Essential Flash 5 For Web Professionals - Softcover

Kyle, Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130913901 ISBN 13: 9780130913906

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2000

Synopsis

Demonstrates advanced Web design techniques while showcasing recent Flash 5 upgrades.

About this title

About the Author

LYNN KYLE is working at Yahoo!, Inc., as an Interactive Advertising Engineer. Lynn's Web clients have included Palm, Inc., DeBeers, Pfizer, and Lloyd's of London.

From the Back Cover

• Get results with Flash 5—today!
• Learn from real-world examples and a live Web site
• Hot new Flash 5 techniques: MP3 support, ActionScripting, and much more
• By a top Web pro whose clients include DeBeers, Pfizer, and Lloyd's of London!
• Endorsed by WOW (The World Organization of Web Masters)

With Flash 5's slick, fast-loading vector graphics and animation, you can build sites as hot as your imagination! Now, learn Flash 5 in a flash from a professional Web designer—through real-world projects you can view live on a linked Web site. Start with the basics, then master every key technique: from animation through navigation, interactivity through building a complete opening sequence. Along the way, you'll discover how to make the most of Flash 5's hottest features: from MP3 support to ActionScripting! Best of all, the projects are linked to a live Web site where you can see (and download) each Flash effect, in each stage of completion. It's all the guidance you'll need—every step of the way!

You'll learn all this and much more!

• Master the revamped Flash 5 interface: timeline, tabbed panels, and more
• Flash fundamentals: text, shape, fills, transparency, and imported graphics
• Animation: timelines, frames, tweening, fading, transitions, and more
• ActionScripting: new techniques that deliver sizzling interactivity
• New Flash 5 drawing and graphics solutions
• Publish to the Web: pre-loading, plug-in detection, server settings, and more

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• Essential JavaScript for Web Programmers
• With more to come!

From the Inside Flap

PrefaceThe first time I ever tried creating graphics with Flash, I loved it. By the end of the first week, I was convinced that it was one of the best Web development applications on the market. Flash 5 is a wonderful product, but if you are like me, you have no time to spend weeks learning the intricacies of every Web technology. This book is for anyone who wants a jump-start on the most commonly needed Flash techniques, and who is then interested in looking up how to accomplish specific tasks. My book is written for the Web professional desiring to learn the essentials of Flash quickly and easily.Welcome to Essential Flash 5 for Web Professionals! Contained in this book are step-by-step instructions for creating wonderful Flash animations and interactive activities. This hands-on book explains how to use Flash to create

quick-loading vector graphics

impressive animations

shape morphing

buttons with actions and Web links

buttons and movies with sound and music

interactive movies

simple Web forms

Several important concepts are also presented, including optimizing Flash movies for better download, detecting the plug-in, and preloading Flash. How to Use This Book

This book consists of step-by-step instructions for creating two hypothetical Web sites. The first site is a straightforward Flash site with simple vector graphics created in Flash, basic animation, animated buttons, and buttons with sound. For the second site, instructions on creating a splash screen with music and a music on/off control are given. Also covered are more advanced graphics creation and animation, an interactive dressing room, and an email form.

To use this book, follow the instructions to create the sites. As you work through the steps, you will be presented with checkpoints where you should save your work. Also, these checkpoints will give you a URL to the book's Web site, where you can download the project at that point. That way, if you ever have difficulty with some of the steps, you can get the file with these steps already completed to assist you in understanding. The Web site for this book is located at phptr/essential/.

If you have any difficulty with the instructions presented in this book or if you would just like to drop me a line about it, you can reach me by email at lynn@rainc.About the Author

Lynn Kyle has been a Web professional since 1992. She has worked for the Naval Research Laboratory as a computer scientist and more recently was a Webmaster at Palm, Inc. Currently, she works for Yahoo! Inc. Lynn has received many honors for her Web designs, including PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites and Point Com's Top 5% of the Web, as well as print recognition in major publications such as the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times. Some of the companies she has designed for include Lloyd's of London, Pfizer, and DeBeers.

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Preface

The first time I ever tried creating graphics with Flash, I loved it. By the end of the first week, I was convinced that it was one of the best Web development applications on the market. Flash 5 is a wonderful product, but if you are like me, you have no time to spend weeks learning the intricacies of every Web technology. This book is for anyone who wants a jump-start on the most commonly needed Flash techniques, and who is then interested in looking up how to accomplish specific tasks. My book is written for the Web professional desiring to learn the essentials of Flash quickly and easily.

Welcome to Essential Flash 5 for Web Professionals! Contained in this book are step-by-step instructions for creating wonderful Flash animations and interactive activities. This hands-on book explains how to use Flash to create

*quick-loading vector graphics

*impressive animations

*shape morphing

*buttons with actions and Web links

*buttons and movies with sound and music

*interactive movies

*simple Web forms

Several important concepts are also presented, including optimizing Flash movies for better download, detecting the plug-in, and preloading Flash.

How to Use This Book

This book consists of step-by-step instructions for creating two hypothetical Web sites. The first site is a straightforward Flash site with simple vector graphics created in Flash, basic animation, animated buttons, and buttons with sound. For the second site, instructions on creating a splash screen with music and a music on/off control are given. Also covered are more advanced graphics creation and animation, an interactive dressing room, and an email form.

To use this book, follow the instructions to create the sites. As you work through the steps, you will be presented with checkpoints where you should save your work. Also, these checkpoints will give you a URL to the book's Web site, where you can download the project at that point. That way, if you ever have difficulty with some of the steps, you can get the file with these steps already completed to assist you in understanding.If you have any difficulty with the instructions presented in this book or if you would just like to drop me a line about it, you can reach me by email at lynn@rainc.com.

About the Author

Lynn Kyle has been a Web professional since 1992. She has worked for the Naval Research Laboratory as a computer scientist and more recently was a Webmaster at Palm, Inc. Currently, she works for Yahoo! Inc. Lynn has received many honors for her Web designs, including PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites and Point Com's Top 5% of the Web, as well as print recognition in major publications such as the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times. Some of the companies she has designed for include Lloyd's of London, Pfizer, and DeBeers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130913901
• ISBN 13: 9780130913906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 261