Macromedia
Flash® Overview
Flash movies are
graphics and animation for Web sites. They consist primarily
of vector graphics, but they can also contain imported bitmap
graphics and sounds. Flash movies can incorporate interactivity
to permit input from viewers, and you can create nonlinear movies
that can interact with other Web applications. Web designers
use Flash to create navigation controls, animated logos, long-form
animations with synchronized sound, and even complete, sensory-rich
Web sites. Flash movies are compact, vector graphics, so they
download rapidly and scale to the viewer's screen size.
You've probably watched and interacted with Flash
movies on many Web sites, including Disney®, The Simpsons®,
and Coca-Cola®. Millions of Web users have received the Flash
Player with their computers, browsers, or system software; others
have downloaded it from the Macromedia Web site. The Flash Player
resides on the local computer, where it plays back movies in
browsers or as stand-alone applications. Viewing a Flash movie
on the Flash Player is similar to viewing a videotape on a VCR—the
Flash Player is the device used to display the movies you create
in the Flash authoring application.
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