Learning ActionScript 3.0, 2nd Edition
     Paperback: 456 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 144939017X

ISBN-13: 978-1449390174 File Size: 19.5 MB

* Harness the power and performance of ActionScript 3.0
    * Control sound and video, including new access to microphone data
    * Create art with code by drawing vectors and pixels at runtime
    * Manipulate text with unprecedented typographic control
    * Animate graphics, create particle systems, and apply simple physics
    * Avoid common coding mistakes and reuse code for improved productivity
    * Load SWF, image, text, HTML, CSS, and XML file formats, and more

Authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser draw on their experience as Flash developers and instructors to give you a solid ActionScript foundation, revealing ways you can use code for practical, everyday projects.

About the Author
Rich Shupe has been teaching ActionScript programming to students of all levels since the language became available. He founded his own training and development company, FMA, in 1995. A recognized authority on several technologies, including Flash, Director and QuickTime, Rich is a full-time faculty member in the Computer Art Department at New York’s School of Visual Arts. Learning ActionScript 3.0 has been called “the best book on ActionScript ever written,” by evangelist and Flash community leader Lee Brimelow.

Zevan Rosser is a freelance designer/programmer/consultant and computer artist. He teaches ActionScript and Flash animation at New York’s School of Visual Arts and FMA. When he’s not working on commercial projects he works on his personal site,