Flash Theater: Character Studio on Web/Flash 5 - A brand new online animation tutorial

Author: Wang Zhong
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Press
Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This is an excellent textbook that teaches how to create stunning online character animations using Flash. It is the result of over three years of painstaking effort. The author has meticulously designed 14 exciting examples, guiding you step-by-step from basic to advanced levels in creating greeting cards, music boxes, posters, animated short films, MTVs, video intros, and personalized Flash websites. The language is humorous and profound, making learning fun. The book is highly technical, with 14 examples that consistently revolve around Flash's core functions, easily adaptable with minor modifications. It is rich in content and offers great value, covering everything from basic Flash knowledge, unique examples, core functions, scripting language guides, Flash shortcuts, to some outstanding Flash websites. The creative ideas and the depth of knowledge are beyond mere "excellent"!
Target Audience: Website animation creators, web/page programmers and developers, multimedia developers, computer art students and faculty at higher art institutions, and students of social website animation training courses.
The book explains the basics of Flash, including the interface, toolbar, drawing tools, panels, and functions; Flash's motion transformation capabilities; masking, motion guides, and techniques for creating blurred edges of irregular vector graphics; how to import sequential files and add simple ActionScript; Flash gradient fills, bitmap-to-vector conversion, and shape transformation techniques; frame-by-frame animation and Alpha transparency applications; creating online character animations that express joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness; scene planning, material preparation, and practical production for MTVs; learning stream-based sound triggering, complex motion expression, gradient color usage, preloading techniques, and full-screen playback methods, etc.