Foundation Flash Catalyst

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. About the Authors
3. About the Technical Reviewers
4. About the Cover Image Designer
5. Acknowledgments
6. 1. Catalyst Interface
   1. 1.1. Introduction to Catalyst
   2. 1.2. The Catalyst Interface
   3. 1.3. Pages/States Panel
      1. 1.3.1. Components and States
   4. 1.4. Tools
   5. 1.5. The Layers, Library, and Wireframe Components Panels
      1. 1.5.1. Layers
      2. 1.5.2. Library Panel
      3. 1.5.3. Wireframe Components
   6. 1.6. The Interactions Panel
   7. 1.7. The Properties Panel
   8. 1.8. The Timelines Panel
   9. 1.9. The Design-Time Data Panel
   10. 1.10. The Stage
   11. 1.11. Heads-Up Display (HUD)
   12. 1.12. Code View
   13. 1.13. Conclusion
7. 2. Your First Flash Catalyst Project
   1. 2.1. Creating a Catalyst Project from a Photoshop PSD File
   2. 2.2. Converting Photoshop Artwork into a Button
   3. 2.3. Presenting Content
   4. 2.4. Organizing into States
   5. 2.5. Building Interactivity
   6. 2.6. Adding Animation
      1. 2.6.1. Again, With More Control
   7. 2.7. Creating Buttons with Transitions
   8. 2.8. Playing Sound
   9. 2.9. Conclusion
8. 3. Wireframing in Catalyst
   1. 3.1. Sketching, Wireframing, and Prototyping Interactivity
   2. 3.2. Starting the Project
   3. 3.3. Adding Motion to the Wireframe
   4. 3.4. Conclusion
9. 4. Animation in Catalyst
   1. 4.1. Animating Buttons
   2. 4.2. Animating Across States
   3. 4.3. 3D Flip: Adding Actions to the Animations
   4. 4.4. Controlling the Flip
   5. 4.5. Action Sequences
   6. 4.6. Conclusion
10. 5. Interactions
    1. 5.1. Changing States
    2. 5.2. Triggering Action Sequences
    3. 5.3. Controlling Video
    4. 5.4. Go To URL
    5. 5.5. Interactions on the Application
    6. 5.6. Conclusion
11. 6. Organizing Artwork and Best Practices
    1. 6.1. The Golden Rule
    2. 6.2. Organizing Assets in Fireworks
    3. 6.3. Organizing Assets in Illustrator
    4. 6.4. Organizing Assets in Photoshop
    5. 6.5. Using Multiple Instances of the Same Object
    6. 6.6. Defining Data List Components
    7. 6.7. Optimizing Graphics
    8. 6.8. Round-Tripping
    9. 6.9. Conclusion
12. 7. Data Lists and Design-Time Data
    1. 7.1. Setting Up the Project
    2. 7.2. Creating the Item to Be Repeated
    3. 7.3. Converting an Item into a Data List
    4. 7.4. Creating Transitions on the Repeated Item
    5. 7.5. Using Design-Time Data
       1. 7.5.1. Adding a Horizontal Scrollbar
    6. 7.6. Conclusion
13. 8. SWFs, Video, and Audio
    1. 8.1. A Quick Look at the Project
    2. 8.2. Adding Simple Animation SWFs
    3. 8.3. Controlling SWFs
    4. 8.4. Adding Audio Effects
    5. 8.5. Adding Video
    6. 8.6. Conclusion
14. 9. Custom Components and Library Packages
    1. 9.1. Creating a Generic Component
    2. 9.2. Creating a Custom Component
       1. 9.2.1. Adding Interactions
       2. 9.2.2. Adding Animation
    3. 9.3. Library Packages
    4. 9.4. Conclusion
15. 10. Catalyst to Flex Builder
    1. 10.1. Creating the Interaction in Catalyst
    2. 10.2. Adding a Custom Vertical Scrollbar
    3. 10.3. Adding the States
    4. 10.4. Adding Interactions
    5. 10.5. Connecting the Application to Data in Flash Builder
    6. 10.6. Conclusion