[Lee_Purcell]Flash Character Animation Applied Studio Techniques (Applying Studio Techniques)(pdf){Zzzzz}

Applying FLASH Character Animation Studio Techniques will demonstrate how Flash can be used to construct high-quality, compact, vector-based character animations for display on the Web or other media. Through a series of task-oriented, hands-on procedures, this book will showcase each of the techniques available in Flash for creating character animations and displaying characters against dynamic backgrounds. Tweening, shape and color morphing, frame-by-frame animation, panning and zooming, sound synchronization, and other processes will be covered and explained through examples.

Publisher: Sams (August 20, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672321998
ISBN-13: 978-0672321993

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Applying FLASH Character Animation Studio Techniques will demonstrate how Flash can be used to construct high-quality, compact, vector-based character animations for display on the Web or other media. Through a series of task-oriented, hands-on procedures, this book will showcase each of the techniques available in Flash for creating character animations and displaying characters against dynamic backgrounds. Tweening, shape and color morphing, frame-by-frame animation, panning and zooming, sound synchronization, and other processes will be covered and explained through examples.

About the Author

Lee Purcell is the director of Lightspeed Publishing LLC, a Vermont-based company that specializes in electronic publishing tools and techniques and provides technical communication for a wide variety of clients. As the author of eight books on emerging technologies—ranging from Internet audio to recordable CD and DVD—he primarily focuses his writing efforts on helping developers and users effectively take advantage of the most promising hardware and software tools in the electronic publishing field.

Purcell also writes the quarterly newsletter, CD-ROM Access, for Disc Makers, the largest independent disc replication service in the United States. In the course of authoring trade computer titles and producing articles on CD-ROM development, he routinely interviews many of the prominent designers, developers, inventors, and luminaries involved in the computer industry and rich media production, and he has earned a reputation for distilling difficult technical topics into clear, concise descriptions, so that they are accessible for readers with different levels of experience.

When not wrestling with beta software releases from computer companies, Purcell plays electric jazz bass, traverses the back roads of Vermont on a Ducati Monster, and works on completing a novel that has been slowly unfolding for the last 11 years. The novel, a ghost story set in and around Cape Ann, Massachusetts, is told from the point of view of the ghosts. He hopes to have it finished within the next year.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Flash - Character Animation
By A Customer on December 11, 2001
An excellent reference book. I found this publication easy to read and comprehend. Utilized the information and step by step illustrations to create animation as described. I found it to be an excellent learning tool for beginners and intermediate users. I have advanced personnel on staff who found the applications described most accurate and complete with additional and background materials that serve them on a daily basis. The addition of interview materials was also most informative and resourceful. It added depth and value to the publication. Recommend it highly to those seeking to begin or expand their graphic skills and talents. Thumbs up!

A Great Find!
By Jeffrey Yerkes on December 11, 2001
This book has been incredibly helpful and easy to use. The real-world samples helped solidify the techniques I was having trouble with and have given me enough comfort with the process that I can concentrate on what inspired me most about Flash in the first place - breathing life into my characters!