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Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Flash CS5
To find great Web sites that use Flash, check out the Adobe site at www.
adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm and look at some examples.
Don’t get discouraged by seeing some truly sophisticated results at these
sites. You can start with a simple, animated site and go from there. (Chapter
19 lists ten great Flash designers and where you can find their work.)
Understanding What You Can Create
with Flash CS5
You can use Flash CS5 to create simple animation to add to your Web page.
Or you can create an entire Web page or site with Flash and incorporate text,
graphics, interactive buttons, user interface components, and animation. You
can even program applications in Flash.
This book helps you use Flash to create a simple or complex Web site or
application for the iPhone. The following list describes some ways that you
can manipulate text, graphics, and sound by using Flash CS5:
✓ Create still or animated text on your Web page. You can choose to
stop the animation after a few seconds or repeat it while your viewers
view the page.
✓ Use Flash tools to create your own graphics for your Web page or to
import graphics. You can lay out an entire Web page graphically or add
graphics to only a part of a Web page, as shown in Figure 1-1.
Thanks to the New York Philharmonic, www.nyphil.org, for permission. Photo by Chris Lee
Figure 1-1: The New York Philharmonic Web site uses Flash to
create an ever-changing display on its home page.
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