Flash is one of the most engaging and innovative, and versatile technologies available—allowing the creation of pretty much anything from simple slideshows, animated banners and icons and cartoons, to rich Internet applications, Interactive videos, and dynamic user interfaces for web sites, kiosks, or DVDs. The possibilities are endless, except that now, it just got better.
In 2007, Adobe released Flash CS3, boasting a whole host of new features, including fully customizable workspace, full Action Script 3.0 support, a PSD importer, a tween-to-code animation converter, and much more.
This book is all you’ll need to learn Flash CS3 from the ground up, or learn about all these new features, if you already have previous Flash experience. Flash experts Tom Green and David Stiller take you step-by-step through all facets of Flash CS3, with the emphasis firmly on good design techniques that you use in your own projects.
You can discover more about this book, download source code, and even view video tutorials at the book’s companion site: Foundation Flash CS3.com.
- Learn Flash design from the ground up, or just get to grips with the new features, with a series of step by step tutorials
- Provides an easy introduction to Action Script 3.0 coding, but the focus is mainly kept on design
- Learn from the experts: written by renowned Flash designers Tom Green and David Stiller
Cuprins
Learning the Flash CS3 Professional Interface.- Graphics in Flash CS3.- Symbols and Libraries.- Actionscript Basics.- Audio in Flash CS3.- Text in Flash CS3.- Animation in Flash CS3.- Video in Flash.- Using the Flash UI Components to Build Interfaces.- Css and Flash.- Dynamic Data (XML) and Flash.- Going Mobile in Flash.- Optimizing Flash Movies.- Publishing Flash Movies.
Despre autor
David Stiller is a career multimedia programmer/designer whose portfolio includes NASA, Adobe, and major U.S. automotive and boat manufacturers. He likes anaglyph 3D photography, finely crafted wooden game boards, Library of Congress field recordings, and Turkish coffee. David is self-taught and gets a kick out of sharing ‘aha!’ moments with others through consultation, mentoring, and regular contributions to the Adobe Flash and Action Script forums. He is a resident author at Community MX, a web development training site geared toward Adobe products. David lives in Virginia with his amazing wife, Dawn, and his beguiling daughter, Meridian.