Animation and Effects with Macromedia Flash MX 2004

Book Description
What started as a simple animation tool has evolved into a full-fledged Web development environment. Which means that if you're like many of today's Flash developers, you may know little about actually creating animations and effects with the program. Here to solve that dilemma is a hands-on guide from one of today's leading Flash experts. By showing you how to create 10 projects based on real-world Web solutions, author Jen deHaan provides a thorough grounding in all of Flash's effects and animation fundamentals. Each chapter represents a single project with simple step-by-step instructions for re-creating the cool Web elements pictured in these pages: an animated character, a Flash interface that uses transitions to "page" through different areas of a site, an animated gallery, a dynamic menu that animates using the Tween classes, a simple game, button effects, Timeline animations, scripted effects, text effects, and more! Ten real-world projects reveal the magic behind the most useful Flash-produced animations and effects, and a companion CD includes lesson files and sample software.

About the Author
Designer, developer, and author Jen deHaan has been employed by Macromedia to write and improve documentation as well as to create examples and applications for Flash MX 2004. She is also the author of Flash MX 2004: Training from the Source and writes regular articles for Macromedia's Developer Center.


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Through a series of ten hands-on tutorial projects, Animation and Effects with Flash MX 2004 teaches Flash users with little or no experience using ActionScript how to animate and create effects using a range of techniques. The projects gradually increase in complexity, beginning with simple motion tweens requiring no ActionScript to sophisticated scripted animation requiring a moderate amount of code. Experienced coders and those of you who are new to the language alike will appreciate the clear and thorough explanations of ActionScript used in the projects.


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