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Flash MX 2004 Lecture
Notes
Flash
Authoring Tool (Chapter 1)
- Timeline Window:
timeline is framed-based not time-based (as in After Effects. Frame rates are variable. Window> Timeline
- Properties Window: Click on stage screen for Movie Properties: size, background color, frame rate,
and publish settings. Window> Properties
- Grids,
Guides & Rulers: In View menu> Show Rulers. Pull guides from
your ruler for precise alignment of objects. Use View> Snapping to snap objects to grid or guides.
- Toolbar: contains flash drawing tools . Window> Tools
- Controller: playback controls for your movie. Window> Toolbars> Controller
- Magnifications:
command key with + or -
- Multiple Levels of Undo: command key + z
- Design panels:
these include align, color mixer, color swatches, info, scene, and transform. Window> Design Panels
- Help Panel: searchable support database. Help> Help
Creating
Simple Graphics (Chapter 2)
- Line Tool: creates straight line segments
- Set Stroke Attributes: Properties Panel> sets stroke weight, color, and style i.e. dashed, etc. or custom. Stroke is represented by the pencil icon.
- Fill
Attributes: Properties Panel> sets fill color, transparency or gradient. Fill is represented by the paint bucket icon.
- Geometric Shape Tools: Tools> Oval and Rectangle & PolyStar tool. Options: corner radius (rounded corners)
- Pencil
Tool: creates a freely drawn stroke. Options: straighten, smooth, and ink modes (by passes assistance features).
- Bezier Curves: Flash offers the option of drawing with with pen tool to create shapes with Bezier curves.
- Pen
Tool: you can draw straight & curved line segments.
- Paint
Bucket: fills or changes the color of a stoked shape. Options: don't close gaps, close small gaps,
close medium, and close large gaps.
- Brush
Tool: creates freely-drawn, brush-rendered fill w/o a stroke. Options: brush size, brush shape, and paint normal, paint fills, paint selection, paint inside modes.
- Text
Tool: creates blocks of editable text.
- Text Properties: font typeface, size, color, style (italic or bold), kerning, line spacing, tracking, superscript/subscript, and paragraph alignment. Text may be set vertically as well.
- Text Type: Static (use as default always), dynamic, or input text (forms).
- Device Fonts: allows the .swf to use of a limited set of basic fonts available on all computer platforms and saves file size becasue fonts are not embedded. Options; _sans, _serif, _typewriter.
- Breaking Apart Text: Modify> Break Apart. Breaks text bos into indiviual letterts. To break into individual vectors shapes, apply twice.
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