Macromedia Flash 8 for Dummies
Chapter One
Getting Acquainted with Flash 8
In This Chapter
Introducing Flash
Figuring out what you can create with Flash 8
Knowing when not to use Flash 8
Perusing the screen
Using Help
Creating your first animation
Closing Flash
Once upon a time in a galaxy that seems far, far away by now, there was
the Internet, which contained only plain, unformatted text. Then came
the Web, and we gained text formatting and graphics. Then the Web grew up
a little, and Web page graphics got fancier with things like small animations in
banner ads. But people, being used to movies and TV, wanted an even more
animated and interactive Web experience. Along came Flash.
Flash, from Macromedia, Inc., is the software that runs some of the coolest
Web sites around. When you surf the Web and see sites that contain animation
across the entire page or buttons that do spectacular stunts when you
click them, you're probably seeing some Flash m ... read full excerpt from Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies ebook