Flash Hacks
by Sham Bhangal
If you've ever seen an especially cool Flash effect on the web, gone straight to your trusty Flash book to find out how to do it, then turned away empty-handed -- Flash Hacks is for you.
This unique book offers a collection of expert Flash tips and tricks for optimization, creating interesting effects, ActionScript programming, sound and video effects, and much more--and you don't need to be an expert to use them (although you'll certainly look like one).
With Flash technology, you can create compelling web content, expressive user interfaces, and rich applications for the Internet--all of which dramatically enhance the user experience. But Flash is not just practical, it's a wellspring of opportunities to unleash your creativity and have fun.
Flash Hacks dives straight into all that's fun and creative about Flash, while presenting useful programming techniques and practical--although never mundane--hacks that can make your work easier.
Book News, Inc. says:
"Intended for web developers familiar with Flash MX, this collection of 100 tricks for enhancing Flash web designs, ActionScripts, and Flash content offers innovative approaches to adding visual effects and animation, drawing more efficiently, manipulating text, synthesizing speech and other sounds, optimizing runtime performance and download times, and maximizing browser compatibility.
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Flash Hacks
by Sham Bhangal
Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (May 2004); List Price: $24.95 - buy now: Price: $17.46 and You Save: $7.49 (30%)
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