Macromedia Flash MX 2004 bible - Robert Reinhardt

If you’re developing Web applications, CD–ROMs, kiosks, PDA and cell phone applications, installations, broadcast graphics, or corporate presentations, Flash MX 2004 is an indispensable tool. It’s an image and sound editor, an animation machine, and a scripting engine, all rolled into one. This comprehensive guide is the one book that takes you from novice to Flash expert, then serves as the reference manual you will rely on long after you attain Flash proficiency.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Flash MX 2004

• Understand the Flash MX 2004 framework and its new command feature
• Learn how to plan your project using the new site/project management features
• Use the new launch preferences, project settings, and Help option
• Design and plan animation, considering the physics of motion and techniques for creating personality and atmosphere through movement
• Animate characters and export your animations to CD–ROM or DVD
• Import and e dit video in Flash MX 2004, and integrate sound and vector art files
• Integrate Flash content with Web pages and use the Flash Player and Projector
• Explore Flash programming with ActionScript, XML, and HTML, and even create a Flash game
• Expand Flash with vector graphics, raster graphics, and Dreamweaver MX 2004

Bonus CD–ROM includes

• Trial versions of Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX, Flash MX Professional 2004, and Flash Remoting MX
• Source Flash project files with original artwork and ActionScript for the examples and lessons in the book
• Demo version of Swift 3D from Electric Rain