Chapter 5. Creating Animations

You’ve been waiting to get to it, and now you’re here...creating animations, everyone’s favorite thing to do in Macromedia Flash. Animations spice up an application and can make for some very interesting web experiences. At its heart, Flash is an animation tool, and most of the animations produced in Flash are deployed over the web. However, Flash animations are springing up on CD-ROMs, Computer Based Training (CBT) systems, mobile devices, and even broadcast production. Why? Because Flash produces such lightweight files that it is ideal for delivering on all kinds of platforms.

Creating Animations

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