Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!

Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
by Keith Peters

Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
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Author: Keith Peters
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN: 1590597915
Number of pages: 568
Publisher: friends of ED
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Book Review: Excellent book
Summary: 5 Stars

This book teaches motion physics programming on flash! And amazingly it's an incredible resource for OOP beginners as well. The first 2 chapters will talk about the philosophies of motion and flash and set you up to learn AS3 programming and OOP! I already had knowledge a solid knowledge of OOP from C# and C++, and let me just say that this book is very concise! It cuts to the chase and gives tons and tons of examples (downloadable), very accurate and useful information! I recommended this book to my girlfriend whose a graphics designer because it was so coherent and very well written. This is a very good book. I've read over other books like AS3 Design Pattern and one other book that tried to OOP, none of them are as concise as this book is. This book IS THE BOOK you're looking for!!!

Get this book if you want to learn OOP, get this book if you want to learn motion physics programming in Flash, get this book if you want to learn AS3! Clear, coherent, and cheap. This book is your one stop.
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Summary of Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!

In this book, you'll learn
  • All the ActionScript 3.0 (including math and trigonometry functions) and Flash rendering techniques you'll need to start animating with code
  • Basic motion principles such as velocity, acceleration, friction, easing, and bouncing
  • How to handle user interaction via the keyboard and mouse
  • Advanced motion techniques such as springs, coordinate rotation, conservation of momentum, and forward and inverse kinematics
  • All the basic 3D concepts you need to do 3D in Flash, from simple perspective to full 3D solids complete with backface culling and dynamic lighting
Flash has long been one of the most approachable, user-friendly tools for creating web-based animations, games, and applications. This has contributed to making it one of the most widely used programs for creating interactive web content. With each new version of Flash, ActionScript, its built-in scripting language, has become more powerful and a little more complex, too. ActionScript, now at version 3.0, has significantly matured as a programming language, bringing power and speed only previously dreamed about to Flash-based animation, going far beyond traditionally used keyframes and tweens. The material inside this book covers everything you need to know to harness the power of ActionScript 3.0. First, all the basics of script-based animation and setting up an ActionScript 3.0 project are covered. An introduction to object-oriented programming follows, with the new syntax, events, and rendering techniques of ActionScript 3.0 explained, giving you the confidence to use the language, whether starting from scratch or moving up from ActionScript 2.0. The book goes on to provide information on all the relevant trigonometry you will need, before moving on to physics concepts such as acceleration, velocity, easing, springs, collision detection, conservation of momentum, 3D, and forward and inverse kinematics. In no time at all you'll both understand the concepts of scripted animation and have the ability to create all manner of exciting animations and games.

Summary of Contents

  • PART ONE - ACTIONSCRIPTED ANIMATION BASICS
    • Chapter 1 Basic Animation Concepts
    • Chapter 2 Basics of ActionScript 3.0 for Animation
    • Chapter 3 Trigonometry for Animation
    • Chapter 4 Rendering Techniques
  • PART TWO - BASIC MOTION
    • Chapter 5 Velocity and Acceleration
    • Chapter 6 Boundaries and Friction
    • Chapter 7 User Interaction: Moving Objects Around
  • PART THREE - ADVANCED MOTION
    • Chapter 8 Easing and Springing
    • Chapter 9 Collision Detection
    • Chapter 10 Coordinate Rotation and Bouncing Off Angles
    • Chapter 11 Billiard Ball Physics
    • Chapter 12 Particle Attraction and Gravity
    • Chapter 13 Forward Kinematics: Making Things Walk
    • Chapter 14 Inverse Kinematics: Dragging and Reaching
  • PART FOUR - 3D ANIMATION
    • Chapter 15 3D Basics
    • Chapter 16 3D Lines and Fills
    • Chapter 17 Backface Culling and 3D Lighting
  • PART FIVE - ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
    • Chapter 18 Matrix Math
    • Chapter 19 Tips and Tricks

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