BHANGAL: Flash Hacks

Informationen zum Autor Sham Bhangal is an author of and contributor to numerous books on Flash and ActionScript, including Foundation ActionScript for Flash MX, Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference, and Macromedia Flash MX Upgrade Essentials. Klappentext 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.Geared to cover Flash MX! Flash MX 2004! and Flash MX Professional 2004! Flash Hacks begins with hacks on authoring! testing! and web environments. You'll learn how to beat the Flash bloat bug! realistically simulate the web! create a JavaScript-free Flash sniffer! and hack a spellchecker for Flash. Other hacks in the book are grouped in the following areas:* Primitives* Timelines* Symbols* Flash Assets (sound! video! and bitmaps)* Code hacks* Events and event handling* Advanced animation* UI design hacksTrue to O'Reilly's popular Hacks series! Flash Hacks tackles problems and solutions that aren't dealt with elsewhere. You'll pick up insider tips from the experts! and learn about amazing and sometimes quirky aspects of Flash. If you want more than your average Flash user--you want to explore and experiment! unearth shortcuts! create useful tools! and come up with fun things to try on your own--Flash Hacks is the book you'll need. "Das Buch bietet 100 sehr interessante Tipps, Lösungen und Workarounds für die täglichen Probleme eines fortgeschrittenen Flash-Anwenders. [...] Lesenswert für alle, die das letzte aus Flash herausholen wollen." - MX-Magazin: "Die besten Flash-Bücher", Ausgabe 11/2006 Zusammenfassung This collection offers 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). Inhaltsverzeichnis Credits; About the Author; Contributors; Acknowledgments;Foreword;Preface; Why Flash Hacks?; Who This Book Is For; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Comments and Questions;Chapter 1: Visual Effects; 1.1 Hacks #1-7; 1 Fake Per-Pixel Transitions; 2 Per-Pixel Text Effects; 3 Simulate Old Film Grain; 4 Create SWFs from Animated GIFs; 5 Animate Photoshop PSD Files with Flash; 6 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; 7 Blowin' in the Wind: Simulate Tree Movement;Chapter 2: Color Effects; 2.1 Hacks #8-13; 8 Video Color Effects; 9 Video Fade to Black and Fade to White; 10 A Custom Color Transform Class; 11 Create and Organize Custom Swatches; 12 Borrow Color Schemes from Nature; 13 Simulate Sepia Effects;Chapter 3: Drawing and Masking; 3.1 Hacks #14-25; 14 Create Filled Circles Quickly at Runtime; 15 Create Synthetic Art; 16 Create Seamless Tiles; 17 Fill Areas with Patterns; 18 Imitate Escher; 19 Fix Alpha Property Inaccuracies; 20 Use Complex Shapes as Masks; 21 Interference Patterns and Ripple Effects; 22 Feather Bitmap Edges; 23 Add a Vecto...

List of contents

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  Credits
  
  


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  Foreword
  
  


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  Preface
  
  


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  Chapter 1: Visual Effects
  
  


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  Chapter 2: Color Effects
  
  


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  Chapter 3: Drawing and Masking
  
  


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  Chapter 4: Animation
  
  


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  Chapter 5: 3D and Physics
  
  


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  Chapter 6: Text
  
  


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  Chapter 7: Sound
  
  


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  Chapter 8: User Interface Elements
  
  


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  Chapter 9: Performance and Optimization
  
  


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  Chapter 10: ActionScript
  
  


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  Chapter 11: Browser Integration
  
  


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  Chapter 12: Security
  
  


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  Colophon
  
  

About the author

Sham Bhangal is an author of and contributor to numerous books on Flash and ActionScript, including Foundation ActionScript for Flash MX, Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference, and Macromedia Flash MX Upgrade Essentials.

Summary

This collection offers 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).

Product details

• Authors: Sham Bangal, BHANGAL, Sham Bhangal
• Publisher: O REILLY & ASS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2004
• EAN: 9780596006457
• ISBN: 978-0-596-00645-7
• Series: Hacks; Hacks
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT