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Chapter 13: Animation, Filters, and Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Scripting animation with ActionScript 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470
About bitmap caching, scrolling, and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
About the Tween and TransitionManager classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Using filter effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Working with filters using ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Manipulating filter effects with code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Creating bitmaps with the BitmapData class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534
About blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
About operation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Drawing with ActionScript. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Understanding scaling and slice guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556
Chapter 14: Creating Interaction with ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . 561
About events and interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562
Controlling SWF file playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562
Creating interactivity and visual effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .566
Creating runtime data bindings using ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
Deconstructing a sample script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
Chapter 15: Working with Images, Sound, and Video . . . . . . . . 591
About loading and working with external media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Loading external SWF and image files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
About loading and using external MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598
Assigning linkage to assets in the library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
About using FLV video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
About creating progress animations for media files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624
Chapter 16: Working with External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Sending and loading variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634
Using HTTP to connect to server-side scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .638
About file uploading and downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
About XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652
Sending messages to and from Flash Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663
About the External API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
Chapter 17: Understanding Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .677
About compatibility with previous Flash Player security models . . . 677
About local file security and Flash Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679
About domains, cross-domain security, and SWF files . . . . . . . . . . 694
Server-side policy files for permitting access to data . . . . . . . . . . . . .702
HTTP to HTTPS protocol access between SWF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
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