Tips for making flash websites and flash applications

Skills

　　Flash website Tips titbits

1. Quickly update Web site text

In the process of making the interface of the Flash website, the website text can be copied, pasted, or even directly imported into the text. Here the method is not even a4desk open, directly modify the text file can update the site text. Because in the production of the Flash site, in the Software installation directory will automatically generate an import folder, the folder in each text file content and the content of the site page corresponding to the contents of the website, find the corresponding text file can be modified.

2. Quickly modify menu Labels　

When making a flash site, the Modify menu label is done by executing the "edit→section Names" command. In fact, you can also directly double-click the label, pop-up "Page name Edit" dialog box, enter the modified label name, click the "Apply" button, as shown in the picture. The next few blank tags are used to increase the menu.

3. Flash website Modification

Step 1: In the first time you make a flash website, you should save your website production plan as ".prj" file when you are prompted to do so.

Step 2: Open the software, in the Start Wizard dialog box, select Open Project, and click the Next button.

Step 3: In the left column of the pop-up window, select the original saved site production scheme for the ".prj" file, click the "Open" button, you can edit the file, no longer select the template to modify.

Edit hint: You can also execute the "file→open Project" command to open the original file directly for modification.

4. Create Flash Menu

A4desk can not only make Flash website, but also can be based on the template to make echocardiography flash menu. After the software is running, select "Create New Menu" in "Start Wizard", click "Next" button, choose Template "Create", then can make the change. You can also execute the File→new→flash menu Header directly, and the template selection screen opens to create it incrementally.

　　Practical Flash Tips

For many flash enthusiasts can make a good flash animation, but the software itself lacks a deep understanding of the phenomenon, as well as some art professionals, and sometimes fear of flash in the action code part. Now take Flash 5 as an example to talk about some of the more advanced techniques and tips of flash 5. This article does not involve action skills, easy to understand.

1. Advanced Application of Mask

A deep understanding of the Mask (MASK) can produce some cool effects. For example: the static text as a masking film, moving the small pattern of the gradient as a masked, it can display the flow effect of the small pattern in the outline of the text; the blocks of text are kept still, and the irregular shade gradually expands to make the text produce an irregular effect; a block of text that produces a moving gradient as a masking piece, Using a consistent color with the background of the asymptotic color block for show masking, can make the text block a fade in the dim effect ... There are many more, it depends on your imagination and creativity.

2. Vectorization of bitmaps and simplification of vector graphs

The capacity of the vector graph is small, enlarge without distortion, the application in Flash has incomparable advantage. Many software can convert bitmaps to vector graphs, but in fact Flash 5 has provided a simple and efficient way to convert bitmaps to vector graphs.

First press "Ctrl+r" to import the bitmap you want to convert, select menu: Modify>trace Bitmap. In the dialog box that pops up, the "Color" and "Minimum area" set the lower, the latter two sets more closely, the more the rotation (that is, the Drop-down menu more bias before the option), the resulting graphics file will be larger, the more refined the screen. For the node complex vector graph, can press "ctrl+alt+shift+c" key to optimize, can greatly reduce the picture capacity.

3. Hide the Flash right-click menu in Browser

In the browser with the right mouse click Flash Animation, pop-up drop-down menu, you do not feel very annoying? get rid of it! This is easy to do in Flash 5. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F12 to eject the "Publish Settings" dialog box, select "Percent" in the "Dimensions" drop-down box, uncheck "Display menu", and then publish it. However, note that only in the HTML page will be effective, the Flash file alone will not play a role. This effect in Flash 3 will be implemented with aftershock. In addition, if you insert a Flash file with Dreamweaver, you can also choose to implement this feature in the Flash property box.

4. Precise control of deformation

In the two objects between the "shape" deformation, is not sometimes a strange feeling, feel in the chaos, not soft changes. In fact, as long as the careful treatment of the line: Select the "shape" deformation of the first frame, press "ctrl+h" can be added to a deformation keyframe, while the final frame of the deformation will also synchronize the corresponding keyframe. By selecting the number of keyframes and adjusting the location of keyframes, you can achieve precise deformations, just as cool as a liquid metal man in the movie "Warriors of the future."

5. Editing techniques for sound effects

In Flash 5 The tenor can be edited, won't it? But it's true, and it's simple, and it's not weak. In the "Sound" option of the Frame Properties dialog box, drag the small square, you can achieve the sound effects of the volume size, fade out, and so on, everything is so simple. Are you going to do it?

6. Switch to control background music

The use of Flash 5 to provide the ordinary turn off music function, it is difficult to click a button to be able to control the effect of music. So what's the secret here? In fact, the method is very simple. First make a "music control switch" of "Movie Clip", place two of the same buttons in different shadow frames, then use the action of the button to toggle the two shadow frames, one shadow frame to place the background music, and set the music to "Start", and the other shadow frame to place the background music, But set the music to "Stop". The specific action I will not say, because I pre-announced. But I think, as a flash enthusiasts, this action is essential.

7. Output GIF, AVI and MOV problems

Some enthusiasts like to use flash GIF animation, or for other uses, need to convert to AVI or MOV format. But sometimes found that many animation information is lost without cause, the reason is the Flash animation application of movie Clip. To be precise, this is not a skill, but it tends to confuse some beginners. There is only one fundamental solution, and that is not to use movie Clip in animation. Of course you don't expect the generated GIF, AVI, or MOV animations to support the SWF file interaction.

8. Transparent and borderless processing of flash animations in Web pages

Can flash animations be as transparent as GIF animations? can ordinary HTML page content overlap with flash animations? The answer is yes, it's easy to do in Flash 5. Press "CTRL+SHIFT+F12" to eject the "Publish Settings" dialog box and select "Transparent windowless" in the "Window mode" drop-down box. Note, however, that the effect is added to the HTML page, and not the Flash file itself has this attribute. Just imagine that you can easily add a flash animation background to your Web page, with sound, and how cool it is. Its compatibility is extremely strong, even if the viewer does not have F1ash playback plugin will not affect the visual effect of the page (just do not show flash files, there will be no blank areas or icons). From this flash can be completely fused with the HTML page, the Web page revolution has arrived!

9. Sunflower Movement

If you want to do a sunflower, around the sun for circular motion. You might think it's simple: don't you just let a sunflower follow a round wire (Guide) as a motion? But what if the sunflower rotates and its flowers always turn toward the center of the sun? It's also very simple: in the Frame Properties dialog box, the Tweening "Orient to Path Direction" can be selected. Flexible use of this method, can produce a lot of unexpected effects.

10. How to determine whether the viewer has installed a plug-in to support Flash, and provide installation methods

The easiest way to do this is to use Dreamweaver to write HTML, and when inserting a flash file, it automatically inserts a code into the Web page. When the user does not have the Flash plugin installed, it automatically downloads to the specified location of the Macmmedia. However, the site server is often busier and you can use "Check Plugin" in behavior to specify any "URL" download. This does not seem to be a f1ash application technique, but it is crucial. You know, there's a part of the computer in China that doesn't have flash players installed.