Index

M

Macintosh (Apple)

document tabs, 4

interface on, 66–69

Print Margins dialog box, 109

system requirement for CD-ROM, 1210

Tools panel, 79

MacPaint file format, 509

Macromedia

Authorware, 26

Breeze Live, 34

ColdFusion MX 7, 1006

common user interface, CDBC3

Developer Center, CDBC65

Director, 26

download page, linking to, 780

Dreamweaver

Check Plugin behavior, CDBC70–CDBC72

Control Shockwave or Flash behavior, CDBC72–CDBC75

description of, CDBC49

features of, CDBC50–CDBC51

Flash and, CDBC49–CDBC51

Insert panel, Media submenu, CDBC58

inserting Flash movie into, CDBC52–CDBC55

launching and editing Flash file from, CDBC57–CDBC58

positioning movie in, CDBC55

site map and link checker, CDBC75–CDBC77

using built-in Flash objects in, CDBC58–CDBC65

writing ActionScript with, CDBC77–CDBC79

Exchange, CDBC74

Extension Manager, 1142

Fireworks

batch processing bitmap sequences with, CDBC10–CDBC14

bitmap images and, CDBC2–CDBC5

creating Color Table in, 216–217

file, importing from, 534–535

Flash/GIF ad banners, creating, CDBC14–CDBC17

Frames panel, CDBC16

gradient styles and, 223

JPEG compression from, 527

preparing other bitmap formats in, CDBC9–CDBC10

transferring images with transparency to Flash authoring environment, CDBC6–CDBC8

Flash Communication Server MX, 6, 23, 546, 592

FlashPaper, 27, CDBC65

FreeHand

file format, 509

file, importing from, 535–537

Fireworks and, CDBC5

trial version of, CDBC30

tutorial on, 40

server technologies, 29

Studio 8 Suite, CDBC49

Training and Certification programs, 64

Magic Wand option of Lasso tool

description of, 145

Smoothing setting, 295

Threshold setting, 294–295

Magic Wand Settings dialog box, 145

Magnification command

Document window, 89

View menu, 707

Main Timeline

adding navigation elements to, 684–689

adding sound to, 470–471

creating artwork on, 184

for game

actions layer, 1052–1055

shared font layer, 1055

keyframes and, 679

moving tween onto, 352–355

organizing

Movie Clips in, 655–656

sounds on, 471–472

symbol instances on, 355–357

returning to, 178

reusing and modifying symbol instances on, 357–362

as _root in ActionScript, 951

scrubbing, 338, 442–443

variables and, 798

waveform on, 446

Main toolbar, 68

main_starter.fla folder, 1173

maintainAspectRatio parameter (FLVPlayback component), 570

maintenance of project, 47

making panel or window active, 73

Manage Workspace Layouts dialog box, 74

managing

code

centralizing, 1078–1079

comments and, 1080, 1100

naming conventions and, 1079–1080

placement of, 1077–1078

Search and Replace and, 1076–1077

strong (or strict) typing, 1080–1081

windows and panels, 70–73

manipulating perception and illusion, 315–320

Mantis, 47

mapping presentation areas to keyframes, 677–680

Mask command (Layers contextual menu), 107

Mask layer

character animation and, 450

description of, 101

overview of, 409–410

masking

with filled shape, 410–412

with group, 412

with symbol instance, 413

text, 413–415

Max colors settings (Publish Settings dialog box), 732

maxscroll property of TextField class, 1030

McLean, Ruari, Jan Tschichold: A Life in Typography, 230

meeting, documenting results of, 34

Melody Assistant, 918

menu buttons, creating, 684–687

menu, dynamic, reusable, creating with arrays, 876–880

metadata

adding, 24

adjusting video size with, 971–974

Metafile format (Windows), 511

metallic type, creating, 291–293

metaphor, using in design, 43

Method option (Flash (SWF) Format Options dialog box), CDBC42

method parameter of getURL action, 637

methods

attachSound(), 909

createEmptyMovieClip(), 952

description of, 658

focus(), 644

functions as, 880–883

hitTest(), 890–892

loadSound(), 964

MovieClip symbol, 825, 829–837

onClipEvent(), 837

onRelease(), 852

percentLoaded() (JavaScript), 767–769

removeMovieClip(), 862–863

Selection class, 1042–1044

Sound class, 904–906

start(), 910–911

startDrag(), 848–849

TextFormat object, 1021, 1022, 1023

XML object, 1013

Microphone tab (Flash Player Settings), 782–783

Microsoft

PowerPoint, 26

SourceSafe, 48

Video 1 codec, 453

Visio, 37

Windows

Bitmap file format, 509, CDBC23, CDBC25

CD-ROM, system requirements for, 1209–1210

interface on, 66–69

Metafile format, 511

Page Setup dialog box, 109

Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) technology, 11, 676

milestone, 1100

Minimal fonts, using, 251–253

Missing Fonts alert box, 249, 251

mission of site, defining, 41

Miter command (Join menu), 115–116

mobile device, Flash Player plug-in on, 779

mobile phone, Flash content for, 63

mockup of site, building, 45

model sheet, 436, 438

Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern, 1049–1050

Modify Onion markers control (Timeline window), 98

Modify Onion Markers menu, 331

Modify Transform menu, 286

ModifyðBreak Apart, 171, 262, 263, 291, 293–294

ModifyðCombine Objects menu commands, 298

ModifyðCombine ObjectsðUnion, 171, 340, CDBC34

ModifyðDocument, 24, 86, 677

ModifyðGroup, 140

modifying

component, 1134–1137

component color properties and parameters, 1115

instance properties

behavior, 182

color, applying, 180–182

overview of, 180

swapping symbols, 182–183

registration point of symbol, 409

symbol instance, 357–362

text

Filter effects, 265–266

manually, 262–264

in Movie Explorer, 238

with Text tool, 236–237

Timeline Effects, using ton Static text, 264–265

Timeline effect symbol, 396

variable, 1087

ModifyðShape menu commands

Convert Lines to Fills, 280–281

Expand Fill, 281–282

Soften Fill Edges, 282–284

ModifyðShapeðOptimize, 137, 529, 541–542

ModifyðShapeðRemove All Hints, 339

ModifyðSymbolðSwap Symbol, 182–183

ModifyðTimeline Effects⇨Edit Effect, 264

ModifyðTimelineðConvert to Blank Keyframes, 328

ModifyðTimelineðConvert to Keyframes, 328

ModifyðTimelineðDistribute to Layers, 262, 263, 419–420

ModifyðTimelineðLayer Properties, 402

ModifyðTimelineðReverse Frames, 360

ModifyðUngroup, 140

Moock, Colin (Web guru), 1215

moodboard, 431

More Crayons Web site, 206

morpheme, 442

motion

blurring to simulate, 428

designing, 309

expressing, 426–427

laws of, 320–323, 440

meaning of, 314

secondary, 319–320

Motion guide layer

applying, 405–408

description of, 100, 405

Guide layer compared to, 107

Movie Clips and, 415–418

moving inanimate objects and, 442

Orient to Path check box and, 408

registration and center point alignment, 409

motion tweening

animating filters using, 374

overview of, 340–346

walk cycles or loops and, 432–435

Mouse class, 843, 892–895

mouse events and buttons, 641–643

mouth, lip-syncing cartoon, 442–447

Move Selected Element state (Selection tool), 141–142

Move to New Folder command (Library), 168

movie. See Flash movie file (.swf)

Movie Clip mask, 415–418

Movie Clip symbol

adding to Button symbol, 187–188

animating Graphic symbol in, 186–187

classes and functions using, 843

collision detection

_droptarget property, using, 890

hitTest() method, using, 890–892

types of, 889

ColorTransform class and, 895–904

communication between, 657, 659–660

description of, 172–173, 653

draggable, creating

alpha, scale, and blur sliders, making, 853–863

detecting drop position, 849–853

drag-and-drop basics, 848–849

overview of, 847–848

event methods, 837–842

Graphic symbol type compared to, 175

importing PNG file as, CDBC8

integrating behaviors with, 667–673

interaction with Flash movie, 654–655

loadMovie() action as method for, 956–957

methods of, 825, 829–837

modifying, 189–190

Mouse class and, 892–895

as object, 823–824

organizing within Main Timeline, 655–656

paths, absolute and relative, 659–660

pixel-based text scrolling and, 1037–1042

positioning, 844–845

previewing within authoring environment, 704

properties of, 824–825, 826–828

rotating, 847

scaling, 845–846

Sound class and, 904–914

targeting

with behaviors, 665–667

in Flash 8, 661–665

Movie Clip timeline, importing JPEG sequence to, CDBC14

Movie Explorer

contextual menu, 197–198

Display list, 195

filter buttons, 195

modifying text in, 238

Options menu commands, 196–197

overview of, 194

use of, 170

using, 190

Movie Explorer Settings dialog box, 194

MovieClip data type, 868

MovieClip object. See Movie Clip symbol

MovieClipLoader class, loading asset with, 961–963

movieStyle object, 1025

moving

frames, 102

layer, 106

multiple elements with Selection tool, 140

Mozilla Firefox, 753

MP3 format

compression and, 463, 705

exporting and, 464

importing and, 462, 496

loading MP3 audio into Flash movie, 963–966

support for, 494

Variable Bit Rate (VBR) MP3, 497–498

MP3 option (Sound Settings dialog box), 492–493

MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility) technology, 11, 676

multimedia authoring program component

alternatives to, 25–27

description of, 15

multiplane animation, bitmaps and, CDBC18–CDBC22

multiplane pans, 452

Multiply blend mode, 384

multipurpose function, 1078

music, lip-syncing with, 444

Muybridge, Eadweard (photographer), 312

MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern, 1049–1050