Chapter 2

basic concepts

at night

a demonstration of Flash animation, as illustrated in Figures 2.2 and 2.3. Please note that this animation uses a lot of morphing on several layers, and puts quite a strain on your computer. It may not play properly in older machines, and may be slow to start if you only have a slow dial-up connection.

 

selections.fla

a very simple example of the `set of selections' structure. Clicking on a book cover takes you to a sequence that just displays a bit of text, then holds on a button that takes you back to the first frame

 

player1.fla

the movie player movie with one embedded clip. This differs from the illustration in the book, because the unused fast forward button has been removed.