Video Description
The best-selling Visual QuickStart Guide series is now
available as online video! Video QuickStarts combine the practical,
step-by-step approach of the Visual QuickStart Guide series with
the immediacy of online learning to offer an all-new approach to
mastering a new application or technology quickly. Each Video
QuickStart offers short, task-based videos and rich graphics to
demonstrate key concepts. Simply make your purchase online, log in,
and within minutes you will be learning at your desktop.
Flash for Video: Video
QuickStartdelivers the training you need to understand
and produce Adobe Flash video. The video starts off with the basics
including different file formats and what makes for good video on
the Web. With a firm foundation in place you’ll move on
to more advanced topics such as applying effects and changing
playback options for progressive downloads. The video
concludes with a segment on using ActionScript to load and control
video clips. If you're looking to jumpstart your knowledge of
Flash video, this Video Quickstart is a great first step and
learning tool.
Running time 55 min.
For more than 15 years, Peachpit Press has helped millions of
users—from designers to developers and more—get up to speed on all
sorts of computer programs. The new Video QuickStarts provide a
quick, convenient, computer-based alternative to learning your
favorite creative applications.
Table of Contents
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1. The Basics
- Introduction: Assumptions 00:00:27
- What Makes Good Video for the Web 00:01:22
- What Types of Video Can Be Imported 00:00:39
- Understanding Flash File Types: FLAs, SWFs, and FLVs 00:01:40
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2. Embedding Video
- To Embed a Digitized Video 00:03:37
- Embedding Options 00:01:07
- Editing Video in Flash Before Import 00:02:59
- Selecting Compression Settings 00:01:33
- Adjusting Video Length and Cropping Options 00:01:51
- Updating Embedded Videos 00:00:57
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3. Effects for Video
- Applying a Motion Tween to a Video 00:01:48
- Color Blending Between Video Clips 00:01:13
- Applying Movie Clip Filter Effects 00:01:10
- To Import a Videow with an Alpha Channel 00:02:24
- Rotoscoping 00:02:56
- 4. Streaming Video from Flash
- 5. Using ActionScript