Overview

The fun and easy way to jazz up a Web site! Hands-on tips for creating buttons, animations, actions and more Make Web sites come alive with movement, sound, and interactivity - no animation experience required! With Macromedia Flash, you can transform an ordinary Web site into an interactive showplace that'll make visitors say ""wow."" But how do you get the hang of all those tools and techniques? Don't worry! With this friendly reference, you'll be drawing pictures, building buttons, creating animations, adding sound, setting up actions, and more - in a flash! All this on the bonus CD-ROM Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and FreeHand trial versions Author-created graphic shapes, designs, and images to incorporate into your own Macromedia Flash movies Plus Adobe Photoshop tryout version and SWiSH demo System requirements: PC running Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP, Windows NT 4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 8.6 or later. See the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements Get smart! @www dummies.com Find listings of all our books Create your own personalized book with Hungry Minds a la Carte Sign up for daily eTips and www dummiesdaily.com

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Author:   Gurdy Leete ,  Ellen Finkelstein
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.627kg
ISBN:  

9780764508950

ISBN 10:   0764508954
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   29 April 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: A Blast of Flash. Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Flash MX. Chapter 2: Your Basic Flash. Part II: 1,000 Pictures and 1,000 Words. Chapter 3: Getting Graphic. Chapter 4: You Are the Object Editor. Chapter 5: What s Your Type? Chapter 6: Layer It On. Part III: Getting Symbolic. Chapter 7: Heavy Symbolism. Chapter 8: Pushing Buttons. Part IV: Total Flash o Rama. Chapter 9: Getting Animated. Chapter 10: Getting Interactive. Chapter 11: Extravagant Audio, High Velocity Video. Part V: The Movie and the Web. Chapter 12: Putting It All Together. Chapter 13: Publishing Your Flash Files. Chapter 14: Frequently Asked Questions. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15: The Top Ten Web Design Tips. Chapter 16: The Ten Best Flash Resources. Chapter 17: Ten Great Web Sites That Use Flash. Part VII: Appendixes. Appendix A: Installing Flash and Setting Your Preferences. Appendix B: The Toolbox and the Panels. Appendix C: What Those Obscure Terms Really Mean. Appendix D: What s on the CD ROM. Index. End User License Agreement.

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GURDY LEETE, a professor of digital media at Maharishi University of Management, has 20 years of computer animation experience.ELLEN FINKELSTEIN s other books include AutoCAD 2002 Bible.

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