Table of Contents

Introduction                                                                                                                                  

Part I: Assembling the Graphics You’ll Animate in Flash

HOUR 1 Basics                                                                                                                                  

HOUR 2 Drawing and Painting Original Art in Flash                                                                

HOUR 3 Importing Graphics into Flash                                                                                       

HOUR 4 Using the Library for Productivity                                                                               

HOUR 5 Controlling Color                                                                                                           

HOUR 6 Applied Layout Techniques                                                                                       

Part II: Animating in Flash

HOUR 7 Understanding Animation                                                                                           

HOUR 8 Animation the Old-Fashioned Way                                                                           

HOUR 9 Using Motion Tweens to Animate                                                                             

HOUR 10 Using Shape Tweens to Morph                                                                                

HOUR 11 Including Sound in Animations                                                                                

HOUR 12 Using Layers in Animations                                                                                      

HOUR 13 Nesting Animations in Movie Clip and Graphic Symbols                                    

HOUR 14 Creating Special Effects                                                                                             

Part III: Adding Interactivity and Video

HOUR 15 Basic Interactivity                                                                                                       

HOUR 16 Introducing Components                                                                                           

HOUR 17 Using Components                                                                                                     

HOUR 18 Using Video                                                                                                                 

Part IV: Putting It All Together for the Web

HOUR 19 Linking a Movie to the Web                                                                                     

HOUR 20 Designing a Website to Be Modular                                                                       

HOUR 21 Minimizing File Size                                                                                                    

HOUR 22 Optimizing Performance                                                                                            

HOUR 23 Advanced Animation Techniques                                                                           

HOUR 24 Publishing a Creation                                                                                                 

GLOSSARY                                                                                                                                    

Online Bonus Content

Appendix A Shapes You Can Make in Merge Drawing Mode

Appendix B Resources

Appendix C ActionScript Primer

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About the Author

Phillip Kerman is an independent programmer, teacher, and writer who specializes in the Adobe Flash platform. His degree in imaging and photographic technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology was earned back when “multimedia” had a different meaning than it has today. One of Phillip’s internships, for example, involved programming multiple slide projector presentations with dissolves synchronized to a sound track–the multimedia of the 1980s. In 1993 he found Macromedia Authorware a natural fit for his interests and skills. After getting his start at The Human Element, Inc., he moved back to Portland, Oregon, more than a decade ago to work on his own.

Phillip has transitioned his expertise from Authorware to Director and, now, to Flash. Over the past decade, he has had to adapt to more than 20 version upgrades! In addition to retooling and building his own skills, Phillip finds teaching the biggest challenge. He has trained and made presentations around the world, in such exotic locations as Reykjavik, Iceland; Melbourne, Australia; Amsterdam, Holland; and McAlester, Oklahoma. Phillip has programmed several games on MSN and Messenger Live including Sudoku Too and Jigsaw Too. He also programmed the real-time cattle auction site stampedecattle.com.

Phillip is also the author of Macromedia Flash @work, Flash MX 2004 for Rich Internet Applications,and ActionScripting in Flash MX from New Riders Publishing.

Feel free to email Phillip at flash@phillipkerman.com.