50 Fast Flash MX Techniques

* 50 cool techniques that will take your Flash animations to the next level. Includes topics such as Simulating a 3D Cube, Creating an Explosion, Building Letters from an Images, Making Mono Clips Sound Like Stereo, Creating a 3D Morph, Triggering Speech Bubbles, Building a User-response Form, Putting a Flash Movie onto a PDA.
* Covers the latest Flash "X" release. Most of these effects can also be created with Flash 5.
* 50 step-by-step methods to make your Flash 5 and Flash "X" animations more impressive, engaging, effective, and fun. Includes a 32-page full-color insert highlighting the most dramatic visual tricks.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: 2D Animation.

Technique 1: A Line Drawing Itself.

Technique 2: Make a Character Walk.

Technique 3: Talking Head.

Technique 4: Create Ripples.

Technique 5: Dissolve a Vector into a Bitmap.

Technique 6: Morph a Geometric Shape into an Image.

Technique 7: Make Bubbles.

Technique 8: Kaleidoscope.

Technique 9: Wrap an Image.

Technique 10: Fireworks.

Chapter 2: 3D Animation.

Technique 11: Rotating 3D Logo.

Technique 12: Rotating Earth.

Chapter 3: Text.

Technique 13: Text Controlling Objects.

Technique 14: Animated Text Warping.

Technique 15: Text Morphing.

Technique 16: Movies Inside Text.

Technique 17: Swarming Dots Form Text.

Technique 18: Radiating Text Effects.

Chapter 4: Sound and Video.

Technique 19: On/Off and Volume Sound Controls.

Technique 20: Adding Video to a Flash Movie.

Chapter 5: Interactive Effects.

Technique 21: Draggable Magnifying Lens.

Technique 22: Draggable Movies.

Technique 23: Image Slide Scroller with Motion Blur.

Technique 24: Pan and Zoom an Image.

Technique 25: Make a Scrolling Virtual Reality Panorama.

Technique 26: Draggable Mask.

Technique 27: Interactive Shadows.

Chapter 6: User Interfaces.

Technique 28: Mouse Trails.

Technique 29: Tabbed Menu.

Technique 30: Scroll Bars.

Technique 31: Pop-Up Windows.

Technique 32: Create a Multiple Choice Quiz.

Technique 33: User Response Form.

Technique 34: Form Validation.

Technique 35: Collapsible Menu.

Technique 36: 3D Book as a User Interface.

Technique 37: Rollover Scroll.

Technique 38: Custom Cursors.

Technique 39: Cascading Menu.

Technique 40: Animated Button.

Technique 41: Preloader with Progress Display.

Technique 42: Slide Show with Special Effect Transitions.

Chapter 7: Mini-Applications.

Technique 43: News Ticker.

Technique 44 Digital or Analog Clock.

Technique 45: Music Keyboard and Synthesizer.

Technique 46: MP3 Player.

Technique 47: Drum Set.

Technique 48: On-Screen Print Program.

Technique 49: Calculator.

Technique 50: Create a Stand-Alone Movie.

Appendix A: What's On the CD-ROM.

Appendix B: Other Resources.

About the Author.

Colophon.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.