Macromedia Flash Mx Freehand 10 Studio: Advanced Training from the Source

by Kozak, Brad

• ISBN13: 9780201775020
• ISBN10: 0201775026
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Takes readers through several real world graphic and Web design projects designed to show how FreeHand can augment and enhance Flash, making the two programs a complete solution for what macromedia calls multipublishing. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Creating A Custom Logotype	6	(18)
Brainstorming Logotypes
Creating Shapes with FreeHand
Combining Simple Objects to Create Complex Shapes
Using the Mirror Tool to Create Symmetrical Duplicates
Creating Distortions with the Fisheye Lens Tool
On Your Own
Animating A Logotype	24	(40)
Adding Motion to Logotype
Importing FreeHand Drawings into Flash
Modifying Symbols and Shapes in Flash
Animating Along a Path
Nesting Movie Clips
Simulating Motion with Graphic Symbols
Simulating Blurred Objects with Widgets
On Your Own
Designing Splash Screens	64	(22)
Storyboarding 101
Translating Storyboards into Templates
Translation Tips and Techniques
Creating Animatics in Flash
Creating Splash Screens	86	(36)
From Animatics to Animation
Keeping It Real
Guide Layers and Other Delights
If You Wanna See Me Do My Thing...Pull My String
Static on the Line
What's So Special About Special Effects?
Now Hear This
Skip It-Skip It Good
On Your Own
What You Have Learned
Planning a Corporate Web Site	122	(22)
Plan First, Design Later
Go Ahead---Mock Me (Up)
Building a 3D Brand (with a Little Outside Help)
Cut, Print, It's a Wrap
Moving Over to Flash
Enhancing a Site with Animation	144	(34)
Intelligent Interfacing
The Philosophy of UI Design
What's on the Menu?
Who's Got the Button?
Duty-Free Flash Imports
Don't Spin out of Control
Know When to Say Stop
Making Your Work Accessible
Creating A Magazine Ad	178	(26)
Impact Advertising
Headline-Grabbing Text
In the Ad Game, You Need a Great Body
Graphics You Can Taste
SWOP Me Upside the Head
Creating an Online Ad	204	(20)
Building Better Buttons
Better Living Through Action Scripts
Silence Is (or Can Be) Golden
Publish or Perish
Where Do You Go from Here?
Treating an Online Presentation	224	(18)
PowerPoint Uber Alles
The Good, The Bad, The Templates
Hold the Cheese
Adding Flash to Flash Presentations
Vox Populi
Creating Rich Media Email	242	(16)
You've Got Email
Standards, Schmandards
Are You Being Served?
Optimizing Flash Emails
Where Do You Go from Here?
Appendix A Asset Resources	258	(10)
Appendix B Copyrights (And Wrongs)	268	(2)
Appendix C Flash Resources	270	(6)
Appendix D Glossary	276	(5)
Appendix E Drawing Conclusions	281	(3)
Index	284