Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Classroom in a Book

7. Creating Transitions and Action Sequences

Lesson Overview

We’ve come to expect a lot from our online experience. With the introduction of high-quality streaming video and motion graphics, the boundaries between film, television, and the web are fuzzier than ever. As an application designer, your audience has come to expect similar production quality. We can learn a lot from film and television. Talk to any film or video producer and they’ll tell you that much of what shapes our viewing experience are the subtle things we’re not even aware of—lighting, ambient sound, and of course transitions. Placing smooth animated transitions between the pages and states of your application can change the entire user experience.

In this lesson, you’ll learn ...