Flash has evolved into an excellent tool for creating innovative vector graphics and animations for the Web, due mainly to its easy-to-use features, high-quality output, and relatively low cost. But Flash is also a perfect illustration tool. Why hassle with creating your illustrations in one tool and then exporting them when you don't have to? Illustrating with Macromedia Flash Professional 8 provides in-depth methods for mastering the truly jaw-dropping illustration possibilities you can achieve with Flash. The book is written to teach new and experienced users how to use Flash as your illustration tool of choice. It provides innovative techniques and solutions for using the drawing tools in Flash from an artist's perspective, and it teaches you the methods needed for making beautiful, effective illustrations, whether you are naturally artistic or not. This new edition has been completely updated to cover the latest advances in Flash, provide new techniques and solutions, and to teach you the entire process for creating vector illustrations using step-by-step tutorials. Beginning with a tour of the basics of illustration concepts, techniques, and approaches, you'll progress to learning about design techniques for logos, interfaces, and content layout, as well as animation and texture techniques. You'll also discover how to use Flash to draw in a variety of different styles-- cartoon, anime, and photorealistic, and you'll finish up with advanced tutorials for layering multiple textures, using filters for blur effects, and using linear gradients to create a wrinkle effect. If you want to learn how to use Flash as your illustration tool, this is the one resource you need.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cengage Learning, INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9781584504771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91993767
Product Key Features
Author
Robert Firebaugh
Publication Name
Illustrating with Macromedia Flash Professional 8
Format
Mixed Media
Language
English
Subject
Computer Science
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
188mm
Item Weight
908g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Firebaugh
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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