Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours by Phillip Kerman

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Flash, for all its power, has never been easy to master on your own. It helps to have an expert by your side, preferably someone who’s actually taught Flash. A carefully organized curriculum also helps -- one that’s designed to build your skills and confidence, incrementally. This book gives you both: a great instructor, teaching superior content.

Phillip Kerman’s 24 one-hour lessons assume no experience. In “week one,” you’ll walk through all the basics: drawing and painting original art; importing vector graphics and bitmaps; using the library; controlling color; getting started with animation. Next, Kerman takes you deep into animation: through motion and shape tweening, sound, layers, symbols, even ActionScripting, behaviors, and components.

Kernan brings his experience to bear with two final lessons on site modularization and optimization. Even in the broadband era, these skills are indispensable. Bill Camarda, from the January 2006 Read Only

From the Publisher

Explore the depth and flexibility of Macromedia Flash 8 with Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours. Fundamental topics are presented one-by-one in a series of 24 one-hour lessons that will help you master the basics of Flash. Author Phillip Kerman, an internationally-known Macromedia trainer and multimedia expert, offers you a clearly-written, well-organized introduction to Macromedia Flash 8 without becoming too overwhelming. You will cover such subjects as:

• Drawing and Painting Original Art
• Using Motion Tween to Animate
• Animatng Using Movie Clips
• Using Actions to Create Non-Linear Movies
• Optimizing a Flash Site
• Publishing a Creation

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