels. What Is loadMovieNu