Sams Teach Yourself Flash Professional CS5 in 24 Hours

Learn Flash in just 24 lessons of one hour or less -- now fully updated and revised

• An easy-to-read, well-organized introduction to Flash development for Flash beginners and upgraders alike: no programming experience needed
• Full-color, wide-trim design makes this book exceptionally accessible and visually appealing
• New interactive online learning lab
• Flash can now be used to develop apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Flash Professional in 24 Hours will show Flash beginners and upgraders how to build high-impact vector-based graphics and animations with Adobe Flash. In this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones -- helping you master all the essentials of Adobe's newest version of Flash from the ground up. Friendly, accessible, and conversational, this book gives Flash beginners a practical grounding in the entire package, without ever becoming overwhelming or intimidating. Coverage includes: assembling graphics for use in Flash; utilizing each leading approach to creating Flash animations; adding interactivity and advanced animation; optimizing and publishing Flash content; preparing for deployment on mobile devices; and much more. Throughout, step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Flash questions, issues, and tasks... Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises help you build and test your knowledge... "Did You Know?" tips offer you insider advice and shortcuts... and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. A new interactive Online Learning Lab will help you supplement the lessons in the book with step-by-step video walkthroughs of all the book's examples, detailed answers to the end-of-chapter quizzes, and all the files needed to complete the book's hands-on exercises.