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Contents

Project 3 Project 4
Animated Internet Ads 121 Ocean Animation 167

Stage 1 Animating Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Stage 1 Importing Bitmaps and Symbols . . . . . . . . 169
Create an Ad File................................ 124 Import Adobe Photoshop Artwork ................... 169
Create a Shape Tween ............................ 127 Copy Assets from External Libraries .................. 171
Understanding Transformation Options ................ 131 Align Objects on the Stage......................... 173
Tween an Object’s Color .......................... 132 Transform Symbols and Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Creating and Controlling Shape Tweens ............... 134 Create a Movie Clip from Objects on Different Layers...... 177
More about Working in the Timeline Panel ............. 136 Organize Your Library with Folders ...................180
Create a Classic Tween ........................... 137 Stage 2 Animating Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Tween an Object’s Opacity.........................140 Create a Basic Frame Animation in a Movie Clip Symbol .... 181
Stop the Animation Timeline ....................... 143 Create a Motion Tween ...........................184
Stage 2 Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Using Onion Skins ............................... 187
Create a New Text Object .........................146 Controlling Animation Speed with Easing .............. 189
Controlling Text Properties......................... 147 Edit the Shape of the Motion Path ...................190
Define Font Embedding ........................... 149 Motion Tween Properties and Presets ................. 192
Control Object Stacking Order ...................... 151 Copy and Paste Frames ........................... 193
Stage 3 Repurposing Animate Content . . . . . . . . . .153 Define Numeric Transformations in a Tween ............ 195
Scale Content to Document Properties ................ 153 Graphics vs. Movie Clips .......................... 198
Manually Adjust Content to Document Properties ........ 154 Animate Effects and Filters......................... 199
Publish the Ad Files .............................. 159 Stage 3 Programming Basic Timeline Control . . . . 202
Understanding SWF Publish Settings ................. 161 Convert a Motion Tween to a Movie Clip...............202
Project Review ............................... 163 Prepare Symbol Instances for ActionScript ..............206
Add Movie Clip Controls .......................... 207
Portfolio Builder Project........................164
Add Event Handlers to Buttons...................... 210
Combine Multiple Event Handlers in a Button ........... 213
Project Review ............................... 216

Portfolio Builder Project........................ 217

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