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Apr 11 2006

Flash 8– Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity

127274070 bd7c0c14d0 m Flash 8 Projects for Learning Animation and InteractivityMacromedia Flash is fast becoming the computing’s most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation and motion graphics, but Flash is as complex as it is powerful. To get the most from Flash 8, you not only need to be proficient in programming/interface design, you need the creativity for story telling and the artistic insights to design
fluid animation. Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Flash 8 Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity demystifies Flash, letting you tap its power quickly with real, hands-on projects that help you create actual content as you go.

Coauthored by Richard Shupe and Robert Hoekman, Jr., educational developers with years of experience creating compelling content, interfaces and applications, Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity provides graphically appealing, hands-on examples that teach by illustration, not with text-heavy description. Each project in the book grounds you in design concepts and goals before moving on to implementation and scripting.

With this book, O’Reilly’s second Flash book release this month, you will learn to:

  • Understand Flash concepts quickly

  • Accomplish tangible goals in creative ways
  • Create everything from simple animations to interactive elements and custom web site interfaces
  • Enhance projects with graphics, sound, and video
    -Master animation techniques such as tweening, morphing, and dynamic masking

  • Learn ActionScript to take control of your content
  • Develop Flash content for e-Learning, CD-ROM, and mobile devices

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Apr 7 2006

Flash 8– The Missing Manual

Flash 8: The Missing Manual is a hands-on guide to today’s hottest web design tool and is aimed at non-developers. It teaches you how to translate your ideas into great web content beginning with a solid primer on animation, which helps you get comfortable with the Flash interface.

Once you have these basics under your belt, Flash 8: The Missing Manual shows you how to:

  • 124541517 777b632cd2 m Flash 8 The Missing ManualIncorporate graphics, video clips, and soundtracks

  • Create reusable elements and templates to give your animations a consistent, sophisticated look
  • Customize your content with ActionScript, the Flash language that gives you maximum control
  • Publish your Flash creations for web surfers everywhere to enjoy
  • Learn good design principles and helps you avoid elements that can distract or annoy an audience

Author E.A. Vander Veer has written more than a dozen books including titles on web design and scripting–most written for
non-technical readers. Her background makes her the perfect author for a straightforward book on a complex subject. She takes Flash 8: The Missing Manual from the basics to the advanced, yet attempts to avoid hasty jumps into tough topics that leave readers confused.

Flash 8: The Missing Manual has been released by O’Reilly Press and can be ordered now from Amazon.com Flash 8 The Missing Manual.

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Aug 8 2005

Macromedia announces Studio 8 (Flash 8, Dreamweaver 8, and Fireworks 8)

Macromedia today announced Macromedia Studio 8, an updated suite of software for web designers, developers, video professionals, and graphic artists to design, develop, and maintain interactive online experiences. Combining the latest releases of award-winning Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash Professional, and Macromedia Fireworks, and key productivity tools Macromedia Contribute and Macromedia FlashPaper, Studio 8 offers a new level of expressiveness, efficiency, and simplified workflow to create websites, interactive media, and mobile content. For more information about Studio 8, read on or visit Macromedia’s web site.

Macromedia Studio 8 is expected to ship in September. Localized versions in German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese will be available shortly thereafter. Pricing is USD$999 for a full license and USD$399 for an upgrade. Education, government, and volume pricing is available.
Dreamweaver 8 is Macromedia’s latest release their tool for designing and developing websites and applications. New Dreamweaver 8 features include expanded Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) layout visualization for easier design, drag-and-drop integration of XML data feeds, improved code hinting support for XML and XSLT, enhanced usability features such as zoom and code collapse to streamline the development process, and easier ways to incorporate Flash Video content onto websites.

Flash Professional 8 marks a significant release for Flash, the industry’s most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites, digital experiences, and mobile content. Improved graphics performance, new graphic effects capabilities, new animation controls, script editor usability, Flash Video features, and workflow integration with leading video editing and encoding tools allow the creation of rich, immersive content for the web that was not possible before. Flash Professional 8 is the professional authoring environment for the Internet’s most widely distributed rich client runtime, Flash Player.

Fireworks 8 offers many new and improved features. Graphic designers and web application developers can now create interactive CSS-style pop-up menus, experiment with more than 25 new blend modes, import new file formats, and experience improved roundtrip editing with Dreamweaver 8 and Flash Professional 8.
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