The "Video in Flash" tutorial covers a wide range of topics. Part 1, deals with Importing and Exporting. The main points are... 1. Importing Quicktime Movies, AVI, MPEG, DV, WMF, and ASF into Flash 7 Pro or Flash 8 Pro. 2. Exporting to the Flash Video format (.flv is the extension) 3. Adjusting the file size of the FLV file for optimal playback and download speed in the published .swf file. 4. Playing .FLV files without user interface controls (part 2 teaches the user interface portion) 5. Masking out a specific portion of a video. 6. How to create a PNG image sequence with Alpha Channel from your video in Flash. 7 Importing that PNG sequence into Quicktime Pro, then exporting to FLV and maintaining the Alpha data (just a cool trick to cap off part 1 of the tutorial) Part 2 deals with FLV playback. The main points are 1. Create an FLV file from a longer movie with attention to video and audio quality. 2. Linking to an external video file (so its not embeddeding directly into the swf like in Part 1) 3. Adjusting the basic paramenters of the FLV Playback Component, MediaDisplay, or MediaPlayback Component. 4. Using pre-made Skins for controlling the FLV or the FLV Playback Custom UI. 5. Using your OWN buttons to control the video. 6. Adding Cue Points (teaches you embedding Event and Navigation cues directly into the FLV file ) 7. Using those Cue Points to trigger events in the SWF and Adding an Actionscript Cue Point. Finally Part 3 deals with how to create an FLV Video Playlist. The main points are 1. Creating a video playlist for Flash 7 Professional. 2. In Flash 8, transition FLV files. 3. Swapping depths between two videos. 4. Setting up a playlist of videos. An example is linked
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5. Adding Chapter Markers. 6. Switching Videos with Transitions. This tutorial package is a total of 3 hours long, recorded as always in high quality Quicktime video.