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    Flash uses various terms and techniques for creating animations and interactivity. Key terms include ActionScript for coding interactivity, symbols for reusable objects, layers for organization, and the timeline for controlling playback over frames. Animation techniques include tweening to transition smoothly between values, motion guides for path-based movement, and shape tweening to morph objects. Components and libraries help build animations from pre-made pieces.

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    Flash uses various terms and techniques for creating animations and interactivity. Key terms include ActionScript for coding interactivity, symbols for reusable objects, layers for organization, and the timeline for controlling playback over frames. Animation techniques include tweening to transition smoothly between values, motion guides for path-based movement, and shape tweening to morph objects. Components and libraries help build animations from pre-made pieces.

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    Flash uses various terms and techniques for creating animations and interactivity. Key terms include ActionScript for coding interactivity, symbols for reusable objects, layers for organization, and the timeline for controlling playback over frames. Animation techniques include tweening to transition smoothly between values, motion guides for path-based movement, and shape tweening to morph objects. Components and libraries help build animations from pre-made pieces.

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    Term

    Definition

    ActionScript

    Adds interactivity and/or playback efficiency to a movie via coding.


    Similar to JavaScript, ActionScript is an object-oriented programming
    language.

    Alpha effect

    Adjusts the transparency of an instance.

    Bitmaps

    Images using colored dots, called pixels, arranged within a grid. Typical
    of most web graphics.

    Breaking
    apart

    Converts symbols into basic shapes so that shape tweening can be


    used.

    Button
    symbol

    Used to create interactive buttons in a movie that respond to mouse


    clicks or other actions.

    Component

    Easing
    option

    A pre-made movie clip that provides some functionality, such as a


    button, a scroll pane, or a progress bar. Components allow you to create
    animations with complex functionality, but with a minimum of effort.
    By default, the rate of change between tweened frames is constant.
    Easing creates a more natural appearance of transformation by
    gradually adjusting the rate of change.

    Frame-byFrame
    animation

    An animation technique that involves subsequently creating a slightly


    altered image in sequence and then playing back the entire sequence.

    Graphic
    symbol

    Used for static images and to create reusable pieces of animation that
    are tied to the Timeline of the main movie.

    Keyframe

    A frame in which a change in an animation is defined. Keyframes are an


    important part of tweened animation.

    Layer

    Helps organize symbols and other separate animation entities by


    allowing you to draw and edit objects on one layer without affecting
    objects on another layer.

    Term
    Library

    Motion guide

    Definition
    Stores symbols, such as graphic symbols and button symbols, and
    allows you to view and organize these files as you work. Helps in
    selecting and copying instances of symbols on the main stage.
    Lets you draw paths along which tweened instances, groups, or text
    blocks can be animated from one keyframe to another.

    Motion
    tweening

    To tween the changes in properties of instances, groups, and type, you


    use motion tweening. Flash can tween position, size, rotation, and skew
    of instances, groups, and type. Additionally, Flash can tween the color of
    instances and type, creating gradual color shifts or making an instance
    fade in or out.

    Shape
    tweening

    In shape tweening, you draw a shape at one point in time, and then you
    change that shape or draw another shape at another point in time. Flash
    interpolates the values or shapes for the frames in between, creating the
    morphing animation. Symbols must be broken apart before using
    shape tweening.

    Symbol

    A reusable graphical object that is stored in a Library. You can then


    create multiple instances of the symbol. There are three symbol types:
    graphic, button, and movie clip.

    Timeline

    Organizes and controls a movie's content over time in layers and frames.
    The major components of the Timeline are layers, frames, and the
    playhead.

    Vector
    graphic

    Describes images using lines and curves, called vectors, which also
    include color and position properties. You can move, resize, reshape,
    and change the color of a vector graphic without changing the quality of
    its appearance.

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