Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book

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Peachpit Press, Apr 16, 2010 - Computers - 368 pages

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Flash CS4 Professional.

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book contains 10 lessons. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Flash CS4 Professional and provides countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Learn how to design Flash projects with sophisticated animation, import video and sound files, and integrate buttons with compelling interactivity using ActionScript 3.0. Powerful features such as the new Motion Editor, inverse kinematics, and support for 3D will make developing your Flash sites fast, easy, and fun.

“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

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Contents

1 GETTING ACQUAINTED
2
2 WORKING WITH GRAPHICS
34
3 CREATING AND EDITING SYMBOLS
66
4 ADDING ANIMATION
98
5 ARTICULATED MOTION AND MORPHING
150
6 CREATING INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION
194
7 WORKING WITH SOUND AND VIDEO
238
8 USING COMPONENTS
286
9 LOADING AND CONTROLLING FLASH CONTENT
308
10 PUBLISHING FLASH DOCUMENTS
326
HEXADECIMAL COLOR CODES
347
INDEX
348
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The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real-world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

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