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IntroductionA Note from Lynda Weinman Most people buy computer books to learn, yet it's amazing how few books are written by teachers. James Gonzalez and I take pride that this book was written by experienced teachers, who are familiar with training students in this subject matter. In this book, you'll find carefully developed lessons and exercises to help you learn Flash Professional 8—;one of the most powerful and popular animation and authoring tools for the Web. This book is targeted to the beginning- to intermediate-level Web designers and Web developers who need a tool for creating powerful, compelling, and highly interactive digital content for the Web. The premise of the hands-on approach is to get you up-to-speed quickly with Flash Professional 8 while actively working through the lessons in this book. It's one thing to read about a program, and another experience entirely to try the product and achieve measurable results. Our motto is, "Read the book, follow the exercises, and you'll learn the program." I have received countless testimonials and it is our goal to make sure it remains true for all our hands-on training books. This book doesn't set out to cover every single aspect of the Flash Professional 8 program, nor does it try to teach you everything this extremely powerful application can do. What we saw missing from the bookshelves was a process-oriented tutorial that teaches readers core principles, techniques, and tips in a hands-on training format. I welcome your comments at fl8hot@lynda.com. If you run into any trouble while you're working through this book, check out the technical support link at http://www.lynda.com/books/HOT/fl8. James Gonzalez and I hope this book will improve your skills in Flash. If it does, we have accomplished the job we set out to do! —Lynda Weinman
About James GonzalezJames Gonzalez is a computer applications and digital communications professor at the College of Marin, near San Francisco, California, where he teaches courses in interactive media design, eLearning, and Web technologies. His current professional focus is on the application of digital media in online instructional environments. James has over 17 years of classroom teaching experience. He has spent the majority of this time designing, developing, and implementing various technology-focused instructional programs. He has taught courses nationwide on the use of digital media software and their applications in instructional environments and has also published numerous works on these subjects, including half a dozen recent video and Web-based instructional courses covering the use of Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, and Director and Adobe Premiere Pro. When not teaching or writing, James provides consulting and technical services on the applications of multimedia and telecommunications technologies for training and education. James travels extensively; he tries to get away as often and as widely as his RV, Internet technology, and his busy schedule will allow, most frequently to Europe and Brazil. |
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