Flash has long been famous for its spectacular graphical capabilities, and the first question of any Flash beginner is "how do I copy the effects on my favorite site" Flash CS4 will be released Q4 2008, and includes a host of new graphical features, such as native 3D and enhanced video. This book describes how to manipulate those along with many other existing graphical effects using code. The book focuses purely on graphical manipulation in Flash, and includes Adobe's new Pixel Bender technology for complex but incredibly fast image manipulation.

Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Image Effects (Foundations)

Computers & Technology

YardFace, Gerald

Computer Science

Apress

The days of Flash as a creative luxury are long gone. After months of downsizing, Flash creativity has been on a huge rationalization program. It is no longer enough to present animation in millions of colors and a hundred transparencies. It is no longer sufficient to provide interactivity and dynamism for their own sake. The purpose of this collection is to show how designers have taken Flash and made it work for its supper. What we discover is a series of creations that place Flash at the hub of cutting edge web content. The end result is a snapshot of Flash as the ideal medium. In these amazing examples, we see the software pushed to its limits to create unbeatable applications―a collapsible family tree, an interactive video learning system, and a drawing tool, capable of running online! Beyond this, we dip into the back-end capabilities to look at how to improve Flash still further. Some staple XML and PHP routines are brought in to add a bit of spice, while Flash's mysterious sharedObject command is hunted down and tamed to create a hybrid Tamagotchi houseplant―perfectly suited to lure surfers back to your website!

Flash MX Application And Interface Design: Data delivery, navigation, and fun in Flash MX, XML, and PHP

McDonald, Connor

Shepherd, Robbie

Prudence, Paul

Jokol, Ken

Aylward, Peter

Rhodes, Fay

Web Development & Design

As a creative professional or interactive developer, you'll be amazed at the exciting possibilities presented to you by the features available in Flash 8; but as a busy designer, we know you won't have as much time as you'd like to explore these new additions. Never fear; this book wastes no time looking at timeline basics, tweens, or movie-publishing options it focuses exclusively on the new Flash 8 features, getting you quickly up to speed with a combination of illustrative tutorials, handy references, and inspirational examples. By the end of the book, you'll know that there's no shortage of new tools to enhance and inspire your Flash development; and since this book is written by some of the community's leading Flash experts, you'll know you're in good hands. If you're looking to master Flash 8 with a minimum of time and effort, then this is the only book for you.

Flash 8 Essentials

Voerman, Matt

Swann, Craig

Barnes-Hoggett, Paul

Downs, Stephen

Supports the new version of Flash, due later this year; will be a huge market Provides professional best practices―strong emphasis on planning, documentation, and adhering to strict and clean coding from the outset Teaches you to create dynamic, reusable rich-client web applications and services

Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8

Elst, Peter

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