How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript

How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript is the simplest and most visual way to learn to create compelling Web animation. More than 100 twopage fullcolor spreads illustrate and clearly explain each Flash task step by step, from entrylevel, beginning concepts to advanced techniques for experienced designers. The book includes expanded coverage of ActionScript so that readers can make greater use of Flash's capabilities. Flash can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript, with its visual, stepbystep approach, makes it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Flash.

• Getting Started with Flash MX
• Building and Editing Symbols
• Basic Animation
• Advanced Animation
• Project 1: Creating Frame-by-Frame Animation
• Adding Navigation and Interactivity
• Project 2: Constructing a Hierarchical Menu
• Sounds
• Project 3: Creating a Sniffer
• Saving and Publishing
• Flash Resources