Macromedia Flash MX 2004 : fast & easy web development

Don¡'t spend your time wading through manuals to learn Macromedia Flash MX 2004. Spend it doing what you do best - creating Web pages! With "Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Fast & Easy Web Development", you've found a hands-on guide that will help you do just that. By the time you're finished, you'll be creating movies and publishing them to the Web. Less time, less effort, more results! Screen by screen, use this comprehensive Macromedia Flash MX 2004 guide to: \*Use layers to build movie content \*Create animation by using motion and shape tweening \*Add sound and embedded video \*Use simple ActionScript \*Publish your animations for the Web" What better way for readers to learn the newest version of Flash than with the Fast & Easy series! Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Fast & Easy Web Development presents solution-oriented techniques for creating dynamic animations and graphics for the Web. Through illustrated step-by step instructions, this title demonstrates the technologies of Macromedia Flash 2004 while providing practical applications as well. Covering both the Windows and Mac versions, readers will learn important Flash skills such as using symbols and tweening, using vector-based content for faster downloads, and optimizing animations for the Web. Using a hands-on approach to yield fast results and downloadable sample files to practice techniques, this book is suitable for both beginners and current users aspiring to learn the newest features of Flash. From its humble beginnings as a small computer network for academic researchers, the Internet evolved into an immense medium for commercial ventures, including entertainment, education, shopping, advertising, and just plain expressing yourself. Annotation This new Fast & Easy title walks readers through the feature set of Macromedia Flash by presenting tasks in concise steps complemented by clear illustrations