Flash Animator Resources
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Flash : BooksFlash MX & ActionScript
How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript is the simplest and most visual way to learn to create compelling Web animation. More than 100 two-page full-color spreads illustrate and clearly explain each Flash task step by step, from entry-level, beginning concepts to advanced techniques for experienced designers. The book includes expanded coverage of ActionScript so that readers can make greater use of Flash's capabilities. Flash can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript, with its visual, step-by-step approach, makes it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Flash. Denise Tyler is no stranger to graphics, animation, and multimedia-related software. During many years of working as a freelance graphics artist and animator, she attained wide and varied experience with many graphic, animation, and Web-related software programs, including Flash.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 224
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0789727420
Flash MX Design for TV and Video
As more and more animators are discovering, you can also use Flash to produce animations for television efficiently, inexpensively, and without compromising quality. Cowritten by the Flash animator who helped to create the FishBar series that appeared on MTV, this unique guide shows you step by step how to get broadcast quality results with Flash, whether you're a Flash veteran who wants to move into TV or a traditional animator who wants to explore the possibilities of Flash. From broadcast production basics to sound, applied animation techniques, video exporting, and postproduction effects, this book delivers all the know how you need to get your Flash animations on TV including behind-the-scenes interviews with creative professionals working at today's hottest animation studios. Work with television display, composition, cinematography, and sound; export video from flash; Create titles, fades, credits, special effects and much more flash.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 352
- Edition: 1 edition
- ISBN: 0764536818
Flash Studio Secrets
Flash studio secrets Smashing Ideas has been at the forefront of Flash content development since 1996, when Flash made Smashing Ideas' debut as FutureSplash Animator. Now, the firm's cofounder at last reveals the secrets of its success. Drawing on interviews with noted Flash artists as well as a generous helping of Smashing Ideas' case studies ranging from Zombie College animation to Lycos brand-building to the Gameshow Network quiz show. Glenn Thomas shows you how to push Flash to the limit, whether you want to create cutting-edge entertainment programming or enhance the customer experience at an e-commerce site. Reveals all the secrets to putting Flash software to the absolute limit, creating multimedia rich animation, and enhancing applications in advertising and on the Internet. Shows examples from giants like Eddie Bauer, which created cinematic marketing messages and advertising using Photos in Flash that emulated videos.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 309
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 076453548X
The Flash Animator
Intrigued by digital animation? Know a little bit about Macromedia Flash but are ready to take it to the next level? The Flash Animator will teach you how to create traditional looking animations faster, cheaper, and with more delivery options. Sandro Corsaro helps you to develop a solid understanding of the principles of traditional animation, and then guides you step by step through bringing those principles to life with Macromedia Flash. Topics range from creating basic ball bounces to managing complex character design, sound, and optimization issues. Interviews with numerous experts in the animation industry complete with beautiful artwork and insights from feature film animators and web pioneers are included to inspire you along your Macromedia Flash animation path. Interviewees include: Iwoa Takamoto, creator of Scooby Doo; Brad Abelson, storyboard artist, The Simpsons; Joe Shields, Joe Cartoon; Tom Winkler, Doodie; and many others.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 240
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0735712824
KoolMoves
Flash animation is easy with KoolMoves. It is ideal for creating animated web pages, animated text effects, flash banners, multimedia slide shows, spalsh pages, flying logos, complex navigation systems, interactive games, character animation, and intro pages. It features libraries of text effects templates, web page templates, vector clip art and buttons, action script text effects, transition effects, spin and rotate effects. For advanced users, it even has Flash MX action scripting, dynamic text fields, and bones character animation.
- Cost: $39.09
- Version: 4.1
- Platforms: Win 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP
Mix-FX
Create amazing Flash text animations, background effects and Flash buttons for your web site without Macromedia Flash. Mix-FX lets you create stunning effects in just seconds. Change sizes and colors and you have millions of possibilities. Create Flash animations such as Flash buttons, Flash banners, Flash intros, Flash effects and Flash text effects. Effects include: shake, rotate, random, blow-out, filmgrain, party, balanced shake, alarm, casual, mirror, stream, shocked, puzzle, techno, blox, smoke, barcode, fade in, fade out, and flutter.
- Cost: $27.00
- Version: 1.04
- Platforms: Windows
Streaming Flash Educational Videos
Nortel Network's KidzOnline offers a series of entertaining tutorial videos completely free. Join host Gino and his animated side-kick Tweener as they explore the basics of Flash, the history of 2D animation, animation principles, the Flash interface, the toolbox, keyframing, tweening, actionscripting, importing, symbols, using sound, and even special effects. Unlike most online Flash resources, these videos and associated E-learning materials are professional productions due to KidzOnline's 3 million dollar annual budget.
- Cost: Free
- Platforms: Windows, Macintosh
