Flash X is the new version of Macromedia's Flash. Sham's book goes through all of the basics of Flash X, including a brief but informative tour of the interface

This is a classic beginner's book, aimed at complete beginners to the subject, and aiming to take readers up to a competent level with the technology. They can then move on to more advanced foED books such as "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash", and "Flash User Interface Design" to satisfy their continuing quest for knowledge.

Autorentext
Sham Bhangal has worked on books in new media for five years, during which time he has authored and co-authored numerous friends of ED books, including critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling titles like Foundation Flash, New Masters of Flash, Flash MX Upgrade Essentials, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference. He has considerable working experience with Macromedia and Adobe products, as well as other general web design technologies (such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.). In addition to speaking appearances at FlashForward, the biggest Macromedia Flash developer conference, Sham has also been a beta tester for Macromedia and Discreet products for a number of years.

Klappentext

• New edition of the best selling and very well respected beginner's Flash book. Sham Bhangal is very well known in the Flash community as a world class teacher, and beginners have even contacted him about personal tuition, as well as buying his books. * Provides easy-to-follow tutorials ideal for beginner market - it is slimmer and more concise than the competition, and concentrates on the essentials that beginners need to know.

• Flash X is going to be a huge market - it is the most widely-anticipated release of Flash since 5, because of exciting new features. It is the release that MX 2004 should have been.

Zusammenfassung

Foundation Flash 8 is the book you need if you're looking for a solid foundation in Flash 8 Basic and Flash 8 Professional.

Thousands upon thousands of designers have already learned from its previous editions and it's easy to understand why.

The fourth edition of friends of ED's legendary beginner Flash book, Foundation Flash 8 uses a series of structured exercises and detailed discussions to help you start your exploration of Flash. The detailed tutorial style will ensure that you retain the knowledge you gain and are able to draw upon it throughout your Flash career. Foundation Flash 8 features a running case study that evolves into a fully-functional Flash website as you work through the tutorials, so you'll immediately see everything that you learn being used in a practical project.

This book focuses on the core skills that you need to get started working with Flash 8: understanding the interface, becoming familiar with the creative tools and their capabilities, grasping the relationships between the different components that make up a Flash movie, and getting insight into how to put all the pieces together to create your own Flash-based website.

Inhalt
Flash Movie Essentials.- The Flash Tools Panel.- Flash Symbols and Libraries.- Managing Content.- Working with Color and Images.- Motion Tweening.- Shape Tweening.- Masks and Masking.- Advanced Animation, Effects, and Commands.- Actions and Interactions.- Intelligent Actions.- Multimedia: Sound and Video.- Optimizing.- Publishing.- Intermediate Actionscript, Part 1.- Intermediate ActionScript, Part 2.- High-Level Site Design.- Futurescape.