pt. 1: An introduction to Flash web production. Understanding the Adobe Flash CS4 blueprint -- Exploring web technologies -- Planning Flash projects -- pt. 2: Mastering the Flash environment. Interface fundamentals -- Drawing in Flash -- Symbols, instances, and the library -- Applying color -- Working with text -- Modifying graphics -- pt. 3: Creating animation and effects. Animation strategies -- Timeline animation and the motion editor -- Applying filters, blends, guides, and masks -- Character animation techniques -- pt. 4: Integrating media files with Flash. Adding sound -- Importing artwork -- Displaying video -- pt. 5: Adding basic interactivity to Flash movies. Understanding actions and event handlers -- Building timelines and interactions -- Making your first Flash CS4 project.

pt. 6: Distributing Flash movies. Publishing Flash movies -- Integrating Flash content with web pages -- Using the Flash player and projector -- pt. 7: Approaching ActionScript. Knowing the nuts and bolts of code -- Controlling movie clips -- Using functions and arrays -- Interacting with movie clips -- pt. 8: Applying ActionScript. Animating with ActionScript -- Sharing and loading assets -- Sending data in and out of Flash -- Applying HTML and text field formatting -- Creating a game in Flash -- Using components -- Building an image gallery component -- pt. 9: Appendixes.