Flash CS4 Professional Bible (eBook)

Robert Reinhardt (Los Angeles, CA) is one of theworld's leading Flash experts and is co-principal of[theMakers], a multimedia company. He has developed multimediacourses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States,is a regular speaker at conferences, and the author of severalbooks.Snow Dowd (Los Angeles, CA) is a co-principal at[theMakers] and has worked with Robert Reinhardt for the last sixyears on various multimedia projects.

Part I: An Introduction to Flash Web Production.Understanding the Adobe Flash CS4 Blueprint.Exploring Web Technologies.Planning Flash Projects.Part II: Mastering the Flash Environment.Interface Fundamentals.Drawing in Flash.Symbols, Instances, and the Library.Applying Color.Working with Text.Modifying Graphics.Part III: Creating Animation and Effects.Animation Strategies.Timeline Animation and the Motion Editor.Applying Filters, Blends, Guides, and Masks.Character Animation Techniques.Part IV: Integrating Media Files with Flash.Adding Sound.Importing Artwork.Displaying Video.Part V: Adding Basic Interactivity to Flash Movies.Understanding Actions and Event Handlers.Building Timelines and Interactions.Making Your First Flash CS4 Project.Part VI: Distributing Flash Movies.Publishing Flash Movies.Integrating Flash Content with Web Pages.Using the Flash Player and Projector.Part VII: Approaching ActionScript.Knowing the Nuts and Bolts of Code.Controlling Movie Clips.Using Functions and Arrays.Interacting with Movie Clips.Part VIII: Applying ActionScript.Animating with ActionScript.Sharing and Loading Assets.Sending Data In and Out of Flash.Applying HTML and Text Field Formatting.Creating a Game in Flash.Using Components.Building an Image Gallery Component.Part IX: Appendixes.Using the CD-ROM.Guest Experts' Information.Digital Audio Basics.Digital Video Basics.Index.