Index

Note to the Reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.

A

accessibility issues

Accessibility panel

Actions layer

Actions panel

ActionScript

active blocks

Add Anchor Point tool

Add Colors option

Add Filter option

Add Formats menu

Add Shape Hint option

Add Swatch option

addChild function

addEventListener function

Adobe Audition (.asnd) files

Adobe Illustrator (.ai) files

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) files

Adobe Media Encoder

Adobe Soundbooth files

AdobeEdge tool

ADPCM compression

AfterEffects product

.ai (Adobe Illustrator) files

.aiff (Audio Interchange File Format)

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) files

aliasing text

Align Center option

Align panel

align parameter

Align To Stage option

alignment

alpha values

alternative sites for blind users

ampersands (&&) for logical and operator

analog systems

anchor points

anchors, frame

and logical operator

animation

Animator workspace

anti-aliasing text

applications, publishing

arcs

arguments for functions

armatures

arms

artsy shapes

artwork

.asnd (Adobe Audition) files

assembling

assets

assigning colors

asterisks (*) for filenames

audience considerations

audio. See sound

Audio Interchange File Format (.aiff)

authortime

auto-kerning

auto-sizing text

autoPlay parameter

axes

B

baby boomers, fonts for

backboard, basketball

background, color contrast for

background frames

Background layer

basketball scene

bass drums

bells on cymbals

Bézier curves

bicycle scene

bit rates for audio compression

bitmap (.bmp) files

bitmap fill

bitmap objects

black triangle for active blocks

blank keyframes

blind users

blocks, active

blue color code

blue sky surface, sun arcing over

blur

.bmp (bitmap) files

board widths for basketball court floor

body mass index (BMI) calculations

Bone tool

bones for characters

Boolean expressions

Bounce-In-3D motion preset

bouncing movement with IK springs

box, cardboard

braces for cymbal stand legs

Break Apart option

browsers and content

Brush tool

budgets

Building brush

buildings for bicycle scene

buttons

Buttons panel

C

calling functions

camel case naming

Canturi, Stefano

Canturi Perfume site

cardboard box

case of text

CFF (compact format font) fonts

chains for bicycle

Champion, Will

character ranges of fonts

characters, animation

checking spelling

circles

citing content

city street in bicycle scene

Classic Text

classic tweens

Click To Play/Stop Sound code snippet

closed-caption effect

closing out projects

clouds in bicycle scene

club shape

code snippets

Code Snippets panel

codecs

cognitive limitations

colons (:)

color

color-blindness

Color panel

Color Picker

color sets

columns of text

comments

compact format font (CFF) fonts

compiled programming languages

Compiler Errors panel

Component Assets folder

Component Parameters settings

Components panel

compressing audio

constricting animations

constructors

context menus

contrast for low-vision viewers

control points

Convert Anchor Point tool

Convert Stereo To Mono option

Convert To Symbol dialog box

converting

coordinates

copying

copyright

cow abduction

crank arms for bicycle

crash cymbals

Create Motion Tween option

Create New Layer tool

Create New Symbol dialog box

Create Shape Tween option

critical paths

CSS3 standards

cue points

cuePoints parameter

curly braces ({}) in ActionScript

current frame

curves

custom gradients

Custom Presets folder

custom workspaces

Cut Frames option

cutoff, text

cymbals

D

deaf users

Debug Console panel

declaring variables

Deco tool

defaults

Delete Anchor Point tool

Delete Layer tool

deleting

deliverables

deprecated code words

descriptive text for sound events

Designer workspace

detail in tracing

diagonal symmetry

digital systems

DigitalTutors site

directory paths

display characteristics for text

docking panels

document names

document screen

Document Settings screen

dots (.) for objects

doughnuts

Down frames for buttons

down tubes for bicycle frame

Drawing Effect settings

drawing shapes. See shapes

Dreamweaver product

Drop Shadow filter

drum sets

drumheads for bass drums

dynamic text

E

Ease column in Motion Editor

eases

Edit Guides option

Edit Snapping dialog box

editable text

editing

elbows for character

else if statements

Embed FLV In SWF And Play In Timeline option

embedded movie clips

embedded videos

embedding fonts

Embedding window

engines, typography

enhanced Windows metafile (.emf) files

epilepsy, photosensitive

Eraser tool

errors

Essentials workspace

event listeners

Expand Timeline If Needed option

Export For ActionScript option

extending frames

eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP) format

Eyedropper tool

F

F4V format

Fair Use Doctrine

false expressions

families, font

fidelity

file types

files

fill

filters

Finish Video Import screen

Fire animation

Fit In Window option

fixed-width text fields

FLA files

Flash Builder

Flash Import Video Wizard

Flash logo, scaling

Flash Media Encoder utility

Flash Player version

flight pattern in UFO scene

floor, basketball court

floor toms

flow boxes

flowcharts

FLV format

FLVPlayback component

folders

Font Embedding dialog box

fonts

force field in UFO scene

forks for bicycle frame

formatting text objects

fractional component, numbers with

frame, bicycle

frame-by-frame animation

frame rate

frames

Free Transform tool

frequently used panels

fully justified text

functions

FutureSplash player (.spl) files

.fxg (XML graphics files)

G

Garamond font

GIF files

glow filters

glyphs

gradients and Gradient Transform tool

granular changes with Motion Editor

Graph column in Motion Editor

graphic symbols

grayed out frames

green color code

grouping

guide layers

H

H.264 codec

Hand tool

handlebars for bicycle frame

hands for character

head character

hearing-impaired viewers

Helvetica font

hex color codes

Hide All Layers option

hiding

high contrast for low-vision viewers

high-hat cymbals

highway in bicycle scene

hints for shape tweens

Hit frames for buttons

hit states

hit zones in cymbals

Home Page Reader screen reader

hoops

horizontal symmetry

HSB color system

HTML files

HTML5 compliance

I

IDE (interactive development environment)

identifying projects

if statements

IK (inverse kinematics) objects

Import To Stage option

Import Video Wizard

importing

Include Audio option

initializing variables

Ink Bottle tool

Inner Glow filter

input for BMI calculations

input text

Insert Blank Keyframe option

Insert Keyframe option

Insert Pose option

inserting

instances

instantiating objects

Int variable type

interactive development environment (IDE)

inverse kinematics (IK) objects

isLive parameter

J

Javascript

JAWS screen reader

jigsaw puzzle shape

Jobs, Steven

joints

JPEG files

justification of text

K

kerning

keyboard and physical limitations

keyframes

kits, drum

Kongregate site

kuler site

L

Label settings for frames

Large-Bounce motion preset

Lasso tool

layers

leading

Lee, Raymond

left-justified text

legs

lengthening tweens

Leon Vanrentergem site

library

Line tool

linear gradients

linkages in ActionScript

listeners, event

Load External Video With Playback Component option

location

locking layers

logical flow

logical operators

Lorem Ipsum language

low-vision users

Lowercase option

lugs in bass drums

Lynda.com site

M

Manage Workspaces option

marquees, drawing

mask layers

Match Height option

Match Width option

Media Server products

Merge Drawing mode

methods

Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA)

mid-toms

Miller, Glen

minimize button

mistakes, correcting

Monoface site

moon in UFO scene

Motion Editor

motion paths

Motion Presets panel

motion tweens

mountain object

mouse

movie clips

MovieClips folder

moving

MP3 format

MP4 format

MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility)

music copyright

N

names

NaN value

Narrator screen reader

native accessibility

need-to-have requirements

New Filter option

New Folder option

New Layer option

New Symbol dialog box

New Workspace option

nice-to-have requirements

noise in UFO scene

non-supported file types, converting

nudging objects

Number function

Number variable type

numbers

O

Object Drawing mode

objects

onion skin tool

Options setting for text

or logical operator

order of objects

Otoko Music site

outline feature for UFO scene

output of BMI calculations

Output window

Oval Primitive tool

ovals and Oval tool

Over frames for buttons

P

Paint Bucket tool

Paintbrush tool

palindromes

panels

panning

pants for character

paragraph alignment

parallax scrolling

parameters for cue points

parentheses () for math operations

Paste Frames option

pasteboard

paths

pedals for bicycle

Pen tool

Pencil tool

pennant

photographs

photosensitive epilepsy

Photoshop (.psd) files

physical limitations

pipes (||) for logical or operator

pixelization

Place Instance On Stage option

placeholder text

plagiarism

planks for basketball court floor

playheads

PNG files

polygonal shapes

PolyStar tool

poor person’s copyright

portfolios

prebuilt buttons

Preset Browser pane

presets, motion

preview parameter

Prima, Louis

primitive-drawing mode

primitive shapes

progress bars

project management

Project panel

Property column in Motion Editor

Property Inspector

property keyframes

.psd (Photoshop) files

Publish Settings dialog box

publishing applications

purpose in rich media design

Q

Queues tab

QuickTime images

R

radial gradients

radial symmetry

raster objects

RAW audio files

read only text

readability

Rectangle tool

Rectangle Primitive tool

rectangles

red color code

red/green color-blindness

red saw blade

registration points

regular frames

relative paths

Remove Frames option

renaming symbols

requirements documents

Reset Essentials option

resizing rectangles

results of BMI calculations

return type of functions

rich media design principles and practice

ride cymbals

ride toms

rigging bicycle rider

right-ragged-edge text

rivets for cymbal stand legs

road stripes

rods for bass drums

rotation

round function

rounded curves for tracing

ruler units

runtime

runtime executables

S

sample rates for audio compression

sans serif fonts

saving color sets

saw blade

scaleMode parameter

scaling objects

schedules, project

school pennant

scissor-style braces

scope creep

screen readers

Script Assist tool

scrolling, parallax

scrubbing playheads

seat for bicycle frame

Select Colors option

Select Insert Frame option

Select Video screen

selectable text

Selection tool

self-voicing

semicolons (;)

Send To Back option

serif fonts

shadows in tracing

shape tweens

shapes

shells for bass drums

Shift key

ShockWave Flash (SWF) file

shortening tweens

shoulders for character

Show Border Around Text option

sight issues. See blind users

Simple (Slow) eases

size

skewing

skin color for video player

skin parameter

skinAutoHide parameter

skinBackgroundAlpha parameter

skinBackgroundColor parameter

Skinning screen

sky surface, sun arcing over

snap points

snapping, aligning objects with

snare drums

Sorenson Spark codec

sound

Sound Properties window

Sounds panel

speech

speed, parallax scrolling

spell checking

Spelling Setup command

.spl (FutureSplash player) files

spokes for bicycle wheels

Spray Brush tool

springs, bouncing movement using

sprocket for bicycle

spurs for bass drums

stage

stage animation vs. movie clips

stands, cymbals

star shapes

Starr, Ringo

static text

stop function

storyboards

street in bicycle scene

strikethrough text

String function

strings

stroke

Subselection tool

sun arcing over blue sky surface

swatches and Swatches panel

SWF files

SWF History settings

Symbol Properties dialog box

symbols

symmetry

T

tab order of objects

task scaling

testing code

text

text boxes

Text Layout Framework (TLF)

Text tool

Text Type option

TextFormat function

3D text

3D tools

TIFF files

timeline

Timeline Navigation option

tires for bicycle

TLF. See Text Layout Framework (TLF)

Toggle Outline On/Off tool

tom-toms

Tool Settings window

Tools panel

top tubes for bicycle frame

torus

Trace Bitmap option

trace method

tracing

trademarks

Translation tool

transparency values

triangle for active blocks

true expressions

tubes

tweens

typography engines

U

UFO scene

underline text

underscores (_) in folder names

undocking panels

unique product, projects for

units, ruler

Up frames for buttons

Uppercase option

user input for BMI calculations

user interface (UI)

V

Value column in Motion Editor

vanishing point in UFO scene

Vanrentergem, Leon

variables

vector-scalable objects

versions, Flash Player

vertical symmetry

video

Vine Fill operation

vision issues. See blind users

voice

VoiceOver screen reader

volume parameter

W

Wave files

WBS (work breakdown structure)

Web Open Font Format (WOFF)

Welcome screen

wheels for bicycle

white space

William and the Romantics group

Window-Eyes screen reader

Windows metafile (.wmf) files

WOFF (Web Open Font Format)

word-wrapping text

work breakdown structure (WBS)

workspaces

X

x-axes

XFL file format

XML file format

XML graphics files (.fxg)

XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform) format

Y

y-axes

Y translation setting

Z

z-axes

.zip files

Zoom tool