Select a key frame already on your Timeline (or create a new in Java

Creator Code-128 in Java Select a key frame already on your Timeline (or create a new

keyframe by right-clicking a frame and choosing Insert Keyframe from the contextual menu that appears)

The Video Import Wizard appears, as shown in Figure 6-4

Figure 6-4: The Video Import Wizard provides all the steps you need to follow to get video into your Flash movie

option Most Windows video formats, such as AVI or WMV, are not editable before import QuickTime, however, is editable If you select Edit the Video First option, you re presented with a number of options, such as combining clips and editing them to include only the parts you want to see In either case, when you re ready to move on, click the Next button

You can select from one of the five compression algorithms that Macromedia Flash offers by selecting it from the drop-down list, or you can create your own by selecting the Create Your Own Profile option

Keyframe Interval slider A video keyframe is separate from a Timeline keyframe A video keyframe stores the entire image data as compared to the changes from the previous frame that are stored in regular frames A keyframe interval of 0 adds a single keyframe at the beginning of the video stream and no other keyframes

Rate option to match the video frame rate to the Flash movie frame rate If your video seems to display poorly, try deselecting this option

Frames drop-down list, select a ratio The default is 1:1, which plays one video frame for each Flash frame A ratio of 1:2 would play one video frame for every two Flash frames A 1:2 or higher ratio reduces file size, but reduces smoothness of playback as well

If the video clip is longer than the span of keyframes into which you are placing the video, a message displays, asking if you want to add enough frames necessary to play the entire clip

Publishing movies the easy way Optimizing movies for speedy download times Generating HTML and graphics

fter you finish creating your Flash document, you need to publish it in SWF movie format You then use HTML code to insert the SWF movie in a Web page so that browsers can display the animation In this chapter, we explain how to get your animation onto your Web site

If you don t need to change any settings, you can immediately publish your file by choosing File Publish For more control, choose File Publish Settings to open the Publish Settings dialog box, as shown in Figure 7-1

By default, Macromedia Flash MX 2004 creates two files: The SWF file and an HTML file that contains the HTML code needed for your Web page You can also export your document to other formats by selecting the format you want on the Formats tab We discuss the HTML code and other export formats in the Generating HTML and Graphics section, later in this chapter Macromedia Flash creates all these files by using the name of your Flash document and tacking on various filename extensions If you want to specify the filenames, deselect the Use Default Names check box and enter your own filenames in the text fields To post your movie on your Web site, you use the HTML code either by itself or within another Web page Then you upload both the Web page and the SWF file as you would any other Web page and image Macromedia Flash has a lot more options for you to tweak To set these options, click the other tabs of the Publish Settings dialog box and select the options you want before clicking the Publish button Click the Flash tab, shown in Figure 7-2, to see the options for creating the SWF file You can set the following options: Version: Saves in previous version formats for backward compatibility Load Order: Controls the loading order of layers in your document for the first frame (which usually takes the longest to display) Changing the load order can affect how your ActionScript code functions ActionScript Version: Here you can select the version of ActionScript you d like to run in your movie You can click the Settings button to specify the classes to be exported if you select ActionScript 20 from the drop-down list Generate Size Report: Creates a text file that details the size of the frames of your movie, so that you can make adjustments if a movie is loading slowly Protect from Import: Helps prevent the SWF file from being imported into an FLA file that others could then modify Never trust that your SWF is completely safe Tools to undo this option are available on the Web Omit Trace Actions: Reduces file size by deleting trace actions if you used them in your ActionScript to help you debug your code