Macromedia Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide [Paperback]

P. S. Woods (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 2001 | Series: Application Development

Flash is one of the most compelling web design and animation technologies available in the marketplace and its popularity has generated enormous demand for advanced Flash developers. This resource book teaches how to use and extend a host of new features available in Flash 5, providing hard-to-find information on Flash 5's advanced features and development tools. Up-to-date information on extending Flash 5 into sophisticated, online media development is included together with definitive information on integrating Flash with a host of applications and languages, including: databases, 3D graphic generators and PHP.

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"The de facto standard for animation on the Web"--CNET."

From the Back Cover

Your Complete Resource for Developing Flash Applications

Extend your development horizon with expert guidance from this professional-level resource. Create powerful and extensible Flash applications, using the best possible combination of file size and streaming quality. Collect and distribute information more efficiently through Flash's economical use of bandwidth. Learn all the new features that have furthered Flash's well-earned reputation as the premier tool for Internet motion design and execution. Whether your interest is animation, type, audio, or movies, Macromedia(r) Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide is a great resource for developers and designers of all levels.

Key topics include:

• Using and compressing bitmap images
• Translating video into a Flash document
• Developing with ActionScript
• Integrating Freehand, Illustrator, and Photoshop files

Developers who are serious about learning one of the most noteworthy applications in use on the Internet will benefit from Macromedia Flash 5 Developer's Guide.

Important coverage includes:

• Motion guides and tweening
• JavaScript and Client-Side Scripting
• Connectivity and server-side processing
• 3D modeling and animation
• Graphic design tips

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Product Details

• Paperback: 621 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (May 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072131217
• ISBN-13: 978-0072131215
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,700,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flash Developer's Guide very helpful, August 10, 2001

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T. O. Connor (Ballston Spa, New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide (Paperback)

I vacillate between 4 and 5 stars...but it's truly a great book. The technical descriptions of various tools of Flash 5 are quite good. Mr. Woods handled the more complex ActionScripts very well, in ways that I could relate to what he was attempting to do...which was show the incredible versatility of the ActionScripts and explain ways I could utilize the programming. I learned (finally, still with some difficulty) to use the Bezier pen, thanks to Mr. Woods' enthusiastic endorsement, and was able to grasp many of the aspects of Flash that had been somewhat weak for me before. I have read many books on Flash 5 and cartooning, and definitely would recommend this book for a good underpinning of the basics as well as assistance with expert Flash development. Keep up the great work, Mr. Woods.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Exploration of More Advanced Flash Features, May 30, 2001

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John Thompson (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide (Paperback)

I am giving this book a five star review because it has some interesting content, and the author gives the material an original spin. The chapters on Flash 3D, XML, and Swift-Generator were very helpful and dare I say, sometimes insightful. In contrast, I wasn't that excited about the chapters on PHP and MySQL, but by the end, they proved interesting. My biggest problem with the book is its overall lack of organization, and personally, many of the chapters would have been helped by more examples. Bottom line - this is not a cover-to-cover read, but if you want interesting content on some of Flash 5's more advanced features, I would pick it up.