Book description
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe
Flash CS4 Professional.
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book contains 10
lessons. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Flash CS4
Professional and provides countless tips and techniques to help you
become more productive with the program. You can follow the book
from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest
you.
Learn how to design Flash projects with sophisticated animation,
import video and sound files, and integrate buttons with compelling
interactivity using ActionScript 3.0. Powerful features such as the
new Motion Editor, inverse kinematics, and support for 3D will make
developing your Flash sites fast, easy, and fun.
“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training
material on the market. Everything you need to master the software
is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step
instructions, and the project files for the students.”
—Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain
Training
Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on
software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe
software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no
other book or training program does—an official training
series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support
of Adobe product experts.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- What’s on the Disc
- Getting Started
-
1. Getting Acquainted
- Starting Flash and Opening a File
- Getting to Know the Work Area
- Working with the Library Panel
- Understanding the Timeline
- Organizing Layers in a Timeline
- Using the Property Inspector
- Using the Tools Panel
- Undoing Steps in Flash
- Previewing Your Movie
- Publishing Your Movie
- Finding Resources for Using Flash
- Checking for Updates
- Review Questions
- Review Answers
- 2. Working with Graphics
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3. Creating and Editing Symbols
- Getting Started
- Importing Illustrator Files
- About Symbols
- Creating Symbols
- Importing Photoshop Files
- Editing and Managing Symbols
- Changing the Size and Position of Instances
- Changing the Color Effect of Instances
- Understanding Blend Effects
- Applying Filters for Special Effects
- Positioning in 3D Space
- Review Questions
- Review Answers
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4. Adding Animation
- Getting Started
- About Animation
- Understanding the Project File
- Animating Position
- Changing the Pacing and Timing
- Animating Transparency
- Animating Filters
- Animating Transformations
- Changing the Path of the Motion
- Swapping Tween Targets
- Creating Nested Animations
- Using the Motion Editor
- Easing
- Animating 3D Motion
- Previewing the Animation
- Review Questions
- Review Answers
- 5. Articulated Motion and Morphing
- 6. Creating Interactive Navigation
- 7. Working with Sound and Video
- 8. Using Components
- 9. Loading and Controlling Flash Content
- 10. Publishing Flash Documents
- Hexadecimal Color Codes
Product information
- Title: Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2008
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780321606600
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