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How2 Add Flash

Flash is a multimedia program used to create interactive content for the web. It allows users to create animated "movies" using vector graphics, which can be scaled without loss of quality. Flash movies are embedded into HTML pages using object and embed tags along with swf and param tags. A basic Flash movie can be created by drawing objects, converting them to symbols, adding keyframes to change properties over time, and using motion tweens to animate between keyframes.

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How2 Add Flash

Flash is a multimedia program used to create interactive content for the web. It allows users to create animated "movies" using vector graphics, which can be scaled without loss of quality. Flash movies are embedded into HTML pages using object and embed tags along with swf and param tags. A basic Flash movie can be created by drawing objects, converting them to symbols, adding keyframes to change properties over time, and using motion tweens to animate between keyframes.

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What is Flash?

• Flash is a multimedia graphics program specially for use on the Web


• Flash enables you to create interactive "movies" on the Web
• Flash uses vector graphics, which means that the graphics can be scaled to any size without losing
clarity/quality
• Flash does not require programming skills and is easy to learn
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• How to create movie in flash
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• After creating a Flash movie you choose File > Save As from the top menu to save your movie. Save
the file as "Somefilename.fla".
• To embed the Flash movie you just made into an HTML page, you should go back to your Flash
program and do the following steps:
• Step 1
Choose File > Open. Open a Flash movie you have created.
• Step 2
Choose File > Export Movie.
• Step 3
Name the file "somefilename.swf". Choose the location where the file is to be stored (in your Web
folder). Click OK

Step 4
Open the HTML page where you want to insert your Flash movie. Insert this code

<object width="550" height="400">


<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf">
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object

Note: This is the minimum code you need to embed a Flash movie in a browser. A broken icon will appear
on the Web page if the user does not have the Flash plug-in installed.

Note: In the code above there is both an <embed> tag and an <object> tag. This is because the <object>
tag is recognized by Internet Explorer, and Netscape recognizes the <embed> tag and ignores the <object>
tag.

Step 5
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

Let the Flash Program do the Work

The code above is the absolute minimum code to embed Flash movies in HTML pages. It is not
recommended to use the minimum code. There should be a few more attributes added:
• classid is an attribute to the <object> tag. It tells Internet Explorer to load the ActiveX plug-in if it
is not installed
• pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page
if Netscape does not have it

The Flash program can add these attributes for you:

Step 1
Choose File > Publish. Flash will now create the <object>, <param>, and <embed> tags for you. It will also
create the classid and pluginspage attributes.

Step 2
Open the HTML document that Flash created, view the HTML source and copy the code into your HTML page
where you want your Flash movie.

Step 3
Be sure that you have the "somefilename.swf" in your Web folder.

Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

How to tween a ball

Step 1
Create a small circle to the left in the Stage area. Do this by selecting the circle tool from the left toolbar.
Draw the circle in the Stage area.

Step 2
Select the Arrow tool from the left toolbar. Double-click on the circle to select it.

Step 3
Now we have to convert the circle to a symbol. When the circle is converted to a symbol we can create
instances of the circle. From the top menu choose Modify > Convert to Symbol. Name the symbol "Ball", and
select OK.

Step 4
Go to Frame 10 in the Timeline. Do this by clicking the gray field below 10. Then right click in this field.
Choose Insert Keyframe. Keyframes appear as circles in a frame. This operation duplicates the image.

Note: A keyframe specifies changes in an animation. You create keyframes at important points in the
Timeline and let Flash create the frames in between.

Step 5
Select the circle and move it to the right a couple of inches.

Step 6
Click on the Timeline any place between Frame 1 and Frame 10. Then right click and choose Create Motion
Tween.

Step 7
Choose Control > Test Movie from the top menu to test your Flash movie
The code

<html> <head> </head> <body> <object width="400" height="400"> <param


name="movie" value="ball.swf"> <embed src="ball.swf" width="400"
height="400"></embed> </object> </body> </html>

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