Flash CS4 All-in-One For Dummies- P8: Welcome to Flash CS4 All-in-One For Dummies. Our goal when writing this book was to share our enthusiasm for Flash and, at the same time, demystify the application. You can do so many things with Flash that it becomes mind boggling. The minibooks in this reference are designed to take the boggle out of your mind and show you how to use Flash to create Web banners, animations, and other delights. We also delve into the topics of ActionScript and Flash video. | Being Precise with Rulers and Guides and the Grid 187 8. Choose an option from the Snap Accuracy drop-down menu. This option determines how close an object must be to the grid before it can be snapped to a grid intersection. Your snap accuracy choices are Must Be Close Normal Can Be Distant 9. Click OK. The changes are applied to the grid. Figure 5-5 shows a grid that has been modified to suit a specific document. If you use the grid frequently on similar documents modify the grid as outlined in this section and then click Save Default. You have to close Flash and then relaunch the application for the new default settings to take effect. Book II Chapter 5 Figure 5-5 Flash grids are better than gridlock. Organizing Your Work 188 Book Creating Graphics Chapter 6 Working with Images Or Bumpin with Bitmaps ỉn This Chapter Understanding compatible file formats Getting images ready for Flash Working with image sequences Tracing bitmaps Editing images Creating a bitmap fill Swapping images 1 _. . mages can make or break a Flash project. The siz quality of your images determine the file size and ity of the resulting Flash movie. If you or your client starts out with crisp images you get good results. O the other hand if your client presents you with a bunch of images that have already been severely compressed you have no way to create a decentlooking Flash movie. In this chapter we re letting Doug take the lead. He has published books on digital photography and knows Photoshop and Fireworks inside and out. In this chapter Doug shows you how to create Flash movies with greatlooking images. Knowing Your File Formats Flash supports the popular image file formats. Unfortunately if you don t deal with images regularly choosing the right image format for a Flash project can be daunting. The following list describes some characteristics about the image file formats supported by .
