* Best practices for production, encoding, and integration * Build custom video players for web and mobile use * Apply transparency and effects with After Effects Design and develop video applications with Flash Professional CS3. In quick primer chapters, you'll get the best practices for shooting video for Flash distribution and the basics of how to design Flash applications for compelling user experiences. Subsequent chapters demonstrate the integrated use of Flash Professional with Dreamweaver, Device Central, and After Effects in practical tutorials. Annotated ActionScript 3 code gives you the facility to build your video applications. In 27 progressive tutorials, you'll acquire practical experience in the cutting edge techniques for: * Encoding single files, batch files, and embedding cue points in video. * Customizing FLVPlayback components * Building Flash Video players from scratch to include cue points, full screen events, and current playback time * Applying transparency, masks, and effects to enhance Flash Video. * Looping Flash Video continuously or in creative combinations * Embedding Flash Video in HTML pages for web deployment * Integrating Flash Video with XML, closed caption text, and JavaScript * Preparing video for streaming servers and mobile devices including a Flash Lite application with device video The companion DVD-ROM contains project media for all 27 tutorials that teach the nuts and bolts of implementing video in Flash applications on web pages and on alternative devices.

* Best practices for production, encoding, and integration * Build custom video players for web and mobile use * Apply transparency and effects with After Effects Design and develop video applications with Flash Professional CS3. In quick primer chapters, you'll get the best practices for shooting video for Flash distribution and the basics of how to design Flash applications for compelling user experiences. Subsequent chapters demonstrate the integrated use of Flash Professional with Dreamweaver, Device Central, and After Effects in practical tutorials. Annotated ActionScript 3 code gives you the facility to build your video applications. In 27 progressive tutorials, you'll acquire practical experience in the cutting edge techniques for: * Encoding single files, batch files, and embedding cue points in video. * Customizing FLVPlayback components * Building Flash Video players from scratch to include cue points, full screen events, and current playback time * Applying transparency, masks, and effects to enhance Flash Video. * Looping Flash Video continuously or in creative combinations * Embedding Flash Video in HTML pages for web deployment * Integrating Flash Video with XML, closed caption text, and JavaScript * Preparing video for streaming servers and mobile devices including a Flash Lite application with device video The companion DVD-ROM contains project media for all 27 tutorials that teach the nuts and bolts of implementing video in Flash applications on web pages and on alternative devices.

* Best practices for production, encoding, and integration * Build custom video players for web and mobile use * Apply transparency and effects with After Effects Design and develop video applications with Flash Professional CS3. In quick primer chapters, you'll get the best practices for shooting video for Flash distribution and the basics of how to design Flash applications for compelling user experiences. Subsequent chapters demonstrate the integrated use of Flash Professional with Dreamweaver, Device Central, and After Effects in practical tutorials. Annotated ActionScript 3 code gives you the facility to build your video applications. In 27 progressive tutorials, you'll acquire practical experience in the cutting edge techniques for: * Encoding single files, batch files, and embedding cue points in video. * Customizing FLVPlayback components * Building Flash Video players from scratch to include cue points, full screen events, and current playback time * Applying transparency, masks, and effects to enhance Flash Video. * Looping Flash Video continuously or in creative combinations * Embedding Flash Video in HTML pages for web deployment * Integrating Flash Video with XML, closed caption text, and JavaScript * Preparing video for streaming servers and mobile devices including a Flash Lite application with device video The companion DVD-ROM contains project media for all 27 tutorials that teach the nuts and bolts of implementing video in Flash applications on web pages and on alternative devices.

Flash is one of the most popular ways in recent years to create interactive video content for the Web. With the new release, Flash CS3, it is set to increase in popularity even more, with more exciting features for developers to use in their applications. This book is an update to the critically-acclaimed Foundation Flash 8 Video, with many new examples added, and code updated to ActionScript 3.0. It provides developers with an essential, accessible guide to getting the most out of their Flash CS3 video applications.

Two of the savviest Flash experts in the industry show you how to add impact to your Web content. Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd know all the techniques and tricks, and they take you under the hood in this one-stop total reference guide to Flash CS3 Professional. Follow their tutorials, learn from cool examples, and discover insider secrets you won't find in any other book. Don't miss the special 16-page color insert loaded with spectacular examples. Also includes a CD-ROM. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Flash CS3 is the premier tool for creating web animations and interactive web sites, can be intimidating to learn. This entertaining reference tutorial provides a reader-friendly animation primer and a guided tour of all the program's tools and capabilities. Beginners will learn to use the software in no time, and experienced users will quickly take their skills to the next level. The book gives Flash users of all levels hands-on instructions to help them master: Special effects Morphing Adding audio and video Introducing interactivity And much more With Flash CS3: The Missing Manual you'll be able to turn an idea into a Flash animation, tutorial, or movie. This book will help you create online tutorials, training materials and full-blown presentations. It also teaches design principles throughout and helps you avoid elements that can distract or annoy an audience. This is the first new release of Flash since Adobe bought Macromedia, which means that it's the first version that will integrate easily with other Adobe products. It's a whole new ballgame when it comes to Flash, and Flash CS3: The Missing Manual offers you complete and objective coverage. It's the perfect companion to this powerful software.

With 75% of U.S. households having Internet connections, more people than ever are going online for information, shopping, or just to surf. The need for interactive and well-designed sites has never been higher, and more people are looking to learn—or improve—their Web skills. For the busy professionals whose boss wants them to jazz up their Web site, or the student burning the midnight oil to put together some Web animations for a class, Creating a Web Site with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Visual QuickProject Guide is just the book they need to start creating Flash sites in an instant. Pared down to just the essentials, this book shows readers who are short on time just what they need to know to accomplish their first project in Flash. Topics covered include using the Flash authoring tool, creating and animating graphics, tweening, loading dynamic data, adding sound and video, plus coverage of new Flash CS3 features: Primitive Object drawing tools, Adobe Illustrator import, Active content detection, and more. It’s everything readers need to know to develop their Web site using Adobe Flash! The book’s companion Web site offers project files and updates.