Flash : Adding a soundtrack to a movie
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Emmanuel Deruty

Implementing a Background Melody

When your sounds and movie are ready, the next step is to combine them:

  1. Select File > Import to include the sound into your movie.

  2. Select the keyframe in the timeline where you want the sound to start.

  3. Double-click this keyframe.

  4. The Frame Properties dialog box opens.



    Figure 3: The frame properties for the sound

  5. Choose the sound to use in the Sound drop-down list.

  6. The waveform corresponding to the sound appears in the dialog box.

  7. Enter a fairly high value (200 or 300) in the Loops field.

Watch out for repetitions! Take care not to repeat the animation playback as the musical excerpt would be superimposed on itself. Note that the excerpt is also played each time a keyframein which the sound is integrated is played back.