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using Cue Points Cue points are special markers that you place in your video that Flash can detect with ActionScript. There are two ways to use cue points. Cue points can trigger an ActionScript command, letting you synchronize the video with other Flash ele- ments. Or, you can jump to particular cue points in the video with ActionScript. Both types of cue points add more functionality to video. In this section, you’ll add cue points to the zoo director video so relevant informa- tion can be displayed on the Stage as he speaks. inserting cue points P Note: Recall that you can add cue points to video with Adobe Media Encoder. You can also add cue points to video with ActionScript in the Actions panel, which is not discussed in this book. P Note: If the FLVPlayback component on the Stage doesn’t show a preview of the video, right-click/Ctrl-click on the video and make sure that the Preview option is selected. 326 Lesson 8 There are four points in the zoo director video at which you’ll want to synchronize the display of additional information. First, when he introduces himself, you’ll show his name. Second, when he instructs the audience to click on a video, you’ll high- light the videos. Third, when he refers to the sounds, you’ll highlight the sounds. Fourth, you’ll add a cue point to mark the end of the video. 1 Select frame 50 (the first keyframe in which the zoo director video appears) of the popupvideo layer. 2 Select the video of the zoo director on the Stage. 3 Click the play button on the skin and pause the video when the zoo director says, “…my name is Paul Smith.” The numeric counter that displays the elapsed time should read about two seconds. Working with sound and Video