Benefit from the best of both mediums--video-based training and a printed guide! Each Lynda.com Video Training Bo ok offers hours of instructor-led video instruction, complete with a step-by-step, printed book to guide readers through each tutorial. The video tutorials let readers learn at their own pace, while the book offers a complete reference, helping readers identify the video tutorials they want to watch (timecodes are printed in the book), giving them the exercise files they need, and highlighting important keyboard shortcuts, tips, notes, and practical advice. In Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Trai ning Book, readers learn how to use the full set of drawing, animation, and interactive tools in Flash CS3. They’ll learn to integrate type, graphics, audio, and video, as well to use slide shows, pop-up menus, and scrolling text. Finally, readers will learn how to use the new powerful integration features with Photoshop and Illustrator and discover new Shape Primitives (expanding your ability to use and manipulate shapes), a new Pen tool that functions like that found in Illustrator, a new ability to convert animations to ActionScript 3, a brand new unified interface matching that of others in the Creative Suite, and much more. This new series offers creative professionals the tools they need to get up to speed quickly and affordably—a Video Training Book is a great alternative to a weekend crash course! The Video Training Book series features the proven teaching methods of lynda.com and of authors and industry experts, such as Deke McClelland, Chris Orwig, Garrick Chow, and David Blatner, who make learning an engaging experience, bringing clarity to new or difficult concepts and software programs.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Video Training Book

Computers & Technology

Shupe, Rich

Web Development & Design

Peachpit Pr

This book teaches Flash design rather than simply Flash itself. With a standalone series of walkthroughs and tutorials for Flash beginners coming from a graphics field, Flash is covered in the context of real-world projects. Rather than learn a Flash tool for the sake of it, you learn which areas of Flash are important, and which are less used, simply by seeing how typical content is actually created. And rather than a text-heavy approach, this graphically rich book leads you through hands-on examples by illustration.

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity

Hoekman Jr., Robert

O'Reilly Media

Learning Flash CS4 Professional offers beginners and intermediate Flash developers a unique introduction to the latest version of Adobe's powerful multimedia application. This easy-to-read book is loaded with full-color examples and hands-on tasks to help you master Flash CS4's new motion editor, integrated 3D system, and character control with the new inverse kinematics animation system. No previous Flash experience is necessary. This book will help you:
<ul>
<li>Understand Flash fundamentals with clear, concise information you can use right away</li>
<li>Learn key concepts and techniques in every chapter, with annotated screenshots and illustrations</li>
<li>Develop an ongoing project that utilizes material from every chapter</li>
<li>Practice new skills and test your understanding with constructive exercises</li>
<li>Learn how to package your work for distribution on the Web and through AIR desktop applications</li>
<li>Download sample files and discuss additional Flash features on the companion blog</li>
</ul>
As part of the Adobe Developer Library, this is the most authoritative guide to Flash CS4 available. Get moving with Flash today!

Learning Flash CS4 Professional: Getting Up to Speed with Flash (Adobe Developer Library)

Games & Strategy Guides

Adobe Developer Library

"No matter what your background, the pages that follow will provide you with some excellent knowledge, insight, and even a little bit of wisdom in the realm of Flash and ActionScript. Happy learning" - Branden Hall, from the Foreword Written by Flash insiders with extensive knowledge of the technology, this guide is designed specifically to help Flash designers and developers make the leap from ActionScript 2.0 to the new object-oriented ActionScript 3.0 quickly and painlessly. Formatted so you can find any topic easily, ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide explains: Object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, such as packages and classes ActionScript 3.0 features and player enhancements that improve performance Workflow differences between ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 including tools, code editing, component sets, and image and font rendering Where did it go? A guide to help you find familiar features in ActionScript 3.0, such as global functions, operators, properties, and statements How do I? Step-by-step solutions for performing tasks with ActionScript 3.0, including input, sound, video, display, events, text, and more Also included are overviews of Flash and ActionScript features and workflows. ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language - and this guide helps you upgrade your skills to match it.

The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide: For Developers and Designers Using Flash: For Developers and Designers Using Flash CS4 Professional (Adobe Developer Library)

Stiller, David

Dehaan, Jen

Richardson, Darren

Book by Shupe, Rich, Rosser, Zevan

Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide

Rosser, Zevan

O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library

If you're new to ActionScript 3.0, or want to enhance your skill set, this bestselling book is the ideal guide. Designers, developers, and programmers alike will find Learning ActionScript 3.0 invaluable for navigating ActionScript 3.0's learning curve. You'll learn the language by getting a clear look at essential topics such as logic, event handling, displaying content, classes, and much more.
Updated for Flash Professional CS5, this revised and expanded edition delivers hands-on exercises and full-color code samples to help you increase your abilities as you progress through the book. Topics are introduced with basic syntax and class-based examples, so you can set your own pace for learning object-oriented programming.
<ul>
<li>Harness the power and performance of ActionScript 3.0</li>
<li>Control sound and video, including new access to microphone data</li>
<li>Create art with code by drawing vectors and pixels at runtime</li>
<li>Manipulate text with unprecedented typographic control</li>
<li>Animate graphics, create particle systems, and apply simple physics</li>
<li>Avoid common coding mistakes and reuse code for improved productivity</li>
<li>Load SWF, image, text, HTML, CSS, and XML file formats, and more</li>
</ul>Authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser draw on their experience as Flash developers and instructors to give you a solid ActionScript foundation, revealing ways you can use code for practical, everyday projects.

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Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Video Training Book

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity

Learning Flash CS4 Professional: Getting Up to Speed with Flash (Adobe Developer Library)

The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide: For Developers and Designers Using Flash: For Developers and Designers Using Flash CS4 Professional (Adobe Developer Library)

Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide

Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide