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How to Do Everything with Macromedia Flash

ISBN10: 0071483594 | ISBN13: 9780071483599

How to Do Everything with Macromedia Flash
ISBN10: 0071483594
ISBN13: 9780071483599
By Bonnie Blake and Doug Sahlin

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Bring new life to your graphics and easily create and publish movies, sound files, presentations, interactive web content, and much more with help from this step-by-step guide. How to Do Everything with Flash 8 shows you how to get the most from this tremendously powerful multimedia design tool through easy-to-follow and well-organized bits of information. Fully updated to cover all the new and existing Flash features--including advanced interactivity with ActionScript--this valuable resource will help you discover why Flash is the world’s most popular web graphics application.

Part I - Learn the Building Blocks of Flash

Chapter 1: Examine the Dynamic Features of Flash MX

Chapter 2: Get to Know the Flash Interface

Part II - Add Graphic Elements to Your Flash Movies

Chapter 3: Incorporate Graphic Objects Into Your Movies

Chapter 4: Design with Text

Chapter 5: Manipulate Graphics and Text

Chapter 6: Use Graphic Symbols, Instances, and Libraries

Chapter 7: Add Pictures and Sound to Your Movies

Part III - Lay the Groundwork for Flash Interactivity

Chapter 8: Learn the Basics of Flash Animation

Chapter 9: Incorporate Motion Tweening into Your Design

Chapter 10: Use Shape Tweening to Animate

Chapter 11: Grasp the Concept Behind Buttons and Movie Clips

Part IV - Lay the Groundwork for ActionScript

Chapter 12: Use ActionScript to Create Simple Interactivity

Chapter 13: ActionScript in Complex Interactions

Part V - Move Full-Throttle into ActionScript

Chapter 14: Creative Programming in ActionScript

Chapter 15: Experiment with More Complex ActionScript

Chapter 16: Test and Publish Your Flash Movies

APPENDIX A: FLASH RESOURCES GUIDE

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