Flash CS4 is a quick and easy answer for developing rich Web content and applications. Users can easily integrate and add interactivity with tools, develop content using pre-built components and effectively improve authoring capabilities with custom extensions. Flash CS4 offers a fast, visual way to solve their Flash CS4 problems and get work done. All the most important tasks are covered, using clear, step-by-step instructions with accompanying 4 colour visuals. Now in full colour! This book features...* A new features icon to mark new additions to the software * Troubleshooting guide to help solve common problems * Real world examples to show why readers would want to perform a task * Workshops to help readers put together individual tasks into projects * ACE objectives to prepare readers for ACE qualification * Example files and additional workshops online at www.perspection.com About the author Steve Johnson has written more than 35 books on a variety of computer software, including Office, Windows, Mac OS X, Photoshop and Flash. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books and sold more than 5 million copies.
What you need to know and how to do it
Brilliant guides allow you to find the information that you need easily and without fuss. Using a highly visual, step-by-step approach, Brilliant books will solve your technology problems and guide you through essential tasks, providing you with exactly what you need to know, when you really need it.
Spend less time reading and more time doing with a simple, step-by-step approach to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Brilliant guides provide the quick, easy-to-access information that you need...
- Now in accessible full colour design throughout
- Detailed index and troubleshooting guide to help you find exactly what you need to know
- Each task is presented on one or two pages
- Numbered steps guide you through each task or problem
- Numerous screenshots illustrate each step
- "See Also..." boxes point you to related tasks and information in the book
- "Did you Know...?" sections alert you to relevant expert tips, tricks and advice
Brilliant Flash CS4 provides the in-depth, wide ranging coverage that enables you to get the most out of the software and will show you how to…
- Improve publishing and productivity with the CS4 interface
- Browse, organise and process files, using Adobe Bridge
- Import Photoshop and Illustrator files directly into flash
- Keep track of the changes in Flash on a per-object basis
- Copy and paste graphics filters and motions
- Create more compelling designs with built-in filter effects and gradients
- Use blend modes to change the way the image of one object on the Stage is combined with other images
- Preview changes to 9-slice scaled movie-clips on Stage
- Use Script Assisted mode to create scripts without detailed knowledge of ActionScript
- Test content on different target devices
Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web and Apple Mac OS X Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991 and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books and sold more than 5 million copies.
