With Flash Player on approximately 98 percent of computers connected to the Internet and Flash itself evolving from a simple animation tool to a robust rich-client development platform, there's been just one thing missing from Macromedia's product lineup: A way for server-side developers to easily integrate Flash development into their workflows. Enter Macromedia Flex: With it, you can do everything one can do with Flash--on the server using the Flex Presentation Server software and the new XML-based language MXML. This guide shows you how! If you've ever developed dynamic Web applications on J2EE and .NET architectures, or using technologies like JSP and ASP, you should have no problem transferring those skills to develop rich-client solutions with Flex. After introducing readers to... Less

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Are you already up to speed on the fundamentals of Flash? Do you know how create simple animations and write elementary ActionScript? If so, you’re ready to move beyond the basics. Macromedia Flash 8 Beyond the Basics is all about stepping to that next level. This book expands your skill set and shows you how to integrate those skills with advanced ActionScript. Through a series of carefully developed, step-by-step exercises and demo movies, you’ll learn how to build a professional, interactive Web site—using source files and designs supplied on the book’s CD-ROM. Along the way, you’ll learn about the new Flash 8 features: the improved text tool, new text rendering engine, new graphic filters, and more. 50+ Step-by-Step Tutorials: •    Format dynamically loaded text using HTML,... Less

The ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 is a comprehensive reference manual that describes the application programming interface (API) for Macromedia Flash Player, the most pervasive client runtime environment in the world. It includes valuable syntax and usage information; detailed descriptions of classes, functions, properties, and events; and copy-and-paste code samples for every element in the ActionScript language. The ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 will help you: · Learn how to use specific APIs efficiently and effectively · Understand the range and variety of functionality ActionScript offers · Repurpose Macromedia- tested code in your own applications Powerful development and design tools require thorough and ... Less

ActionScript is a powerful tool which allows you to push your scripting skills to their limits. 'Understanding ActionScript' shows you how to get up and running fast with complete coverage of this invaluable scripting tool. Ideal for students of multimedia and information technology and anyone wanting to produce effective online interactive content.Covering ActionScript from a designer's viewpoint, this highly illustrated step-by-step guide shows you how to achieve best results without having to be a programmer. A support website provides all the content needed to try out the techniques shown in the book firsthand. Discover how ActionScript can improve your interactive content today!* Benefit from explanations and examples of why and how ActionScript can simplify Flash production and... Less

Visitors to your Web site want to see up-to-date content--period. They don't care how complicated it is to edit that content or about the manpower issues involved: If they don't find what they need, they'll get it elsewhere. To ensure that they don't, you need Macromedia's hot content management tool Contribute and this task-based guide to get you up to speed on it. In this thoroughly updated guide, popular author Tom Negrino uses simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to show you how to build Web pages, edit content, create tables, employ Dreamweaver templates, and more with the newly updated Contribute 3. If you're a first-time user, you'll find all the instruction you need to start adding content to Web pages immediately (without fear of breaking the site). And if... Less

Learn by doing! Follow along, step-by-step, as you upgrade a static HTML site that uses obsolete code to an XML standard- compliant, CSS-formatted dynamic site using Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), Macromedia ColdFusion, or the open source PHP. Create several integrated applications for a fictional travel tour operator, including a searchable listing for tour descriptions, country profiles, and a tour price calendar. In this official Macromedia guide, you’ll learn how to: Use a relational database— Microsoft Access or MySQL—as the driving force behind a siteUse Dreamweaver’s built-in server behaviors and application objects to assist in the rapid development of dynamic Web applicationsRead and hand-code ASP VBScript, ColdFusion Markup Language, and PHP scripts well enough... Less

This book provides in-depth projects with instruction and practice for courses involving Web site production with interactive graphics, animation, and sound. It is an excellent addition to any curriculum on multimedia and Web site design and offers instruction on the latest versions of Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Contribute.

* The ultimate guide to creating professional presentations for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, Web sites, and desktop computers with Macromedia Director* Step-by-step tutorials and reference resources help both novices and experienced users get the most out of Director* Completely revised to cover enhancements to Director, including new support for Flash components, new ECMAScript language (based on the same standard as the popular JavaScript and ActionScript), improved dynamic and server-side support, and new 3D support and tools* Covers both Windows XP and Mac OS X platforms and discusses working in the authoring environment, production and editing, programming with Classic Lingo, controlling assets and movies with scripts, and much more* Bonus CD-ROM includes source files and finished projects... Less

Visitors to your Web site want to see up-to-date content--period. They don't care how complicated it is to edit that content or about the manpower issues involved: If they don't find what they need, they'll get it elsewhere. To ensure that they don't, you need Macromedia's hot content management tool Contribute and this task-based guide to get you up to speed on it. In this thoroughly updated guide, popular author Tom Negrino uses simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to show you how to build Web pages, edit content, create tables, employ Dreamweaver templates, and more with the newly updated Contribute 3. If you're a first-time user, you'll find all the instruction you need to start adding content to Web pages immediately (without fear of breaking the site). And if... Less

Description: Authorware 7 for Windows from Adobe/Macromedia lets you create e-learning applications that can be deployed over a corporate network, on DVD or CD and on the web. The software delivers powerful multimedia authoring tools using the common Macromedia user interface. Users will be happy to discover the program's rich media support which allows for integration of MP3 audio, DVD video and Flash animation. Once you use the software you will not question why Authorware is the premiere application for e-learning development.

This series is ideal for any course that includes desktop publishing and/or web design software applications as well as web scripting languages. Courses can be found in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, and Fine Arts Departments, as well as Continuing Education, and Journalism. Written by educators, for educators, the Essentials for Design series is the complete solution for desktop publishing and/or web design courses. The hands-on, skills-based texts are packaged with resource CD-ROMs that contain all the files needed to create the step-by-step exercises in the text. Instructor Resource CD-ROMs include assessments, PowerPoint presentation materials, and additional projects.

This book provides in-depth projects with instruction and practice for courses involving Web site production with interactive graphics, animation, and sound. It is an excellent addition to any curriculum on multimedia and Web site design and offers instruction on the latest versions of Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Contribute.

Visitors to your Web site want to see up-to-date content--period. They don't care how complicated it is to edit that content or about the manpower issues involved: If they don't find what they need, they'll get it elsewhere. To ensure that they don't, you need Macromedia's hot content management tool Contribute and this task-based guide to get you up to speed on it. In this thoroughly updated guide, popular author Tom Negrino uses simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to show you how to build Web pages, edit content, create tables, employ Dreamweaver templates, and more with the newly updated Contribute 3. If you're a first-time user, you'll find all the instruction you need to start adding content to Web pages immediately (without fear of breaking the site). And if... Less

Packed with hands-on instruction, and expert tutorials from the crème de la crème of the Macromedia development community, Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Bible is everything web developers need to build cutting-edge applications with Macromedia’s product line. Covering of all the Studio MX 2004 applications - Dreamweaver MX 2004, Fireworks MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, ColdFusion 6.1, and FreeHand MX, Macromedia web development expert Joyce Evans guides readers through the use of each product, but more importantly, how they can be used together to build next-generation, data-driven web applications. Topics covered include: Building data-enabled sites with Dreamweaver 2004Creating Flash MX 2004 animationsWorking with ActionScriptCreat ing web graphics and animations with Fireworks MX 2004Building... Less

Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving real-world examples? Do you want to concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this book is for you. These hands-on exercises teach you to start creating Flash animations and interactive files with little effort. You ll learn to create vector animations using a wide variety of drawing tools and Timeline effects, and add interactivity and dynamic content to your projects by using ActionScript 2, Components, and the Behaviors panel. You ll also learn how to import bitmaps, sounds, and video to make your Flash projects more engaging, and find extensive coverage of the new Flash 8 features: the improved text tool, new text rendering engine, new graphic filters, and more. Complete with... Less