Previewing a Movie Preview a Movie Click the File menu, point to Publish Preview, and then select from the following options: ◆ Default HTML.. Testing a Movie Test a Movie and View a
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Why would you want an exact copy of something that already exists?
Actually, creating a duplicate can be a very smart thing to do For example, say you create a profile for a specific job that involved sev-eral changes to the default settings, and you name it: Output_A Then, two weeks later you need another profile that's almost exactly the same as Output_A, with one or two minor changes Rather than start from scratch, you create a duplicate of Output_A, make the minor changes, and Export it using the name: Output_B It's fast and easy, and it means you're working smart
Duplicating a Profile
Duplicate a Profile
Click the File menu, and then click
Publish Settings.
Click the Current Profile list arrow,
and then select the profile you
want to duplicate
Click the Duplicate Profile button.
Give the duplicate a new name
Click OK.
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See Also
See “Exporting and Importing a
Profile“ on page 496 for more
informa-tion on how to export a Flash
publishing profile
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a good idea to periodically save your document In fact, you should always save the Flash document before previewing That way, if there happen to be any problems, it's an easy matter of restoring the file from the last-saved version To preview your Flash SWF file with the publish-ing format and settpublish-ings you've selected, you can use the Publish Preview command This command exports the file and opens the pre-view within the default browser
Previewing a Movie
Preview a Movie
Click the File menu, point to
Publish Preview, and then select
from the following options:
◆ Default (HTML) Select this
option to display the Flash
document within an HTML
document
◆ Flash Select this option to
create and play a Flash swf
file
◆ HTML Same as Default
(HTML)
◆ GIF Select this option to create
a GIF version of the currently
selected frame in the Timeline
◆ JPEG Select this option to
create a JPEG version of the
currently selected frame in the
Timeline
◆ PNG Select this option to
create a PNG version of the
currently selected frame in the
Timeline
◆ Projector Select this option to
display the Flash document in a
self-contained projector file
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Changing Magnification in Flash Player
In the Flash Player, you can increase or decrease the magnification
of the current Flash movie (SWF), as well as play, rewind, step for-ward, or step back To zoom in or out in a browser, press Control+click (Mac) or right-click (Win) anywhere in the movie win-dow, and then click Zoom In or Zoom Out Click Show All to see the entire Flash movie
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Trang 3As 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 4To 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
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Trang 5Flash 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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Available file formats
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Options vary depending on export format
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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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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)
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