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Summary

Enhanced and revised edition of the bestseller! 100% of what you need to know to learn and master the latest version of Macromedia Flash. Includes a CD-ROM packed with files from the book and valuable tryouts.

Author Biography

Robert Reinhardt has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States, delivered conference seminars on Web design, and served as technical editor for several Photoshop and Web books. With a degree in photographic arts, Robert takes a holistic approach to computer applications for the creation of provocative multimedia. Recently, he created installation and digital art for the Warner Bros. feature film Gossip. Now based in Los Angeles, he continues his work through The Makers as a multimedia artist, programmer, and instructor with his partner Snow and his creatively inclined dog, Stella. Jon Warren Lentz is a graduate of the Classical Studies program at UCSC, and a freelance artist and author. He is the lead co-author of a popular Web design book, deconstructing web graphics.2, co-authored with Lynda Weinman. He's also an associate editor and columnist for EFX Art and Design magazine, formerly known as Mac Art & Design. Prior to entering the photodigital frontier, Lentz achieved notice as a sculptor working with sand-carved glass -- a process that he helped to define as a fine art medium. Jon's images have been featured in the 1997 Graphis Poster Annual, Mac Art & Design magazine (Sweden), IdN -- the International Designer's Network magazine (Hong Kong), and other magazines. In July 1998, Shutterbug magazine explored connections between his fine art abstractions and commercial works.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xix

Quick Start: Flash in a Flash

(36)

Part I: Mastering the Flash Environment

(164)

Understanding the Flash Framework

(10)

Exploring the Interface: Panels, Settings, and More

(44)

Using Tools for Navigation and Viewing

(8)

Working with Selections and the Pen Tool

101

(22)

Working with the Drawing and Painting Tools

123

(34)

Applying Color

157

(26)

Working with Text

183

(18)

Part II: Creating Flash Graphics

201

(188)

Exploring the Timeline

203

(26)

Checking Out the Library: Symbols and Instances

229

(34)

Drawing in Flash

263

(36)

Animating in Flash

299

(26)

Using Bitmaps and Other Media with Flash

325

(30)

Designing Interfaces and Interface Elements

355

(34)

Part III: Sound Planning

389

(44)

Understanding Sound for Flash

391

(12)

Importing and Editing Sounds in Flash

403

(14)

Optimizing Flash Sound for Export

417

(16)

Part IV: Adding Basic Interactivity to Flash Movies

433

(154)

Understanding Actions and Event Handlers

435

(20)

Navigating Flash Timelines

455

(38)

Controlling Movie Clips

493

(64)

Sharing and Loading Assets

557

(30)

Part V: Programming Flash Movies with ActionScript

587

(164)

Planning Code Structures

589

(34)

Creating Subroutines and Manipulating Data

623

(36)

Understanding Movie Clips as Complex Objects

659

(32)

Sending Data In and Out of Flash

691

(28)

Understanding HTML and Text Field Functions in Flash

719

(10)

Advanced Movie Clip Architecture and Beyond

729

(22)

Part VI: Using Flash with Generator and Other Server Technologies

751

(66)

What Is Generator?

753

(16)

Revving Up Generator

769

(32)

Working with Third-party, Server-side Applications

801

(16)

Part VII: Using Flash with Other Programs

817

(330)

Working with Raster Graphics

819

(30)

Working with Vector Graphics

849

(48)

Working with Audio Applications

897

(32)

Working with 3D Graphics

929

(36)

Working with QuickTime

965

(32)

Working with RealPlayer

997

(16)

Creating Full-Motion Video with Flash

1013

(22)

Creating Cartoon Animation with Flash

1035

(34)

Planning Flash Production with Flowcharting Software

1069

(34)

Working with Authoring Applications

1103

(44)

Part VIII: Distributing Flash Movies

1147

(92)

Publishing Flash Movies

1149

(32)

Integrating Flash Content with HTML

1181

(30)

Using Players, Projectors, and Screensaver Utilities

1211

(28)

Appendix A: Using the CD-ROM

1239

(2)

Appendix B: Contact Information for Contributors and Expert Tutorialists

1241

(4)

Index

1245

(55)

End-User License Agreement

1300

(3)

CD-ROM Installation Instructions

1303

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