AdvancED Flash Interface Design (Advanced Design)

By I S Osiris

As a competent Flash designer, you're probably comfortable with all of the basics that Flash has to offer. However, you've probably looked at some of the amazing Flash sites on the web and thought, "How'd they do that?" Well, you'll find out in this book. Flash allows users to create some amazing interactive interfaces to interact with rich Internet applications, e-learning systems, and simple web sites. In this book, two of the most talented Flash designers in the world will show you how to use them effectively to create breathtaking visuals for your Flash web sites. You'll also learn how to take advantage of Flash's powerful built-in vector-based drawing tools. The authors discuss general background theory, such as site planning, color theory, and information architecture. They reveal techniques using gradients, layers, lighting and shadowing, 3D objects, animation, and photo editing. Techniques are illustrated and the book concludes with a discussion of usability and final tweaks. There is also a tutorial on testing your work, and exporting and finally publishing it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590595556
• ISBN13: 9781590595558
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: friendsofED
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book for designers/developers

When i first got this book, I didn't really know what to expect. I didn't know if it was going to be a design book or an animation book for interfaces. I guess what I eventually ended up getting was a little bit of both. The early chapters of the book are definitely not "AdvancED", but give some good insight on some topics that are normally overlooked. The one problem with this book is that it was trying to fit information...

I bought it and finally i was enlightened.

I may be exagerating, but from the moment i bought this book i realized that the "advanced" part was easy for everyone to follow and put into good use. I'm no big graphic designer nor a person usually capable of reading complicated books, and i usually get bored after the first few chapters. but this book is written differently, it's as clear and straight forward as if someone was actually there explaining to you how to drastically...

Broad Yet Applicable

AdvancED Flash Interface Design is the latest installment from Friends of ED. Incidentally, while reading an interview with Chris Mills, I recently learned that the ED in the title is capitalized for a reason. "Friends of Every Designer" is what the company name stands for. Read blogs folks, you'll have many serendipitous moments. Anyway, this book was very practical, filled with an enormous amount of information, all of which...

Very Interesting Book

There are plenty of Flash books out there to show you how to work with XML, scripting complex animations, learning Object-Oriented techniques, using components, etc. but there are only a few that deal with interface design. This book deals with design in a very cool way - walking you through color theory, some mild 3D, shooting and using video, lots of photoshop design techniques, general rules of thumb for good UI and design,...