Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Magic

by Capraro, Michelangelo; McAlester, Duncan; Bianchi, Eric; Corbin, Chad; DallaVilla Design; Danika, Aria; Heim, Andreas; Hoekman, Robert; Marks, Todd; Spencer, Bill; Williamson, James C.

• ISBN13: 9780735713772
• ISBN10: 0735713774
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: New Riders Press

Summary

As a serious Web designer, you'll want to do one thing and one thing only when you lay your hands on the latest version of Flash: Start tinkering with all its new features. Problem is, that's hard to do on someone else's dime. With Flash MX 2004 Magic, you don't have to! In these pages, 10 Flash wizards draw on their own professional experience to offer 12 real-world projects that let you explore Flash MX 2004 at your leisure. With a focus on areas that can be troublesome for professional users--whether because they present thorny issues or because they draw on completely new features--each lesson provides need-to-know tips, proven techniques, and best practices. By working through the step-by-step tutorials (whose project files and code you'll find on the accompanying CD), you soon will be finding your way around all of Flash MX 2004's new features: CSS support, enhanced components, JSFL, and more. In addition to the code listings and exercise files on the CD-ROM, you'll find videos that clearly demonstrate step by step all the procedures you need to complete in order to create the projects.

Table of Contents

Constructing a Site Dynamically	p. 2
Creating an Interactive Presentation with Built-In Print Functionality	p. 16
Attracting Users with a Transparent, Flash-Driven Ad	p. 30
Creating Electronic Haiku with a Sound Mixing Toy	p. 38
Designing and Scoring a Pac-Man Style Maze Game	p. 56
Creating a Navigable 3D Environment with ActionScript 2 Classes
Adding Video to Create an Interactive Filmstrip	p. 86
Controlling Your Text with CSS	p. 94
Extending Video in Flash	p. 106
Creating an Information Display System	p. 122
JSFL: Using Flash's New Automation Language to Create Text Effects	p. 132
Developing Interfaces for Pocket PCs	p. 150
Index	p. 166
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