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Flash : Books10 Minute Guide to Flash 5
Because most people don't have the luxury of sitting down uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Flash, the 10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Flash 5 focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. Ten minutes is all you need to learn how to Create and edit graphics; Import graphics; Use text; Use layers; Attach actions and sounds. Some topics included in the chapters of the book include exploring the flash environment; drawingin images in flash, filling objects with color; selecting and manipulating objects; grouping and manipulating objects; the flash stage; learning to use flash layers; adding text to a movie; making symbols; organizing with libraries; frame by frame animation; making interactive buttons; assigning action to buttons; animating with keyframes; flowing animation; adding sound; handling download differences; loading movies; importing to flash; and going online.
- Cost: $10.49
- Pages: 192
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0789726734
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
Beginner Macromedia Flash MX
Macromedia Flash is the hottest tool on the Web because its quick loading and motion rich files dovetail perfectly with the Internet's mission: to provide visual information over which the viewer has navigational control. Capitalize on Flash motion by tweening animated sequence, then add sophisticated behaviors with ActionScript, the native programming language of Flash. Import, edit, and synchronize sound, and work with all types of graphic files, including bitmap. Optimize your movies, then publish to the Web and to alternative formats. From simple animations you can create in minutes, to morphing text and highly animated movies, this resourceful guide will help you get the most from this awesome motion graphics application. The book covers the basic concepts behind Flash: learning the work environment; drawing; creating animations; using motion guides, masks, symbols, imported graphics, and sound; publishing movies; and using ActionScript.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 402
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 0072222662
Create Macromedia Flash Movies
Flash software can enable you to create pulsing musical tracks, sound effects, gorgeous animations, and innovative interfaces for Web sites. With the saturation of the Internet into today's culture, it is critical to have an eye-catching site to attract more hits. Create Flash 5 Movies In a Weekend is a learning tool that will show you how to do everything from downloading and installing Flash 5 trial software to creating interactive movies. The accompanying CD is filled with examples used in each of the book's sessions, as well as clip art that you will learn to animate. Because of the step-by-step nature of instruction, this book will be a useful guide to novice Web developers. The book focuses on Windows Macromedia Flash as well as Macintosh Macromedia Flash. The book contains structured lessons for learning how to build Flash web sites with flash movies, in the space of one weekend!
- Cost: $29.99
- Pages: 336
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0761528660
Flash 5 Hands-on Training
Jump in immediately and get your hands dirty with Flash 5 Hands On Training. The book's project based exercises, modeled on acclaimed teacher Lynda Weinman's unique brand of instruction, are the ideal way for busy professionals to learn this cutting-edge Web technology. The book emphasizes the practical: You'll master core Flash principles using classroom tested techniques and hard won tips that you can apply to real life projects. Flash 5 Hands-On Training gives you a complete learning experience, combining the best of book based and classroom instruction. You get the flexibility of following the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace, plus a CD full of sample files and QuickTime movies demonstrating key techniques. Topics include Flash techniques of drawing, animation, shape and motion tweening, bitmaps, text, movie clips, buttons, sound, and publishing. Learn to create your own professional interactive and animated Web sites.
- Cost: $31.49
- Pages: 768
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0201731347
Flash 5 in an Instant
Using the award-winning Visual learning system, this compact, value-priced guide shows visual learners how to get up and running on the core program features in Flash 5 which you'll use over and over again. Flash 5 in an Instant covers the most popular features of Flash 5, including creating both simple and complex graphics, layering, animation with motion and shape tweening, and adding sounds. Its concise, step-by-step instructions and consistent placement of elements make fast learning of essential Flash 5 tasks. Are you a visual learner who needs results right away? Do you prefer to focus on the essentials and skip the bells and whistles? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find extra-large, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle over 100 key Flash 5 tasks, from drawing a custom line and adding text to creating a motion tween and assigning button actions. Visual format shows you step by step.
- Cost: $15.00
- Pages: 256
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0764536249
Flash 5 Weekend Crash Course
This book gets readers up-to-speed with the latest version of Macromedia Flash in just a weekend. It consists of 30 learning sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, readers can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits their needs, but the message that a reader with no prior programming experience can learn the language or development environment in one weekend will be carried throughout the book. Topics include menu options, using pencil, brush, pen tools, layers, animated foreground content, designing flash logos, creating text effects, exploring sound to animation, creating strobes and advanced nested animations, exploring flash gradients, advanced bitmap techniques, using instant effects, options publishing and exporting and more.
- Cost: $17.49
- Pages: 377
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0764535463
Flash Graphics & Animation
Flash 5: Graphics, Animation & Interactivity, 2E with Flash, fully updated to the latest release, demonstrates how you can create a web site with maximum effect and a limited file size. Macromedia Flash is explained in a straightforward, easy to understand manner and includes examples of the most common Flash functions. In addition to complete coverage of vector animation commonly associated with Flash, ad banners, buttons, and animated corporate logos are also addressed. Learn how to integrate sound with animation, create vector images with transparency, and create quick loading animated sequences to play while the rest of the web content downloads. This book is the perfect learning tool and desk reference for anyone involved with web design. Features include information on how Flash interacts with other web-based programs; Complete coverage of creation of interactive elements such as buttons, interfaces, ad banners, animations, and sound.
- Cost: $32.17
- Pages: 416
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 076682909X
Flash MX Graphics & Animation
Updated to the latest release, this book explains and demonstrates how you can create a Web site with maximum effect and a limited file size. Concepts are discussed in a straightforward, easy to understand manner, complete with applied examples of the newest Flash MX functions. The book provides coverage of vector animation commonly associated with Flash, as well as information on integrating video, sound, text and basic ActionScripting to polish off your site. This book is the perfect learning tool and desk reference for anyone using Flash MX for web design. This guide to Web site creation explains basic concepts and provides examples of the uses of Flash MX functions. It includes coverage of vector animation and 2D animation methods, as well as on integrating video, sound, text, and basic scripting. A companion CD includes applied examples and demonstration releases of software. Mohler teaches computer graphics technology at Purdue University.
- Cost: $29.37
- Pages: 672
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0766842061
Flashkit.com Macromedia Flash
FlashKit.com, an Internet.com site, is the key source of beginner to advanced Macromedia Flash information for professional developers. Members visit the site to find and to leave posts about the most challenging tasks Flash developers run into in practice. In addition, members have access to vast archives of technical articles and industry commentary from leading programmers in the market today. As a service to FlashKit.com members and the programming public, this book has been pulled together from the top-rated articles and postings to provide easy-to-use and -reference code, commentary and quick fixes. Coverage includes primarily Flash MX with mentions of Flash 5 material as it is applicable to the community's needs. The CD-ROM is a valuable resource tool for developers to find the code they need, and copy it into their applications, all royalty-free.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0789727781
Foundation ActionScript
Foundation ActionScript will open up this new gateway and take you through the transition from linear animation to produce cutting-edge dynamic Flash web sites, all the time remembering that you're a designer, not a programmer. With the emphasis on practicality rather than theory, each chapter will follow the Foundation model and introduce a new topic backed up with step by step examples that combine into a working web site full of ActionScript tricks. You will begin by learning how to plan your ActionScript project, adding actions that provide simple timeline control and taking the full tour through re-usable code, adding sound and building your first interactive Flash 5 game! ActionScript may look like a whole new ball game, but this book will show you that the rules aren't all that different and ! the end result is more exhilarating than you know! You will be amazed at the Flash you will be producing after reading this book.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 494
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 1903450322
Foundation Macromedia Flash MX
If you're picking up Flash for the first time with the latest MX release and want a solid tutorial, this Foundation book is for you. It assumes that you want deep, lasting knowledge that will allow you to build up your Flash skills from a solid base. The book centers on a linear tutorial that covers the core features of Flash MX. Each chapter blends theory and practice, with plentiful practical examples, and a case study that runs throughout the whole book to reinforce the learning in an integrated, real-world context. The book promises deep learning that will stick in your mind. This book caters for web designers for who are adopting Flash for the first time with Flash MX. It's based on the highly-successful Foundation Flash 5, and uses the same heavy-duty, sequential, detailed, thorough tutorial method, but it's fully updated to cover the new and enhanced features in MX. If you're coming to Flash completely from scratch, this book is for you.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 600
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 1903450101
Learn Design with Flash MX
If you're interested in learning design skills following a structured path, or if you've been using some of the tools of the trade, like Macromedia Flash, for some time but have never had the opportunity of a solid flash tutorial, this introductory level book is for you. Learn Design with Flash MX will answer all the essential design questions that other books ignore. By addressing the core design skills from a beginner's perspective, in the context of Flash MX, readers will gain a rich, solid, and structured understanding of the what, how, and why's of the fundamental principles of good design. If you're coming to Flash completely from scratch, this book will give you a broad and solid flash introduction enabling you to create aesthetically pleasing, well laid-out sites and content, which will help you learn the trade and get access to the professional web design world. This book will teach readers to develop and implement their creative ideas.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 512
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1904344003
Learning Flash 5
Animation is a multifaceted and a complicated process. Flash is a notoriously quirky tool. No wonder many fail to master the skill of animating with Flash. Here at least is a solution to the "how" of the Flash interface. Flash has so many interrelated tools and adjustment panels, it's good to see them systematically explored and explained. I've used Flash for years and still found some hidden powers. Flash's more advanced tools are not overlooked. There are lessons on building guide paths, mask layers, buttons and scripting for control of movie clips and sound track. To use Flash properly, you need to know everything on this CD by heart. This is a painless (except perhaps for the $150 price) way to acquire that knowledge. These lessons are like having a knowledgable friend with a clear lesson plan beside you. Hits all the basics but gets well into subtleties of the complex process of animation.
- Cost: $149.95
- Edition: CD-ROM
- ISBN: 1930727119
Learning Macromedia Flash 5
Learning Macromedia Flash 5 provides students the knowledge and experience they need to design and build animations for use on Web pages, in presentations, and as stand-alone movies. The total-immersion, hands-on tutorial walks students step by step, mouse-click by mouse-click, keystroke by keystroke through the various features of Macromedia Flash 5 e.g., graphics, simple and advanced animation techniques, sound, text, and programming scripts. The well-illustrated, spiral-bound manual contains easy-to-read, appealingly formatted procedural explanations and step-by-step exercises in a multi-part Lesson format. Learning Macromedia Flash 5 includes topics such as: Flash 5 Basics; Create a Movie; Enhance a Movie; Publish a Movie; Advanced Flash; and Projects and Challenges. The CD-ROM includes data files, evaluation version of Macromedia Freehand, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks.
- Cost: $38.67
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 1585771473
Macromedia Flash MX
Macromedia Flash MX H.O.T. covers all of the most important new features of Macromedia Flash MX, beginning with projects that focus on the MX interface, drawing and color tools, animation basics, tweening, symbols and instances, bitmaps, and more. As the projects progress, you'll tackle more complex techniques, such as working with movie clips, text, sound, and video. The latter part of the book addresses publishing and managing Macromedia Flash MX content, as well as how to create content by integrating other software into Macromedia Flash MX. There's no better way for you to get your feet wet using Macromedia Flash MX than with a H.O.T. tutorial. You'll learn core Macromedia Flash MX principles and techniques in a real-world Web design environment. If you're looking for an intelligent, approachable guide for learning Macromedia's latest version of Flash, you'll find lynda's Hands-On Training your e-ticket to Macromedia Flash MX expertise!
- Cost: $31.49
- Pages: 803
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0321112725
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
PROJECT FLASH MX
Bring Web pages to life with eye-catching animation, interactive graphics, deluxe menu systems, and many other cool and creative features! Project Flash MX features 20 hands-on projects designed to lead readers, step-by-step, to a thorough understanding of the whys and hows of today's most popular tool for creating innovative web graphics. Ideal for readers who learn by doing, every project in this fast-paced and richly illustrated how-to book is broken down into a set of specific procedures. For additional simplification, each procedure is further divided into a series of short, straightforward steps that are accompanied by clear, concise, and easy-to-follow instructions.Tips appear at strategic points to reinforce key concepts and help readers avoid common pitfalls. All of the projects are presented in a logical sequence so that readers can build on the skills learned in previous projects. For beginning through intermediate flash users.
- Cost: $17.47
- Pages: 240
- Edition: 2 edition
- ISBN: 1401826016
Teach Yourself Flash 5
Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 5 in 24 Hours is specifically written for the new Flash user. Not a revision of a previous book, Phillip Kerman's book begins by covering the basics of Flash 5, including the use of the drawing tools, basic animation skills such as tweening, and putting together simple movies. In the second part, the book covers the more advanced techniques of Flash, including interface design, interactivity, collecting data, and delivering movies to the Internet. The final part of the book takes the reader further into the practical uses of the Flash medium, and includes chapters on developing animation skills, further uses of bitmap graphics, advanced delivery to the Web with preloaders, using Flash in the design of CD ROMs, and using Flash in conjunction with other applications. Built around four main sections, the book starts out by teaching us the basics such as using the native painting and drawing tools.
- Cost: $17.49
- Pages: 587
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 067231892X
Flashing Face Effect
There is a plethora of animation effects out there on the internet, and for the most part, it's up to you to figure out how to accomplish many of these effects. Some of these effects may not have readily obvious solutions, but if you know your Flash tools well enough, then you should be able to figure out many effects on your own. Having said all that, it must be said that sometimes people just need a little push in the right direction, especially when we're still learning the basic tools of Flash. This tutorial doesn't really show you how to do anything all that complex, but maybe it will point you in the right direction for creating more advanced animations in the future. In this tutorial in particular, you'll learn how to create a flashing face effect, where an object on the stage pops up and then flashes so that only a bright sillhouette can be seen. And then that silhouette fades back, revealing the object again.
- Cost: Free
Advanced Effect Maker
With Advanced Effect Maker, you can become a Flash and JavaScript developer without ever learning any programming language. Advanced Effect Maker is an offline application that allows you to make Flash applets and JavaScript effects right from your own computer. You will be able to send Flash e-mails to your friends and convert True Type Fonts and use them in your effects. Types of applets you can create include: clocks, games, charts, image processing, image galleries, tree menus, cursor effects, slide shows, messengers, and counters.
- Cost: Free/$29.00
- Version: 1.0
- Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X
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
W3Schools Flash Tutorial
Flash is a tool for creating interactive and animated Web sites. In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to start using Flash in your applications. Start Learning Flash. Topics include: Flash introduction, Flash How To, Flash in HTML, Flash tweening, Flash GuideTween, Flash TintTween, Flash ShapeTween, Flash buttons, Flash animation, and Flash sound. You will also learn the advantages of Flash compared to animated images and Java Applets; how to embed a Flash movie into an HTML page; and tweening, where you can create movements and changes.
- Cost: Free
Flash MX Online Training
The Flash MX course is aimed at intermediate to advanced media designers and developers who want to learn the latest techniques for animating graphics and enhancing visual media with sound and music. Topics covered include: Drawing tools, design concepts, animation techniques, text and forms in animation, compound objects, scenes, timelines, layers, filters, masks and incorporating sound and music into Flash movies. Each topic covered includes tips and techniques for maximizing the effectiveness of Flash MX when viewed on the Web.
- Cost: $76.00
