Flash Components Resources
Below you will find 1 categories and 43 links related to Flash Components Resources.
Categories:
Links:
Flash : BooksActionScript : The Definitive Guide
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is for web developers and web authors who want to go beyond simple Flash animations to create enhanced Flash-driven sites. The book covers fundamental programming concepts; components, syntax, and usage; and how to use common applications. It includes a concise and detailed reference section that makes all ActionScript globals, properties, and objects easy to find and understand. This combination of ActionScript fundamentals, applications, and handy quick reference will have readers scripting like pros. Text giving ActionScript programmers a refresher course, with a solid theoretical foundation. Offers experienced programmers practice leveraging JavaScript knowledge against Flash-specific concepts, with meticulous coverage of documented and undocumented concepts that go beyond theory. Critical topics like arrays, movie clips, and object-oriented programming are covered well at the detail level.
- Cost: $39.95
- Pages: 672
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 1565928520
ActionScript Complete Reference
Increase the speed and download time of your applications by taking advantage of the powerful features of ActionScript, Macromedia Flash MX's native programming language. This comprehensive reference explains the enhanced UI components, new object-oriented features of ActionScript, and much more. For anyone wanting to integrate sophisticated interactive elements into their Flash applications, and take Web application development to the next level, this is an exceptional resource. Topics discussed include: Introducing Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript, Fundamentals of ActionScript, ActionScript Objects, and ActionScript User Interface Components; Increase the speed and download time of your Flash animations; Integrate interactive elements; Experiment with motion graphics; Understand basic actions, operators, functions, properties, and constants; Optimize your code with new ActionScript coding standards; Dynamically configure Flash MX UI components.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 655
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 0072226439
ActionScripting in Flash MX
Tap into the full power of Flash MX by learning how and when to employ ActionScripting. ActionScripting in Flash MX is structured into 2 parts. In the Foundation section readers learn general programming theory and how it applies to Flash. Then the book progresses through more complex Flash ActionScripting applications, including functions, arrays, objects, components, and interfacing with external data. Short tasks and real-world analogies demonstrate specific concepts. In the Workshop section, the reader actually builds practical applications that range in complexity from beginner to advanced. At the end of the Workshop section, the reader will actually debug broken scripts. This book covers the gamut from novice to expert, but it shows real strength in getting basic Flash users into some serious programming. Kerman starts off assuming knowledge of fundamental tools and animation, and moves right into building familiarity with ActionScript.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 720
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0735712956
Advanced Macromedia Flash MX
Make the most of Flash MX and ActionScript, as you build advanced Web applications, e-commerce front ends, and games hands-on, one step at a time! Through dozens of professional quality examples, authors Dan Livingston and Carlos Justiniano illuminate the breakthrough features of Macromedia Flash MX, from components to digital video to XML, and beyond. Create effective user forms with Flash MX Components; Embed MPG, AVI, and QuickTime directly in your Flash movies; Make the most of ActionScript's latest enhancements; Deliver a richer user experience with dynamically downloadabled JPGs and sounds; Integrate Flash with XML; Build state of the art Web and e-commerce applications; Construct a complete Flash game, start to finish; Learn about expanded object and event handler models; Leverage Flash MX components, digital video, and other powerful new features; Build complete Web apps, e-commerce front-ends, and games step by step and much more.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 640
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0130384607
Complete Flash MX Remoting
The only book completely devoted to this exciting new technology that enables Flash to utilize resources on the server side. Flash Remoting MX allows developers to turn Macromedia Flash movies into serious Web applications like message boards, e-commerce applications, and e-mail clients. Packed with hands-on instructions and fully-functioning Flash Remoting MX applications to help readers build their own applications quickly and easily. Written by an expert Flash developer whose clients include Warner Brothers, Sony, and Disney. Topics include ActionScript fundamentals, Flash Remoting ActionScript Basics, Using Databases and Record Sets, Understanding Flash Remoting for ColdFusion, Interacting with ColdFusion components, Creating Server-side ActionScript, Understanding Flash Remoting with J2EE, Accessing Servlets and JSPs, Interacting with Java Classes and JavaBeans, Using ASTranslator, Interacting with ASP .NET pages, and Flash E-commerce.
- Cost: $31.50
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0764525867
Flash MX ActionScript Bible
Flash MX ActionScript lets you take Flash interactivity and effects to a new level. Packed with tutorials, sample scripts, and unrivaled coverage of advanced topics, this comprehensive guide shows you step by step how to make the most of ActionScript, whether youre a Flash designer whos new to programming or a seasoned developer who wants to push Flash interactivity to the limit. From scripting basics to components, menus, forms, and games, its the only book you need to master ActionScript and take Flash to a new dimension. Discover how to plan and architect interactive Flash MX projects; Get the scoop on variables, data types, operators, and other ActionScript basics; Take control of predefined objects from Button and Mouse to Sound and XML; Harness the power of components and learn to build your own; Find out how ActionScript works with Web browsers, Flash Remoting, Lingo, screen readers, and Pocket PC development; Create menus, forms and more.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 1224
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0764536141
Flash MX Bible
Explaining the uses of Flash MX for web development, this guide provides instructions for producing animation, graphics, and interfaces. Chapters introduce Flash web production, describe the Flash environment, and discuss animation, media files, interactivity, distribution, ActionScript, troubleshooting, and the use of Flash with other applications. A companion CD-ROM contains additional tutorials, ActionsScript components, FLA files, and related shareware. Whether youre a Web development newcomer or a Flash 5 veteran, this book shows you step by step how to make the most of Flash MX and take any Web site to the next level. Packed with examples and illustrations including 16 pages in full color, as well as expert tutorials from Flash pros, it delivers everything from a "Flash in a Flash" Quick Start to brand new coverage of embedded video, accessibility options, components, font applications, ColdFusion, and Pocket PC movies.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 1300
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0764536567
Flash MX Creative Web Animation
Best-selling author Derek Franklin is back, with his fully updated and expanded Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity, one of the best-selling guides to Macromedia Flash on the market. This book will provide you with the skills and inspiration you need to make creative use of Macromedia Flash MX to produce your own visual and interactive masterpieces. Whether you're a beginning Flash user or an advanced-intermediate user, Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity provides you with a thorough reference to Flash MX's features, as well as step-by-step video, text-based tutorials, and hands-on exercises that will teach you to use Flash in the real world. Within its pages, you'll find everything you need to master Macromedia Flash MX, from basic drawing to complex interactivity. Create vector animations, incorporate video clips and control them with ActionScript, flash components, and use external data.
- Cost: $31.49
- Pages: 920
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0321117859
Flash MX for Interactive Simulation
Flash MX for Interactive Simulation teaches a proven methodology for streamlining the planning, design, and implementation of realistic device simulations. Practical, step-by-step examples and working simulators demonstrate how to apply this methodology to the construction of a variety of devices, from cell phones to robotic arms. This tried and true approach will guide even the most complicated simulation project to a successful conclusion. Readers will find that their simulations are easier to program, maintain, and upgrade. The book even includes an extensive starter toolkit of interfaces objects (such as dials, gauges, timers, and knobs), implemented as Flash MX Components, that can be reused by readers in their own simulation projects. Written for experienced ActionScript programmers, the guide introduces the simulator architecture and the rules of statechart notation, then provides tutorials on creating common user interface elements.
- Cost: $34.97
- Pages: 400
- Edition: Book and CD edition
- ISBN: 1401812910
Flash MX Magic
Flash MX Magic follows a proud tradition of offering cutting-edge inspirational and customizable Macromedia Flash projects written by leading Flash designers and developers. Each of the 15 projects focuses on a project such as game programming, creating a poll with a dynamic database, movie-making, and e-Card creation. By giving you clear instructions, full 4-color graphical display of steps, all the code and components and an explanation of modifications, you have all the tools necessary to complete the projects and use them as a launching pad for your own sophisticated work. Flash Magic books aren't for most absolute beginners. If you're brand new to Flash, you may want to start with an entry level book that gets you familiar with the basics of motion graphics and Flash's tools, before jumping into a Magic book. When you're ready, we promise, it'll be worth it. Flash MX offers the interactive Web designer a suite of powerful features.
- Cost: $31.50
- Pages: 320
- Edition: 3rd edition
- ISBN: 0735711607
Flash MX, Remoting, ASP.NET
Macromedia Flash MX has become the professional standard authoring tool for producing high-impact web experiences. Whether you are creating animated logos, web site navigation controls, long-form animations, entire Flash web sites, or web applications, you'll find the power and flexibility of Flash MX ideal for injecting energy into your websites. Flash MX along with its newest companion - Flash Remoting - easily integrates with existing web production workflow, and provides powerful development tools for creating advanced web applications and integrating with other server side applications and Web services. In this article, Pallav Nadhani will look at how Flash Remoting helps to make our lives easier in terms of Flash application development. To work with Flash Remoting, you need to have the following installed on your development machine: Macromedia Flash MX, The Flash Remoting components, Microsoft .NET SDK, Flash Remoting for .NET.
- Cost: $8.00
- Pages: 32
- Edition: e-book (Acrobat Reader)
- ISBN: B0000713V0
Fresh Flash
So you think you've got to grips with the new features of Macromedia Flash MX? Welcome to this inspirations upgrade from friends of ED. Upgrade your thinking, upgrade your attitude, and upgrade your standards to take on board the host of exciting features incorporated into the latest version of Flash. With this title we run the gamut of new features, from the Drawing API ("to die for"), through new Video compression, Scriptable Masks and Components. We explore the new territory with Experimental Interfaces, check out the improvements in the 3D arena, and quarry the backend technologies to see what gems we can turn up! Some of the best designers in the Web community have concentrated their efforts on this project. This has resulted in the highest caliber of work, including an exclusive insight into the creation of Jim Armstrong's New York Flash Film Festival Final piece. Full of brand new flash effects and discussion for flash designers.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 272
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 1903450993
Hidden Power of Flash Components
Components, a new feature in Flash, are pre-built content that help Flash designers and Flash design teams simplify tasks and avoid reinventing the wheel with each project. This unique, value-packed book from best-selling author J. Scott Hamlin includes a CD containing more than 75 components! Written for all levels of Flash designers, this book teaches you how to use pre-built components, how to customize components to suit your specific needs, and how to create your own components from scratch. The CD includes an exceptional collection of author created and third-party components (many exclusively produced for this book), plus step-by-step, interactive tutorials for each component. In order to replicate this set of time-saving tools you could purchase some of them from the Web (likely costing you more than the book) or learn how to do it yourself and then invest up to 10 hours per component to recreate them. The book is highly recommended.
- Cost: $28.00
- Pages: 304
- Edition: 1 edition
- ISBN: 0782142109
Inside Flash MX
Inside Flash MX employs a comprehensive and comparatively advanced approach for designers and developers, addressing the emerging fact that Flash is both a designer's tool and a programming environment. Presents techniques for creating interactive and animated web sites with Flash, and describes features new to the latest version of the package, such as named anchors, shared objects, and the drawing API. Written for intermediate Flash users, the guide introduces the basics of ActionScripting and object-oriented programming, and addresses the advanced topics of components and server-side communication. Working professionals-designers, developers, and those who do both-who need a comprehensive, non-introductory tutorial reference. This is the largest growth area in the Flash market: NOT simply designers, but those familiar with the technology who use it as front end tool and as a programming tool as well.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 912
- Edition: 2nd Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0735712549
Macromedia Flash MX Components
Flash MX Components enable the creation of self-contained design building blocks that can be simply dragged and dropped into any Flash movie. They are flexible enough to be easily customized to take care of many different tasks. You can repurpose the standard elements of your design, application, or game, and use them over and over again. Components can be used by anyone, not just the person who created them. So in this book, we've done all the hard work for you and collected together the Most Wanted components that will make your life easier. Flash components included are: Event Calendar; Text Editor; XML News Ticker; Tool Tip; Sketchpad; Video Player; Image Scroller; Patter Generators; Tab Contrl; Sliding Panel; Color Picker; Game Player Selector; Particle Emitter; Layout Manager; Data Grid; Movie Loader; Image Modulators; XML to ActionScript Converter; Virtual 3D Trackball; Text Animations, Dynamic Text Manager, and plenty of other Flash.
- Cost: $29.99
- Pages: 304
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1904344100
Macromedia Flash MX FreeHand
Tired of flipping from one program to another, using FreeHand to design graphics and Flash to animate them and publish them to the Web? Macromedia Flash MX FreeHand 10 Studio streamlines the process by letting you use FreeHand and Flash in tandem, from one interface, to create professional vector-based graphics and export them to print or the Web. With Macromedia Flash MX FreeHand 10: Advanced TFS, you learn by doing. Each lesson focuses on one real-world project that uses components of FreeHand and Flash, showing both what you can do with the programs and exactly how to do it. The opening lessons give you a solid foundation in the basics: how to combine text and graphics, work with paths and points, use layers and styles, and prepare files for print or the Web. From there, learn how to drag and drop illustrations from FreeHand to Flash, maintaining symbols and layers, and then instantly publish them to the Flash Player.
- Cost: $31.49
- Pages: 352
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0201775026
Macromedia Flash MX Studio
Macromedia Flash MX Studio takes your raw Flash talent and multiplies its potency by focusing it on real-world web design situations. In the heady days of the late 1990s, designers were trying their hand at anything and everything they could lay their hands on. Now the marketplace is seriously focused, and serious Flash designers have to know exactly what they're doing and why. These days it's all about functionality over experimentation, justification over style. It's all about Maturity. The design must fit the job spec, and this book shows the reader how to fulfil these requirements and more. This book examines all the avenues open to professional or aspiring professional Flash MX designers. It takes a look at advanced uses of the new MX features, such as components and the Drawing API, and gives guidance on building whole new structures for animation, Dynamic Content, PHP, ColdFusion MX, XML, video, audio and audiovisual formats.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 500
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1903450268
Macromedia Flash MX Unleashed
Macromedia Flash MX is the premier software for creating rich content for the Web and other media. Whether you're interested in developing complex Web applications, learning ActionScript, or mastering the new video capabilities in Flash MX, this book is filled with real world insights and tutorials on every major Flash concept. Flash MX Unleashed is the ultimate resource for anyone trying to take their Flash skills to the next level. It includes powerful tools and topics within Flash such as XML integration, components, and ColdFusion integration. Offers scripting capabilities and server-side connectivity for creating engaging applications, Web interfaces, and training courses. Covers those high-end topics, providing a solid reference for Flash developers. Topics include advanced ActionScript techniques, Flash animation, creating games in flash, database support for flash applications, flash video support, XML integration, and Flash components.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 1024
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0672324016
Mobile Macromedia Flash MX
This thorough resource will help you build, deploy, and run rich media applications across multiple channels and devices. Plus, utilize JSP, ASP.NET, or ColdFusion MX to port information dynamically. Mobile Macromedia Flash MX shows you why Flash content is used by today's premiere developers to build state-of-the-art interfaces, applications, and animations for computers and devices. Learn the essential of dynamic Flash development; Extend applications with databases, ColdFusion MX, and Flash Remoting; Enhance usability for typical handheld devices; Follow case studies on mobile commerce, communication, and entertainment; Take advantage of the Flash MX user interface components; Learn motion shape tweening; Audio and Video compression for flash movies; Maximize Flash support in mobile platforms and devices such as Microsoft Windows CE, Pocket PC, Casio Cassiopeia, Symbian OS Mobile Phones, Nokia 9200 Communicator, and more mobile flash devices.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 456
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 0072226455
Programming with ActionScript
Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript takes you beyond the level of "neat" code tricks and teaches you how to architect and implement true Macromedia Flash MX applications. Nearly a third of the book is focused on teaching you Flash MX:components. The topics range from understanding and using components, to constructing custom components. This book also recognizes the uniqueness of ActionScript and clarifies because the best practices when it comes to developing with it. The final third of this book teaches you the methods for working with advanced-level ActionScript-from debugging data structures to server-side interaction. Topics include applying OOP principles and design patterns to ActionScript; Creating well designed custom objects; Leveraging both OOP and design patterns in architecting Flash MX applications; Creating OOP and design pattern based applications from scratch; Flash MX Components; and connecting Flash MX to servers.
- Cost: $39.99
- Pages: 456
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0735711836
Teach Yourself Flash ActionScript
Macromedia Flash delivers sound, interactivity, graphics, and animations across multiple browsers and platforms. It enables developers to create interactive interfaces and distinctive Web applications. ActionScript is the behind-the-scenes programming language that offers greater control and functionality in Flash programming. Sams Teach Yourself Flash ActionScript in 24 Hours offers a clearly written, well organized introduction to programming Flash with ActionScript. The reader will be taught basic programming techniques while creating their own interactive Flash movies. Offers a clearly written, well organized introduction to programming Flash with ActionScript. Learn how to create user interactivity on your web site; manage how your Flash movies are streamed to users; use the Script Editing windows to navigate your scripts; create and use Smart Clips through scripting; communicate efficiently with web servers; and control the Flash timeline.
- Cost: $17.49
- Pages: 384
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0672323850
3D Environment
The 3DEnvironment is a Flash component that allows you to build 3D interactive interfaces and environments in Flash. Built-in depth and perspective effects create the illusion of three dimensions. Customizable controls and full keyboard and mouse interactivity enable movement and rotation of the environment. Use simple graphic or movie clip symbols as well as external objects and animated movie clips. Requires no 3D modeling. Features: Create realistic 3D environments with depth and perspective; Build unique interactive interfaces; Custom keyboard controls for users to navigate around the 3D environment; Mouse wheel support for navigation; Move objects in the environment with built-in tweening and customizable tween duration; Rotate the world around all three axes (x, y and z); Camera controls for panning and zooming to change the perspective on the environment Add objects through an intuitive user interface, or external XML file.
- Cost: $59.95
- Platforms: All
Advanced Loader
This is the PRO version of their advancedLoader component. Easily create slideshows without the need for ActionScript. Build slideshows with component parameters, XML or dynamically generate them from the contents of a web folder. Over forty customizable effects provide a variety of transition options. The ideal solution for loading sequential images in Flash. Features include: Load external, library images or SWF files without any coding; Easily create slideshows; More than forty different effects; Customizable effect behaviour; Define slideshow with XML; Use the Autofeeder option to create dynamically generated slideshows from all the files in a folder; Add a different caption to each image; Set links for each image All valid Flash image file formats supported; Built-in customizable preloader for external files; Mouse interaction with effects; Automatic image scaling options; Automatically load Flickr RSS image feeds; Full API.
- Cost: $44.95
- Platforms: All
EzForm
EzFormPRO provides you with a quick and easy solution for creating and submitting forms in Flash without having to hassle with coding and scripting. Simply create your form using the regular Macromedia UI form components or EzForm's light weight Bit Components, drag and drop the ezForm component onto the stage and set the parameters. Get form results in a either a text or HTML formatted email. Features include: Set parameters without editing code; E-mail and URL Validation; Required field; Flash component, ezForm; Choice of e-mail styles; Choose between 3 layout styles for the form response emails; Set e-mail line spacing; Auto Thank-you message; ActionScript reference included; Only 5KB; Drag and drop; Define e-mail text colors, fonts, style and sizes. Easily set all the parameters, such as form recipient email, subject, required fields, etc by entering the values in the component parameters panel without touching any scripts.
- Cost: $34.95
- Platforms: All
FCMSPro
This pro version of their fCMS component is a full Flash Content Management System which allows you to design, edit and update your web pages without ever leaving your browser window. The exciting new template based system allows you to add and delete pages dynamically. The content of your Flash site is also fully indexable and searchable by search engines. Using the advanced backend templating system, you can also create dynamically generated RSS feeds of the content of your Flash website. Features include: Each page of your Flash website can be spidered and indexed by search engines; Search capabilities for your Flash sites; Templating system can be used to create base pages for different sections of your site; Automatically creates an index or table of contents; Direct updating of content as well as adding/deleting pages on a live Flash website; No client training require; As easy to use as a word processor; Automatic thumbnails.
- Cost: $299.00
- Platforms: All
