How to Wow with Flash

Wouldn't it be great if you could have one of the world's most accomplished and sought after Flash teachers sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate the infinite possibilities of Macromedia Flash 8?

Author, trainer, and new-media designer Colin Smith is the founder of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, and was formerly senior editor and art director for Voice magazine. He is also a columnist and regular contributor to several graphic art publications and Web sites as well as the author of more than a dozen books, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS.

Mastering the Basics	p. 10
Symbols	p. 12
Motion Tweening	p. 14
Shape Tweening	p. 16
Symbols and Instances	p. 18
Nesting Movie Clips	p. 19
Keyframes	p. 23
Flash Detection	p. 24
Animating a Filter	p. 26
Making a DVD Project	p. 29
Creating Imagery	p. 30
Object Drawing	p. 32
Design a High-Tech Interface	p. 33
Bitmap Caching	p. 40
Create a Simple Button	p. 42
Create Image Thumbnails	p. 47
Scanlines and Patterns	p. 52
Repurpose an Animated GIF	p. 55
Transform Gradients	p. 57
Alive with Motion	p. 58
Slide-In with Motion Blur	p. 60
Animated Page Transitions	p. 64
Logo Sheen	p. 67
Shimmering Metal	p. 70
Freehand Writing	p. 74
Motion on a Path	p. 76
Unrolling a Scroll	p. 79
Masking	p. 83
Special Effects	p. 84
Optimizing Raster Graphics	p. 86
Automating Repetitive Tasks	p. 87
From Photo to Hand-Painted and Back	p. 88
Animated Outline to Object	p. 91
Smoke and Steam	p. 96
Reflections	p. 100
Importing 3D Animation	p. 103
Character Animation	p. 108
Hinging Animation	p. 110
Distribute to Layers	p. 111
Walk Cycles	p. 112
Anticipation	p. 117
Lip Sync	p. 118
Easing Tweens	p. 120
Squash & Stretch	p. 122
Selective Animation	p. 125
Form Follows Function: Creating 2.5D	p. 127
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