Flash MX 2004 : For New Users and Professionals

Confused by ActionScript? Want to get to grips with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash quickly? Whether you are a new user or a professional illustrator, designer or animator experienced in other animation and effects packages, this highly visual, color book will be all you need to...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hosea, Birgitta (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Focal Press [Imprint] Elsevier Science & Technology Books Sept. 2004
Edition:1st edition
Series:Focal easy guide series
Subjects:
LEADER 05940nam a2200745Mi 4500
001 a153b05d-6692-4b5f-8c9e-f468af00c188
005 20240728000000.0
008 040226e20040928moua o 000 0 eng d
020 |a 0-08-047781-X 
020 |a 1-136-14462-5 
020 |a 1-281-00854-0 
020 |a 1-4175-5608-0 
020 |a 9786611008543 
024 7 |a 10.4324/9780080477817   |2 doi 
035 |a (Au-PeEL)EBL226843 
035 |a (CKB)1000000000362699 
035 |a (CaSebORM)9780240519593 
035 |a (EBL)226843 
035 |a (EXLCZ)991000000000362699 
035 |a (FlBoTFG)9780080477817 
035 |a (MiAaPQ)EBC226843 
035 |a (MiAaPQ)EBC3060437 
035 |a (OCoLC)697596695 
035 |a (OCoLC)70927193 
035 |a (OCoLC)859207715 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn859207715 
035 |a (OCoLC-P)697596695 
035 |a (PQKB)10766529 
035 |a (PQKBManifestationID)11255428 
035 |a (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000330489 
035 |a (PQKBWorkID)10318700 
035 |a (SSID)ssj0000330489 
040 |a OCoLC-P  |b eng  |e pn  |c OCoLC-P 
041 |a eng 
050 4 |a TR897.7  |b .H67 2004 
082 0 0 |a 006.786  |a 006.7869 
090 |a TR897.7  |b .H67 2004 
100 1 |a Hosea, Birgitta,  |e author 
245 1 0 |a Flash MX 2004 :  |b For New Users and Professionals 
250 |a 1st edition 
260 |b Focal Press [Imprint]  |c Sept. 2004  |a San Diego :  |b Elsevier Science & Technology Books 
300 |a 1 online resource (214 p.) 
336 |a text  |b txt 
337 |a computer  |b c 
338 |a online resource  |b cr 
347 |a text file 
490 1 |a Focal easy guide 
500 |a Description based upon print version of record 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Front Cover; The Focal Easy Guide to Flash MX 2004; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. Introduction; History and Development of the Program; What is it Used for?; How to Use This Book; 2. Interface; The Start Page; What are all the Windows for?; The Stage; The Timeline; Panel Sets and Customizing Your Interface; Using the Help files; Flash Documents; Naming Files and Working Cross Platform; 3. Vector Drawing; The Drawing Tools; Drawing a Line; The Shape Tools; Drawing with the Pencil tool; Painting with the Brush tool; Using the Pen tool and the Subselection tool; Changing Colors 
505 8 |a 15. Cross-media Publishing 
505 8 |a Can't I Just Change These Settings After my Animation is Finished?Symbol Animation; Creating Graphic Symbols and Instances; Motion Tweening; Editing Symbols; Summary; 9. More Animation Techniques; Using Motion Paths; Easing; Shape Tweening; Animated Highlights; Animating Gradients; Mask Layers; 10. Further Animation Techniques; Timeline Effects; Animated Symbols; Creating a Looped Background; Copying and Pasting Frames; Symbols Within Symbols; Altering Symbol Center Points; Using Scenes; Character Design Tips; 11. Sound; Creating Sounds to Bring into Flash; Some Fundamentals of Digital Audio 
505 8 |a Creating Gradient FillsTransform Fill Tool; Creating Text; Spell Checker; 4. Selecting and Modifying; Making Selections; Modifying Drawings; The Free Transform Tool; Ink Bottle Tool; Paint Bucket Tool; Dropper Tool; Eraser Tool; Changing Your View; Using Layers; Step by Step Manually Create a Drop Shadow; Rulers, Guides and Grids; Step by Step to Create a Perspective Grid; At a Glance Keyboard Shortcuts for the Tools; 5. Importing Images; Vectors vs. Bitmaps; Still Image File Types You can Import; To Import a Still Image into Flash; Importing Images with Areas of Transparency; Tracing Bitmaps 
505 8 |a Importing SoundsStreaming vs. Event Sounds; Editing Sounds in Flash; Attach a Sound to a Button; Adding Comments to Frames; Warning about File Sizes; 12. Video; What is Digital Video?; How do you Bring it into Your Computer?; Using Video in Flash; Rotoscoping; Preparing for Video Output; 13. Designing For Cross-Media; Planning a Web Site; Information Architecture; Design for the Web; Planning for Animation; 14. Putting Flash on the web; Accessibility; Project Management Tips; Tips for Lowering File Sizes; Testing Your Work; Anatomy of a Web Site; Exporting; Creating Pre-Loaders; Uploading 
505 8 |a Painting with Bitmaps6. Navigation 1 - buttons; Button Symbols; Libraries; Creating a Button Symbol; What is a Symbol?; What is a Keyframe?; What is a Behavior?; Step by step to Create a Links Page; Using Movie Clip Symbols; Step-by-step Animated Rollover Buttons; 7. Navigation 2 - Menus; Button Actions and Frame Actions; Creating a Basic Menu; Menus and Submenus; An Online Portfolio; Loading Images; 'Mail to' Link; 8. Animation; Creating a Banner Ad with Frame-by-Frame Animation; Separating and Locking Layers; Using Keyframes; Onion Skinning; Frame Rate and Size 
520 |a Confused by ActionScript? Want to get to grips with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash quickly? Whether you are a new user or a professional illustrator, designer or animator experienced in other animation and effects packages, this highly visual, color book will be all you need to get you up and running with the latest powerful upgrade - Flash MX 2004. Birgitta Hosea uses tried and tested material based on her teaching, breaking down the software into its main components and providing lots of screenshots and simple step-by-step instructions. T 
546 |a English 
588 |a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources 
630 0 0 |a Flash (Computer file) 
650 0 |a Computer animation 
650 0 |a Web sites  |x Design 
776 |z 0-240-51959-0 
776 |z 1-136-14461-7 
830 0 |a Focal easy guide series 
999 1 0 |i a153b05d-6692-4b5f-8c9e-f468af00c188  |l 99119353054508501  |s US-NCD  |m flash_mx_2004for_new_users_and_professionals_______________________________0928____1__focala________________________________________hosea__birgitta____________________e