A. PreliminaryAdobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is one of the computer software which is a superior product Adobe Systems. Adobe Flash is used to create vector graphics and animated images. Files that are generated from this software has a file extension. Swf and can be played in a web browser that has been fitted with Adobe Flash Player. Flash uses a programming language called ActionScript which first appeared in Flash 5.
Prior to 2005, released by Macromedia Flash. Flash 1.0 was launched in 1996 after buying Macromedia's vector animation program called FutureSplash. The latest version was launched on the market by using the name 'Macromedia' is is a Macromedia Flash 8. On December 3, 2005 Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia and its products, so the name changed to Adobe's Flash Macromedia Flash.
Adobe Flash is a program designed by Adobe and application programs to professional standard authoring tool used to create animations and bitmaps that are very interesting for the purposes of development and interactive web sites dynamic. Flash is designed with the ability to create 2-dimensional animations that are reliable and lightweight so that the flash is widely used to establish and give effect to the animation on the website, Interactive CD and others. In addition, this application can also be used to create animated logos, movie, game, making navigation on Web sites, animated buttons, banners, interactive menus, interactive form fields, e-cards, screen savers and manufacture of other web applications. In Flash, there are techniques to make animation, action script facility, filters, custom easing and can include complete video with FLV playback facilities. The advantages possessed by the Flash is that it can be given a little good programming code that runs its own to set the animation in it or used to communicate with other programs such as HTML, PHP, and XML database approach, can be collaborated with the web, because it has advantages such little else in the output file size
Movie-movie Flash has a small file size and can be viewed with a screen size that can be customized with keingginan. Flash application is an application standard web animation design industry with increased regulatory and extension of better integration capabilities. Many new fiture fiture-in Flash that can enhance creativity in making rich media content by utilizing the maximum capabilities of the application. Fiture-fiture recently helped us focus more on design are made quickly, rather than focusing on the workings and use of the application. Flash also can be used to quickly develop application-rich web applications with advanced scripting. In the application is also available a tool to debug the script. By using Code hint to simplify and accelerate the creation and development of ActionScript contents automatically.
B. Know your work area macromedia flash MX
Title bar
Is a row of information that explains the title of movie that worked.
Menu bar
Is a collection of menus are grouped into one like new, open, save, export, etc.
Tool Box
is a collection of tools used for drawing or editing the appearance of the work area.
Timeline Panel
Is a window panel to classify and organize the contents of a movie
Stage
is an area work together to create / categorize the pieces of the picture so that it becomes a movie
Property inspector panel
is a window panel to change the attributes of objects
Panel action
is a window panel that provides the need for interactivity in sebuam movie by writing a few lines of the script by using the action script programming language.
