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Flash Learning Guide

Video Learning Guide for Flash CS4 Professional

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional lets you easily put video on a web page in a format that almost anyone can view. This guide provides an introduction to web video, including information on how to create and publish video on the web. Explore the sections below to dive into whatever topic interests you.

Note: This learning guide introduces core concepts of video on the web, and provides you with tools for developing your skills. The Video section of the Using Flash CS4 Professional online documentation is the source of many of these materials. Always consult Flash CS4 Professional Help first when learning to use new features in Flash.

Overview
Start things off right with this overview of key concepts and terminology related to web video and video formats.

Progressive and streaming video
Examine the variety of options for delivering video to Flash Player.

Capturing and encoding
Learn how prerecorded web video is encoded and how to get best results when capturing video.

Video on web pages
Learn the two general approaches to adding video to web pages: using Dreamweaver or Flash.

Video synchronization and captioning
Get an overview of the key concepts involved in content synchronization and captioning.

NTSC and PAL video standards
Understand key concepts related to the NTSC and PAL video standards.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this learning guide, you'll need the following software:

Flash CS4 Professional

Flash Player 10

Note: Certain features, such as H.264 codec support, are available only in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115 and later.

Prerequisite knowledge

You should have a basic knowledge of the Flash CS4 workspace and a basic knowledge of working with FLA files.


Printable version

Note: If you have not upgraded yet to the latest version of Flash, you can check out the Flash CS3 version of this article.

Where to go from here

To learn more about working with video on the web, check out the following resources:

About the author

This content was authored by Adobe Systems, Inc.