Product Description
50 cool techniques that will take your Flash animations to the next level. Includes topics such as Simulating a 3D Cube, Creating an Explosion, Building Letters from an Images, Making Mono Clips Sound Like Stereo, Creating a 3D Morph, Triggering Speech Bubbles, Building a User-response Form, Putting a Flash Movie onto a PDA. Covers the latest Flash "X" release. Most of these effects can also be created with Flash 5. 50 step-by-step methods to make your Flash 5 and Flash "X" animations more impressive, engaging, effective, and fun. Includes a 32-page full-color insert highlighting the most dramatic visual tricks.
From the Back Cover
If you’re a Web designer, Macromedia Flash can help you create interactive effects that’ll reel in site visitors–and keep them coming back for more. Using lots of example movies, clear step-by-step instructions, and 32 pages of vivid color illustrations, Gurdy Leete and Ellen Finkelstein walk you through 50 of today’s coolest, fastest, "stickiest" Flash techniques, from amazing 2D and 3D animations and text effects to astonishing user interfaces and mini-applications. Your Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash MX Tricks and Techniques
* Create talking cartoon heads, image morphs, and other attention-grabbing animations
* Go 3D with a rotating logo or globe
* Make text come alive with warping, swarming dots, and other effects
* Amaze viewers with interactive effects like scrolling panoramas and draggable masks
* Enhance the user experience with mouse trails, animated buttons, preloaders, and other interface techniques
* Build applications for news tickers, music keyboards, MP3 players, and more
CD-ROM includes example Adobe Photoshop Elements tryout version, Macromedia Flash MX trial version and more
Product Details
* Paperback: 292 pages
* Publisher: Wiley (September 9, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0764536923
* ISBN-13: 978-0764536922
* Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.7 inches