Re: FLASH: A Quasi-Review on Ken Milburn's Flash book.

[Daniel Votino]

For those wondering about Flash 3 Web Animation, the new book by Ken Milburn

& Janine Warner, it arrived two days ago at our studio and I haven't had

time to go through it.  It was a 50$ book, 360 pages, a nice section with

color photos pointing to sites created by flasher list frequents we all know

and love.  It seems really complete, in some regards, as far as Flash

manuals can go.  I think I might be drawn to it over Plant's book, but then

Id buy both cause they both are different.  It comes with a CD with Trials

for a lot of Macromedia software.  This book would be ideal it looks like

for a newbie and a nice addition - reference for a novice . . . (tagged on

back cover as : User Level: Intermediate to Advanced) and since everyone

seems to be inquiring about it, here is the TOC.


(so far, I give it a "looks great on my book-shelf thumbs up!"


1)The Many Faces of Flash

    Why Flash is the Answer to a Web Author's Prayers

    New Features in Flash

    Flash 2 Features Revisited

    Flash As a Visual Tool

    Flash As a Graphics & Animation Utility

    Flash As An Illustration & Presentation Program

    Teaming Flash with other Multimedia

2)The Anatomy of Flash

    Flash Interface Components

3)Flash From here to There & Back

    Whether To Design Specifically For Browser or Offline

    A Precision Placement Tool

    Perfect Type

    Easy Shapes

    Export to Bitmappeds File Formats

    Export to Insta.HTML

    Using Aftershock

    Integration With Other Macromedia Products

    Creating Templates For Flash Generator

4)Drawing With Flash

    You Dont Need Drawing Talent

    Before Doing the Exercises

    Learning To Draw Freehand With Flash

    Drawing With Animation In Mind

    The Drawing Tools And Their Modifiers

    Flash's Drawing Aids

    Commands & Tools For Refining Drawing Elements

    Assembling & Disassembling Groups & Symbols

    Inserting Objects Created In Other Applications

    What You Shouldn't Expect From Flash As A Drawing Program

5)The Essentials Of Making A Flash Animation

    The Basics of Animation

    Easy Animation Techniques

    Animation Fundamentals

    The Power of Layers

    The Symbols of Power

    Making The Scene

    Onion-Skinning

6)The Symbols of Power

    Graphic Symbols

    Buttons

    Movie Clips

    Bitmaps

    Sounds

    Using The Library Window & Menu

    Editing Symbols

    Making Animated Symbols

    Instances & Instance Modifications

7)Combining Symbols

    Creating Multilayer  Animation

    Combining Interactivity & Multiple Scenes

    More About Sound & Flash Animation

    Finalizing & Publishing The Movie

    Playing Flash Movies

    Exporting To Other File Formats

8)Buttoning Up Flash & Interactivity

    Creating Buttons

    Interactivity & Assigning Actions

    Cool Button Tricks

9)Using The Design In Motion Suite (And other Macromedia Software)

    Using Freehand 8.01 With Flash

    Using Insta.HTML

    Using Fireworks With Flash

    Using Dreamweaver With Flash

    3D Tools & Flash

10)Placing Flash On an HTML Page

    Aftershock

    Macromedia Dreamweaver: The Ultimate WYSIWYG HTML Editor

    Basic HTML

    HTML & Multimedia

11)Expanding Flash & Your Audience

    Making Sure You have The Biggest Possible Audience

    Expanding Flash TO New Horizons

12)Case Studies

    Interview With Josh Ulm, Quokka Sports (www.quokka.com)

    Interview With Elmer Erana, Fusion Media Group  (www.fusionmedia.com)

    Interview With Christopher Colshorn, I-D Gruppe (www.idgruppe.com)

APPENDIX

Using Tell Target

    Tell Target Tutorial

    Things You Should Remember About Tell Target

    Some Suggestions On Ways To Use Tell Target

INDEX


Flash 3 Web Animation, f/x & design . . .Ken Milburn & Janine Warner,

Coriolis Creative Professional Press,   ISBN:  1-57610-382-X


(ah just by the thing)


~daniel


Love & Rockets,     Daniel Votino

Project Manager, The Flash Brothers Design Group

510 E. Francis Ave. Level0 Suite# DESCRY, Spokane, WA 99207

509.755.9904 / 509.484.8466 / FAX: 509.484.8461

www.flashbrothers.com

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