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Flash 5! Creative Web Animation

Flash 5! Creative Web Animation

by Derek Franklin (Author), Brooks Patton (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $8.39
Synopsis

The latest update to one of our best-selling Macromedia Flash titles, Flash 5! Creative Web Animation covers all the newest software enhancements, including a brand new interface, Smart Clips, Movie Explorer, Keyboard Shortcuts, and the fundamentals of programming with ActionScript. The book contains new or revised chapters on everything you need to know to get the most out of the program--drawing, sound, the library, animation, interactivity, and finally, testing and publishing your work.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned Flash user, authors Derek Franklin and Brooks Patton lead you step-by-step through the basics of the software's many features and tools, and then move on to interactive tutorials, sample demos and a training tour of Web animation. You'll also find tips for making the development process flow more efficiently, plus a content-rich CD containing all the files for the practice exercises, a trial version of Flash 5, and demos of other Macromedia products.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 568
 Edition: Pap/Cdr
 Publisher: Macromedia Press
Published: 22 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 020171969X
ISBN 13: 9780201719697
Book Overview:

Developers use Macromedia Flash to create high-impact, sophisticated Web sites that deliver motion, sound, interactivity and graphics. Not only is Flash-playback compatibility bundled with most Web browsers, it's now on or coming to WebTV, Excite @Home, PocketPC, and Palm products. Serious Web developers now consider Flash as part of their arsenal of essential Web-creation tools. Flash X! Creative Web Animation thoroughly covers all the major aspects of Flash, including vector-based drawing, authoring, and animation sequencing. New features of Flash X are covered throughout the book, including Flash's improved menu system and added widgets, which make it easier to add functions such as tabs, links, and pop-up boxes to Web pages. Backed up by the rich content on the CD, which contains video tutorials, source files, and a trial version of Flash X, these professional Web designers take the beginning to intermediate user of Flash on a training tour of Web animation.


Media Reviews
It isn't just an excellent reference manual, but also a good learning tool for beginners who prefer manuals with more of an academic feel to them. Computer Arts - Flash Special, Issue 18 With a CD that enables you to watch techniques for over 40 of the tuturials as QuickTime movies, this is an excellent resource. Computer Arts - Animation Special, issue 19
Author Bio

Derek Franklin is chief development officer of Crazy Raven Productions, and as such is required to thoroughly understand current technologies to push them to the limit. Derek discovered the Web, his niche, in 1995 and never looked back. When not working or sleeping in front of the computer, he enjoys playing music, reading, and dreaming about Tahiti.

Brooks Patton is the president and CEO of Crazy Raven Productions Inc., a leading multimedia and Web development firm with offices in Anchorage, Alaska, Indianapolis, and Dallas. With more than a decade of experience in network engineering, Brooks founded Crazy Raven Productions four years ago to focus on Web technologies and multimedia. On the rare occassions that Brooks is allowed out of his office, he enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, and being somewhere warm.