The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript

Kaplan, Chris

ISBN 10: 1430218118 / ISBN 13: 9781430218111

Published by Apress, 2009

About this Item

Adobe's Flash has become the most ubiquitous tool created for Web professionals. This book is the most complete guide for the experienced Flash developer. It includes the latest Flash and ActionScript techniques for getting a Web site designed, up and running. Num Pages: 598 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 192 x 29. Weight in Grams: 812. . 2009. 1st ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript
• Publisher: Apress
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1430218118
• ISBN 13: 9781430218111
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

For any professional designer or developer working in the world of web technologies or multimedia, Flash is the must-have application, and knowing how to use it effectively is vital. Add in ActionScript 3.0, and Flash becomes an even more powerful tool for the development of high-performance web applications.

The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript introduces and explores the possibilities available to you by using Flash CS4. You will learn the basics of Flash's working environment and, using a step-by-step approach, work through the features of Flash and ActionScript needed to quickly achieve results. From navigating the interface to using graphic tools to write scripts and troubleshoot, you'll master deploying highly interactive applications with rich audio, video, and animation.

Written for the beginning-to-intermediate Flash user, this book uses complete examples that highlight best practices that you can apply to your daily work as a developer or designer in today's rich media world.

About the Author

Chris Kaplan is a multimedia consultant for Mosaic Learning, located in Greenbelt, Maryland. An award-winning multimedia developer, Chris has been working in Flash for more than 10 years on teams contributing to interactive experiences for the U.S. Mint, UNICEF, Ameriquest, the Bill of Rights Institute, and many others. As an audio engineer and composer, he has worked on productions for National Geographic, TLC, "America's Most Wanted," and in 2005, with Two Animators! LLP (www.twoanimators.com), he was a finalist for Best Cartoon at the Flash Forward Film Festival for his work on The Poochinos Dog Mafia. Chris has been streaming live video over the Internet for over 10 years as a webcast engineer for events with former vice president Al Gore, Cisco Systems, the Peace Corps, Buzz Aldrin, and the Office of Head Start. Chris brings considerable experience in combining live webcasting, video production, and post-production disciplines with creating multimedia experiences. He currently lives with his wife, Lindsey, and two daughters in Maryland.