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Whatis Flash? =:, , Flash is an animation software package. Flash provides a versatile and easy way to create, animation. We can create any object in Flash with animation and make movies with sound and, action. Flash is one of the most popular technologies on the internet because it does not require, programming skills. The animations and graphics created using Flash can be scaled to any size, without losing clarity or quality., , Starting Flash, , To start Flash, follow these steps :, 1. Click on the start button., 2. Select Programs and from the sub-menu, select Macromedia., 3. Select Macromedia Flash 8., , , , , , , , , , Adobe Reader 7.0, (B Adobe Photoshop 7.0, rr ragelitiete, , Adobe Photoshop C53, El Adobe Stock Photos C53 [9 Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder, 8 ( Macromedia Flash Player 8, , , , , , , , , essional, , , , , , , , , Windows XP |, , , , - Macromedia Flash Pro,, , Sr, , (, , W, ‘S, , (, , Q ¢ Password to Computer Science ~ 8 L
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”, , Ablank Flash document is created. Now you can work in Flash. After you start Flash 8, ¢, fc, following window appears:, , , , , , # Macromedia Flash Professional 8 - (Untitled-1], poppet ee a Mind, , ee eee en, Sex O> DHF, , VL) ales) tal Cal] a [12.0 fps | O08 << fl, , , , a le, Seefot, , , , | Size: | 550 x 400 pixels Background: |), | Publish: Player: 8 ActionScript:, , Flash Window, , , , , , , , Components of the Flash Window, , Title bar and Menu bar. The Title bar displays the name of the open document and Menu bar, gives you access to all the commands available in Flash. Using these you can complete any task., , , , t, , RPFROL&DL}M |, KRSXG> UR, , , , 7 ee ™ " fy, File Edit View Insert Modify Text Commands» Control! Window Help, Title bar and Menu bar, , The Tools Panel: It contains a set of tools to draw, paint,, select, and modify objectsi in the workspace,, , ee Baath, / Password to Computer Science)"
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S, , , , The Stage: This is the recta; “a, ngular w, , drawings or movi lar orkspace area where we pl t, , our drawing: ovie. By default, the Stages place our contents or create, , ize in flash is 550x 400 pixel, Work Area refers to the light grey area around the Stage. Y or ple j i, you want them to appear on the Stage. oe, , Work area, , This is the Property Inspector Window,, it helps in organizing and modifying the, various properties., , , , , , These are the other palettes also available. They provide Color, the essential information and control over the animation Color Mixer YS, process. They can be arranged in stacks and moved around, the screen and collapsed to icon view., , Timeline: The Timeline is a fixed window that stays on, top of every object in the workspacé. This is the area where, graphics and elements are ascomtled in sequential order, allowing the user to view the order of events in sequence. 102, , , , , , , , 4) wl) sa) C2) [z0te [ome, Timeline, _ Layer Panel : This helps to manage the layers. Layers are, like multiple film strips stacked on top of one another, each, containing a different image that appears on the stage., , , , (Gore to Computer Science - 8 a, Y : - i é
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Understanding the tools palette ae, , The tools palette has many tools that helps us, tools in Flash’s tools palette:, 1. Tools Area, , work in Flash. There are four categories of, , 2. View Area, 3. Colors Area, 4. Options Area, , A detailed view of the tools area is shown below:, bie :, , , , , , , , , , , , , , fete, Arrow —ity k -4 Subselect, Line —_ Po Lasso, Pen —§ A = Text, Oval —O Oo = Rectangle, od, Pencil ————. oP f= Brush, , , , Free Transform ———{-} *§ ———— Fill Transform, , |, , |, , Ink Bottle —___._> & —_|___. Paint Bucket, , 7 a, Tools panel (Tools), , The view area contains tools for zooming and panning in the application window., , Tools panel (view), The colors area contains the modifier for stroke and fill colors, The options area displays modifiers for the currently, selected tool. Modifiers affect the tool's painting or editing, operations., , Using the Tools Panel 5: Tools panel (Colour), , The tools panel consists of many tools. Using these tools different objects, can be created. Let us learn more about working with the tools., , Eyed Dropper Eraser, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Stroke Color, , Fill Color, , Line Tool, The line, , , , toolhelps to draw straight lines. The steps to use this tool are:, , Tools Modifiers, , C. ;, S84) ae : : = — sna somos)
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: 4, Click the Line Tool, , , , 9. Inthe Property Inspect, Or panel, select the colour, thickness or li 1, > or line style as required., , , , , , , , , , , , 3. Move atte pointer on the stage, click and drag it to draw the li, The line will be drawn, a sample is shown here: a, , , , , , , | a, , RWeraoer, , , , , , m, , ReXO> VHF, , f, , , , , , , , , Once created, the line can be also be modified. Simply click on the line drawn and make the, , Tequireq changes,
