Flash MX Design for TV and Video

JANET GALORE pioneered the photosurrealistic style of Honkworm International's FishBar series that became the first Flash animation ever to appear on TV when it ran on MTV's Cartoon Sushi in 1998. Her animation has won numerous awards and has been featured at the Sundance Online Film Festival, ResFEST, and FMX2K. TODD KELSEY is a Flash animator, recording artist, and DVD developer. He cowrote Macworld DVD Studio Pro Bible.

Part I Perspective and production: flash - breaking out of the web; the broadcast flash production process; working with television display; Flash video capabilities and limitations; visual storytelling in film and TV; working with sound. Part II Applied animation techniques: working with digital puppets; working with traditional animation in Flash; the movable camera - Flash and Toon Boom Studio; Flash with 3D applications - making a music video; creating a television series in Flash. Part III Postproduction - working with Flash video: exporting video from Flash; titles, fades, and credits; polishing and delivering Flash video; creating sizzle with after-effects; cross-purposing Flash for Web, TV, and DVD. Appendices: a manufacturing a DVD - overview; video-editing suites; glossary of cinematographic, postproduction, and animation terms; additional resources for video, animation, and postproduction; contributor profiles.