Index
Index
569
for snapping to grids/guides,
35–36
for sounds, 496
for Stage, 26
parent bones, 367, 370
parent object, 463
parentheses (
( )
), 429
Paste command, 104–105
Paste Frames command, 224, 321,
329, 330
Paste in Center command, 105,
176, 177
Paste in Place command, 105,
177, 178
Paste Motion command, 362, 364
Pasteboard, 27
pasting modes, 177
paths
adding points to, 136, 292
closing, 133
copying and pasting, 297
creating open, 64
de ned, 66
extending, 133, 136
math for creating, 66
modifying, 95, 137–140
motion. See motion paths
moving symbols along,
253–255
orienting tween target to
curved, 294
removing points from, 292
repositioning, 288
reshaping, 290
resizing, 289
swapping, 297–298
target, 463–464, 466
viewing, 129
pattern tools, 76, 157
patterns, creating/customizing,
157–160
pen tool, 61, 63–65, 133
pencil tool, 61, 62
Permit Debugging option, 542
perspective, 117
Photoshop, 477, 479, 480–485
PICT les, 477
Ping-Pong game, 331–340
pixels, 28
Play command, 235
playback, preparing movies for
optimal, 526–529
playback options, 550
PNG  les, 477, 479, 525
PNTG les, 477
pointing- nger icon, 24
points, 93
pose frames, 220, 376, 377
pose layers, 372
pose spans, 212, 377, 380, 381
position keyframes, 283, 293,
305–307
preferences
Actions panel, 422–423
drawing, 61, 366
highlighting, 97
IK drawing, 366
keyframe span, 221
launch, 2
PSD import, 480–482
selection, 96–97
tool tips, 41
Welcome screen, 2
Pressure modi er, 67
primitive-shapes
combining multiple, 155
converting drawing-objects
to, 143
converting merge-shapes to,
143
de ned, 39
modifying, 126, 137–140
vs. other types of graphic
objects, 54, 55
preventing interactions
between, 149
resizing, 108
selecting, 98
and shape tweening, 263, 276
undoing changes to, 114
primitive tweens, 276
printing
from Flash Player, 551
frames, 525
movies, 525
progressive-download video,
509, 524
projectors, 525, 531
property curves
adding/removing keyframes
in, 303, 304
editing, 313–314
viewing, 299–300
Property inspector
accessing, 25
as context-sensitive super
panel, 25
Oval Options section, 60
positioning graphics with, 110
purpose of, 25
resizing elements with, 109
setting  ll colors from, 49–50
setting paragraph attributes
in, 90
setting text attributes in,
80–81
property keyframes
copying and pasting, 322
hiding, 296
how they work, 283
how Timeline indicates
presence of, 283, 293
and Insert > Keyframe
command, 323–324
manipulating tween targets to
add, 308
navigating, 303
removing, 320
reversing order of, 348
Protect from Import check box,
541
protoframes, 212, 215, 218, 221
PSD File Importer, 2, 480
PSD  les, 480–485
PSD Import dialog, 480, 483, 485
Publish Preview command, 533
Publish Settings dialog, 531–542
and ActionScript versions, 536
Flash section, 534–542, 557
Formats section, 531–532,
533, 554
GIF section, 554–555
HTML section, 545–552, 553
publishing. See also Publish
Settings dialog
alternate image formats,
553–556
digitally recorded sounds, 539
vs. exporting, 531, 532
GIF  les, 554–556
HTML documents, 545–546
movies, 533
setting format for, 531–532
SWF  les, 534
publishing formats, 531
Punch command, 156
Q
QTIF  les, 477
Quality pop-up menu, 551
QuickTime, 477, 487, 532
QuickTime Image  les, 477

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