Discovering Flash Flash offers a powerful system for (Web site development)
Discovering Flash Flash offers a powerful system for creating animation for the Web. In a nutshell, here s an overview of how you use the system: 1. Create a Flash movie by creating graphics and animating them over the duration of the movie. 2. Use the Publish command within Flash to publish the movie into a Flash Player file that a browser can display. At the same time, Flash creates the appropriate HyperText Markup Language (HTML) code that you need for your Web page. 3. Insert HTML code into your HTML document that references the Flash Player file. It s similar to adding a graphic to a Web page. Or, you can use the HTML code alone as a new Web page for a fully Flashed page. 4. Upload the new or edited HTML document and the Flash Player file to the location where you keep other files for your Web pages. 5. Open your browser, navigate to your Web page, and presto! there s your cool animation on your Web page. You need the Flash Player to see the effects that Flash creates. These days, the Flash Player comes installed with most computer systems and browsers, so most people can view Flash-driven Web sites immediately without any special download or preparation. When you display a Web site that contains Flash effects, your system uses the Flash Player to play the animation. Users who don t have a Flash Player can download it for free from Macromedia at www.macromedia.com/go/getflash. Web sites are getting more and more sophisticated. By using animation, special effects, and interactive techniques, you can distinguish your Web site from the also-rans. Creating animation isn t hard, and you don t have to be a professional graphic artist, either. Anyone can create simple animations to enhance a Web site; it just takes a little time. To find the most up-to-date Web sites that use Flash, check out the Macromedia site at www.macromedia.com/software/flash/flashpro and click the Showcase button. Don t get discouraged by seeing some of the truly professional results at these sites. You can start with a simple, animated site and go from there. (Chapter 16 lists ten great Flash designers and where you can find their work.) 10 Part I: A Blast of Flash
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