Flash 5 Weekend Crash Course
1st Edition
Published on 29. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
378 pages
978-0-7645-3546-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book gets readers up-to-speed with the latest version of Macromedia Flash in just a weekend. It consists of 30 learning sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, readers can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits their needs, but the message that a reader with no prior programming experience can learn the language or development environment in one weekend will be carried throughout the book.
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About the Author R. Shamms Mortier has written and illustrated more than 15 books on computer graphics and animation, all available internationally. He has also written more than 800 articles and reviews for more than a dozen trade magazines since 1985. He owns and operates the Bristol, Vermont design studio, Eyeful Tower Communications, which serves broadcast, education, and entertainment industries.
Content
Preface. Acknowledments. Friday. PART I - Friday Evening. Session 1 - Menu Options and Preferences. Session 2 - Basic Shape Explorations. Session 3 - Using the Pencil, Brush, and Pen Tools. Session 4 - Working with a Library. Part I - Friday Evening Part Review. Saturday. PART II - Saturday Morning. Session 5 - Working with Layers. Session 6 - Creating Background Content. Session 7 - Creating Animated Foreground Content. Session 8 - Creating a Complex Animated Figure. Session 9 - Creating Interactive Buttons. Session 10 - Introducing Button Actions. Part II - Saturday Morning Part Review. PART III - Saturday Afternoon. Session 11 - Creating a Title. Session 12 - Designing a Logo. Session 13 - Creating Credits. Session 14 - Creating Text Effects. Session 15 - Exploring Text Animation Options. Session 16 - Publishing and Exporting. Part III - Saturday Afternoon Part Review. PART IV - Saturday Evening. Session 17 - Exploring Bitmaps. Session 18 - Understanding Flash Audio. Session 19 - Working with Audio. Session 20 - Applying Sound to Animations. Part IV - Saturday Evening Part Review. Sunday. PART V - Sunday Morning. Session 21 - Designing Animations and Buttons. Session 22 - Wipe F/X. Session 23 - It's About Time. Session 24 - Using Onion Skins. Session 25 - Creating Strobes and Advanced Reveals. Session 26 - Developing Nested Animations. Part V - Sunday Morning Part Review. PART VI - Sunday Afternoon. Session 27 - Exploring Gradients. Session 28 - Advanced Bitmap Techniques. Session 29 - Understanding Instance Effects. Session 30 - Exploring Flash 3--D. Session 31 - Handshaking. Part VI - Sunday Afternoon Part Review. Appendix A: What's on the CD--ROM. Appendix B: Vendor Contacts. Appendix C: Exploring Macromedia Generator. Appendix D: Answers to Part Reviews. Index. End--User License Agreement. CD--ROM Installation Instructions.