Flash Professional glossary (A–Z)
If you're new to Adobe Flash Professional and are looking for definitions of basic terms and common tasks, review the following pages explaining key concepts you'll encounter as you work with Flash Professional on your projects. Each page includes a definition along with step-by-step instructions, when relevant, for completing the task. Some pages include animated examples. You'll also find related concepts and search terms to enhance your understanding.
Take the Flash glossary with you: Install Junchao Ji's Flash Glossary extension in Flash Professional CS5. It provides a handy search box within the coding environment for looking up key terms within this online glossary.
You can also view a categorized list of these terms.
A
- Accessibility
- Actions panel
- ActionScript
- AIR captive runtime
- AIR mobile simulation
- AIR native extensions
- AIR SDK
- Align
- Alpha channel
- Anchor point
- Anti-aliasing
- Assets
B
- Base class
- Behaviors
- Bézier handle
- Bind tool
- Bitmap graphics
- Blend mode
- Bone tool
- Brush tool
- Button symbol
- Buttons
C
D
E
- Ease
- Ease curve
- Embedded video
- Embedding SWFs
- Eraser tool
- Export for ActionScript
- External library
- Eyedropper tool
F
- F4V
- Filters
- Flash detection
- Flash Player
- Flex component
- FLV
- FLVPlayback component
- Font symbol
- Frame label
- Frame rate
- Frame script
- Free Transform tool
- FXG
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
- Package
- Paint Bucket tool
- Pen tool
- Pencil tool
- Playhead
- PNG sequence
- PolyStar tool
- Preloader
- Projector
- Property inspector
- Property keyframe
- Publish profile
R
S
- Scale
- Scope
- Search engine optimization (SEO)
- Selection tool
- Shape hints
- Shape tween
- Shared object
- Smooth point
- Spray Brush tool
- Sprite
- Sprite sheet
- Stage
- Stage 3D targeting
- Streaming video
- Subselection tool
- SWC
- SWF
- SWF detection
- SWFObject 2
- Symbol
- Symbol class
T
- Tab order
- Text tool
- 3D perspective angle
- 3D Rotation tool
- 3D Translation tool
- Timeline
- TLF text
- Transform
- Transparency
- Tween
V
W
X
Y
Z
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