How to cheat in adobe flash cc : the art of design and animation

Author

• Georgenes, Chris

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Focal Press, 2014

Language

English

ISBN

9780240525914

Series

Subject(s)

• ART
• COMPUTER ANIMATION
• DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
• FLASH (COMPUTER FILE)

Notes

. . Includes index (p. 376-379)

Abstract

"Whether you are creating an animated short, catchy and fun mobile game, or an innovative application, save time and money with expert cheats by renowned Flash Expert, Chris Georgenes with all new content for the Adobe Flash Creative Cloud revision. Solve problems quickly and develop creative projects, practical applications, and step-by-step tutorials. Chris Georgenes shows you how to work from the problem to the solution - from the viewpoint of an animator who has been commissioned to create a job and is working on a deadline and to a budget. Many of these walkthroughs are real-world client projects, with the source files supplied for you to open and explore. With these real-life professional projects you'll discover how to: center your stage, utilize the retina display support, navigate the new UI, learn how to develop interactive content, and how to use the Adobe Creative Cloud to your advantage. Put the Adobe Flash CC cheats to the test with the downloadable Flash source files, examples and video tutorials, and a creative commons game, developed with Adobe, to demonstrate the new functionality of CC!"-

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

x, 379 p.

Dimension

25 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; How to cheat, and why; Acknowledgments; How to use this book; 1 What's new in CC; Under the hood; Darker User Interface; Unlimited pasteboard size; Distribute symbols & bitmaps to keyframes; Swap multiple symbols & bitmaps; Toggle Guides & Masks; Scale to Anchor Point; DragonBones Extension; Multi-device connectivity; Exporting Video; Find & Replace enhancements; Live preview for drawing tools; Other notable enhancements; Deprecated features; Interlude: Adobe Creative Cloud; 2 Design styles; Drawing with basic shapes; Geometric and organic shapes. The Brush toolMixing colors; Advanced color effect; Animated color effect; Using gradients; Adding texture; The Pen tool; Trace Bitmap; Image Trace (Illustrator); Shading 1: line trick; Shading 2: shape it; Shading 3: paint selected; Shading 4: outlines; Realism with gradients; UI Design; Character design; Object Drawing; Interlude: Being subtle; 3 Transformation & distortion; Distorting bitmaps; The Envelope tool; Warping; Card flip; 3D Rotation; Butterfly; Squash and stretch; Interlude: A moment of clarity; 4 Masking; Rotating globe; Flag waving; Iris transition; Handwriting; Spotlight. FocusFeathered mask (ActionScript); Medical pack; Interlude: Learning to be simple; 5 Motion techniques; Motion and Classic tweens; Creating Motion tweens; Working with Motion spans; Editing Motion paths; Motion Presets; Motion tweens and 3D; 3D Position and View; Basic shadow; Drop shadow; Perspective shadow; Flying text; Combining effects; Blur filter (text); Selective blurring; Background blurring; Interlude: How did I get here?; 6 Character animation; 2.5D basics; 2.5D advanced; 2.5D monkey; Lip syncing (swap method); Lip syncing (nesting method); To sync or not to sync. Sync (Classic tweens)Sync (Motion tweens); Hinging body parts; Closing the gaps; Bitmap animation (Jib Jab); PSD Importer (Jib Jab); Motion guides (Jib Jab); Walk cycle; Advanced walk cycle; Walk cycle examples; Anticipation; Drawing upon oneself; Tradigital animation; Brush animation; Interlude: Embracing challenges; 7 Animation examples; Super text effect; Page turn; Smoke with gradients; Smoke stylized; Full steam ahead; Handwriting effect (frame-by-frame); Fireworks; Soft reveal; Star Wars text; Color adjustments; Vertigo; Let it rain; Playing with fire; Torch; Lightning. Winter wonderland3D perspective; Sausage grinder; Interlude: From the inside out; 8 Working with sound; Recording sounds; Samson USB Microphones; Audacity®; Adobe® Audition® CC; Sound in Flash; Dynamic sounds (AS3); Interlude: My wish list for Flash CC; 9 Flash to video; Document setup; Title and action safety; CC video templates; Safe colors; Ape Escape; Keeping it all in sync; QuickTime Exporter; SWF & FLV Toolbox; Interlude: Wacom tablets; 10 Interactivity; Stage 1; Stage 2; Stage 3; Stage 4; Stage 5; Stage 6; Interlude: Thank you; Index.

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