DREAMWEAVER FIREWORKS PHOTOSHOP FLASH

ADOBE FLASH

NATURE  is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. development tool that allows you to create compelling interactive experiences, often by using animation.

WHY IS IT POPULAR? The program is optimized for the web. Web developers need to provide high-impact experiences for the user, to make sites come alive and turn them from static text and pictures to dynamic, interactive experiences.

Color and swatches panels grouped FLASH WORKSPACE Color and swatches panels grouped MENU BAR PLAYHEAD LIBRARY TOOLS PANEL PROPERTIES PANEL PASTEBOARD Document properties button

ADOBE FLASH WORKSPACE STAGE TIMELINE PANELS

STAGE PASTEBOARD- gray area surrounding the stage. contains all of the objects that are part of the movie. it shows how the objects behave within the movie and how they interact with each other. PASTEBOARD- gray area surrounding the stage.

TIMELINE used to organize and control the movie’s contents by specifying when each object appears on the stage. FRAMES- segments of the timeline which contains the images. indicates where you are at any time within the movie and allows you to insert, delete, select and move frames.

PANELS Used to view, organize, and modify objects and features in a movie. the most commonly used panels: Tools panel Properties panel Library panel

Tools Panel Used to draw and edit graphics and text. Divided into four sections: Tools, View, Colors and Options

Properties Panel Property Inspector Used to change the properties of an object. Context sensitive

Library Panel where Flash displays a list of the media elements in your Flash document.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RASTER AND VECTOR GRAPHICS -Composed of paths -the images can be scaled to be very large without losing quality. -Composed of pixels -"blocky," since each pixel increases in size as the image is made larger.