Flash 5 Hands-On Training
Published on 5. September 2001
Book
Mixed media product
768 pages
978-0-201-73134-7 (ISBN)
Description
Jump in immediately and get your hands dirty with Flash 5 Hands-On Training. The book's project-based exercises, modeled on acclaimed teacher Lynda Weinman's unique brand of instruction, are the ideal way for busy professionals to learn this cutting-edge Web technology. The book emphasizes the practical: You'll master core Flash principles using classroom-tested techniques and hard-won tips that you can apply to real-life projects.
Flash 5 Hands-On Training gives you a complete learning experience, combining the best of book-based and classroom instruction. You get the flexibility of following the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace, plus a CD full of sample files and QuickTime movies demonstrating key techniques. Armed with a thorough grounding in actual Flash problems and their solutions, you'll soon be creating your own professional interactive and animated Web sites.
Flash 5 Hands-On Training gives you a complete learning experience, combining the best of book-based and classroom instruction. You get the flexibility of following the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace, plus a CD full of sample files and QuickTime movies demonstrating key techniques. Armed with a thorough grounding in actual Flash problems and their solutions, you'll soon be creating your own professional interactive and animated Web sites.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1548 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-73134-7 (9780201731347)
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Persons
Author and designer Lynda Weinman--creator of lynda.com, a leading force in Web-design training--has taught digital arts since the late 1980s at Art Center College of Design, American Film Institute, San Francisco State University, and UCLA. Lynda also is a featured columnist and writes on digital graphics and animation for numerous national and international magazines. Her bestselling books, including Designing Web Graphics, have been translated into six languages and are used by Web designers and teachingprofessionals nationally and internationally.
She and her husband, Bruce Heavin, founded and operate the Ojai Digital Arts Center in Ojai, California, which offers small, intensive workshops in Web design. Lynda has recently launched a series of training videos under the lynda.com imprint. For more information on her books, videos, and workshops, visit www.lynda.com.
Garo Green is the director of training at lynda.com in Ojai, California. He's worked extensively in the development of custom curriculum and courseware for software training, and has over five years of teaching experience in both hardware and software applications. In addition, he has an extensive knowledge of HTML, computer graphics, and Web design. He is well versed in Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Photoshop, GoLive, and ImageReady. He has also been a featured speaker at the Web99 and FlashForward2000 conferences. Prior to joining lynda.com, Garo was a software instructor and intranet developer for State Farm Insurance Company.
She and her husband, Bruce Heavin, founded and operate the Ojai Digital Arts Center in Ojai, California, which offers small, intensive workshops in Web design. Lynda has recently launched a series of training videos under the lynda.com imprint. For more information on her books, videos, and workshops, visit www.lynda.com.
Garo Green is the director of training at lynda.com in Ojai, California. He's worked extensively in the development of custom curriculum and courseware for software training, and has over five years of teaching experience in both hardware and software applications. In addition, he has an extensive knowledge of HTML, computer graphics, and Web design. He is well versed in Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Photoshop, GoLive, and ImageReady. He has also been a featured speaker at the Web99 and FlashForward2000 conferences. Prior to joining lynda.com, Garo was a software instructor and intranet developer for State Farm Insurance Company.
Content
Introduction.
1. Background.
2. Interface.
3. Color Tools.
4. Drawing.
5. Animation Basics.
6. Shape Tweening.
7. Graphic Symbols.
8. Motion Tweening.
9. Bitmaps.
10. Buttons.
11. Movie Clips.
12. ActionScript Basics.
13. Text.
14. Sound.
15. Publishing.
16. Deconstruction.
17. Integration.
Appendix A: Vocabulary Terms/Glossary.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting.
Appendix C: Online Resources.
Appendix D: Technical Support.
1. Background.
2. Interface.
3. Color Tools.
4. Drawing.
5. Animation Basics.
6. Shape Tweening.
7. Graphic Symbols.
8. Motion Tweening.
9. Bitmaps.
10. Buttons.
11. Movie Clips.
12. ActionScript Basics.
13. Text.
14. Sound.
15. Publishing.
16. Deconstruction.
17. Integration.
Appendix A: Vocabulary Terms/Glossary.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting.
Appendix C: Online Resources.
Appendix D: Technical Support.