Flash Professional CS5

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chun, Russell

Contributor:

Adobe Systems, Content Provider.

Series:

Classroom in a book Adobe Flash Professional CS5 classroom in a book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flash (Computer file).

Computer animation--Design.

Computer animation.

Interactive multimedia.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 375 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Peachpit Press 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Flash Professional CS5 choose Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 10 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Flash CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS5. In addition to learning the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames, readers learn how to work with graphics, create and edit symbols, modify text, add interactivity with ActionScript 3.0, and incorporate animation and sound into their projects. They also learn how to prepare and export their finished projects for publishing. This completely revised CS5 edition covers the new text engine, Deco drawing tools, Spring feature for inverse kinematics, video enhancements, and more. The companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book, as well as 2 hours of video tutorials from 'Learn Adobe Flash Professional CS5 by Video' from video2brain and Adobe Press. “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. Note from the publisher: FREE Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 updates are available for this title. Simply register your product at www.peachpit.com/register and you will receive the updates when they become available.

Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

GETTING STARTED

About Classroom in a Book

What's New

Prerequisites

Installing Flash

Copying the Lesson Files

How to Use the Lessons

Additional Resources

Adobe Certification

1 GETTING ACQUAINTED

Starting Flash and Opening a File

Getting to Know the Workspace

Working with the Library Panel

Understanding the Timeline

Organizing Layers in a Timeline

Using the Properties Inspector

Using the Tools Panel

Undoing Steps in Flash

Previewing Your Movie

Publishing Your Movie

Saving Your Movie

Finding Resources for Using Flash

Checking for Updates

2 WORKING WITH GRAPHICS

Getting Started

Understanding Strokes and Fills

Creating Shapes

Making Selections

Editing Shapes

Using Gradient and Bitmap Fills

Making Patterns and Decorations

Creating Curves

Creating Transparencies

Creating and Editing Text

3 CREATING AND EDITING SYMBOLS

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

4 ADDING ANIMATION

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

5 ARTICULATED MOTION AND MORPHING

Articulated Motion with Inverse Kinematics

Constraining Joints

Inverse Kinematics with Shapes

Armature Options.

Morphing with Shape Tweens

Using Shape Hints

Simulating Physics with Inverse Kinematics

6 CREATING INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION

About Interactive Movies

Creating Buttons

Understanding ActionScript 3.0

Preparing the Timeline

Adding a Stop Action

Creating Event Handlers for Buttons

Creating Destination Keyframes

Creating a Home Button

Playing Animation at the Destination

Animated Buttons

7 USING TEXT

Understanding TLF Text

Adding Simple Text

Adding Multiple Columns

Wrapping Text

Hyperlinking Text

Creating User-input Text

Loading External Text

8 WORKING WITH SOUND AND VIDEO

Using Sounds

Understanding Flash Video

Using Adobe Media Encoder

Understanding Encoding Options

Playback of External Video

Working with Video and Transparency

Using Cue Points

Embedding Flash Video

9 LOADING AND CONTROLLING FLASH CONTENT

Loading External Content

Removing External Content

Controlling Movie Clips

Creating Masks

10 PUBLISHING FLASH DOCUMENTS

Testing a Flash Document

Understanding the Bandwidth Profiler

Adding Metadata

Publishing a Movie for the Web

Alternative Publishing Options

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9786612585777

9781282585775

1282585770

9780321713322

032171332X

OCLC:

1027190252