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What is a Vector Image? Computer graphics falls into two main categories: bitmap and vector images. You can work with both types of graphics in Flash. Understanding the difference between the two categories helps as you create, edit, and import artwork. A vector graphic is defined according to its geometric characteristics: the precise direction and [...]

To change a bitmap image into a vector image, you need to "trace" the bitmap. Select the bitmap on the stage Go to Modify > Bitmap > Trace Bitmap. a Trace Bitmap dialogue box will open. This is where you specify exactly how the Bitmap is converted.  To start with, you can simply accept the [...]

Actionscript is a scripting language which is used to create interactivity in Flash movies.  In these examples, you will be using Actionscript 2. Where in a Flash movie do you insert the Actionscript? The Actionscript for a movie is created using the Actions Panel (Window > Actions). When you publish the movie, the script which [...]

In this step – by – step, you will create a slide show with 5 frames containing the numbers 1 to 5, and a button that makes the movie advance one frame at a time. Go File > New and choose "Flash File ( Actionscript 2.0)" In a new movie, create three layers and label [...]

Continuing on from "step one – setting up the timeline of a slide show". The effect we are after is for the movie to wait at the first frame, showing the number "1", until we click the button to advance it to the next frame. You need script that will execute automatically without the user [...]

If you followed the steps "set up a basic slide show timeline" and "stopping a movie with an action", you should now have a slide show movie which is stopped at frame one. The next step is to make the movie advances one frame when the button is clicked. To do this, you will write [...]