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Create wild animations and engaging user interfaces
Packed with tips for effective raster and vector animations
Jump start your animation skills and add pizzazz to Web pages Adobe® LiveMotion lets you create traffic-stopping Web animations and user interfaces once you get the hang of all those complicated menus and effects. That's why you need this friendly guide. Using down-to-earth explanations and examples, it shows you step-by-step how to put together animated Web graphics that really rock!
Discover how to: Animate shapes, text, or photos Work with colors, layers, and opacity Create cool 3D effects and add sound Design eye-catching bars and buttons Import files from Photoshop®, Flash, and other programs
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Synopsis
This is the perfect introduction to the soon-to-be-announced "Flash Killer" product from Adobe, providing exactly what you need to know to start producing cool and efficient Web animations with adobe "GroundZero". Includes great tips and advice for using GroundZero with GoLive, Photoshop and other apps.
Synopsis
This is the perfect introduction to the soon-to-be-announced ?Flash Killer? product from Adobe, providing exactly what you need to know to get up to start producing cool and efficient Web animations.
- Discover the brand-new vector animation Web product from Adobe, expected in February, 2000.
- Produce dynamic Web animation with a minimum of time and effort.
- Create ultra-cool interactive interfaces for your Web pages.
- Use GroundZero's Fireworks-like tools for enhanced imaging capability.
- Put concepts to great use instantly with real-world examples.
- Use GroundZero to create an unlimited range of animations and dynamic Web page elements.
- Convert and enhance Flash animations and work with multiple file formats.
- Discover great tips and advice for using GroundZero with GoLive, Photoshop and other apps.
About the Author
K. Daniel Clark is a noted graphics artist who has worked for Adobe, MacUser, and Oracle, among other clients.
Cathy Abes is a former senior editor at Publish.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
PART I: Getting To Know LiveMotion.
Chapter 1: What You Can Do with LiveMotion.
Chapter 2: Starting Up and Diving In.
PART II: Tinkering with Shape and Text Objects.
Chapter 3: Drawing-Board Basics.
Chapter 4: Choosing Your Words Wisely.
Chapter 5: Moving Objects Around the Canvas.
Chapter 6: Shape-Shifting Objects.
Chapter 7: Living with Layers.
PART III: Getting Those Objects All Dressed Up.
Chapter 8: Opening a Kaleidoscope of Colors.
Chapter 9: Applying Gradients and Opacity.
Chapter 10: Bringing Texture to Your Objects.
Chapter 11: Entering Another Dimension.
Chapter 12: Using Artwork from Other Sources.
PART IV: Building Animations and Interfaces.
Chapter 13: Making Interactive Graphics.
Chapter 14: Animating Basics.
Chapter 15: Advanced Animation.
Chapter 16: Transporting Viewers from One Animation to Another.
Chapter 17: Sounding Out Your Web Designs.
Chapter 18: Designing a User Interface.
PART V: Final Production and Publishing.
Chapter 19: Getting Down to the Business of Exporting.
Chapter 20: Making Your Site Come to Life.
PART VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Time-Saving Productivity Tips.
Chapter 22: Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Web Pages.
Chapter 23: Ten Cool Design Projects.
Appendix: Pretending LiveMotion Is a Web-Site Creation Program.
Index.
Book Registration Information.