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Overview

Imagine that once upon a time there was a kite shop with a Web site. Customers would go to this site and scroll through static images of different kites to decide on the one they wanted—at least, that was the goal. In truth, most of the customers became bored with the site and went off to do something else. While the Web page served a purpose, it didn't really capture anyone's attention.

Now imagine you can add Flash to the site. In this tutorial you'll author a Web page for Orbit Kites—an interactive site that lets users view and design their own kites. After customers decide on a kite, they click a button that displays the invoice for the selected kite while playing an animation of the kite flying.

To complete the tutorial, you'll take advantage of Flash features beyond what you learned in the lessons, and you'll learn more about creating a movie. Specifically, you will complete these tasks:

Change Flash movie properties
Import, create, and modify media that appear in your movie
Add sound to a button
Use the Stage and Timeline to assemble the movie
Create motion-tweening and shape-tweening animations
Use actions to add interactivity and streamline authoring
Test the movie for download performance
Publish the movie for Web playback

The tutorial takes approximately one hour to complete, depending upon your experience.