Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom, (Book and Video Training) [Paperback]

Fred Gerantabee (Author), AGI Creative Team (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0470410930 | ISBN-13: 978-0470410936 | Edition: 1

Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Flash Professional. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Flash experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. This training package shows the basics of using the program, such as using layers and instances to build animation sequences, as well as advance features, such as using ActionScript to create interactive Web page components. Jam-packed with information, this book and DVD takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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From the Back Cover

You have a personal tutor in the Digital Classroom

If you want expert instruction that fits into your schedule, the Digital Classroom delivers. Adobe Certified Experts guide you through 15 lessons, helping you learn essential Flash CS4 Professional skills at your own speed. Full-color, step-by-step instructions in the book are enhanced with video tutorials on the DVD. With Digital Classroom, you have your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn Flash CS4.

• Create cool vector-based artwork and animation with Flash drawing tools

• Use the new animation engine to easily create stunning, lightweight animation for online and CD/DVD ROM projects

• Duplicate, save, and reuse animation sequences

• Explore all-new tools for building 3D graphics and animation

• Import graphics from Photoshop® and Illustrator®; add music or video for immersive multimedia creations

• Control movie playback and create interactive controls with ActionScript®

About the Author

Fred Gerantabee is the Training Manager at Aquent Graphics Institute and he is also an Adobe Certified Instructor. He is a member of the AGI Creative Team, which develops and delivers training programs for creative, marketing, and communications professionals through the Aquent Graphics Institute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470410930
• ISBN-13: 978-0470410936
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Graphics & Multimedia > Flash

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Overview Not Necessarily For The Newbie By Itself November 30, 2008

By Diamond Nikonian

Format:Paperback

I have been playing with Flash on and off for some time. Until now I have not been able to put all the pieces together. There are some great books out there that provide more detail on the basics of Flash which I think one needs to better understand Flash and better understand the lessons in this book. There and other great books that show you how to master Flash but they are more advanced and are focused primarily on pure animation within Flash. This book pulls it all together. Concepts I thought I understood before are much clearer now. If you are a web developer and not a graphic designer you will find the examples very practical. This was one of those technical books that inspired me and I found I put off other work just so I could get to the next chapter.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Teaching & Learning December 13, 2008

By Monica Surrency

Format:Paperback

Working in the Higher Education field, I use Flash for multiple purposes. One way is to create items for online learning environments. I am also and adjunct instructor who teaches students to use flash for website and multimedia creation. I have been using flash since 2002, but every new version offers new features and interface changes. Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom is a wonderful tool for me to make the transition from CS3 to CS4. The book is very organized, making it easy to find the topic I need. The book provides practical lessons for beginners in flash, or advanced users transitioning into CS4.

As in instructor, this book is a wonderful tool for students with different learning styles. The students can open files provided on the accompanying DVD, and follow along with the step-by-step instructions containing wonderful images for visual demonstrations. At the end of each chapter are review Q&A's for self-evaluation.

The supplemental videos on the DVD are a great way for students to learn at their own pace. This is wonderful for students who may have missed something in class, or just need to spend more time to go over the lesson. The concise videos not only demonstrate how to do something, but provide explanations of why that particular step is done.

This book is a great tool for teaching and learning Flash for all levels of users.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Flash CS4 showed me the Light! November 13, 2008

By John Donahue

Format:Paperback

This Flash CS4 Professional tutorial helped me bridge the gap between my traditional print-world experience, and taking advantage of the interactive world of Flash CS4. The lessons are self-paced, and the DVD helped me reinforce my new Flash skills, or take a few minutes to review areas where I still needed some work.

This is the fourth book I've used in the Digital Classroom series. The pace is always perfect. And Flash CS4 helped explain everything from animation sequences to the opportunities of ActionScript.

Digital Classroom Flash CS4 showed me the Light!