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in Full Color Adobe® Step-by-Step Tasks in Full Color Flash CS4 Professional Includes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 on Demand What you need, when you need it! Adobe® Need answers quickly? Adobe Flash CS4 Professional on Demand provides those answers in Flash CS4 Professional Workshops a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color ACE Exam Objectives illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions. More than 600 of the Inside the Book Most Essential Flash CS4 • Improve publishing and productivity with the CS4 interface Professional Tasks Tasks Illustrations • Browse, organize, and process files are presented with matching using Adobe Bridge on one or steps • Import Photoshop and Illustrator two pages files directly into Flash • Keep track of the changes in Flash on a per-object basis • Quickly create animation with motion tweens • Copy and paste graphic filters and Numbered Steps motions guide you through • Create more compelling designs each task with built-in filter effects and gradients • Use blend modes to change the way the image of one object on the Stage is combined with other images Did You Know • Preview changes to 9-slice scaled alerts you to tips Adobe® movie clips on Stage and techniques on Demand • Use Script Assisted mode to create scripts without detailed knowledge See Also of ActionScript points you to 1 Flash CS4 Professional • Test content on different target related information 2 devices in the book 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bonus Online Content 4 5 on Demand Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: 6 • Workshops and related files 7 What you need, when you need it! • Keyboard shortcuts Visit the author site: perspection.com ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3836-3 ISBN-10: 0-7897-3836-8 Category: Web Publishing 52999 Covers: Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Johnson User Level: Beginning—Intermediate Details on Inside Back Cover Perspection, Inc. 9 780789 738363 Steve Johnson, Perspection, Inc. informit.com/que Cover image: $29.99 US | $32.99 CAN | £18.99 UK Stockbyte/Getty Images A00FLCS4.qxp 10/17/08 3:42 PM Page ii Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional On Demand Publisher Paul Boger Copyright © 2009 by Perspection, Inc. Associate Publisher All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a Greg Wiegand retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publish- Acquisitions Editor er. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information Laura Norman contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the prepara- Managing Editor tion of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors Steve Johnson or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use Author of the information contained herein. Steve Johnson Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file Technical Editor Adrian Hyde Page Layout ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3836-3 Beth Teyler ISBN-10: 0-7897-3836-8 James Teyler Interior Designers Que Publishing offers excellent discounts on this book when ordered Steve Johnson in quantity for bulk purchases or special sales. Marian Hartsough For information, please contact: U.S. Corporate and Government Sales Photographs 1-800-382-3419 or [email protected] Tracy Teyler For sales outside the U.S., please contact: International Sales Indexer Katherine Stimson 1-317-428-3341 or [email protected] Proofreader Trademarks Adrian Hyde All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service Team Coordinator marks have been appropriately capitalized. Que cannot attest to the accuracy Cindy Teeters of this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Bridge, Device Centrral, Dreamweaver, Extension Manager, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, PageMaker, Photoshop, Photohsop Elements, and Version Cue are registered trademake of Adobe System Incorporated. Apple, Mac OS, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and the Microsoft Office logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Warning and Disclaimer Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. The authors and the publishers shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage arising from the information contained in this book. A03FLCS4.qxp 10/15/2008 12:26 PM Page xvii Introduction Welcome to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional On Demand, a How You’ll Learn visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Flash. This book provides complete coverage of basic to advanced Flash skills. How This Book Works What’s New How This Book Works Keyboard Shortcuts You don’t have to read this book in any particular order. We’ve designed the book so that you can jump in, get the Step-by-Step Instructions information you need, and jump out. However, the book does follow a logical progression from simple tasks to more com- Real World Examples plex ones. Each task is presented on no more than two facing pages, which lets you focus on a single task without having Workshops to turn the page. To find the information that you need, just look up the task in the table of contents or index, and turn to Adobe Certified Expert the page listed. Read the task introduction, follow the step- by-step instructions in the left column along with screen illus- Get More on the Web trations in the right column, and you’re done. What’s New If you’re searching for what’s new in Flash CS4, just look for the icon: New!. The new icon appears in the table of contents and throughout this book so you can quickly and easily iden- tify a new or improved feature in Flash. A complete descrip- tion of each new feature appears in the New Features guide in the back of this book. Keyboard Shortcuts Most menu commands have a keyboard equivalent, such as Ctrl+P (Win) or A+P (Mac), as a quicker alternative to using the mouse. A complete list of keyboard shortcuts is available on the Web at www.perspection.com. xvii A03FLCS4.qxp 10/15/2008 12:27 PM Page xviii Step-by-Step Instructions Easy-to-follow introductions This book provides concise step- focus on a by-step instructions that show you single concept. “how” to accomplish a task. Each set of instructions includes illus- Illustrations match the trations that directly correspond to numbered the easy-to-read steps. Also steps. included in the text are time- savers, tables, and sidebars to Numbered help you work more efficiently or steps guide to teach you more in-depth infor- you through each task. mation. A “Did You Know?” provides tips and techniques to help you work smarter, while a “See Also” leads you to other parts of the book containing related information about the task. See Also points you to Did You Know? alerts related information in you to tips, techniques the book. and related information. Real World Examples This book uses real world example files to give you a context in which to use the task. By using the example files, you won’t waste Real world time looking for or creating sam- examples help ple files. You get a start file and a you apply what you’ve learned result file, so you can compare to other tasks. your work. Not every topic needs an example file, such as changing options, so we provide a complete list of the example files used throughout the book. The example files that you need for project tasks along with a complete file list are available on the Web at www.perspection.com. xviii A03FLCS4.qxp 10/15/2008 12:27 PM Page xix Workshops This book shows you how to put together the individual step-by- step tasks into in-depth projects with the Workshop. You start each project with a sample file, work through the steps, and then compare your results with a project results file at the end. The Work- shop projects and associated files are available on the Web at www.perspection.com. The Workshop walks you through in-depth projects to help you put Flash to work. Adobe Certified Expert This book prepares you fully for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam for Adobe Flash CS4. Each Adobe Certified Expert certifica- tion level has a set of objectives, which are organized into broader skill sets. To prepare for the certifi- cation exam, you should review and perform each task identified with a Adobe Certified Expert objective to confirm that you can meet the requirements for the exam. The Adobe Certified Expert objectives are available on the Web at www.perspection.com. Logo indicates a task fulfills one or more Adobe Certified Expert objectives. Introduction xix A03FLCS4.qxp 10/15/2008 12:27 PM Page xx Get More on the Web In addition to the information in this book, you can also get more information on the Web to help you get up-to-speed faster with Additional Flash CS4. Some of the informa- content tion includes: is available on the Web. Transition Helpers ◆ Only New Features. Download and print the new feature tasks as a quick and easy guide. Productivity Tools ◆ Keyboard Shortcuts. Download a list of keyboard shortcuts to learn faster ways to get the job done.

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