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The Flash Anthology:
Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript
Example projects from this book
- Example 1 - Creating a Simple Blog Reader Application
Many Web developers have asked, “How can I link data from a database to Flash?” Learn the 'hands-on' method as you construct this nifty blog reader.- Example 2 - The 3D Barrel Roll
A great example of how you can mimic three dimiensinal space in Flash. Reacting to your mouse stimuli, the text barrel rolls around a central pivotal, fading
and reducing in scale as it moves away, and increasing in opacity and scale as
it moves closer. - Example 3 - Text Effects - Jiggling Text
Applying quick movement—a little jiggle!—can be a fantastic way to draw attention
to a headline or banner ad. Text effects are the stock and trade of the Flash
developer and variations on this quickfire effect will serve you well for years
to come. - Example 4 - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
In this example, we create a simple but effective rainfall effect by duplicating a movie clip
several times on the canvas. The success of this technique depends
on the original animation being cool enough to warrant this kind of replication.
Sound simple? Let’s look at how it’s done.- Example 5 - Silky Linger Opacity Effect
Another navigation project, where we create a series of navigation items employing
a 'super-subtle' fade in/out based on user interaction. It’s possible
to create a similar effect using a series of tweened alpha animations,
but this script shows you a much
easier and more scalable method.- Example 6 - Advanced Text Effects - Fall and Sway
More great examples of text effect utilizing smooth, 'organic-feeling' motion
paths. We animate
them in a natural manner, bringing them to rest at the bottom of the
screen before melting them away and starting the process over.- Example 7 - Elastic Navigation
Another dynamic navigation effect involving the menu buttons behaving elastically
in response to user interaction. This effect can be used in either horizontal
or vertical formats, scales easily to include as many buttons as you
need, and has code that is both concise and easy to understand.
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Product Details
| Edition: |
1st |
| Price: | $29.95 |
| Pages: | 455 |
| ISBN: | 0-9579218-7-X |
| Pub: | June 2005 |
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