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If you have some basic understanding of Flash and you need to
catch up with changes in the user interface or ActionScript:
1. For a detailed listing of the new features in Flash Basic 8 and Flash
Professional 8, see
2.
Read about the new Script Assist mode in
ActionScript with Script Assist"
3. Read about the new object-based drawing mode in
"Drawing" in Using Flash.
4.
Read about the new graphic effects features in
and Blends (Flash Professional only)"
5. Read about how to control the new graphics effects features with
ActionScript in Chapter 13, "Animation, Filters, and Drawings" in
Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash.
6. Read about the new color gradient controls in
with Color, Strokes, and Fills"
7.
Read about FlashType with improved anti-aliasing and text rendering
in Flash in Chapter 6, "Working with Text"
8. See the tutorials listed under "Creating Graphics" in the Flash Tutorials
book in Flash Help.
These tutorials demonstrate how to use features such as color gradients,
tweening animation, and graphic filters.
If you are primarily interested in working with video:
1. Familiarize yourself with the Flash user interface by reading the rest of
this Getting Started with Flash guide.
Chapter 5 contains a tutorial about using video in Flash.
2.
Read Chapter 11, "Working with Video"
the various ways of using video in Flash documents.
3. Read Chapter 15, "Working with Images, Sound, and Video"
Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash to learn about how to work with video
files in ActionScript.
"What's new in Flash"
in Using Flash.
in Using Flash.
in Using Flash.
in Using Flash.
Chapter 13, "Writing
Chapter 5,
Chapter 9, "Using Filters
Chapter 4, "Working
in Using Flash.
in Using Flash for details on
in
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