Adobe® Flash® Professional CC Classroom in a Book®

Adobe® Flash® Professional CC Classroom in a Book®

Released June 2013
Publisher(s): Adobe Press
ISBN: 9780133430325

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Book description

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Flash Professional CC

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support
of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Flash Professional CC Classroom in a Book contains 10 lessons that cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Purchasing this book gives you access to the downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book, and to electronic book updates covering new features that Adobe releases for Creative Cloud customers. For
access, go to www.peachpit.com/redeem and redeem the unique code provided inside this book.

“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-bystep instructions, and the project files for the students.”

Barbara Binder,
Adobe Certified Instructor
Rocky Mountain Training 

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Where are the Lesson Files?
  4. Contents
  5. Getting Started
    1. About Classroom in a Book
    2. What’s New
    3. Streamlined Feature Set
    4. Prerequisites
    5. Installing Flash
    6. Copying the Lesson Files
    7. How to Use the Lessons
    8. Additional Resources
    9. Adobe Certification
  6. 1. Getting Acquainted
    1. Starting Flash and Opening a File
    2. Getting to Know the Workspace
    3. Working with the Library Panel
    4. Understanding the Timeline
    5. Organizing Layers in a Timeline
    6. Using the Properties Inspector
    7. Using the Tools Panel
    8. Undoing Steps in Flash
    9. Previewing Your Movie
    10. Modifying the Content and Stage
    11. Saving Your Movie
    12. Publishing Your Movie
    13. Finding Resources for Using Flash
    14. Checking for Updates
    15. Review Questions
    16. Review Answers
  7. 2. Working with Graphics
    1. Getting Started
    2. Understanding Strokes and Fills
    3. Creating Shapes
    4. Making Selections
    5. Editing Shapes
    6. Using Gradient and Bitmap Fills
    7. Using Custom Line Styles
    8. Creating Curves
    9. Creating Transparencies
    10. Creating and Editing Text
    11. Aligning and Distributing Objects
    12. Review Questions
    13. Review Answers
  8. 3. Creating and Editing Symbols
    1. Getting Started
    2. Importing Illustrator Files
    3. About Symbols
    4. Creating Symbols
    5. Importing Photoshop Files
    6. Editing and Managing Symbols
    7. Changing the Size and Position of Instances
    8. Changing the Color Effect of Instances
    9. Understanding Display Options
    10. Applying Filters for Special Effects
    11. Positioning in 3D Space
    12. Review Questions
    13. Review Answers
  9. 4. Animating Symbols
    1. Getting Started
    2. About Animation
    3. Understanding the Project File
    4. Animating Position
    5. Changing the Pacing and Timing
    6. Animating Transparency
    7. Animating Filters
    8. Animating Transformations
    9. Changing the Path of the Motion
    10. Swapping Tween Targets
    11. Creating Nested Animations
    12. Easing
    13. Frame-by-Frame Animation
    14. Animating 3D Motion
    15. Testing Your Movie
    16. Review Questions
    17. Review Answers
  10. 5. Animating Shapes and Using Masks
    1. Getting Started
    2. Animating Shapes
    3. Understanding the Project File
    4. Creating a Shape Tween
    5. Changing the Pace
    6. Adding More Shape Tweens
    7. Creating a Looping Animation
    8. Using Shape Hints
    9. Animating Color
    10. Creating and Using Masks
    11. Animating the Mask and Masked Layers
    12. Easing a Shape Tween
    13. Review Questions
    14. Review Answers
  11. 6. Creating Interactive Navigation
    1. Getting Started
    2. About Interactive Movies
    3. Creating Buttons
    4. Understanding ActionScript 3.0
    5. Preparing the Timeline
    6. Adding a Stop Action
    7. Creating Event Handlers for Buttons
    8. Creating Destination Keyframes
    9. Creating a Home Button with Code Snippets
    10. Code Snippets Options
    11. Playing Animation at the Destination
    12. Animated Buttons
    13. Review Questions
    14. Review Answers
  12. 7. Working with Sound and Video
    1. Getting Started
    2. Understanding the Project File
    3. Using Sounds
    4. Understanding Flash Video
    5. Using Adobe Media Encoder
    6. Understanding Encoding Options
    7. Playback of External Video
    8. Working with Video and Transparency
    9. Embedding Flash Video
    10. Exporting Video from Flash
    11. Review Questions
    12. Review Answers
  13. 8. Loading and Displaying External Content
    1. Getting Started
    2. Loading External Content
    3. Removing External Content
    4. Controlling Movie Clips
    5. Review Questions
    6. Review Answers
  14. 9. Using Variables and Controlling Visual Properties
    1. Getting Started
    2. Understanding the Project File
    3. Visual Properties of Movie Clips
    4. Beyond the Mouse-Click
    5. Mapping Mouse Movements to Visual Changes
    6. Using Variables to Store Information
    7. Change the Position of the Large Image
    8. Creating a Custom Cursor
    9. Review Questions
    10. Review Answers
  15. 10. Publishing to HTML5
    1. Getting Started
    2. What Is Toolkit for CreateJS?
    3. Using Classic Tweens
    4. Exporting to HTML5
    5. Inserting JavaScript
    6. Review Questions
    7. Review Answers
  16. 11. Publishing Flash Documents
    1. Getting Started
    2. The Debugging Process
    3. Understanding Publishing
    4. Publishing for the Web
    5. Publishing a Desktop Application
    6. Publishing for a Mobile Device
    7. Next Steps
    8. Review Questions
    9. Review Answers
  17. Index
  18. Lesson and Update Files

Product information

  • Title: Adobe® Flash® Professional CC Classroom in a Book®
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: June 2013
  • Publisher(s): Adobe Press
  • ISBN: 9780133430325