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Illustrating With Macromedia Flash Mx 2004 (Internet Series)
Illustrating With Macromedia Flash Mx 2004 - Internet Series Author:Robert Firebaugh Macromedia Flash has evolved into the perfect tool to create innovative vector graphics and animation for the Web, due mainly to its simple-to-use features, high-quality output, and relatively low cost. Illustrating With Macromedia Flash MX 2004 provides users with a complete process for creating vector illustrations in Flash using step-by... more »-step tutorials. Beginning with a tour of the basics, including learning to use Flash drawing tools to create impressive effects and interfaces, the book then progresses to using Flash to draw in a variety of different stylescartoon, anime, and photorealistic. The book concludes by teaching users how to create a photorealistic optimized vector graphic in Flash that takes up a very small amount of file space. This is the only guide users need to master Flash illustration techniques. KEY FEATURES
* Includes drawing tool techniques and illustrating concepts on how to create professional looking graphics with Macromedia Flash MX 2004
* Covers a variety of illustration styles including: solid fill art, cartoon, manga, photorealistic, and experimental
* Discusses the Flash development environment to improve your efficiency at graphic creation
* Answers the question of "raster versus vector" when illustrating with Flash
* Includes a companion CD-ROM with tryout version of Flash and bonus tutorials not covered in the book
* Selected Topics: Design, animation and game graphic techniques covering: logos, user interfaces, looping animations, special effects, optimized game graphics and character animations; includes vector effect techniques such as blur, highlights, drop shadows, glows, textures, and drawing perspectives« less