Flash 5! Creative Web Animation (With CD-ROM) - Softcover

Derek Franklin; Brooks Patton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 020171969X ISBN 13: 9780201719697

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Showcases Flash 5!'s updated features while offering a guide to the Web-based graphics and animation program, covering drawing, layering, symbols, filters, rollover buttons, graphic elements, animation, sound, and interactivity.

About this title

About the Author

Derek Franklin is chief development officer of Crazy Raven Productions, and as such is required to thoroughly understand current technologies to push them to the limit. Derek discovered the Web, his niche, in 1995 and never looked back. When not working or sleeping in front of the computer, he enjoys playing music, reading, and dreaming about Tahiti.

Brooks Patton is the president and CEO of Crazy Raven Productions Inc., a leading multimedia and Web development firm with offices in Anchorage, Alaska, Indianapolis, and Dallas. With more than a decade of experience in network engineering, Brooks founded Crazy Raven Productions four years ago to focus on Web technologies and multimedia. On the rare occassions that Brooks is allowed out of his office, he enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, and being somewhere warm.

From the Back Cover

The latest update to one of our best-selling Macromedia Flash titles, Flash 5! Creative Web Animation covers all the newest software enhancements, including a brand new interface, Smart Clips, Movie Explorer, Keyboard Shortcuts, and the fundamentals of programming with ActionScript. The book contains new or revised chapters on everything you need to know to get the most out of the program--drawing, sound, the library, animation, interactivity, and finally, testing and publishing your work. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned Flash user, authors Derek Franklin and Brooks Patton lead you step-by-step through the basics of the software's many features and tools, and then move on to interactive tutorials, sample demos and a training tour of Web animation. You'll also find tips for making the development process flow more efficiently, plus a content-rich CD containing all the files for the practice exercises, a trial version of Flash 5, and demos of other Macromedia products.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 020171969X
• ISBN 13: 9780201719697
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 568