Flash 8 Documentation: threshold (BitmapData.t ...

threshold (BitmapData.threshold method)

public threshold(sourceBitmap:BitmapData, sourceRect:Rectangle, destPoint:Point, operation:Str …

Masking for BitmapData Methods

Masking for BitmapData Methods
Two methods of the BitmapData object accept bit masks as parameters: Threshold and getColorBoundsRect. I …

Using Bitwise Operators: Binary Basics

Binary Basics
In everyday life, you deal with numbers using a base 10, or decimal, representation. This means that each digit in the nu …

Flash 8 Documentation: SeekBar and VolumeBar c ...

SeekBar and VolumeBar components
The SeekBar and VolumeBar components are similar, although they have different functions. Each has han …

Flash 8 Documentation: Creating an application ...

Creating an application with the FLVPlayback component
You can include the FLVPlayback component in your application in the following w …

So How Does This All Work?

So How Does This All Work?
Alpha video in Flash 8 is now available thanks to the incorporation of the On2 VP6 video codec in Flash Pla …

Flash 8 Documentation: FLVPlayback.totalTime

FLVPlayback.totalTime
Availability
Flash Player 8.
Edition
Flash Professional 8.
Usage

my_FLVPlybk.totalTime

Description
Property; a …

Producing Video for the Web

I’ve been an audio and video nut for years. Long before I worked for Macromedia (and now Adobe), I was a professional musician. I …

Keying 101

Keying 101
This section looks at one of the simplest ways to key video for use with Flash 8. The sample files that accompany this artic …

Adding Your Own Video, Playback Controls, and ...

Adding Your Own Video, Playback Controls, and Cue Points
When you open the SynchronizedVideoPres.fla file, you see that the video is pl …

Using Bitwise Operators to Manipulate Bits and ...

Note: This article is part of a series of articles on new Flash 8 features written by the staff of gskinner.com, a Flash development an …

Importing and Using Alpha Video

Importing and Using Alpha Video
Now that you have your new alpha video file, import it into Flash. The new video import wizard in Flash …

Making Changes to the Navigation Buttons

Making Changes to the Navigation Buttons
You can customize the buttons along the bottom any way you want (see Figure 5). You can add gr …

Flash Video Learning Guide

Macromedia Flash video lets you easily put video on a web page in a format that almost anyone can view. This guide provides an introduc …

Adding Your Own Text, Graphics, and Animations

Adding Your Own Text, Graphics, and Animations
Customizing the user interface and content in the presentation can be as simple or compl …

Capturing and Encoding Video

Before you can add on-demand (prerecorded) video to your web page, you must acquire the video and encode it, which involves converting …

Working with Streaming Video

Working with Streaming Video
As you’ve seen in the previous sections of this article, the media components are the heart of the t …

Delivery Options for Flash Video

Embedding Video Within SWF files
Since the introduction of Flash MX and Flash Player 6, multimedia developers have been able to embed v …

Flash Video Template: Video Presentation with ...

This video presentation Flash template is great for basic video presentations, such as when you want the user to see the main topics of …

Broadcasting Live Video

The basic idea of broadcasting a live video stream using Macromedia Flash video is the same as the basic idea of streaming on-demand (p …