Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques (Paperback)

Description

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

From pre-production to post, author Rob Reinhardt shares the techniques that make Adobe Flash a powerful tool for sharing video over the Web. With sections on capturing and encoding video, creating and using cue points, working with transparency, and deploying and delivering optimal quality, he covers the information that users need to get started, and then goes in-depth to bring his readers to expert status quickly.

Table of Contents

Copyright
Part I: Working Foundations
Chapter 1. Pre-production Primer
Designing the Video Experience
Planning Your Video Shoot
Selecting Equipment
Chapter 2. Capturing and Processing Video
Capturing Video
Processing Video with Adobe After Effects
Chapter 3. Compression Primer
Distinguishing Source Files and Their Differences
Understanding Video File Bitrates
Learning About Player Versions and Codec Options
Determining Your Video Compression Profiles
Chapter 4. Delivery and Deployment Primer
File Formats: SWF, FLV, and HTML
Protocols: HTTP vs. RTMP
Delivery: Web Server, Flash Media Server, or CDN?
Playback: Live Streaming vs. Prerecorded
Budgets: Bandwidth and Transfer Rates
Part II: Production Essentials
Chapter 5. Placing Flash Video on a Web Page
Integrating Flash Video with Dreamweaver
Playing Video with Flash CS3 Components
Gathering Files for Deployment
Chapter 6. Exploring the FLVPlayback Components
Overview of the Components
Configuring the Component
Enhancing Playback with Cue Points
Dynamically Placing Video on the Stage
Modifying Skins
Building a Player with Custom UI Components
Chapter 7. Building Your Own Video Player
Making a Connection
Building Basic Playback Controls
Reading Metadata from a Flash Video
Chapter 8. Integrating Multiple Bitrates
Knowing When to Offer More than One Bitrate
Determining Which Bitrates to Offer
Preparing SMIL Files
Calculating Available Bandwidth
Enabling Dynamic Buffering with a Real-time Stream
Part III: Creative Explorations
Chapter 9. Building a Video Index and Playlist
Making a Marker Index for Video
Building a Video Playlist
Playing Video Ads during a Video Feature
Chapter 10. Constructing Banner Ads and Captioned Videos
Coding a Video Banner Ad
Controlling Captions with Timed Text XML
Chapter 11. Constructing an Interactive Video Host
Planning the User Interface
Producing the Video Footage
Encoding the Flash Video
Developing the ActionScript 3.0 Code Base
Chapter 12. Delivering a Comprehensive Video Experience
Appendixes
Appendix A. Software Installation
Appendix B. Flash Video Project Checklist
Appendix C. Encoding Flash Video
Appendix D. Troubleshooting Flash Video