Sinopse: Are you already up to speed on the fundamentals of Flash? Do you know how create simple animations and write elementary ActionScript? If so, youre ready to move beyond the basics.
Macromedia Flash 8 Beyond the Basics is all about stepping to that next level. This book expands your skill set and shows you how to integrate those skills with advanced ActionScript. Through a series of carefully developed, step-by-step exercises and demo movies, youll learn how to build a professional, interactive Web siteusing source files and designs supplied on the books CD-ROM. Along the way, youll learn about the new Flash 8 features: the improved text tool, new text rendering engine, new graphic filters, and more.
50+ Step-by-Step Tutorials: Format dynamically loaded text using HTML, CSS, and nested images Create an ActionScript-driven menu Build a preloader with MovieClipLoader class Add a progressively downloading, multi-track MP3 player Create a video player that allows users to control playback Build a slideshow that loads images and text dynamically Utilize components to create a feedback form Create a Flash plug-in detector
