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Foundation ActionScript Animation

Keith Peters

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Description:Sure you can animate using motion tweens, in fact we'll help you do that with our Flash Cartoon Animation book, but isn't there something extra special in making things move with just a few lines of code?In this book Keith Peters guides us through some basic animation theory and then demystifies the math and physics behind creating realistic animation, looking at trigonometry, velocity and acceleration, and bouncing & friction.This book will teach you how to use Flash ActionScript to move the objects in your movies, rather than letting Flash's tween engine do it for you. The benefit of this is smaller, more realistic, more dynamic interactive movies that seem to come alive on your screen. Almost all of the code featured in this book will work fine in either Flash MX 2004 or Flash 8, and with a few minor adjustments, most of it can even be applied to Flash MX.Although the text covers many advanced math and physics concepts, making for very realistic motion, there's no need to worry, even if you're a relative newcomer to programming and the last math class you took was in high school (and even if you barely remember that!). This book first covers everything you need to know to get started: the principles of animation, and the basics of ActionScript, trigonometry, and Flash rendering methods. You'll work your way slowly from using code to move a single object across the screen to creating complex systems that really push Flash's capabilities with topics covered including collision detection, particle attraction, and kinematics. The book concludes with looking at 3D animation techniques, including building a basic 3D engine, 3D lines, fills and solids, and matrix math.Once you come to gripswith the ideas presented here, you'll find yourself creating all manner of exciting animations and games! Summary of ContentsPart I ActionScripted Animation BasicsCh. 1 Basic Animation ConceptsCh. 2 ActionScript Basics for AnimationCh. 3 TrigonometryCh. 4 Rendering Techniques Part II Basic MotionCh. 5 Velocity and AccelerationCh. 6 Bouncing and FrictionCh. 7 User Interaction: Dragging and ThrowingPart III Advanced MotionCh. 8 Easing and SpringsCh. 9 Collision DetectionCh. 10 Bouncing off AnglesCh. 11 Billiard Ball PhysicsCh. 12 Particle AttractionCh. 13 Forward KinematicsCh. 14 Inverse KinematicsPart IV Three DCh. 15 A Basic 3D EngineCh. 16 3D Lines, Fills, SolidsCh. 17 Advanced 3D: Backface Culling and LightingCh. 18 Matrix Math Part V Tips and TricksCh. 19 Tips and TricksWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foundation ActionScript Animation. To get started finding Foundation ActionScript Animation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 481

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Keith Peters

Release: 2006

ISBN: 1430200812

Description: Sure you can animate using motion tweens, in fact we'll help you do that with our Flash Cartoon Animation book, but isn't there something extra special in making things move with just a few lines of code?In this book Keith Peters guides us through some basic animation theory and then demystifies the math and physics behind creating realistic animation, looking at trigonometry, velocity and acceleration, and bouncing & friction.This book will teach you how to use Flash ActionScript to move the objects in your movies, rather than letting Flash's tween engine do it for you. The benefit of this is smaller, more realistic, more dynamic interactive movies that seem to come alive on your screen. Almost all of the code featured in this book will work fine in either Flash MX 2004 or Flash 8, and with a few minor adjustments, most of it can even be applied to Flash MX.Although the text covers many advanced math and physics concepts, making for very realistic motion, there's no need to worry, even if you're a relative newcomer to programming and the last math class you took was in high school (and even if you barely remember that!). This book first covers everything you need to know to get started: the principles of animation, and the basics of ActionScript, trigonometry, and Flash rendering methods. You'll work your way slowly from using code to move a single object across the screen to creating complex systems that really push Flash's capabilities with topics covered including collision detection, particle attraction, and kinematics. The book concludes with looking at 3D animation techniques, including building a basic 3D engine, 3D lines, fills and solids, and matrix math.Once you come to gripswith the ideas presented here, you'll find yourself creating all manner of exciting animations and games! Summary of ContentsPart I ActionScripted Animation BasicsCh. 1 Basic Animation ConceptsCh. 2 ActionScript Basics for AnimationCh. 3 TrigonometryCh. 4 Rendering Techniques Part II Basic MotionCh. 5 Velocity and AccelerationCh. 6 Bouncing and FrictionCh. 7 User Interaction: Dragging and ThrowingPart III Advanced MotionCh. 8 Easing and SpringsCh. 9 Collision DetectionCh. 10 Bouncing off AnglesCh. 11 Billiard Ball PhysicsCh. 12 Particle AttractionCh. 13 Forward KinematicsCh. 14 Inverse KinematicsPart IV Three DCh. 15 A Basic 3D EngineCh. 16 3D Lines, Fills, SolidsCh. 17 Advanced 3D: Backface Culling and LightingCh. 18 Matrix Math Part V Tips and TricksCh. 19 Tips and TricksWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foundation ActionScript Animation. To get started finding Foundation ActionScript Animation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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