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45.00 Check Link For Discount Textbook Binding - 256 pages 1 edition (March 24, 2000) New Riders Publishing, Dimensions (in inches): 0.60 x 9.96 x 7.99 Flash Web Design by Hillman Curtis Hillman's books are as flashy as the subject he teaches. Herein he wows you with step-by-step case studies re-create existing Flash projects that range in complexity -- and if you like the 'look' of Flash, you're sure to like this book! __ Projects include type animation, navigational screens, working with wireframe art, converting vectorized video, working with streaming MP3 audio, using action scripting for interactivity, and going from Freehand sketches to finished Flash movies. Book critic, Angelynn Grant, says: __Learning from the best is always a good idea, especially when the best in the field is adept at explaining his methods. In Flash Web Design, Hillman Curtis, a renowned Web developer (particularly in motion graphics) walks you through nine enlightening Flash projects in order of increasing complexity. __Curtis calls these exercises "deconstructions," and it's an apt term. All the finished pieces can be viewed on Curtis's site (www.hillmancurtis.com/book). With his help, you reconstruct each Flash movie with no step overlooked. They range from type animation (Macromedia Shockzone) to his bandwidth-skinny (20K) navigational, an interactive media site created with action scripting, a streaming visual poem with MP3 audio and many other techniques. The spots are all aesthetically elegant, vibrant, and cutting-edge in terms of design and typography and are even a pleasure to work with. __ The layout for Flash Web Design evokes the layered, motion-through-structure style of Purgason's Web design (lundstromarch.com) and makes one wish the book also existed in movie format. In fact, Purgason's methodology is presented in the last chapter, where he shows the benefits of using Freehand in conjunction with Flash. Keywords: Web design: Web development, html, shtml, gifs, jpgs, web graphics, layout, pages (Web) - 5/7/01