How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CC the Art of Design and Animation

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Georgenes, Chris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA Focal Press 2014
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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