| In Flash 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, users of
Macromedia's best-selling interactive vector graphics and animation design
tool for the Web will discover a visual, task-based approach to learning.
Beautifully written, Flash 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart
Guide will teach everyone from seasoned professionals to eager novices the
ins-and-outs of Macromedia Flash 5.
A concise, step-by-step reference, Flash 5 for Windows and Macintosh:
Visual QuickStart Guide walks users through everything they need to know to
create Flash movies, from working in the Flash editor to preparing movies
for output. The tabbed format makes it easy for current Flash users to go
straight to the topics they're interested in, while beginners can read cover
to cover for a solid grounding in the program essentials.
Flash 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide includes coverage
of all of Flash 5's new features, including changes in the timeline and
interface, the new Pen tool and subselection tool, the Movie Explorer, and
much more. Other lessons include:
- Creating and modifying simple objects
- Working with objects on single or multiple layers
- Designing interactivity through frame actions or buttons
- Animating via frame-by-frame, motion tweening, or shape tweening, as well
- as more complex animation tasks
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