Macromedia Flash MX Components Most Wanted: Ready Made Drag 'n' Drop Design Solutions (with CD ROM) - Softcover

Friends Of Ed; Aral Balkan; Paul Prudence; Todd Coulson; Jen DeHaan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904344100 ISBN 13: 9781904344100

Publisher: Friends of Ed, 2003

Synopsis

Creating web designs and site content in Macromedia Flash MX can be a lot of fun, but there are always tasks that you'll want to do again and again. It's always a bit of a hassle to have to keep recreating and tweaking the same old content or functionality in different projects, so why can't you just reuse what you've created? With components, you can do just that!

Flash MX Components enable the creation of self-contained design building blocks that can be simply dragged and dropped into any Flash movie. They are flexible enough to be easily customized to take care of many different tasks. No fuss, no bother - you can repurpose the standard elements of your design, application, or game, and use them over and over again.

But wait, it gets better! Components can be used by anyone, not just the person who created them. So in this book, we’ve done all the hard work for you and collected together the Most Wanted components that will make your life easier.

In this book (and on the CD) you’ll find a perfect combination of creative and functional components from some of today’s leading Flash designers and developers. Just look at the fantastic components you get:

- Event Calendar - David Doull
- Text Editor - Josh Dura
- XML News Ticker - Jon Steer
- Tool Tip - Brandon Williams
- Sketchpad - Steve Young
- Video Player - Jen DeHaan
- Image Scroller - Brian Monnone
- Pattern Generators - Paul Prudence
- TabControl - Jeremy Larkin
- Sliding Panel - Todd Marks
- ColorPicker - Jeremy Larkin
- Game Player Selector - Todd Coulson
- Particle Emitter - Jared Tarbell
- Layout Manager - Michael Montagna
- Data Grid - Daryn Nakhuda
- Movie Loader - Aral Balkan
- Image Modulators - Lifaros
- XML-to-ActionScript Converter - Mike Pearce
- Virtual 3D Trackball - James Palmer
- Text Animations - Todd Yard
- Dynamic Text Manager - Peter Elst

Each of these components is included on the accompanying CD, ready to incorporate within your designs, along with plenty of example files giving practical demonstrations of their use. On top of that, each chapter in this book presents a comprehensive designer-oriented guide that will help you to get the most out of using all of the featured components.

If you’re a Flash designer, of any ability from novice to professional, this book will increase the power of your Flash designs and enhance your project workflow – instantly!

About this title

From the Publisher

This book is for experienced Flash users and novices alike. That is the beauty of Flash components, they are so easy to use that those who are fairly new to Flash can use them to create movies that would ordinarily be out of their reach, whereas the more experienced designer can use them as great time-saving tools, cutting the time needed to create their applications and improving their productivity.

About the Author

Aral Balkan is a Flash veteran and overall Internet junkie. In 2008, he produced the world's first large-scale online web conference, Singularity. Aral cofounded and coordinates OSFlash.org, authored the pattern-based ActionScript framework Arp, and created the SWX data format, SWX RPC, and SWX PHP. His open source project, GAE SWF Project, provides Flash and Flex developers with knowledge and tools to build rich Internet applications on Google's App Engine. Aral is a published author and has contributed to several books and magazine articles, including Adobe Flex 2 QuickStart Guide and Flex 3 QuickStart Guide and six courses on Flash, Flex, ActionScript, and open source development. Aral is a regular speaker at international conferences including Macworld, FlashForward, d.construct, FITC, Wizards of OS, and Adobe MAX.

About this edition

• Publisher: Friends of Ed
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904344100
• ISBN 13: 9781904344100
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304