Tables of Contents for Livemotion for Windows and Macintosh

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Warmup

What the heck is LiveMotion, anyway?

Palettes galore

Webspeak demystified

Rev Up

Creating and opening compositions

Launch LiveMotion

Create a new composition or resize an existing composition

Open an existing LiveMotion file from within LiveMotion

Open a LiveMotion file from the Macintosh Finder/Windows Explorer

Navigating

Change the view size

Work with multiple open compositions

Move a composition in its window

Saving

Save a new file in LiveMotion format

Save an existing file

Save a file under a different name

Undoing

Revert to the last saved version

Undo

Ending a work session

Close a file

Quit/exit LiveMotion

Dry run: create a button

Create Objects

Drawing geometric objects

Create a rectangle or an ellipse

Create a polygon

Draw a line

Create a rectangle, ellipse, or polygon of precise dimensions

Draw an object with the Pen tool

Tutorial

Selecting and deleting

Select an object or objects

Deselect objects

Delete one object

Delete several objects

Reshaping

Change an object's geometric properties

Reshape a geometric object

Shapes and the Library palette

What are shapes?

Choose Library palette display options

Place a Library shape into a composition

Replace the shape of an existing object with a Library shape

Save an object as a shape

Delete a shape from the Library palette

Work with Objects

Selecting

The selection tools

Select an object or objects

Make an object's point and direction lines visible

Select all the objects in a composition

Select a hidden object

Hide object edges

Deselect individual objects

Deselect all objects

Scaling

Scale or rotate an object by dragging

Moving

Move an object

Using aliases and duplicates

Make an alias of an object

Break an alias link

Duplicate an object

Grouping

Group objects

Select the topmost text object in a group

Select a grouped object

Ungroup objects

Turn on Maintain Alignment

Restacking

Restack objects

Aligning

Align objects

Distribute objects

Use ruler guides

Use the grid

Pasting

Cut and paste an object or a group

Layers & Styles

Creating layers

Create a new layer

Select a layer

Duplicate a layer

Rename a layer

Hide or show a layer

Restack a layer

Delete a layer

Working with layers

Cycle through fill options for a layer

Offset a layer

Change the width of a layer

Changing layer opacity

Soften the edge of a layer

Change the opacity of a whole object (all its layers)

Change the opacity of one layer

Change the opacity of a layer using a gradient mask

Removing attributes

Restore a layer to its plain, unadorned state

Copying attributes

Copy layer attributes from one object to another

Using styles

Choose a display mode for the Styles palette

Apply a style to an object

Copy a style from one object to another

Save an object's attributes as a style

Modify a saved style

Create a new style based on an existing style

Remove a style from an object

Remove a style from the Styles palette

Embellish

Applying color

Color for the Web

Switch between the Fill and Outline properties

Apply a solid color using the Color palette

Copy and paste fill attributes

Sample a color using the Eyedropper

Apply a solid color using the Paint Bucket

Apply a color scheme

Apply a gradient

Adjusting colors

Adjust a color's brightness, contrast, or saturation

Apply a tint

Posterize or invert colors

Applying 3D effects

Apply 3D effects

Applying distortion

Apply distortion

Text

Creating text for the Web

Add text to a composition

Edit a text object

100

Resize text interactively

100

Acquire Images

Acquiring images

101

Placing

Place a file into a LiveMotion composition

102

Photoshop to LiveMotion

103

Replacing

Replace an object with a placed image

104

Using the Clipboard

Paste an image as a new object

105

Paste an image into an existing object

106

Drag-and-drop

Drag-and-drop an image

107

Photoshop filters

Apply a Photoshop filter

108

Change the way a filter is applied

109

Turn a filter effect on or off

109

Remove a filter effect altogether

109

Using alpha channels

Use an alpha channel with an image object

110

Scanning

Choose a TWAIN scanning module the first time you scan in LiveMotion

112

Scan using a TWAIN scanner

112

Edit Objects

Transforming objects

Flip an object

113

Reposition, scale, rotate, or skew an object using the Transform palette

114

Scale or rotate an object by dragging (selection tool)

115

Skew an object by dragging (selection tool)

116

Skew or rotate an object using the Transform tool

116

Remove all transformations from an object

117

Copy and paste transformations

117

Combining objects

Combine two or more objects

118

Uncombine a Unite with Color object

120

Cropping

Crop an object

121

Un-crop an object

121

Using mattes

Apply a matte to an image object

122

Textures

Applying textures

Choose a display mode for the Textures palette

123

Apply a texture via the Textures palette

124

Paste an image as a texture

125

Place an image as a texture

126

Add a texture to the Textures palette

127

Remove a texture swatch from the Textures palette

128

Reposition a texture within a layer

128

Backgrounds

Creating backgrounds

129

Create a solid-color background

130

Create a two-color tile using two rectangles

131

Export a tile file

132

More suggestions for backgrounds

135

Use a dimmed image as a background

136

Rollovers

Basic rollovers

137

Create a rollover using a preset style

138

Create a customized rollover

139

Create a 3D button

140

Create a rollover using one image object

141

Create a rollover using two different image objects

142

Hide an image, then make it appear for the Over state

143

Delete a rollover state

143

Use an embossed button in a rollover

144

Create a remote rollover

145

Moving gradient in a remote rollover

147

Using sound

Attach a sound to a rollover

149

Remove a sound from a rollover state

149

Previewing rollovers

Preview a rollover in the browser

150

Animation

Animation basics

What is animation?

151

How is animation produced?

152

Using the Timeline editor

Hide or show object categories and properties

155

Rename an object

155

Restack an object on the list

155

Select or deselect an object on the list

155

Make an object move across the screen

156

Assign object property changes and a fade-in

159

Make an object change colors over time

166

Change an object's shape

168

Sequence the appearance and disappearance of text objects in a banner ad

172

Working with keyframes

Set the same property keyframe for multiple objects

176

Move keyframes

176

Navigate between keyframes

177

Copy and paste layer property keyframes

177

Add a keyframe with the same value as the previous keyframe

178

Delete one keyframe

178

Delete all the keyframes for a property

179

Delete an object from the objects hierarchy list

179

Set a keyframe transition option

180

Make an animated object loop independently

181

Rotate a gradient inside an object

183

Saving animations

Save an animation object in the Library palette

186

Save animation effects to the Styles palette

186

Adding sound

Add sound to an animation

188

Properties and palettes

190

More Animation

Converting layers

191

Use Illustrator or Photoshop layers in LiveMotion

192

Place images as a sequence

194

Re-sequencing frames

195

Preparing Photoshop or Illustrator artwork for LiveMotion: a few tips

196

Use Convert Layers Into objects on the Timeline

197

Change the playback duration of layers converted to a frame sequence

198

Reshaping objects

Edit shapes using Edit Original

199

Use Edit Original for only a portion of an object's duration

200

Breaking apart text

Break a text object into individual letter objects

201

Make letters form a word in an animation

201

Cycle through characters in one text object

202

Grouping objects for animation

Group objects for an animation

203

Add a new object to a group

203

Add an existing object to a group

203

Create a group with an independent timeline

204

Release a group from being an independent timeline object

204

Make a group of animated objects loop

205

Make an object's Transform properties independent

206

Using motion paths

Create a motion path for an object

207

Reshape a motion path

208

Reposition an object with its motion path

209

Insert a pause into an object's continuous motion

210

Setting the render size

Set the render size of a bitmap object

211

Create a spinning top using a mask

212

Using rollovers with animation

Animate a button object using a color change and a glow effect

217

Create a rollover that triggers an animation effect in a remote object

221

Create a text navigation bar that fades in

225

Behaviors

Behaviors basics

231

Create a button-controlled animation

234

Moving, deleting, and editing behavior events

Reposition a behavior event

236

Delete a behavior event

236

Edit an existing behavior event

236

Create separate animation scenes

237

Make two buttons play separate animations using behavior events

240

Add the Go to Relative Time behavior

244

Add a Go to URL behavior

244

Export

Exporting LiveMotion files

245

File types

246

Previewing

Work in Active Export Preview mode

249

Exporting

250

Export a GIF or PNG-Indexed file

251

Export a JPEG file

253

Export a PNG-Truecolor file

254

Export a SWF file

256

Export a selection

258

Preview a composition in a Web browser

259

Using HTML

Make a space for your HTML text

260

Batch replacement

Create a template file for a batch replacement

261

Create the replacement text with the proper HTML tags

263

Choose the file format and optimization settings

264

Perform the batch replacement

264

View the replacement text graphics in the browser

265

Edit the template and then update the batch replacement

265

Printing

Print a composition

266

Slicing

Enter slice information for a composition

267

Export a sliced composition

268

Extras

Working with properties

269

Becoming Web-design savvy

270

Shortcuts

271

Index

277