Flash is one of the most engaging and innovative, and versatile technologies available--allowing the creation of pretty much anything from simple slideshows, animated banners and icons and cartoons, to Rich Internet Applications, Interactive videos, and dynamic user interfaces for web sites, kiosks, or DVDs. The possibilities are endless, except that now, it just got better. In 2007, Adobe released Flash CS3, which boasts a whole host of new features, including fully customizable workspace, full ActionScript 3.0 support, a PSD importer, a tween-to-code animation converter, and much more. And this book is all you'll need to learn Flash CS3 from the ground up, or learn about all these new features, if you already have previous Flash experience--Flash experts Tom Green and David Stiller take you step-by-step through all facets of Flash CS3, with the emphasis firmly on good design techniques that you use in your own projects. You can discover more about this book, download source code, and even view video tutorials at the book's companion site: www.foundationflashcs3.com.
Learn Flash design from the ground up, or just get to grips with the new features, with a series of step by step tutorials.
Provides an easy introduction to ActionScript 3.0 coding, but the focus is mainly kept on design.
Learn from the expertswritten by renowned Flash designers Tom Green and David Stiller.
What youll learn
The ins and outs of the Flash CS3 interface
How to use all of Flash CS3's essential features, such as text, graphics, and animation
How to use video and sound effectively in Flash
The basics of ActionScript 3.0
Building Flash user interfaces rapidly using components.
How to populate a Flash movie with dynamic data such as XML.
The Basics of creating Flash Lite applications (Flash for mobile devices)
Using Cascading Style Sheets with Flash
Optimizing and publishing your Flash movies
Who is this book for?
This book is for both beginners who want a solid grounding in Flash CS3, and designers with previous Flash experience, who want to get up to speed with the new features.
Summary of Contents
Chapter 1: Learning the Flash CS3 Professional
Chapter 2: Graphics in Flash CS3
Chapter 3: Symbols and Libraries
Chapter 4: ActionScript Basics
Chapter 5: Audio in Flash CS3
Chapter 6 Text in Flash CS3
Chapter 7: Animation in Flash CS3
Chapter 8: Video in Flash
Chapter 9: Using the Flash UI Components to Build Interfaces
Chapter 10: CSS and Flash
Chapter 11: Dynamic Data (XML) and Flash
Chapter 12: Going Mobile in Flash
Chapter 13: Optimizing Flash Movies
Chapter 14: Publishing Flash Movies
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
They know Flash, but not English:
These guys obviously have a lot of technical knowledge, but when it comes to actual explanation of the concepts, they fail. Hierarchically speaking, their instruction is gibberish. They jump from vocabulary to examples to anecdotes without giving an overall coherent paradigm for understanding of most major concepts. In other words, their instruction is valid when taken piecemeal, but does not equip the user to understand or implement correct systems of thinking for the program as a whole.more info
Hidden sample lesson files makes it difficult to learn:
Addendum: 2 people commented that there are sample files and included two different urls. I am downloading as I write this and will try them out. Still feel like I wasted time & energy to get to this point. The logic of not including the url in the book eludes me. I actually went to the publishers site and sent an email to "feedback", but it came back as undeliverable. So their web site links don't work. Makes me wonder about other possible errors, omissions or frustrations in the lessons. This... more info
Very Well Done:
I shake my head when I think about the amount of planning that has to go into a book of this caliber. They couldn't have done a better job keeping track of the ideas introduced in early chapters and building on them in succeeding chapters until they are well ingrained. The tone is good -- occasional bits of levity but not so much that it becomes grating. I came to this book with some familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator, but none whatsoever with Flash. I'm nearly done with the book and am... more info
Very Inconsistent:
Having read all the positive reviews, I had a lot of expectations for this book, however, I was bitterly disappointed. I'm only on page 26 of the book and I've already become frustrated with missing steps in the instructions, inconsistent content in the digital files, not to mention, the book didn't even tell us where to download the files and I had to find them myself. Maybe PC users aren't experiencing the same troubles I'm having, as the book seems to be based entirely on the PC version with some Mac... more info
