Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move! - Softcover

Peters, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590595181 ISBN 13: 9781590595183

Publisher: Apress, 2005

Synopsis

ActionScript, now in version 2 since Flash MX 2004, allows the Flash developer to do great things to their Flash movies, adding dynamic scripting for improved user interaction, and creating complex games and other applications. One of the most useful and sought-after skills within this area is animation - making things move using code. In this book, Keith Peters shows that all you need is a little Flash experience and some knowledge of very basic ActionScript concepts to get the most out of it. The author first guides you through basic animation theory, and then does a great job of demystifying the math and physics behind creating realistic animation, looking at trigonometry, velocity and acceleration, and bouncing and friction. He then goes on to look at more advanced animation topics such as collision detection, particle attraction, and kinematics. For each of these subjects, he explains the theory involved and goes on to show how they can be implemented with practical ActionScript examples. Finally, he demonstrates how to triumph, with 3D animation techniques, including building a basic 3D engine, 3D lines, fills and solids, and matrix math. Due to the release of Flash 8, around September 05, the book will cover Flash versions up to Flash 8.

About this title

About the Author

Keith Peters lives in the vicinity of Boston with his wife, Kazumi, and their daughter, Kristine. He has been working with Flash since 1999, and has co-authored many books for friends of ED, including Flash MX Studio, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the ground-breaking Flash Math Creativity. In 2001, he started the experimental Flash site, BIT-101 (BIT-101.com), which strives for a new, cutting edge, open-source experiment each day. The site won an award at the Flashforward 2003 Flash Film Festival in the Experimental category. In addition to the experiments on the site, there are several highly regarded Flash tutorials which have been translated into many languages and are now posted on web sites throughout the world. Keith is currently working full time doing freelance and contract Flash development and various writing projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590595181
• ISBN 13: 9781590595183
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 418