Product Description

* As the industry standard for creating lively Web animations, Flash allows you to develop animation content or turn existing graphics into dynamic Web page animations—the CS4 release guarantees a world of new and thrilling possibilities
* If you are a beginner-to-intermediate level Flash user, this book will get you up and running fast as you dive into the tasks of building animation sequences and using ActionScript to create interactive Web page components
* Contains 150 useful and interesting Flash tasks presented in full color that demonstrates how easy it can be to design rich and dynamic content for any Web site

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 135 Flash CS4 Professional tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on Flash CS4 Professional in no time.

You'll learn to:

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Set up new Flash documents
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Use Pencil, Paintbrush, and Pen
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Import vector art and bitmaps
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Create timeline animations
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Add interactive properties
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Integrate sound and video files
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Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
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Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
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Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
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Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks