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you once you begin creating other projects in Flash. You could reuse a button
that you liked from a previous movie.
To import the sound file you would use the
File>Import>Import to Library
command. Now that the file is in the library, we can begin to make our on/off
audio switch. Once the switch is made, we can place the switch and the
splash_intro.swf file together on the index page and we will have a nice simple
text animation with audio and an interactive on/off audio switch.
Making the Sound Control in Flash
Now we will move forward into the realm of interactive multimedia and create
a sound control button that will turn an audio clip on or off. This audio toggle
switch is great for adding voice overs and music to any Web page. The switch
sits independently in a layer anywhere on the Web page. You can change the
background color and typeface of the audio switch in Flash to adapt it to the
visual design of the other pages. As your skills and ambition grow, you can use
the building blocks of the design to enhance the switch to include more than one
soundtrack or voice over. The switch can evolve into a Flash Jukebox of sorts.
Lets get started making a soundtrack switch for our Web portfolio.
Set Up the Movie
The first thing we need to do is set up our new Flash document.
File>New>Flash
document
. Set the size to
125 pixels wide
by
25 pixels high
. You can adjust
the size of the Flash file to fit your specific needs later. Set the background color
to white.
Setting up the layers before work begins is very important in organizing and
eventually editing your Flash document. Set up the following layers in your
document:
•
Actions
•
Labels
•
Sound
•
Trigger
•
Button Text
