The Essential Guide To Flash Cs4 Air Development

Author : Marco Casario
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430215895
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 AIR Development written by Marco Casario and published by Apress. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know what a great tool Flash is for creating dynamic, engaging web content, and Adobe's CS4 release just makes it even better. Among the newer features is the ability to take all the power of Flash for the Web and put in on the desktop using AIR. AIR capability is built right into the Flash CS4 integrated development environment, which means you can start writing desktop applications right away. This book not only covers the essentials of using Flash with AIR (and AIR with Flash), but also shows you how to extend application functionality in new ways. Once you've got Flash on the desktop, you're no longer constrained by the limitations of running inside a web browser. You'll have access to the local desktop file system, and AIR adds SQLite functionality for native database support. And just as Flash animations have a consistent look and feel across browsers, AIR allows you to create applications that work consistently across operating systems—Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. For any Flash developer who wants to go from the Web to the desktop (and who doesn't?), this book is required reading. It not only tells you how to do it, but is full of practical, easy-to-follow examples that will have you building desktop AIR applications with Flash in no time. Expanding your existing Flash skills with the Essential Guide to Flash CS4 AIR Development will make you an even more potent and indispensable force on any development team!

Author : Chris Kaplan
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430218126
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript written by Chris Kaplan and published by Apress. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any professional designer or developer working in the world of web technologies or multimedia, Flash is the must-have application, and knowing how to use it effectively is vital. Add in ActionScript 3.0, and Flash becomes an even more powerful tool for the development of high-performance web applications. The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript introduces and explores the possibilities available to you by using Flash CS4. You will learn the basics of Flash's working environment and, using a step-by-step approach, work through the features of Flash and ActionScript needed to quickly achieve results. From navigating the interface to using graphic tools to write scripts and troubleshoot, you'll master deploying highly interactive applications with rich audio, video, and animation. Written for the beginning-to-intermediate Flash user, this book uses complete examples that highlight best practices that you can apply to your daily work as a developer or designer in today's rich media world.

Author : Cheridan Kerr
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430223545
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 written by Cheridan Kerr and published by Apress. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're familiar with the basics of Flash, then The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 will take you further in all aspects of the application, animation, sound, 3D, inverse kinematics, the drawing tools, ActionScript, and much more. This book takes all the good bits of Flash CS4 and demonstrates them in methodical and intuitive exercises full of hints and tips for streamlining the creative process. Jump straight into Flash CS4 and start working on real life examples that you can customize to suit your needs. Demystifies Flash CS4—explaining new features deep diving through old favorites Streamlines the production of cutting-edge Flash CS4 animations and applications Provides a unique commercial perspective in compelling Flash productions This book is for intermediate Flash CS4 users as well as the more advanced user who wants to learn about using Flash CS4's awesome new capabilities, such as motion tweening and kinematics poses. Each chapter has a number of exercises that contribute to an overall project. The exercises are fun and compelling and allow you to place your own creative stamp on them, while still following the steps to completion. The final chapter focuses on bringing the exercise output together in an overall campaign consisting of a website featuring advanced flash components and advertising banners. An underlying theme of the book is marketing a website online. It discusses industry standards for banner campaigns (banner weight, frames per second, etc), effective website marketing techniques, and delves into search engine optimization and search engine marketing.

Author : Rex van der Spuy
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430227400
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AdvancED Game Design with Flash written by Rex van der Spuy and published by Apress. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating games in Flash is a never-ending journey of exploration, learning, and most of all, fun. Once you’ve mastered the basics, a new world is opened up to you, enabling you to take your existing skills to the next level and discover new skills that will in turn open new doors. This book is a direct continuation of Foundation Game Design with Flash, and is a complete point-by-point roundup of the most important skills a Flash game designer needs to know. You’ll increase your ActionScript knowledge and your game design skills while creating some excellent example games. You’ll learn advanced collision detection skills; professional AI and pathfinding; and how to load and save game data, create destructible environments, and build and switch game levels. Each chapter highlights a new advanced technique illustrated by practical examples. Examples of games are given in a variety of genres, all of which take an object-oriented programming approach. Advanced game design topics are covered, including vector-based collision reaction, pathfinding, billiard ball physics, and modeling game data.

Author : Marco Casario
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430243368
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CSS3 Solutions written by Marco Casario and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSS3 brings a mass of changes, additions, and improvements to CSS across a range of new modules. Web designers and developers now have a whole host of new techniques up their sleeves, from working with colors and fonts accurately, to using media queries to ensure correct styling across a multitude of devices. But all of these new technologies bring more tags to learn and more avenues for things to go wrong. CSS3 Solutions provides a collection of solutions to all of the most common CSS3 problems. Every solution contains sample code that is production-ready and can be applied to any project.

Author : Scott Janousek
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 143021905X
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AdvancED Flash on Devices written by Scott Janousek and published by Apress. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AdvancED Flash on Devices begins with a discussion of the mobile development landscape—the different players, tools, hardware, platforms, and operating systems. The second part of the book covers Flash Lite and how to take advantage newer features supported in Flash Lite 3.x. Then, the book covers AIR applications for multiple screens and includes topics such as: How to utilize new features of AIR 1.5 and Flash 10 as well as pitfalls to be aware of when building an AIR application for mobile How to include platform and context awareness for better adaptation How to adopt an application on multiple devices using dynamic graphical GUI Creating two full working real life touch screen mobile application The last part of the book covers creating Flex applications running Flash 9 and 10 in mobile device browsers and includes topics such as: How to adopt Flex for multiple mobile device browsers How to create various video players for Flash Lite and Flash 10 and optimize your content. How to take advantage of Flash Media Server Experienced Flash and ActionScript programmers who want to extend their skills to mobile platforms should find this book a great help in developing in this exciting and expanding marketplace.

Author : Jim Shuman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780840031044
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adobe Flash Cs4 Revealed written by Jim Shuman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hugh Griffith
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430216190
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundation Fireworks CS4 written by Hugh Griffith and published by Apress. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a web designer who is looking for a new and quicker way to prototype and create for the web? Perhaps you are a programmer who finds most design tools to be overkill for what you need to get done. Or, maybe you're an old Fireworks pro, who wants to get up-to-date on the changes in Creative Suite 4. Either way, this book has something for you. Coverage of all that's new and powerful for the Web designer and developer in Fireworks CS4 Targets developers who want design tools that don't get in their way and designers who want development tools that don't constrain their creativity Do all your website and page prototypes and comps in one tool and learn how to take them straight to Dreamweaver to implement your designs

Author : Rich Shupe
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596555652
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning Flash CS4 Professional written by Rich Shupe and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2009-04-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Flash CS4 Professional offers beginners and intermediate Flash developers a unique introduction to the latest version of Adobe's powerful multimedia application. This easy-to-read book is loaded with full-color examples and hands-on tasks to help you master Flash CS4's new motion editor, integrated 3D system, and character control with the new inverse kinematics animation system. No previous Flash experience is necessary. This book will help you: Understand Flash fundamentals with clear, concise information you can use right away Learn key concepts and techniques in every chapter, with annotated screenshots and illustrations Develop an ongoing project that utilizes material from every chapter Practice new skills and test your understanding with constructive exercises Learn how to package your work for distribution on the Web and through AIR desktop applications Download sample files and discuss additional Flash features on the companion blog As part of the Adobe Developer Library, this is the most authoritative guide to Flash CS4 available. Get moving with Flash today!

Author : James Shuman
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781435441941
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adobe Flash CS4 Revealed written by James Shuman and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2009-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the much-anticipated arrival of Adobe Flash CS4 comes the opportunity to create even more exciting and effective interactive experiences and animations on the Web. And this innovative book will guide you through every step along the way. Adobe Flash CS4 Revealed provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the new Flash CS4 Professional. The book begins with a discussion of fundamental concepts, which provide a context for learning and set the stage for specific Flash skill development. A series of step-by-step tutorials follows, covering the range of basic to intermediate skills, including creating animations, using special effects, drawing objects, incorporating sound and video, and using ActionScript. These topics, along with coverage of the updated features of Flash CS4 Professional— such as enhancements to the workspace, importing Photoshop and Illustrator files, the Flash planning and workflow processes, and the Help feature—make this book an indispensable resource in the library of anyone who wants to take full advantage of Flash CS4. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.