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Title:Art of Flash Animation : Creative Cartooning
Author:Mark Stephen Smith
ISBN:1598220268 : 9781598220261
Illustrations:b/w illus
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:462
Weight: .642 Kg.
Published:Wordware Publishing - March 2007
List Price: 23.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Image processing: computer animation: Animation


Level: introductory to intermediate. There are a number of manuals available on Flash, but too many of them get bogged down in details about ActionScript or interactivity. Frustrated with wading through such information in other Flash manuals, author/illustrator Mark Stephen Smith set out to make the book he wished he had when he started learning Flash. This book is both a practical primer in the fundamentals of classical, hand-drawn 2D screen animation and a basic introduction to Flash's expert handling of recyclable symbols that make independent, web, and television animation both more affordable and more efficient. It is conveniently divided into two parts. Part I is for those who are new to the terms and techniques of hand-drawn animation, character design, and storyboards. Part II covers scanning and digitising artwork into Flash, as well as setting up scenes and symbols.

Section I: Drawing and the Animation Process; Section II: Using Flash to Animate Your Drawings;