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Jen deHaan
Adobe
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Understanding Custom Controllers
- Creating a Custom Video Controller
- Creating a Small Custom Controller
- Adding a Custom Controller to the Website
- Where to Go from Here
Creating Custom Video Controller Skins for the Flash Video Component in Dreamweaver 8
The Macromedia Flash Video component in Dreamweaver 8 helps you easily insert and display Flash Video (FLV) files in your websites without using the Macromedia Flash authoring tool. The Flash Video component lets you select from several different playback controllers that visitors use to control the FLV file on your web page.
In addition, you can choose from nine default controller skins (graphic themes) when you insert an FLV file, and the skin you choose dramatically changes the available features in the video controller and how the embedded video looks. If you are a Flash designer, you can also create your own skin using Flash 8 and use the custom skin instead.
This article shows you how to set up a skin file, and use it with the Flash Video component. This offers extra flexibility for Flash designers who also use Dreamweaver to present video on their web pages in addition to other existing methods:
Using the FLVPlayback and media components that install with Flash Professional 8.
Note: The skinning process for the Flash 8 FLVPlayback component is much easier than it was in Flash MX 2004. Check out Dan Carr's article Customizing the FLVPlayback Component for more information.
- Manually creating video controls in Flash
Note: To learn how to add FLV files to your web pages with the Flash Video feature for Dreamweaver, check out the companion piece to this article: Presenting video with the Flash video component in Dreamweaver CS3.
Requirements
To make the most of this tutorial, you need to install the following software and files:
Dreamweaver 8
Macromedia Flash Professional 8
Tutorials and sample files:
- farm_fl8.zip (ZIP, 872K)
Prerequisite Knowledge
A basic understanding of Flash design and a fundamental understanding of ActionScript. Also, you should be familiar with the article that precedes this one, Presenting video with the Flash video component in Dreamweaver CS3. The first article shows you how to place and play the video on the sample site.
About the author
Jen deHaan was raised by wolves in the deep woods of the Canadian north. Later in life, Jen worked with Flash as a deseloper, then wrote about Flash for five versions, and then worked on stuff that didn't include much Flash. She came to her senses in 2007 by rejoining the fabled Flash team at Adobe as a QE, focusing on the good stuff—Motion (on timelines). Jen enjoys long walks in the rain pondering how many times she can use the word Flash in a bio, and admits that after numerous years in California she is no longer addicted to Tim Horton's coffee.
