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Illustrator
for Interactive
1 Prepare your file for Flash
Prepare your file for use in Flash
by identifying any objects that will
need to be interactive in your final
product. Select these elements,
define them as symbols, and give
them Flash-based attributes.
Symbol Options dialog box
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For example, you can pre-create
graphics and movie clip symbols,
including support for registration
points and 9-slice scaling.
See Adobe Video Workshop topics:
• Understanding 9-slice scaling
• Using 9-slice scaling
Adobe® Illustrator ® CS3 offers new features specifically designed
to improve interactive workflow. For example, you can now
prepare Illustrator objects as Flash graphics or movie clips that
Flash will recognize when you import, or copy and paste.
2 Define Flash text
If your interactive application
requires static, dynamic, or
input text, you can pre-assign
text fields as Flash static (unchang-
ing), dynamic (changing), or input
(user-entered) text types.
Flash Text dialog box
You can also set several Flash
properties at this stage, including
how the type will be rendered
using custom anti-aliasing,
whether the text is selectable,
and even which URL the user
will visit when clicking on the
relevant text.