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Books and DVDs for Flash CS4 Professional

After Effects for Flash; Flash for After Effects - book coverAfter Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects: Dynamic Animation and Video with Adobe After Effects CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

By Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld
Published April 2009
Pages: 360
Print $49.99
Adobe Press (Peachpit Press)


Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 brings together two powerful animation tools, each of which has its own specialized features and workflow. Learning to integrate Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash Professional gives you more options for your animations and effects and the power to integrate video and motion graphics into a richer user experience. In this book, authors Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld lead both types of users, those who are more familiar with either Flash or with After Effects, on using the programs together for maximum efficiency and creativity.


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Flash CS4 with ActionScript book coverThe Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript

By Chris Kaplan, Paul Milbourne, Michael Oliver
Published February 2009
Print $46.99
Apress Publishing


The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript introduces and explores the possibilities available to you through using Flash CS4. You will learn the aspects 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 all of the of 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.


Chapter Sample :

Part 3 - ActionScript


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