How to Add a Movie Clip in a Storyboard in Flash CS4

Flash CS4 is part of Adobe's Creative Suite 4. It is a software package that allows users to create animations and other video-related content. Flash is typically used to create animation and video files that are optimized for streaming over the Web. If you are just beginning to learn Flash or do not know how some Flash functions work in the CS4 version, you can easily learn how to add a movie clip to your storyboard in Flash CS4.

Instructions

1. Launch Adobe Flash CS4 and load a movie file stored on your local computer or on a Web server. Click "File," "Import" then "Import Video."

2. Find and select the movie file from your computer or enter the URL of the file on your Web server. If you are importing a movie file onto your local computer, select "Load External Video with Playback Component." If you are importing a movie file from a server, select "Already Deployed to a Web Server."

3. Choose a skin for your video content. This is the graphic that will surround the video clip. You can select "None" if you don't want to use a skin or select a Flash skin.

4. Move the movie file after it has been inserted into your storyboard. Flash will create a place holder in the storyboard for the movie file. You can move this movie clip before or after certain content in your storyboard.

References

• Adobe: Add video to Flash