Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers

Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers

Flash is one (digit) of the most engaging (attractive) and innovative, and versatile (varied) technologies available—allowing the creation of pretty much (such) anything from simple (ultimate) slideshows, animated (enlivened) banners and icons and cartoons, to Rich Internet (cyberspace) Applications, Interactive videos, and dynamic (impulsive) user interfaces for web (scheme) sites, kiosks, or DVDs. The possibilities are endless, except (eliminate) that now, it just (meet) got better. In 2007, Adobe released (free) Flash CS3, which boasts a whole (full) host of new (newborn) features, including fully (full) customizable workspace, full (flooded) ActionScript 3.0 support, a PSD importer, a tween-to-code animation (aliveness) converter, and much (such) more. And this book (aggregation) is all (every) you'll need (requirement) to learn (see) Flash CS3 from the ground (connector) up, or learn (see) about all (every) these new (newborn) features, if you already have (hit) previous Flash experience—Flash experts Tom (blackamoor) Green and David (king) Stiller take (verify) you step-by-step through (finished) all (every) facets of Flash CS3, with the emphasis (inflection) firmly on good (beatific) design techniques that you use (ingest) in your own (possess) projects. You can (crapper) discover more about (most) this book, download source (maker) code, and even (modify) view video (recording) tutorials at the book's companion (consort) site: www.foundationflashcs3.com.

Learn Flash design (organisation) from the ground (connector) up, or just (meet) get to grips with the new (newborn) features, with a series (program) of step (travel) by step (travel) tutorials.

Provides an easy (cushy) introduction to ActionScript 3.0 coding, but the focus (pore) is mainly kept on design.

Learn from the expertswritten by renowned Flash designers Tom (blackamoor) Green and David (king) Stiller.

What youll learn

The ins and outs of the Flash CS3 interface

How to use (ingest) all (every) of Flash CS3's essential (primary) features, such (much) as text, graphics, and animation

How to use (ingest) video and sound (good) effectively in Flash

The basics (principle) of ActionScript 3.0

Building Flash user (individual) interfaces rapidly (apace) using components.

How to populate (fill) a Flash movie (flick) with dynamic (impulsive) data such (much) as XML.

The Basics of creating Flash Lite applications (Flash for mobile (ambulatory) devices)

Using Cascading Style Sheets with Flash

Optimizing and publishing (business) your Flash movies

Who is this book (aggregation) for?

This book (aggregation) is for both beginners who want (poverty) a solid (solidified) grounding in Flash CS3, and designers with previous (preceding) Flash experience, who want (poverty) to get (intend) up to speed (pace) with the new (newborn) features.

Summary of Contents

Chapter 1: Learning the Flash CS3 Professional

Chapter 2: Graphics in Flash CS3

Chapter 3: Symbols and Libraries

Chapter 4: ActionScript Basics

Chapter 5: Audio in Flash CS3

Chapter 6 Text in Flash CS3

Chapter 7: Animation in Flash CS3

Chapter 8: Video in Flash

Chapter 9: Using the Flash UI Components to Build Interfaces

Chapter 10: CSS and Flash

Chapter 11: Dynamic Data (XML) and Flash

Chapter 12: Going Mobile in Flash

Chapter 13: Optimizing Flash Movies

Chapter 14: Publishing Flash Movies

Product Details
Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: friends of ED; 1st ed. 2007. Corr. 4th printing edition (July 24, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159059861X
ISBN-13: 978-1590598610
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds