Flash publish settings give you the ability to create an HTML document specifically tailored to the active Flash document; including options to use an HTML template, and control the play
Trang 1When you save a document, you have the ability to save more than just Flash information You can save copyright, camera, and even image cat-egory information This data is saved with the file as metadata in the XMP format (Extensible Metadata Platform) in SWF files, and can be recognized and accessed by any application, such as Adobe Bridge, that reads XMP metadata In addition, if an image is a photograph, you can save data specifying the type of image, where it was shot, or the camera used You can even get information on shutter speed and f-stop
You can do the same with video and audio data too That information will not only protect your intellectual property, but will supply you with vital statistics on exactly how you created that one-of-a-kind image
Inserting File
Information
Insert File Information into
a Flash Document
Open a document
Click the File menu, and then click
File Info.
Click the Description tab, and then
enter information concerning the
author and any copyright
information
Click the IPTC tab to enter
information concerning the
image's creator, description and
keywords, location where
photograph was taken, date
created, copyright, and usage
terms
Click the Camera Data tab, which
reveals information about the
camera that took the image
Click the Video Data tab or Audio
Data tab to reveal information
about video and audio data, and
then enter your video and audio
data
Click the Mobile SWF tab or Audio
Data tab, and then enter file
information for a mobile SWF
Click the Categories tab, and then
enter category keywords for
search purposes
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Trang 2Click the Origin tab, and then
enter data pertaining to the origin
of the image
Click the DICOM tab, and then
enter data pertaining to the Digital
Imaging and Communications in
Medicine
Click the History tab to view
historical information about the
active document, such as dates
last opened and saved, and a list
of image adjustments
Click the Advanced tab to view
additional information on the
active document, such as EXIF,
and PDF document properties
Click the Raw Data tab to view
raw RDF/XML information
Click OK.
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Did You Know?
You can add metadata to files saved in
the PSD, PDF, EPS, PNG, GIF, JPEG,
and TIFF formats The information is
embedded in the file using XMP
(eXtensible Metadata Platform) This
allows metadata to be exchanged
between Adobe applications and
across operating systems
You can use the XMP Software
Development Kit to customize the
creation, processing, and interchange
of metadata You can also use the XMP
kit to add fields to the File Info dialog
box For information on XMP and the
XMP SDK, check the Adobe Solutions
Network
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Trang 3The most common way to display a Flash movie is on the Internet, using
an HTML document as the movie container HTML creates tags that embed the Flash movie in an HTML document for viewing on the Web
Flash publish settings give you the ability to create an HTML document specifically tailored to the active Flash document; including options to use an HTML template, and control the playback and quality of the final published document You can also set options to specify the scale and alignment of the movie as well as the way it opens
Specifying HTML
Options
Specify HTML Options
Click the File menu, and then click
Publish Settings.
Select the HTML check box, and
then click the HTML tab.
Click the Template list arrow, and
then select a Flash container
template (including templates for
PocketPC devices)
Click the Dimensions list arrow,
and then click Match Movie,
Pixels, or Percent If Pixels or
Percent, enter width and height
The Match Movie option matches
the size of the Flash movie The
Pixels option sets the exact size
The Percent option allows for
scaling within a browser
Select from the following Playback
options:
◆ Paused At Start Select this
option to pause the Flash
movie, when loaded
◆ Loop Select this option to
cause the Flash movie to loop,
when loaded
◆ Display Menu Select this
option to have the HTML
document display a control
menu for the Flash document
◆ Device Font Select this option
to use device fonts in the Flash
document
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Trang 4Click the Quality list arrow to
select a quality level for the
document
◆ Low No anti-alias.
◆ Auto Low Starts with no
anti-alias, but changes as needed
◆ High Allows anti-alias.
◆ Auto High Starts with
anti-alias, but changes down as
needed
◆ Medium Anti-aliases most
items, but does not smooth
bitmaps
◆ Best Anti-aliases everything.
Click the Window Mode list arrow,
and then select a mode (Window,
Opaque Windowless, or
Transparent Windowless) for
opening the Flash document
Click the HTML Alignment list
arrow to select the alignment of
the HTML page
Click the Scale list arrow to select
how to scale the Flash document,
when loaded into the HTML page
◆ Default Shows entire
document; keeps proportions
◆ No Border Fills area to the
border; keeps proportions
◆ Exact Fit Fills entire SWF
movie; doesn’t keep
proportions
◆ No Scale SWF remains the
same size if Player window is
resized
Click the Horizontal and Vertical
list arrows to select how the Flash
document is aligned with in the
HTML page
Click OK to save HTML settings.
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Using Version Detection
Version Detection checks what version of the Flash Player is running
on your viewer’s computer If the Flash Player is missing or the ver-sion number is not high enough to display the movie, you can have Flash display a message, link to Adobe’s Web site to download the correct version, display an alternative image file, or display a differ-ent site To detect a viewer’s Flash Player version, click the File menu, click Publish Settings, click the Flash tab, click the Version list arrow, click Flash version 4 or higher, click the HTML tab, select the Detect Flash Version check box, click Settings, and then specify file names (.html) for Detection (detects Flash Player version), Content (displays the swf file), and Alternate (displays a warning and link to download the Flash Player) To let Flash create its standard Detection and Alternate files, click the Generate Default option, or click Use Defaults This uses SWFObject2 for Flash Player detection (New !)
To use your own alternate file, click the Use Existing option, and then
For Your Information
Trang 5When you publish a Flash document, you're not limited to just the cre-ation of the Flash movie, you can instruct Flash to create a GIF image of the Flash movie, based on the currently selected frame The GIF file for-mat (Graphics Interchange Forfor-mat) is used primarily for clipart, text, and line art, or for images that contain areas of solid color Once the image is created, you can open and use it in any application that sup-ports the GIF file format
Specifying GIF
Options
Specify GIF Options
Select a specific frame on the
Timeline
Click the File menu, and then click
Publish Settings.
Select the GIF check box, and then
click the GIF tab.
Enter a Width and Height (in
pixels) for the JPEG image, or
select the Match Movie check box
to create a JPEG image that
matches the size of the Flash
movie
Select from the following Playback
options:
◆ Static Prevents the GIF
animation from playing
◆ Animated Animates the GIF
document
◆ Loop Continuously Forces the
animation into a continuous
loop
◆ Repeat Enter a value
representing the number of
times the file loops
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Trang 6Select from the following Options:
◆ Optimize Colors Creates an
optimized (smaller) set of colors
for the active document
◆ Interlace Creates an interlaced
image where the file, when
displayed on a Web page, loads
in three passes
◆ Smooth Uses a color dithering
scheme to create visually
smoother color transitions
◆ Dither Solids Dithers (mixes)
solid colors if they fall outside
of the viewable color gamut
◆ Remove Gradients Removes
gradients from the active
image
Click the Transparent list arrow,
and then click Opaque,
Transparent, or Alpha.
The Alpha transparency mask
generates transparent areas
within the GIF image
Click the Dither list arrow, and
then click None, Ordered, or
Diffusion.
Click the Palette Type list arrow,
and then click Web 216, Adaptive,
Web Snap Adaptive, or Custom.
Enter a number for the Maximum
Colors
This is available for Adaptive and
Web Snap Adaptive Flash lets you
select how many colors are
available for the image's color
table
Click to select a color table file for
the Custom Palette Type
Click OK to save the GIF settings.
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Web 216 Creates an image with only Web Safe
colors.
Adaptive Creates an image where the color table
(CLUT) adapts to the image colors.
Web Snap Adaptive Creates a color table that adheres
closely to the Web Safe Color palette.
Custom Creates a customized color palette.
Palette Type Options