1. Exercise 48 - Skills
Adobe Flash CS4 is a software program you use to create animation and applications that range form simple to very complex. Being able to add animation, video, and more to the Web pages you create expands your skill set as a Web designer.

2. Exercise 48 - Terms
Actions – Built-in Flash components you can use to animate Flash applications.
Flash player – A program used to run Flash applications.
Frames – The basic unit of time used in a Flash animation.
Objects – Elements you add to the Stage and animation in Flash
Stage – The central work area of the screen where you create Flash applications.
Timeline – The Flash panel at the top of the screen where you arrange, sequence, and set the timing of Flash objects.

3. Exercise 48 - Notes
A document file that you create, save, and edit with Flash has a .fla file extension.
Start Flash and Create a New Document
Set Document Properties
Enter Content on the Stage
Change Stage View

4. Adobe Flash
Timeline A special panel where you organize and control content using layers and frames.
Property inspector. A panel that displays the most commonly used attributes for the currently selected item. You can view and modify the attributes in the Property inspector.
Toolbars. Flash displays the Edit Bar by default in the work area. To display the other toolbars, choose the Window > Toolbars menu command and click the toolbar you want to add.
Panels. Panels along the right side of the Stage in which you select options to control the behavior or appearance of the selected object. The panel name appears on its title bar. You can collapse or expand panels as needed.
Use Flash to create Flash applications, to publish applications for use in other programs such as a Web browser, and to play applications on your computer.
A document file that you create, save, and edit with Flash has a .fla file extension.
When you publish the file, it is saved with a .swf file extension. You play .swf files using the Flash Player program.
Flash applications are comprised of a series of frames, called a Timeline. You insert content such as shapes, images, and actions on the frames. When you play the application, the frames are displayed in sequence, so that the content appears to change and move.
Stage. The rectangular area where you create content and preview the file.
Pasteboard. The gray area outside the Stage, where you store content that you do not want to display when the file plays.
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Create Dynamic and Interactive Pages : Lesson 6, Exercise 48

5. Adobe Flash
The timeline is a vitally important part of arranging, ordering, and timing your Flash projects.
The layers of your Flash document appear in the column on the left side of the timeline.
The frames in each layer appear in a row to the right of the layer name.
The timeline header shows frame numbers.
The playhead moves as the animation plays, showing the current frame (the one displayed on the Stage).
The timeline status bar shows the current frame number, the current frame rate, and the elapsed time of the current frame.
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Create Dynamic and Interactive Pages : Lesson 6, Exercise 48

6. Reading
Be certain to read Pages 271 through 276 carefully as you start to use another element of Dreamweaver and adding animation to a Web Site.

7. Assignment
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