Topic 4: Adding Sound

Sample Files

Dog with streaming sound

Button with sound

Objectives

Add sound files to your Flash animation. Distinguish between "event" and "streaming" sound.

Exercise

• Exercise: add an "event" sound to a button. Make the sound stop when the user rolls off the button
• Add sound effects to an animation
• Synch streaming sound to an animation

Concepts

• Importing sounds
• Adding sound to a keyframe by using the properties panel
• Buttons with sound
• Streaming versus Event and Start sounds
• Looping sounds
• Compression: file size and sound quality
• Synching an animation with sounds effects
• Match a streaming sound narration with a talking head