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Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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by Katherine Ulrich
Sales Rank: 69714
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Discount: 34 %
List Price: $24.99
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Paperback: 696 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press December 1, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321213440
ISBN-13: 978-0321213440
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
Book Description
New timeline effects and behaviors, better run-time performance (which equals faster graphics display and video playback), native support for PDF and EPS forms, a slew of workflow enhancements, an improved programming language, a redesigned interface—these are just a few in the long list of new features that have Web designers salivating over the newest version of their favorite Web tool: Macromedia Flash MX 2004. Whether you're brand new to the world of Flash development or a veteran chomping at the bit to take advantage of all the latest features, this task-based guide will have you creating high-impact, interactive Web sites with Flash MX 2004 in no time. Best-selling author Katherine Ulrich is at it again here, using simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to cover every aspect of Flash design—from the basics of vector animation to sophisticated interaction and transition effects. Throughout, you'll find the direct, friendly language and plethora of tips that have become the hallmark of the popular Visual QuickStart series.
About The Author
Katherine Ulrich is a writer and editor specializing in graphics, publishing, and multimedia software. Her career includes a 12-year stint at Macworld magazine. Katherine wrote the previous best-selling editions of Flash: Visual QuickStart Guide.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I've always wanted to learn Flash but it's a really intimidating program, even if you're very familiar wtih Illustrator, Photoshop, and Quark. I bought just about every instruction book on this program and returned all but this one and the Bible. Guess which book got me up and running in no time. The organization of this book is exceptionally clear, and the illustrations they use to show you what to do are just as good as the movieclips that come with other, more expensive instruction manuals. The vector art was something I was already familiar with, but without the step-by-step, illustrated approach in this book, I could not make animations work properly or integrate a Flash movie into an html document. The section on Timelines starts by explaining the Flash structure of Frames, Layers, and Scenes in a way that actually makes sense, and then takes you further so that you learn how to organize your images in order to quickly get a movie clip off the ground without slogging through more frames than necessary. It ends with chapters on Action Scripting and Video Integration, but at a basic level because those operations are complicated and quite rightly belong in a book on expert Flash usage. You learn a few basic behaviours which go a long way toward making a website look clean and professional, and how to get small video clips to run on your site. Overall, it's the best book for someone who's just starting out. An advanced user will either want the next book in this series, or will get the Bible book and call it a day.
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Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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