Flash Basics > The Flash workflow
The Flash workflowAs you work in Flash, you create a movie by drawing or importing artwork, arranging it on the Stage, and animating it with the Timeline. You make the movie interactive by using actions to make the movie respond to events in specified ways.
When the movie is complete, you export it as a Flash Player movie to be viewed in the Flash Player, or as a Flash stand-alone projector to be viewed with a self-contained Flash Player included within the movie itself.
You can play a Flash movie in the following ways:
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In Internet browsers, such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, that are equipped with the Flash Player |
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With the Flash ActiveX control in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, and other ActiveX host environments |
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In the Flash Player, a stand-alone application similar in operation to the Flash Player plug-in |
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As a stand-alone projector, a movie file that can be played without the Flash Player software |
For more information, see Publishing and exporting overview.