Flash CS3 For Dummies

Pack pizzazz into your Web sites with Flash!

Start with simple animation, or create whole pages in
Flash

The newest version of Flash offers all sorts of cool options for
designing Web sites that stand out from the crowd, and this handy
guide makes it easy. Enhance your site with animated graphics,
boxes, or buttons; morph shapes; create text with exotically
changing colors; add sound or video; and watch visitors flock to
your site!

Autorentext

Ellen Finkelstein has written numerous bestselling computer books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and Flash. She also writes articles on these programs for Web sites, e-zines, and magazines. The seven editions of her AutoCAD Bible have sold more than 80,000 copies in the United States and abroad. As an Adjunct Instructor of Management she teaches e-Business and Human Resource Management courses. She writes at home so that she can take the bread out of the oven on time. Gurdy Leete has been working as a computer animator, computer animation software engineer, and teacher of computer animation since 1981. He has been teaching Flash and other computer animation programs for 15 years at Maharishi University of Management, where he is an Assistant Professor of Art. You can see his art on the Web at href="http://www.infinityeverywhere.net/">www.infinityeverywhere.net.

Zusammenfassung
Pack pizzazz into your Web sites with Flash! Start with simple animation, or create whole pages in Flash

The newest version of Flash offers all sorts of cool options for designing Web sites that stand out from the crowd, and this handy guide makes it easy. Enhance your site with animated graphics, boxes, or buttons; morph shapes; create text with exotically changing colors; add sound or video; and watch visitors flock to your site!

Inhalt
Introduction. Part I: A Blast of Flash.

Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Flash CS3.

Chapter 2: Your Basic Flash.

Part II: 1,000 Pictures and 1,000 Words.

Chapter 3: Getting Graphic.

Chapter 4: You Are the Object Editor.

Chapter 5: What's Your Type?

Chapter 6: Layering It On.

Part III: Getting Symbolic.

Chapter 7: Heavy Symbolism.

Chapter 8: Pushing Buttons.

Part IV: Total Flash-o-Rama.

Chapter 9: Getting Animated.

Chapter 10: Getting Interactive.

Chapter 11: Extravagant Audio, High-Velocity Video.

Part V: The Movie and the Web.

Chapter 12: Putting It All Together.

Chapter 13: Publishing Your Flash Files.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 14: Ten Frequently Asked Questions.

Chapter 15: Ten Best Flash Resources.

Chapter 16: Ten Flash Designers to Watch.

Part VII: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Installing Flash and Setting Your Preferences.

Appendix B: The Property Inspector and the Panels.

Appendix C: What's on the Companion Web Site.

Index.