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    Advanced Flash Professional 8: Next Level ActionScript

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    Overview

    Become a pro with ActionScript by watching interactive, work-along lessons that walk you through the necessary steps of using the built-in classes, new objects, or making your own custom classes and components. You'll also learn the new advanced features of Flash Pro 8 that are only available to ActionScript users including the Drawing API, Bitmap API, and the matrix transformations and displacements. Plus, you'll get a preview of how to use ActionScript in development of mobile applications.

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    Table of Contents

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    Chapter 1: Using Built-In Classes

    INTRODUCTION

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    Looking at the Basics

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    Changing the Properties of a Movie Clip

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    Using the On Enter Frame Event Handler

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    Using the Randomize Function

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    Creating a Placeholder for Multiple Objects

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    Adding a Loop

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    Using Variables to Make Reusable Code

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    Setting Up an On Release Event

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    Making a Tween Object

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    Modifying the Depth Parameter

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    Demonstrating the Modular Structure with Alpha

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    Chapter 2: Working with the Listener Object Model

    INTRODUCTION

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    Looking at Built-In Classes

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    Working with MovieClip Event Handlers

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    Working with Non-Handler Classes

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    Creating Mouse Events

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    Creating Key Events

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    Using Switches to Detect which Keys are Pressed

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    Event Listeners

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    Practical Example of Listener Usage

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    Listening for Multiple Broadcasts

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    A Limitaton of the loadMovie Method

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    Introducing the MovieClipLoader

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    Listening for Load Progress

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    Creating an Animated Progress Bar

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    Hiding Progress Bar Upon loadComplete

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    Loading External Bitmaps with MovieClipLoader

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    Chapter 3: Introduction to Making Classes

    INTRODUCTION

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    Learning the Structure of a Real Class

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    Declaring Variables

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    Introducing Constructor Functions

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    Testing Using a Different Stage Size

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    Using Methods

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    Using a Getter & a Setter

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    Showing a Dynamic Setting in the Class

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    Randomizing

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    Reusability

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    Setting Up a Class for a Text Type Animation

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    Adding a Typer Function to the Class

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    Testing the Text Type Animation

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    Chapter 4: Using Custom Classes for Buttons

    INTRODUCTION

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    Introducing Custom Buttons

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    Setting Up the Visibility of the Initial Content

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    Setting Up Event Handlers for the Home Button

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    Adding Frame Labels

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    Dynamically Assigning the Label for a Button

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    Setting Up a Generalized Function to Handle Buttons

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    Making Custom Buttons into a Class

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    Making a Class an Extension of Another Class

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    Assigning Event Handlers to Functions & a Class

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    Advanced Button Class Summary

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    Attaching Audio to a Toggle Button

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    Constructing a Class for the Toggle Button

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    Animate the Toggle Button Using the Tween Class

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    Learning where to Store Class Files

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    Chapter 5: Using Custom Classes for Effects

    INTRODUCTION

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    Building Animated Effects in the Timeline

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    Packaging Scripts into a Function

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    Setting Up Letter Spacing & Text

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    Turning a Script into a Class, Part 1

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    Turning a Script into a Class, Part 2

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    Testing Using Syntax Checker

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    Animation Changes & New Effects

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    Making a Class More Independent

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    Creating Tweens inside the Class

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    Incorporating Tween Events & Methods into the Class

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    Adding More Effects

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    Building Effects into the Class File

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    Formatting Text in the Test File

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    Chapter 6: Making a Component

    INTRODUCTION

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    Checking Out Graphics for the Content

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    Starting the Slider Movement

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    Measuring the Position of the Slider

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    Set Intervals with Check Settings Function

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    Changing the Interval for Smoother Control

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    Moving the Code into a Class

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    Using Check Syntax to Find Script Errors

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    Setting Up the Project for Testing

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    Adding an OnRelease Outside Event Handler

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    Separate the Slider Measurement from the Object

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    Tracking if the Slider is Active

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    Setting the Range of the Slider

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    Making the Slider into a Component

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    Setting Up a Rotation Slider

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    Adding a Start Value

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    Displaying the Slider in the Components Panel

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    Testing the Slider Component

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    Final Comments & Credits

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    Chapter 7: Using the Sound Class

    INTRODUCTION

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    Introducing the MP3 Player Project

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    Setting Up the External Playlist

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    Setting Up the Combo Box for Music Selection

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    Display Selected Song Title & Stylize Text

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    External Sound Loading & Tracking

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    Adding a Progress Bar for Load/Play Position

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    Working with ID3 Metadata

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    Adding Volume & Balance Sliders

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    Adding a Play/Pause Toggle Control

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    Rearrange the onLoad, onComplete & onID3 Data

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    Incorporating an Array Formula

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    Initializing the Array Data & Adding Variables

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    Constructing the Amplitude Meters

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    Controlling the Amplitude Meters with Sliders

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    Cleaning Up the MP3 Player Script

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    Chapter 8: Drawing API

    INTRODUCTION

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    Introducing Drawing Methods

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    Drawing Strokes with moveTo & lineTo Methods

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    Making Shapes with beginFill, endFill & curveTo

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    Introducing New Parameters in Flash 8

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    Animating Objects Using Drawing Methods

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    Using Initialization Objects to Control Animation

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    Connecting Animation to App Functionality

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    Chapter 9: Working with Bitmap Data

    INTRODUCTION

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    Intoducing the Bitmap Data Class

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    Setting Up Bitmap Caching

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    Using Basic Filters

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    Creating a Blur Filter & Adding it to a Movie Clip

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    Creating a Bitmap Data Object from Scratch

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    Accessing Pixel Noise through Bitmap Data

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    Applying a Noise Method to Bitmap Data

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    Applying a Perlin Noise Method

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    Setting the MP3 Player to Control the Animations

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    Chapter 10: Applying Matrix Transformations

    INTRODUCTION

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    Understanding the Matrix Class

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    Using the Matrix Class

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    Affecting Movie Clips with Matrices

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    Making a Placeholder Matrix

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    Changing Matrix Properties

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    Setting Up a Coordinate System

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    Setting Up Slider Controls

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    Looking at ColorTransforms

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    Assigning a ColorTransform Object

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    Understanding the Math behind ColorTransform

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    Applying Random Colors with ColorTransform

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    Chapter 11: A Preview of Mobile Applications

    INTRODUCTION

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    Setting Up Flash Lite™ 2

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    Introducing the Emulator

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    Explaining the Screen Size for the Graphics

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    Setting the Output Quality

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    Adding Text

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    Enabling Buttons with ActionScript

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    Adding Navigation to the Number Keys

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    Adding Navigation to the 4-Way Keys

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    Adding Navigation to the Soft Keys

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    Discussing the Flash Development Center

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    Final Comments & Credits

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