Whether creating Web content, business presentations or publishing multimedia interactive content, this results-oriented resource shows you how Macromedia Flash X can bring your presentations to life.
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Understand the language and uses of Flash, the premier multimedia-authoring tool. Learn to design and deliver motion graphics, movies, sound files, presentations, low-bandwidth Web sites, and more. Regardless of your experience level, How to Do Everything with Macromedia Flash MX will help you get the most from Flash by presenting well-organized, bite-sized bits of information. Coverage includes all aspects of Flash--design as well as programming and development. Create Flash animations and interactive movies, learn the full power of ActionScript, and discover why Flash is the world's most widely used Web graphics application.
- Use basic drawing tools and understand each element of the interface and toolbar
- Modify the size, color, scale, rotation, and skew of any object
- Create interactive and fast-loading elements such as buttons, menu, animations, and backgrounds
- Utilize a full range of animation features in Flash including motion and shape tweening
- Add pictures, video, and sound to your movies
- Learn the actions, methods, and functions of ActionScript
- Learn to program in Normal and Expert modes
- Incorporate MPEG, DV, and QuickTime movies into your Flash movie
- Use Components to quickly create scrolling text, graphics, and other complex interactivity
About the Author
Bonnie Blake (Oakland, NJ), MFA, is an award-winning designer specializing in Web design and multimedia, who has been an avid Flash user since its first release. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of Digital Media at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. Bonnie is the author of the first edition of How to Do Everything with Flash, as well as the author of Flash 5 ActionScript (a best-selling online course at ehandson.com), Flash Deconstruction (NRP; due in October 2001), and Adobe Premiere Virtual Classroom (Osborne).
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helped Me Learn Flash,
By A Customer
This review is from: How To Do Everything With Macromedia Flash(TM) MX (Paperback)
I found this book to be totally comprehensive and very helpful in teaching me the basics of Flash. It also covers a lot of scripting material. It is organized in such a way that it makes it easy to go back and refer to various topics I needed a refresher on. All in all, it was well worth the money. The online files were a bit difficult to find at first, but they downloaded easily. Great tutorial exercises. Easy to understand.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Thorough and comprehensive,
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This review is from: How To Do Everything With Macromedia Flash(TM) MX (Paperback)
I happened upon this review section after I bought the book as I'm now looking for a book on ActionScript. Had I read the reviews first, I may not have bought the book . I have to say, in my opinion (and I have many years experience in multimedia and web design), this book was very comprehensive, easy to read, fun, the download files were great. I was able to work through it quickly and now I am up and running. Easy style writing, upbeat, and yes, there was a typo here and there, but not enough to warrant complaints. Plus it was a good price for wht you get. I recommend this book whole heartedly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just Ok,
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This review is from: How To Do Everything With Macromedia Flash(TM) MX (Paperback)
I read the other review. The author skips important info vital to step by step creation of a movie. One usually has to stop and figure it out. I don't recommend this book for beginners. Instead of babling on, get a book that is direct and to the point...not this one.
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If you're new to Flash, you may be surprised to know that it has actually been around for a few years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
button editing mode, extended text box, clip editing mode, animated movie clip, tweened object, test movie mode, shape tween, animated graphic symbol, dynamic text field, editable object, other movie clips, main timeline, exit editing mode, type the following script, motion guide layer, art layer, movie clip instance, motion tween, streaming graph, flash document, runtime sharing, movie loads, vector art, masked layer, docked panels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Properties Inspector, Movie Explorer, Free Transform, Movie Control, Symbol Editing, Color Mixer, Bandwidth Profiler, Paint Bucket, Document Properties, Adobe Illustrator, Common Libraries, Onion Skins, Magic Wand, Sound Properties, Common Library, Ink Bottle, Today's Date, Bitmap Properties, First Quote, Match Movie, Sound Library, Edit Grid, Insert Layer, Next Quote, Today's Weather New!
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If you're new to Flash, you may be surprised to know that it has actually been around for a few years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
button editing mode, extended text box, clip editing mode, animated movie clip, tweened object, test movie mode, shape tween, animated graphic symbol, dynamic text field, editable object, other movie clips, main timeline, exit editing mode, type the following script, motion guide layer, art layer, movie clip instance, motion tween, streaming graph, flash document, runtime sharing, movie loads, vector art, masked layer, docked panels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Properties Inspector, Movie Explorer, Free Transform, Movie Control, Symbol Editing, Color Mixer, Bandwidth Profiler, Paint Bucket, Document Properties, Adobe Illustrator, Common Libraries, Onion Skins, Magic Wand, Sound Properties, Common Library, Ink Bottle, Today's Date, Bitmap Properties, First Quote, Match Movie, Sound Library, Edit Grid, Insert Layer, Next Quote, Today's Weather New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Adobe Premiere 4.0 for Windows: Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team in Front Matter
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