| Foundation Flash Cs3 Video Contributor(s): Thomas, Adam (Author), Green, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 159059956X ISBN-13: 9781590599563 Publisher: Apress OUR PRICE: $40.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2008 Annotation: Video is one of the most exciting features on today's Internet, with widespread adoption being made possible by advances in bandwidth and software. But simply streaming video clips to Web users is only the tip of the iceberg! Flash CS3 offers a whole host of advanced video features, allowing you to create breathtaking user experiences. And this book, the 2nd edition of the critically-acclaimed Foundation Flash 8 Video, shows you how to make the most of video in Flash CS3. The authors start with the basics of creating video ready for use on the web using popular applications such as Windows Movie Maker and iMovie, creating FLV (Flash video) using both Flash and other applications such as Sorenson Squeeze, and importing that video into Flash. With that out the way, then turn their attention to essential practical techniques such as creating and customizing video players, applying blends and filters to Flash Video, effective use of video alpha channel and masks, captioning, cue points, interactivity using the Camera object, going full screen, and much more. This edition is fully-updated for Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0, and includes many new examples. Learn how to create video for the web using popular applications such as iMovie and Movie Maker, and turn it into Flash Video using Flash, and other tools such as Sorenson Squeeze Learn several essential practical techniques for manipulating video in Flash New edition fully-updated for Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0, with new examples What you'll learn All the essential video features of Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0 How to create video using iMovie and Windows Movie Maker How to process that video into Flash Video (FLV) usingFlash, Sorenson Squeeze, and Flix Pro How to create a video player and customize it How to apply fantastic filters and blend modes to your video How to use masks with video How to create applications with multiple videos How to allow the user to interact with your Flash using the camera object How to add captions to your video How to work will full screen video A whole host of tips and special effects Who is this book for? This book is for anyone who wants to learn Flash video from the ground up. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Desktop Applications - Design & Graphics - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Web - Web Programming |
| Dewey: 006.78 |
| LCCN: 2008531033 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7.58" W x 9" (1.47 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2003, I was in Seattle getting ready to do a presentation on Flash video at Digital Design World. Jim Heid, the conference organizer, saw the title slide of the presentation and mentioned that I might be facing a rather tough crowd. I looked out over audience members, sized them up, and told Jim I had his back covered. He said he wasn't too sure about that and pointed to the title on my screen: "QuickTime is dead." Looking out into the darkened room, I watched about 200 people in the audience open their PowerBooks; hundreds of bright white Apple logos stared back at me. It was indeed going to be a tough crowd. Nobody really expected the stranglehold that Apple, Microsoft, and Real had on the web streaming market in 2003 to be broken. Y et by spring 2005, just 18 months after that present- tion, that is exactly what happened. Those three web video delivery technologies practically v- ished and were replaced almost entirely by Flash video. This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. They aren't by a long shot, but when it comes to putting video on the Web, the Flash Player has rapidly become the only game in town. Before I get going, you have to understand how Apple, Microsoft, and Real "lost" the market. |