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Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move!

AUTHOR Peters, Keith
PUBLISHER Apress (11/02/2005)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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ActionScript, now in version 2 since Flash MX 2004, allows the Flash developer to do great things to their Flash movies, adding dynamic scripting for improved user interaction, and creating complex games and other applications. One of the most useful and sought-after skills within this area is animation - making things move using code. In this book, Keith Peters shows that all you need is a little Flash experience and some knowledge of very basic ActionScript concepts to get the most out of it.

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ISBN-13: 9781590595183
ISBN-10: 1590595181
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 400
Carton Quantity: 8
Product Dimensions: 7.70 x 0.95 x 8.86 inches
Weight: 1.80 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Computers | Design, Graphics & Media - Video & Animation
Computers | Programming - General
Computers | Design, Graphics & Media - Graphics Tools
Dewey Decimal: 006.78
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006276124
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ActionScript, now in version 2 since Flash MX 2004, allows the Flash developer to do great things to their Flash movies, adding dynamic scripting for improved user interaction, and creating complex games and other applications. One of the most useful and sought-after skills within this area is animation - making things move using code. In this book, Keith Peters shows that all you need is a little Flash experience and some knowledge of very basic ActionScript concepts to get the most out of it.

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Author: Peters, Keith
Keith Peters lives in the vicinity of Boston with his wife, Kazumi, and their daughter, Kristine. He has been working with Flash since 1999, and has co-authored many books for friends of ED, including Flash MX Studio, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the ground-breaking Flash Math Creativity. In 2001, he started the experimental Flash site, BIT-101 (BIT-101.com), which strives for a new, cutting edge, open-source experiment each day. The site won an award at the Flashforward 2003 Flash Film Festival in the Experimental category. In addition to the experiments on the site, there are several highly regarded Flash tutorials which have been translated into many languages and are now posted on web sites throughout the world. Keith is currently working full time doing freelance and contract Flash development and various writing projects.
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