Macromedia Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide - Softcover

Woods, Porter S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072131217 ISBN 13: 9780072131215

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001

Synopsis

Master all the powerful new features of Flash 5 using this hands-on comprehensive developer's guide. Learn to extend Flash into the Web/multimedia environment and integrate Flash with advanced back-end applications including databases, 3D graphics generators, PHP, and more.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Your Complete Resource for Developing Flash Applications

Extend your development horizon with expert guidance from this professional-level resource. Create powerful and extensible Flash applications, using the best possible combination of file size and streaming quality. Collect and distribute information more efficiently through Flash's economical use of bandwidth. Learn all the new features that have furthered Flash's well-earned reputation as the premier tool for Internet motion design and execution. Whether your interest is animation, type, audio, or movies, Macromedia(r) Flash(tm) 5 Developer's Guide is a great resource for developers and designers of all levels.

Key topics include:

• Using and compressing bitmap images
• Translating video into a Flash document
• Developing with ActionScript
• Integrating Freehand, Illustrator, and Photoshop files

Developers who are serious about learning one of the most noteworthy applications in use on the Internet will benefit from Macromedia Flash 5 Developer's Guide.

Important coverage includes:

• Motion guides and tweening
• JavaScript and Client-Side Scripting
• Connectivity and server-side processing
• 3D modeling and animation
• Graphic design tips

About the Author

P.S. Woods (Seneca Falls, NY) is a freelance Web developer and consultant. He has contributed many articles and product reviews to the Flash community through the Web Developers' Virtual Library (www.wdvl.com). In his consulting career, he has been retained by clients as small as a storefront ISP in the Mojave desert and as large as Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072131217
• ISBN 13: 9780072131215
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 621