1. DREAMWEAVER
FIREWORKS
PHOTOSHOP
FLASH

2. ADOBE FLASH

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. ADOBE FLASH WORKSPACE
STAGE
TIMELINE
PANELS

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.