Flash 8 Essentials

• Main Authors: Barnes-Hoggett, Paul (Author), Downs, Stephen (Author), Rhodes, Glen (Author), Swann, Craig (Author), Voerman, Matt (Author), Yard, Todd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2006.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

As a creative professional or interactive developer, you’ll be amazed at the exciting possibilities presented to you by the features available in Flash 8; but as a busy designer, we know you won't have as much time as you’d like to explore these new additions. Never fear; this book wastes no ti...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of 8Ball, includes IDE overview. Include to friendsofed.com useful links list - Matt Voerman
• Blending Modes - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• Filters - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• Drawing Improvements - this includes strokes, fills, and gradients - Todd Yard
• Getting Creative with Filters, Masks and Animation - Guy Watson
• Video - Alpha channels and other improvements - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• TextField Improvements. Include Saffron – background behind it, and examples of how much better the display is. Compare to previous Flash versions. Also, include Anti-Alias, quick resizing of textfields without distorting text in the field, and improvements to HTML support, including HTML tags for justified text - Matt Voerman
• Speed Improvements, including Caching MovieClips as Bitmaps - Guy Watson
• The new Image API - Guy Watson
• Asset Caching - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• Goodbye FSCommand, Hello ExternalInterface - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• Low-level Data and Sockets - Craig Swann/Glen Rhodes
• Appendix A: Gallery of 8Ball examples - Tink (Stephen Downs).