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<li>Explore the world of open source Flash and discover which tools are available. </li> <li>Learn how to identify which tool you need and how to best fit it into your workflow. </li> <li>Step-by-step walk-throughs guide you through development with the most popular open source Flash tools. </li> <li>Written by the project leads and open source Flash aficionados. </li> </ul>
The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development is a practical development guide to creating Flash applications with open source Flash tools and workflows. You will walk away with an understanding of what tools will best suit your current situation, making your development easier and more productive, and with the knowledge of how to install and set up some of the best tools available, including the following: <ul>
<li>Papervision3D: to create 3D in Flash </li> <li>Red5: to stream video over the internet </li> <li>SWX: to build data-driven mashups and mobile apps </li> <li>Fuse: to make ActionScript animation a cinch </li> <li>Go: to build your own animation tools in ActionScript 3.0 </li> <li>haXe: to create Flash files and more </li> <li>AMFPHP: to communicate between Flash and php </li> </ul>
Open source Flash has been a revolution for Flash and has made a major impact on how people build Flash content. The open source tools available expand on Flash's existing tool set, enabling you to perform such tasks as easily create full 3D in Flash or hook up to an open source video-streaming server. Many of these useful tools are powerful yet lack documentation. this book explains in step-by-step detail how to use the most popular open source Flash tools. If you want to expand your Flash tool set and explore the open source Flash community, then this book is for you. If you already use some open source Flash tools, then you will find this book a useful documentation resource as well as an eye-opener to the other tools that are available.

The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development

Computers & Technology

Arnold, Wade

Web Development & Design

friendsofED

This is the second edition of David Power's highly-respected PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy. This new edition has been updated by David to incorporate changes to PHP since the first edition and to offer the latest techniques--a classic guide modernized for 21st century PHP techniques, innovations, and best practices. You want to make your websites more dynamic by adding a feedback form, creating a private area where members can upload images that are automatically resized, or perhaps storing all your content in a database. The problem is, you're not a programmer and the thought of writing code sends a chill up your spine. Or maybe you've dabbled a bit in PHP and MySQL, but you can't get past baby steps. If this describes you, then you've just found the right book. PHP and the MySQL database are deservedly the most popular combination for creating dynamic websites. They're free, easy to use, and provided by many web hosting companies in their standard packages. Unfortunately, most PHP books either expect you to be an expert already or force you to go through endless exercises of little practical value. In contrast, this book gives you real value right away through a series of practical examples that you can incorporate directly into your sites, optimizing performance and adding functionality such as file uploading, email feedback forms, image galleries, content management systems, and much more. Each solution is created with not only functionality in mind, but also visual design. But this book doesn't just provide a collection of ready-made scripts: each PHP Solution builds on what's gone before, teaching you the basics of PHP and database design quickly and painlessly. By the end of the book, you'll have the confidence to start writing your own scripts or--if you prefer to leave that task to others--to adapt existing scripts to your own requirements. Right from the start, you're shown how easy it is to protect your sites by adopting secure coding practices.

PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy

Powers, David

HTML5 opens up a plethora of new avenues for application and game development on the web. Games can now be created and interacted with directly within HTML, with no need for users to download extra plugins, or for developers to learn new languages. Important new features such as the Canvas tag enable drawing directly onto the web page. The Audio tag allows sounds to be triggered and played from within your HTML code, the WebSockets API facilitates real-time communication, and the local storage API enables data such as high scores or game preferences to be kept on a user's computer for retrieval next time they play. All of these features and many more are covered within The Essential Guide to HTML5.
 The book begins at an introductory level, teaching the essentials of HTML5 and JavaScript through game development. Each chapter features a familiar game type as its core example, such as hangman, rock-paper-scissors, or dice games, and uses these simple constructs to build a solid skillset of the key HTML5 concepts and features. By working through these hands on examples, you will gain a deep, practical knowledge of HTML5 that will enable you to build your own, more advanced games and applications. 
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<li>Concepts are introduced and motivated with easy-to-grasp, appealing examples </li> <li>Code is explained in detail after general explanations </li> <li>Reader is guided into how to make the examples 'their own' </li> </ul> What you’ll learn<ul>
<li>Use HTML5 and JavaScript to create interactive web sites </li> <li>Program in JavaScript with the new HTML5 features </li> <li>Draw on canvas and place text on the canvas </li> <li>Create animated scenes using timing events </li> <li>Handle mouse events for interaction with the user/player </li> <li>Important concepts useful in any programming language/environment </li> <li>HTML tags, canvas, Math.random, setInterval, setTimerout, addEventListener, Date, localStorage and other features </li> </ul> Who this book is for Anyone who wants to make interactive websites. This book is suited for: 
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<li>Total beginners </li> <li>Those who have done some HTML but are afraid to do any programming </li> <li>Those with some experience with HTML, JavaScript, or Flash ActionScript but who are unfamiliar with the new features in HTML5 </li> </ul> Table of Contents<ol>
<li>The Basics </li> <li>Dice Game </li> <li>Bouncing Ball </li> <li>Cannonball and Slingshot </li> <li>The Memory (aka Concentration) Game </li> <li>Quiz </li> <li>Mazes </li> <li>Rock, Paper, Scissors </li> <li>Hangman </li> <li>Blackjack </li> </ol>

The Essential Guide to HTML5: Using Games to learn HTML5 and JavaScript

Meyer, Jeanine

It all revolves around Flash and math. It's what you do in your spare time: just take little ideas and mess around with them. This is a book of inspiration, beautiful enough to leave on the coffee table, but addictive enough to keep by your computer and sneak out while no-one's looking so you can go back to that movie that you were tinkering with 'til three o'clock this morning. It's a fun book. It's a book of iterative experiments, generative design. Each author does four experiments. Each experiment takes up four pages. We give you the code and explain the essence, then you take away your inspiration and run with it. The purpose of the book is to learn through experimentation because you are inspired to do so, not because someone is telling you to do so. Follow the fmc site link for more information.

Flash Math Creativity

Jamie MacDonald

Glen Rhodes

Manny Tan

Jared Tarbell

Gabriel Mulzer

More and more people are using Photoshop to create the imagery that surrounds us every day, and it's harder than ever to find new and original ways to make your own images stand out from the crowd. Even when you discover a fantastic new plug-in that looks certain to give you the edge, it's only a matter of time before everyone else jumps on the bandwagon and your work looks just as tired and derivative as the rest.In this book we aren't simply trying to teach you new and innovative effects. We're showing you how the standard tools and effects that Photoshop users often take for granted can be turned to quite unexpected ends, how you can ultimately control every last pixel (and not just rely on someone else's choice of presets or plugin settings), and how the only limitation on your work is your imagination.The examples we've chosen aren't just your usual run-of-the-mill web effects - every one is there because it demonstrates something that will enrich your understanding of Photoshop and how you can produce spellbinding images with Photoshop.The other, equally important objective of this book is to help you to get in the habit of using shortcuts and to utilize more streamlined techniques when working in Photoshop.Time and Money are inescapable factors in the world of design, yet people expect to see more innovative, fresh and impressive images than ever before. This book is aimed at helping you to achieve that goal. The techniques in this book don't just show you how to create flexible and interesting effects, they help get you into the practice of using shortcut keys that can trim precious seconds off the time it takes you to generate effects. There is very little assumed knowledge of Photoshop, so even if you are a young designer at college, inexperiened in handling the digitial image, you will find the step-by-step tutorials clear, concise and easy to follow.

40 Photoshop Power Effects

Scott Balay

Apache Essentials teaches the reader how to install, configure and maintain an Apache web server, proving very useful both to web developers/designers who want to install one from scratch, and those who want to configure and use Apache servers hosted by third party companies. It will cover Mac/Unix, Linux, and Windows-based Apache. It will also serve to "demystify" Apache, and show readers just how easy it really is (some people are put off it because it is not run on wizards like IIS is, and involves command line stuff and configuration files)

Apache Essentials: Install, Configure, Maintain (Pioneering Series)

Harkness, Darren James

Internet & Social Media

In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop design and illustration today. Through step-by-step tutorials and in-depth explanations, he deconstructs those styles and techniques. Matt gives you insight, tips, and industry advice throughout the entire process to help you step outside of Photoshop and understand the big picture of illustration. Topics such as photorealism, stylization, and retro and cartoon artwork are discussed and exercises lend real-world experience to help you make the jump from Photoshop user to professional designer. This book will also arm you with the necessary knowledge and tools to build a graphic library of your own so you can quickly and effectively create quality graphic designs and illustrations for your clients. If you are an aspiring designer looking to get into the graphics industry, this book will enable you to create artwork for your portfolio that demonstrates a range of in-demand illustration styles. If you are already working with Photoshop professionally, it will help you expand your repertoire of styles and help you become a better designer.

Extreme Photoshop CS

Kloskowski, Matt

Computer Science

As a competent Flash designer, you’re probably comfortable with all of the basics that Flash has to offer. However, you’ve probably looked at some of the amazing Flash sites on the web and thought, "How’d they do that?" Well, you’ll find out in this book. Flash allows users to create some amazing interactive interfaces to interact with rich Internet applications, e-learning systems, and simple web sites. In this book, two of the most talented Flash designers in the world will show you how to use them effectively to create breathtaking visuals for your Flash web sites. You’ll also learn how to take advantage of Flash's powerful built-in vector-based drawing tools. The authors discuss general background theory, such as site planning, color theory, and information architecture. They reveal techniques using gradients, layers, lighting and shadowing, 3D objects, animation, and photo editing. Techniques are illustrated and the book concludes with a discussion of usability and final tweaks. There is also a tutorial on testing your work, and exporting and finally publishing it.

AdvancED Flash Interface Design (Advanced Design)

Rosso, Guido

Monnone, Brian

Kemper, Michael

Flex 2 represents something of a revolution in web applications. It is the next evolutionary step of Flash, which has grown from a web animation tool to a powerful enterprise web design and development tool. with nearly 98% of all web browsers and cellular phones running the Flash player needed to use Flash and Flex applications, knowledge of Flex is indispensable for any serious web designer and developer. This book will show you how to create powerful, rich Internet applications using Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0. After learning how to install and becoming familiar with the basics of the Flex Builder 2 software, you will explore in depth how ActionScript 3.0 interacts with Flexs powerful XML-like design language: MXML. the text will take you through all the powerful features of Flex using a series of strictly practical exercises. Put quite simply, this book is all youll need to master Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0 application development. Welcome to the revolution! <ul>
<li>Understand MXML containers </li> <li>Create transitions </li> <li>Create data-driven applications with XML </li> <li>Interface Flex with ColdFusion </li> <li>Understand the power of states </li> </ul>

The Essential Guide to Flex 2 with ActionScript 3.0 (Essentials)

Brown, Charles E.

Regrettably, as of April 2003 friends of ED are unable to offer support or source file downloads to accompany this title. All enquiries should be directed to John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc. Please note that the rebate offer referred to on the book's cover expired in May 2003. Wiley has now posted the Photoshop Elements 2 Zero to Hero files for download here. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience that this causes.

Photoshop Elements 2 Zero to Hero

Juniper, Adam

Beckham, Barry

Tom Arah

Todd Pierson

Shipley, Paul

Programming

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