With the official Adobe Training Guide, you'll learn everything you need to know to create sophisticated, interactive surfaces with Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5. With the new Flash Catalyst tool, you can create true Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR applications without learning ActionScript.
With step-by-step instructions in projects that teach skills building, this training book explains how to edit and import graphics into Catalyst programs like Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks, and then create interactive features in a familiar user interface and intuitive features.
You'll learn how to use libraries to manage and reuse your work, how to use layers to control and display elements, how to create interactive components with pages and states, how to set up transitions and action sequences, and how to work with video and sound. You will also learn how to use flash files from other applications and how to expand the capabilities of projects with Flash Builder.
Get to know Adobe Catalyst CS5 - fast, easy and comprehensive
The books in the world-successful Classroom in a Book® range help you quickly and easily learn and apply the features of Adobe Software. Unique: The exercise pads have been developed by Adobe product experts and tested in their own training seminars.
Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Classroom in a Book introduces you to the basics of Flash Catalyst in 13 chapters. It offers countless tips and introduces techniques to help you increase your productivity when working with this program. You can study the book from front to back, but also simply pick out the lessons that are of interest to you.
Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or other services that you can use as a registered Adobe Flash Catalyst user.
On the DVD:
- All practice files
- 30-day full version of Adobe Flash CatalystCS5 for Windows and Mac OS
- video lessons from video2brain
Classroom in a Book offers by far the best training material on the market. Everything to get the most out of the program: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions and exercise files."
Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training