Knowing Symbols and Instances

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One of the great things about Flash is that it allows you to create a graphic once use it over and over again.This allows your Flash animation to download faster.
Now many of you must be thinking that what are symbols.Symbols are reusable elements and can be put in the library.In order to animate something in Flash it must be first changed into a Symbol.So the next question arises what are instances.When we place a symbol on the stage from the library it is called an instance of that symbol.
Creating Symbols.
Aim:Draw a fish.Converting a fish into a symbol and place in the library.
Step1:Select the fish by pressing Ctrl+A.
Step2:Group it by pressing Ctrl+G
Step3:Select Insert -->Convert to Symbols or Press F8
Symbol Properties dialog box will appear:
By default the behavior is on 'Movie Clip'.It is right option because some time we are not sure which behavior is the best.Button behavior is selected when we are creating action buttons.Graphics behavior is used for synchronization applications.
Step4:Name you symbol 'Fish',click that it's a Graphic and pick a registration point.
What is a Registration Point??
This is the point that you would use as the 'center' if you want to rotate the Symbol.
Step5:Click OK
Step6:Press CTRL+L to open the library window and notice one symbol 'FISH' in the library.
Step7:Delete the fish from the stag and drag it from the library for the use.
Try This!!
Draw an airplane in Macromedia Flash and convert it into a symbol.
Hope you will try this and if you are not able to do this excercise you can leave a comment or e mail me at ranibhardwaj31@gmail.com and ask your queries.I will surly repay them.Thanks for reading

Basic Of Flash

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Today I will be telling you about flash.Flash is one of the important elements for making a website look good.Now you must be thinking that what is flash.Let me tell you that flash is a technology that allows web designers to create animations and interractive movies,which can then be embedded into their web pages.HTML is ideal for creating web sites where text and images are placed at fixed portion.But it doesn't really support dynamic sites,where text,images and animations are moving around the screen.
Advantages of Flash.
* Flash is useful for vector graphics.
* Flash movies can be stored in very small file size,Therefore they can download and start playing rapidly.
Types of files that flash uses.
There are three important file types need to understand in flash:
Source Files (.fla):This is the source Flash movie that we save while working.This file has an extension .fla.It means any file with .fla extension can be opened and edited.
Exported files (.swf):This is a Flash Player file.When we finish with editing of our source file and are ready to distribute,we simply export an .swf file 'Flash Player File'.This file can be viewed on any Internet Browser with Flash Player plug in.The viewer can only watch it but is not allowed to edit it.
HTML files (.htm):HTML files in Flash contains all the details about pictures that are supposed to be seen on the web page as image file name,location address etc.
Today I will be telling you this much only and shall be updating you about the advanced flash in my upcoming blogs so keep waiting.If you have any inqures you can leave a comment or e mail me at ranibhardwaj31@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading