Score View

A very useful view of the animation is obtained through the Score window. When you press the score button, the Score window floats over your workspace and can be positioned anywhere on your screen. The Score window has four tabbed pages with vertical tabs on the left, each presenting a different view of the animation -- Score, Effects, Actions and Sounds, and Storyboard. The Score view is similar to the timeline window of other Flash tools. It shows the shape population of each key frame and provides functionality for editing frames and shapes. The Effects view allows you to add and manipulate effects. The Actions and Sounds view allows you to add and view frame sounds and actions. The Storyboard view presents thumbnail images of adjacent keyframes.

The top frame bar displays the key frame number. Along the left are the shapes. In each key frame, shapes that are present are displayed as dots. Selected shapes are indicated by blue filled dots. Clicking on a dot selects the shape and moves the animation to that frame.

Right clicking on the current frame in the frame bar at the top of any of the tabbed pages invokes a popup menu with a number of frame editing options.

Right clicking on one or more shapes invokes a popup menu with the option for shifting shapes right or left along the timeline.

The second tabbed page is the Effects view. Clicking on the + icon in the Effects view presents you with a menu of effects that can be applied to the selected shape. The span of the effect can be changed by dragging the side of the box identifying the effect.

The third tabbed page displays frame actions and sounds. Press the + icon to add a frame action or sound. Double-clicking or using right-click on a frame sound or action brings up its properties.

The bottom tab on the Score view show thumbnail images of adjacent key frames.