Macromedia Flash Interface Design: A Macromedia Showcase - Softcover

DiNucci, Darcy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321123999 ISBN 13: 9780321123992

Publisher: Macromedia Press, 2002

Synopsis

Everyone knows that Macromedia Flash makes a Web site fun; Macromedia Showcase: Flash Interface Design shows how Flash makes sites more effective. Author and Web expert Darcy DiNucci dissects the interfaces of 12 exemplary Flash sites, showing how to use the technology in practical, innovative ways to make a site more usable and inspirational. While other Flash books focus on mastering basic Flash skills or advanced ActionScripting, this book wraps itself around the indispensable thinking that must happen before coding begins: how to make the site you're designing work for your client and its audience. Copious four-color illustrations reveal the intricacies of each site's design and how it functions. Detailed sidebars highlight innovative pieces of code. Along the way, you'll also learn Flash-specific interface design and production techniques. If you want to use Flash to create effective Web sites, learn from the masters in this showcase of fine design. Published by Macromedia Press, the official source of Flash information for designers and developers of all levels.

About this title

Synopsis

Published by the official source of Flash information for designers and developers of all levels, Macromedia Showcase: Flash Interface Design dissects the interfaces of more than a dozen exemplary Web sites, describing how designers use Flash in practical, yet innovative ways that are both usable and inspirational. While other Flash books on the market today focus on mastering basic Flash skills or advanced ActionScripting, Macromedia Showcase: Flash Interface Design focuses on the indispensable thinking that must happen before coding begins: how you'll make the site you're designing work for your client and its audience. Copious four-color illustrations show readers the intricacies of each site's design and how the Web site functions, while the narrative focuses on how different types of interface design and production techniques suit different types of sites and the best practices for each. For any Web designer who is interested in using Flash more effectively.

About the Author

Darcy DiNucci is an information architect and Web site consultant who has helped clients such as Netscape Communications and Bank of America get the most from their Web sites. She has covered trends in electronic design since 1984 for magazines such as Publish and U&Ic. A columnist on Web design for MacWEEK, eMediaWeekly, and Publish, she is also the author of Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesignsfrom Adobe Press, and Elements of Web Design from Peachpit Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macromedia Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0321123999
• ISBN 13: 9780321123992
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240