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The document provides instructions on how to import and manage sound in Adobe Flash Professional, detailing supported sound file formats and synchronization options. It outlines the steps to import sound files into the library, add them to the timeline, edit sound settings, and apply sound compression to manage file sizes. Additionally, it explains the different synchronization methods available for sound playback within the timeline.

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FL Howto Import Sound1

The document provides instructions on how to import and manage sound in Adobe Flash Professional, detailing supported sound file formats and synchronization options. It outlines the steps to import sound files into the library, add them to the timeline, edit sound settings, and apply sound compression to manage file sizes. Additionally, it explains the different synchronization methods available for sound playback within the timeline.

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How to import sound

In Adobe Flash Professional, you can import sounds and integrate them into the timelines of your main document and
symbols. For example, you can enhance user experience by adding short sound clips or audio loops to navigation
elements. You can also add music or narration audio and synchronize that sound with moving objects to help tell a
story or explain a concept.

Importing sound
You can import the following sound file formats into Flash:
• ASND Adobe Sound Document
• WAV (Windows only)
• AIFF (Mac OS only)
• MP3 (Windows or Mac OS)
If you have QuickTime 4 or later installed on your system, you can import these additional sound file formats:
• AIFF (Windows or Mac OS)
• Sound Designer II (Mac OS only)
• Sound Only QuickTime Movies (Windows or Mac OS)
• Sun AU (Windows or Mac OS)
• System 7 Sounds (Mac OS only)
• WAV (Windows or Mac OS)
You can synchronize a sound to your movie in several ways by using the Sync pop-up menu in the Properties panel:
When you import a sound file, it’s placed in the library. Then you can drag an instance (copy) of the sound onto the
Stage. Sound files must be tied to keyframes.
• Event: An event sound plays when the playhead reaches the first keyframe containing the sound. It plays in
its entirety, independent of the timeline, even if the movie stops. If a different instance of the same sound is
started, the sounds will overlap.
• Start: The same as Event, except that if the sound is already playing, no new instance of the sound will begin
playing.
• Stop: Silences the specified sound.
• Stream: Forces the movie to keep pace with the sound. If Flash can’t draw animation frames quickly enough,
it skips frames. Unlike event sounds, stream sounds stop if the movie stops. Stream sounds can also produce
a much smaller file size, although their quality tends to be poorer than event sounds.
Importing a Sound
You import sounds into the library, then drag them onto the Stage to add them to the timeline.

To import a sound:
1. Start Flash and open a document.
2. Insert a new layer.
3. Double-click the new layer name, and rename it Sound.
4. Select File > Import > Import To Library.
The Import To Library dialog box appears (Figure 1).
5. Locate a sound file, select it, and click Open (Windows)
or Import To Library (Mac OS).
Note: You can download free music loops and sound
effect clips at www.flashkit.com, for example.
6. Select frame 1 on the Sound layer. Figure 1 Import To Library dialog box
7. Make sure the Library panel is open. (If not, select
Window > Library.) Play button
The sound appears in the Library panel. To preview the
sound, you can select it and click the Play button in the
preview (upper) pane of the Library panel (Figure 2).
8. Drag a sound file from the Library panel onto the Stage.
The Sound layer must contain enough frames to play the
entire sound. For example, if your movie is set for 12
frames per second and your sound is 2 seconds long, the
Sound layer must contain at least 24 frames. If you are
adding sound to an existing movie, your movie might
already be long enough to accommodate the sound.
9. If necessary, add frames to the Sound layer. To do this,
click a frame down the timeline for the Sound layer, such
as frame 24 for a 2-second movie at 12 fps, and select
Insert > Frame.
Figure 2 Library panel
The sound does not appear on the Stage but does appear
on the timeline as a waveform (Figure 3).
Note: You can also press the F5 key to insert a frame and
press Shift-F5 to delete a frame.

Figure 3 Sound in the timeline


Editing sound settings
In the Properties panel, you can change settings for the sound, including making the sound fade in and fade out.

To edit sound settings:


1. Continue where you left off in the previous task.
2. Select the first keyframe in the Sound layer and adjust the
settings for the sound in the Properties panel (Figure 4).
• Effect: Choose from previously created effects such
as Fade In, Fade Out, keeping sound in only one
channel (left or right), or fading sound from one
channel to the other (Figure 5). Choosing Custom or
clicking the Edit Sound Button (pencil) opens a
sound-editing window where you can create your
own fading effects (Figure 6). In the sound-editing
window, called the Edit Envelope dialog box, adjust
the sound handles to control sound volume in each
channel.
• Sync: Choose Event, Start, Stop, or Stream.
• Loop: Set the number of times to have the sound
replay.
Figure 4 Properties panel

Figure 5 Effect pop-up menu

Figure 6 Edit Envelope dialog box


Sound compression
Sound files can drastically increase the file size of your movies. One way to control this is to set the compression for
the sounds in Flash.

To compress sound:
1. Make sure the Library panel is open, and select a sound Library Properties button
file.
2. Click the Properties button in the Library panel
(Figure 7).
Figure 7 Library Properties button
The Sound Properties dialog box appears (Figure 8).
3. Choose a compression method from the Compression
menu (Figure 9) and click OK.
• ADPCM: This method sets the compression for 8-bit
and 16-bit sound data. Use this when you export
short event sounds such as button clicks.
• MP3: This method offers good compression and
sound fidelity for longer stream sounds such as
music tracks.
• Raw: This resamples the file but does not perform
any compression.
• Speech: A good compression to use for speech sound Figure 8 Sound Properties dialog box
files.
4. Save the movie.
5. Select Control > Test Movie > In Flash Professional.

Figure 9 Compression menu

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