-----------------Flashkit Dictionary What do you Think?-----------------

[stevestarr]

Hey guys, here is what we have on the Flashkit Dictionary so far: If you want to add something post it here on the board: Cheers, Steve
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~Library: The place where you put all of your symbols in:
Keyframe: This is a beginning, or ending pointfor a movie.
~Blank Keyframe,= Usually Used to delete an object from the window.
~Motion Tween-This is the command that must be given to make an object change size, and position.
~Shape Tween: Working with only raster and vector graphics a shape tween "Morphs"one object into another:
~Trace Bitmap: This will roughly convert your Bitmapped ~Images (gif,jpg,bmp, etc) to vector format.
~Scale: Increase or Decrease Size
~Group: To bring objects together.So that they can be moved or scaled.
~Convert to symbol: This will make the selected image appear within your library.
~Pope de Flash- You will be blessed when he rips off the robe and starts answering questions on the board.
~FlashGuru: Not a part of the Official Flashkit team, but the probably hangs out more than anyone.
~Flashkit- The worlds most awesome reference site for Flash developers of all skill levels.
~Swish-The Program that saves flash developers Days worth of Time.
~Swift 3D- The best 3d Program for flash.
~Movie- This is what you are working on. It is the name of the flash document. The main timeline references the movie.
~Timeline-The timeline controls the time at which actions take place.
~Layer- Each individual layer holds an object or a script. These are located on the left side of your timeline.

[zbailey]

Button-Something used to guide users through a site or perform game actions. Can be animated or plain.

Movie Clip-Easiest way to import swish or swift files for use in a flash movie.

Hope that helps i really suck at explaining stuff through typed out words.

[[elvis]]

Actionscript-Macromedia Flash 4's host programming language. Allows dynamic interaction between movieclips and other object as it is object-oriented.
Align-groups object together in a certain order which can be customized.
Macromedia-developers of Flash and other numerous tools for Web.
Test Movie-a function that allows for a file to be previewed temporarily in user's C:\Temp directory. While on, movies should be saved in some kind of directories if using Load Movie action, since everything is loaded from C:\Temp. Get URL actions are not allowed.
Publish-a function that allows viewing your movie just as is on the web, but no streaming options.
Load Movie-a function that loads other movies timelines into a certain level or movieclip. Movieclips are much usually preffered.

[stevestarr]

Keep it up guys good work!
Steve