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Flash MX

  1. Creating a new document in Flash.
    a. File Size settings, frames per second, background color.
  2. Tool Definitions
    a. Basic Tools: Pointer, Line tool, Lasso, Pen and anchor point tool, Text tool, circle and polygon tool, pencil paintbrush, transform tool, gradient, spray, color stamp, color picker, eraser.
    b. Advanced: Line contour tool

  3. Color Mixer
    a. RGB, Alpha, Web Hex Number

  4. Work Area
    a. Viewing Stage, Current Scene
    b. Time Line Bar, Layers within time line
    c. Actions: Timeline control, browser/network, movie clip controls
    d. Properties inspector
    e. Behaviors
    f. Project
    g. Color Mixer
    h. Library

  5. Working with Symbols
    a. Creating a new symbol: graphic, movie, button
    b. Graphic: Static image (text, graphic, photo, vector drawing)
    c. Movie: Static image animated as a symbol
    d. Button: Movie animated with functions

  6. Sound and Video
    a. Import mp3, wav, or aiff files
    b. Import mpg video
    c. Edit mp3 symbols within the library (volume control, and loop)

  7. Animation
    a. Timeline functions - frames, key frames
    b. Motion tweening between key frames on a layer
    c. Shape tweening between key frames on a layer

  8. Actions cripting on keyframes
    a. Timeline controls: goto and play, goto and stop, stop, nextframe, stop all sounds
    b. Browser/Network controls: Get URL, load variables, load movie, unload movie
    c. Movie Clip controls: duplicate movie, on, onclip event

  9. Scene and movie management
    a. Creating multiple scenes in one movie to reduce load time per scene
    b. Reusing library movies

  10. Publishing
    a. Publish settings: Flash version, jpg and mp3 quality, action script settings HTML settings
    b. Dreamweaver integration: Importing flash into HTML