Overview

Digital 3D is a tricky area - and until the day someone makes 3D TV commercially viable, it's going to remain a tricky area. What is 3D? Can you genuinely render 3D on a flat screen? Do you have to spend a year's wages to get a dedicated piece of 3D software? Do you have to conjure up a bunch of complex math techniques to make the grade? Is anyone going to answer these interminable questions? Well, listen: we're not out to work ourselves into the ground here. We want 3D and we want it fast, and we want to use Flash to get it. In a series of clear and concise demonstrations, this book shows you exactly what can be achieved in Web 3D. Some of the most cunning designers around have put their heads together to present these: the most wanted 3D cheats in Flash. This book will show you that you can: * Lie your way into 3D with simple drawing techniques * Cheat a 3D interface with cunning use of light and shadow * Fool Flash into thinking it can render genuine 3D, and con the Internet into delivering it for us in double-quick time * Hoodwink visitors into thinking theyre witnessing focus and depth of field * Improve your depth of deception with an innovative slice engine to create convincing 3D objects * Trick users into thinking they're moving through a 3D space

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9781590592212

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From the reviews: Every desktop designer would love to uncover the secret to easy 3D, and if this book isn't it, it comes pretty close. - Design Graphics This book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained. ... Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject. - gotoAndPlay() The book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained and clear. The promise of revealing all the 3D Flash tricks is widely fulfilled and I think every intermediate to advanced Flash developer will enjoy it. Also the many color pictures and diagrams that you will find will greatly help you in better understanding the concepts being explained. ... Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject. (Lapo, gotoAndPlay, May, 2004) Flash 3D Cheats Most Wanted is ... clear and concise, offering you a simple yet informative introduction to the fundamentals of creating 3D graphics, buttons and so on in Macromedia's application. (Computer Arts, December, 2003)

From the reviews: ""Every desktop designer would love to uncover the secret to easy 3D, and if this book isn't it, it comes pretty close."" - Design Graphics ""This book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained. … Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject."" - gotoAndPlay() ""The book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained and clear. The promise of revealing all the 3D Flash tricks is widely fulfilled and I think every intermediate to advanced Flash developer will enjoy it. Also the many color pictures and diagrams that you will find will greatly help you in better understanding the concepts being explained. … Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject."" (Lapo, gotoAndPlay, May, 2004) ""Flash 3D Cheats Most Wanted is … clear and concise, offering you a simple yet informative introduction to the fundamentals of creating 3D graphics, buttons and so on in Macromedia’s application."" (Computer Arts, December, 2003)

From the reviews: Every desktop designer would love to uncover the secret to easy 3D, and if this book isn't it, it comes pretty close. - Design Graphics This book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained. Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject. - gotoAndPlay() The book is really well done, it has a nice and clear layout and I found every chapter very well explained and clear. The promise of revealing all the 3D Flash tricks is widely fulfilled and I think every intermediate to advanced Flash developer will enjoy it. Also the many color pictures and diagrams that you will find will greatly help you in better understanding the concepts being explained. Highly recommended to everyone interested in the subject. (Lapo, gotoAndPlay, May, 2004) Flash 3D Cheats Most Wanted is clear and concise, offering you a simple yet informative introduction to the fundamentals of creating 3D graphics, buttons and so on in Macromedia s application. (Computer Arts, December, 2003)

Author Information

After studying theatre in London, then working for several years as an actor in the U.S., Todd Yard was introduced to Flash in 2000 and was quickly taken by how it allowed for both stunning creativity and programmatic logic application a truly left-brain, right brain approach to production and has not looked back. He now freelances as a Flash developer in New York City, creating both silly animations and utilitarian applications. His personal work and experimentation can be found at his website, 27Bobs.com.

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