March 2006
Beginner
360 pages
11h 5m
English
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About the Authors
Rich Shupe is a Certified Macromedia Professional and the founder and CEO of Force Mass Acceleration (http://www.fmaonline.com), a New York–based multimedia development company and training facility located in midtown Manhattan. He has trained digital professionals for more than a decade and is a frequent lecturer and trainer at FlashForward, Macworld, and other industry events. He is on the faculty of New York’s School of Visual Arts, teaching in both the undergraduate and masters programs, and has taught at many other academic institutions both in the United States and abroad.
Rich was first turned on by what would become Flash when it was still called FutureSplash Animator, yet he is still just shy of middle age. His company, FMA, is a leading developer of digital supplements for educational texts and creates web sites, CD-ROMs, kiosks, DVDs, and installations for clients and artists of all kinds, using Flash, among other fine tools and technologies.
Rich is also the author of The Director Xtras Book (Ventana) as well as a monthly Flash article for DevX (http://www.devx.com) covering almost anything Flash-related for all skill levels. He has contributed (writing or editing) to several now-ancient texts, including InterActivity Magazine, the Apple Enhanced CD Factbook (Apple), Multimedia Sound and Music Studio (Random House), and others. He also created and published Reflex Magazine back in his “heyday.”
Robert Hoekman, Jr., is the cofounder of 33Inc.com, and ...
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