The fun and easy way to jazz up a Web site!

Hands-on tips for creating buttons, animations, actions and more

Make Web sites come alive with movement, sound, and interactivity — no animation experience required!

With Macromedia Flash, you can transform an ordinary Web site into an interactive showplace that'll make visitors say "wow." But how do you get the hang of all those tools and techniques? Don't worry! With this friendly reference, you'll be drawing pictures, building buttons, creating animations, adding sound, setting up actions, and more — in a flash!

• Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and FreeHand trial versions
• Author-created graphic shapes, designs, and images to incorporate into your own Macromedia Flash movies
• Plus Adobe Photoshop tryout version and SWiSH demo

• PC running Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP,
• Windows NT 4 or later;
• Power Macintosh running System 8.6 or later.

Contents

• A blast of Flash
• Getting acquainted with Flash MX
• Your basic Flash

• 1,000 pictures and 1,000 Words
• Getting graphic
• You are the object editor
• What's your type ?
• Layer it on

• Getting symbolic
• Heavy symbolism
• Pushing buttons

• Total Flash-o-rama
• Getting animated
• Getting interactive
• Extravagant audio, high-velocity video

• The movie and the web
• Putting it all together
• Publishing your Flash files
• Frequently asked questions

• The part of tens
• The top ten web design tips
• The ten best Flash resources
• Ten great web sites that use Flash