Table of Contents

Actionscripted Animation Basics.- Basic Animation Concepts.- Basics of Actionscript 3.0 for Animation.- Trigonometry for Animation.- Rendering Techniques.- Basic Motion.- Velocity and Acceleration.- Boundaries and Friction.- User Interaction: Moving Objects Around.- Advanced Motion.- Easing and Springing.- Collision Detection.- Coordinate Rotation and Bouncing Off Angles.- Billiard Ball Physics.- Particle Attraction and Gravity.- Forward Kinematics: Making Things Walk.- Inverse Kinematics: Dragging and Reaching.- 3D Animation.- 3D Basics.- 3D Lines and Fills.- Backface Culling and 3D Lighting.- Additional Techniques.- Matrix Math.- Tips and Tricks.

About the Author

Keith Peters lives in the vicinity of Boston with his wife, Kazumi, and their daughter, Kristine. He has been working with Flash since 1999, and has co-authored many books for friends of ED, including Flash MX Studio, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the ground-breaking Flash Math Creativity. In 2001, he started the experimental Flash site, BIT-101 (BIT-101.com), which strives for a new, cutting edge, open-source experiment each day. The site won an award at the Flashforward 2003 Flash Film Festival in the Experimental category. In addition to the experiments on the site, there are several highly regarded Flash tutorials which have been translated into many languages and are now posted on web sites throughout the world. Keith is currently working full time doing freelance and contract Flash development and various writing projects.