Photoshop CS and Flash MX 2004 Integration

with:

Michael Ninness

Photoshop CS and Flash MX 2004 Integration with Michael Ninness is a series of movie-based tutorials that teaches the most efficient methods for importing content created with Adobe Photoshop into Macromedia Flash, while maintaining as much of the original appearance and quality as possible. In addition, this title teaches you how to control the optimization settings in Flash for bitmap images when they are embedded inside an exported SWF file, including how to load external JPEGs into a Flash movie. Other topics include: saving layers as PNG files, exporting Illustrator files to SWF, preserving layer styles, and using the PSD2FLA Plug-in. This title was created using Adobe Photoshop CS and Macromedia Flash MX 2004, along with Adobe ImageReady CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, and Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004. Most of the training content in this title should work just fine in the earlier versions of either of these products, but be aware that some menu commands may be named differently or appear in different locations in the earlier versions.

Released on: 3/7/2005

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Table of contents

Introduction
	welcome	0:53	1.2 MB
1. PSD to Flash
	basic importing	3:38	6.2 MB
2. PSD to PNGs to Flash
	saving layers as individual PNG files	8:46	13.3 MB
	importing PNGs into Flash	5:39	9.0 MB
3. PSD to ImageReady to SWF to Flash
	basic SWF export from ImageReady	5:01	8.4 MB
	dealing with text	6:18	10.6 MB
	preserving layer styles	7:21	12.5 MB
	adjustment layers and blending modes	7:17	11.7 MB
4. PSD to Illustrator to SWF to Flash
	opening a PSD file in Illustrator	3:59	6.0 MB
	exporting layers as a single SWF	4:34	6.2 MB
	a SWF with multiple keyframes	2:11	3.4 MB
	exporting layers as multiple SWFs	2:23	4.0 MB
5. PSD to Fireworks to Flash
	PSD to Fireworks PNG to Flash	7:37	11.1 MB
6. Using the PSD2FLA Plug-in for Photoshop
	a FLA file directly from PS	3:34	5.9 MB
7. Controlling Bitmap Optimization in Flash
	optimization settings for each bitmap	9:05	15.5 MB
	updating an externally edited bitmap	6:06	9.2 MB
8. Photoshop Tips for Image Quality and Optimization
	downsampling large images	12:44	22.1 MB
	tips for sharpening images	6:16	11.9 MB
	color casts and digital noise	5:24	10.6 MB
	using two different quality settings	6:36	10.5 MB
9. Loading External JPEGs
	how to load at runtime	15:49	24.1 MB
10. Loading External JPEGs on Steroids
	photo gallery from Airtight Interactive	6:01	10.9 MB