Testing a Movie Test a Movie and View a SWF History Click the Control menu, and then point to Test Movie.. Select the option where you want to test your movie: ◆ in Flash Professional.
Trang 1As you work, you should periodically stop and test your movie as a Flash SWF The Test command allows you to quickly see your movie on different devices and players—Flash Professional, Device Central (New!) or Air Debug Launcher (Desktop or Mobile) (New!)—without leaving the program The Test command tests the movie based on the current test option Flash uses the document type the default until you change it Each time you test your movie as an SWF, Flash creates a log entry in the SWF History in the Property Inspector (New!) The SWF History shows you the difference in file size between the different tests
If there is over a 50% increase in size, a warning icon appears next to the log entry In the SWF History, you can view or clear the log entries
Testing a Movie
Test a Movie and View a
SWF History
Click the Control menu, and then
point to Test Movie.
Select the option where you want
to test your movie:
◆ in Flash Professional Plays the
movie in a separate window in
Flash Professional
◆ in Device Central Opens
Adobe Device Central CS5 and
displays the movie
◆ in Air Debug Launcher
(Desktop) Opens Adobe Air
Player for the desktop and
displays the movie
◆ in Air Debug Launcher
(Mobile) Opens Adobe Air
Player for mobile devices and
displays the movie
◆ Test Performs a test with the
currently selected test option
TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+Enter
(Win) or A+Return (Mac)
To view and work with the SWF
History log, click the Window
menu, and then click Properties to
open the Property Inspector
◆ Clear the SWF History Click
the Clear button.
◆ View the SWF History Log
Click the Log button.
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Trang 2To view the performance of a Flash document using a graph, use the Bandwidth Profiler The Bandwidth Profiler displays how much data is sent for each frame in the active Flash document, according to the speed you specify The Bandwidth Profiler has two windows The left window shows information about the active document and the current download settings, and the right window displays information about each frame in the document In addition, the Bandwidth Profiler lets you view how the page loads, based on a specific bandwidth For example, you could specify to load the Flash document using a speed
of 28.8Kbps To maintain an accurate download test, the Bandwidth Profiler compensates for added compression support applied to SWF files, which reduces the file size and improves streaming performance
Using the Bandwidth
Profiler
Use the Bandwidth Profiler
Click the Control menu, point to
Test Movie, and then click Test.
Click the View menu, and then
click Bandwidth Profiler.
Click the View menu, point to
Download Settings, and then
select from the available
bandwidth options, or click
Customize, and then create a
user-defined setting
Click the View menu, and then
click Simulate Download.
This tests the load of the Flash
movie against the current settings
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Test movie bandwidth settings.
Timing Rule
A timing rule used in Web design is called the 10-second rule If doc-uments load too slowly, there's a good chance that your visitors will not wait for the document to load, and will move on to other pages
The Bandwidth profiler gives you a real taste of what your visitors are going to experience when they download your Flash movies
For Your Information
Trang 3Flash can export an entire movie or frame to several different formats that are not included in the Publish Settings dialog box These formats include Adobe FXG, Bitmap, JPEG Image or Sequence, GIF Image or Sequence, PNG Image or Sequence, Quick Time (MOV), Animated GIF, Windows AVI, and WAV (for Windows only) When you export a movie
or image (frame), some file formats require you to select additional for-mat specific options, such as resolution (dots per inch) and number of colors or color bit depth, to complete the operation To set the resolu-tion to match your monitor, select Match Screen
Exporting a Movie to
Different Formats
Export a Movie Frame to
Different Formats
Open a document
Select a frame you want to export
in the Timeline
Click the File menu, point to
Export, and then click Export
Image.
Navigate to the location where
you want to save the file
Enter a name in the Save As (Mac)
or File Name (Win) box
Click the Format popup (Mac) or
the Save As Type list arrow (Win),
and then select a file format
Click Save.
Some file formats require you to
select additional format specific
options to complete the operation
If a dialog box appears, select the
options you want, and then
click OK.
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Formats
Open a document
Click the File menu, point to
Export, and then click Export
Movie.
TIMESAVER Press Option+
Shift+A+S (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+
Shift+S (Win) to export a movie
Navigate to the location where
you want to save the file
Enter a name in the Save As (Mac)
or File Name (Win) box
Click the Format popup (Mac) or
the Save As Type list arrow (Win),
and then select a file format
Click Save.
Some file formats require you to
select additional format specific
options to complete the operation
If a dialog box appears, select the
options you want
Click OK or Export.
When you export a movie, Flash
creates a separate file for each
frame of the movie and numbers
them in sequential order
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Trang 5In your browser, you can press Control+click (Mac) or right-click (Win)
a Flash movie in a Flash Player to display a contextual, or shortcut, menu The menu contains Flash Player related commands, such as Print You can give viewers the option to print some, or all of your movie By default, the Print command prints every frame in the movie unless you restrict printing to specific frames by labeling them as print-able in the Flash document before you publish it You label frames as printable by typing #p in the Frame box of the Property Inspector By default, the movie’s Stage size determines the print area
Printing from the
Flash Player
Label Frames as Printable and
Print from the Flash Player
Open a document
Select the frames or keyframes in
the Timeline you want to label as
printable
Type #p in the Frame box in the
Property Inspector
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each
keyframe you want to label as
printable
Publish your movie using the
Publish command on the File
menu, and then view it in your
browser using the Flash Player
Press Control+click (Mac) or
right-click (Win) anywhere in the movie
window, and then click Print.
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#p appears in the selected frames.
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Did You Know?
You can disable printing from the
Flash Player Open the Flash
docu-ment, select a frame in the Timeline,
open the Frame Property Inspector,
and then type !#p in the Label box.
You can disable the contextual menu
in the Flash Player Click the File menu,
click Publish Settings, click the HTML
tab, clear the Display Menu check box,
and then click OK
Printing with ActionScript
You can also print with ActionScript using the following commands:
print (target, bounding box), printasBitmap (target, bounding box), or Printjob class The target is the Movie Clip Timeline (or specific frames) and bounding box is bmovie (frame with a #b used as print area), bframe (each frame used as print area), or bmax (one big print area)
For Your Information
Trang 6Working with Projects and
Other Programs
Introduction
Adobe programs are designed to work together so you can
focus on what you need to do, rather than on how to do it In
fact, the Adobe programs share tools and features for your
most common tasks so you can work uninterrupted and
move seamlessly from one program to another
If you need more advanced scripting features, you can
use Adobe Flash Builder to work with ActionScript 3.0, yet
still quickly switch back to Flash Professional as needed As a
designer, you can use the Adobe FXG file format to exchange
graphic content between programs with high fidelity, which
includes Fireworks, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator, Flash Catalyst,
and Flash Builder If you want to create a stand-alone
applica-tion from a Flash document, you can publish it as an Adobe
AIR application, which you can install or remove like any
other program In addition to developing content for
comput-ers, you can also use Flash to develop content for mobile
devices using Adobe Device Central CS5 to test it
In Flash, you can manage multiple document files within
a Flash Project A Flash Projects lets you group multiple, and
related files together to help you keep track of complex
appli-cations Flash lets you apply version-control to ensure that
the correct file versions are used during editing and to
pre-vent accidental overwriting
If you want to access additional resources from Adobe,
you can use the Adobe CS Live menu Adobe CS Live is an
online service that allows you to set up or manage (sign in
and out) an Adobe account, access the Acrobat.com
subscrip-tion-based Web site or the Adobe ConnectNow Web site
(Share my screen command) where you can collaborate with
others, display CS news and resources, and access an Adobe
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What You’ll Do Work with Adobe Flash Builder Exchange Content with Adobe FXG Create an Adobe AIR Application Create Content for a Mobile Device Map MIDI Sounds on a Mobile Device Create and Manage a Project
Manage Project Files Test a Project Send a Document Using E-Mail Explore CS Live Services Share My Screen Use Adobe Extension Manager