Lesson 7, "Diving Deeper into Animation" expands on lesson 6. Here you learn to add more depth to your movies by sequencing simultaneous animations across multiple layers. You will also learn about the new Copy and Paste motion feature. Lesson 8, "Customizing Your Workflow" trims your work time by customizing Flash's interface to your working style. You will customize layouts as well as work with docking, undocking, moving, and adding panels.
Lesson 9, "Working with Imported Files" examines how to import images from other applications, how to use layered Photoshop and Illustrator files, as well as how to modify artwork used in Flash. Lesson 10, "Introducing ActionScript" begins by explaining what ActionScript is — a built-in scripting language that allows you to add more control to your movies. It allows you to control timelines, buttons, and user controls, as well as dynamically handling other tasks such as taking control of images sound and video.
Lesson 11, "Working with Button Symbols" shows you how to create buttons that change during user interaction. This interaction can give your users more control when viewing you movies or web pages. Lesson 12, "Adding Sound to your Movies" explains how to import, manipulate, and place sound files in to your Flash movies.
Lesson 13, "Introducing Movie Clips" examines what to do when your movies get to be too large. By using movie clip symbols you can break complex animations into smaller parts. Lesson 14, "Working with Video" explores the video capabilities of Flash and the new features that CS3 brings to make it better for web video. Lesson 15 "Delivering your Final Movie" finishes up by explaining how Flash is more than a web design and development tool, you can also use it to publish content for Web, CD, DVD, and Video.
What I like about Dynamic Learning: Flash CS3 Professional is that it is very easy to read and understand. When you tie it to the videos, it becomes a very powerful learning experience. The book is well organized, the examples are real world examples, and the instruction provides a good working base from which one can really learn Flash CS3.
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