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How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4: The art of design and animation

Focal Press | 05-2009 | ISBN-10: 0240521315 | 45 MB | PDF | 366 pages

By Chris Georgenes, US based full-time freelance artist, animator, and designer for the web, CD-ROM, and television.
His clients include Macromedia, LucasArts, Universal Records, Hasbro, Ogilvy, Yahoo! and AOL.
Course author and instructor for sessions.edu.

Description:

Need to solve problems quickly to develop creative projects to time and to budget?
Want to hone your Flash skills so you can concentrate on your animation?
Then How to Cheat in Flash is for you! Chris Georgenes shows how to work from the problem to the solution - from the viewpoint of an animator who has been commissioned to create a job and is working to a deadline.
With his in-depth knowledge of the little-known secrets used by the pros to produce creative, professional animations, Chris is THE go-to guru for designers and animators who want to create great animation, applications or motion design with Flash.
This accessible, practical book and CD package is such a goldmine of artistic inspiration, timesaving practical tips, tricks and step-by-step walkthroughs that you'll wonder how you survived without it.

Audience:

Intermediate to advanced users of Flash.
Professional graphic and web designers, animators and illustrators.

Contents:

Design Styles
Transformation and Distortion
Masking
Motion tips & tricks
Character animation
Flash to video
Animation Examples
Working with sound
Working with Video
Interactivity
Going Mobile
Extending Flash
Time-Saving Tips