Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book

The step-by-step project-based lessons provides a structured approach to learning.

This "Classroom in a Book" by the Adobe Creative Team covers the basics of animation, timelines, frames, and symbols -- plus new Flash CS3 features. You will learn how to incorporate sound, publish Flash content, and write some Actionscript 3.0.

Dynamic Learning Flash CS3

Contains 15 step-by-step project-based lessons in full-color with review questions.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional On Demand

Chapter 2: "Working Within the Flash Environment"
Chapter 7: "Creating Frame_By_Frame Animation"
Chapter 8: "Animating with Motion Tweening"
Chapter 12: "Working with Video"
Chapter 13: "Applying Timeline Effects"
Chapter 15: "Using Basic ActionScripts"
Chapter 19: "Adding and Modifying Data Components"

Flash Video for Professionals: Expert Techniques for Integrating Video on the Web

Learn how to ...

• skin a player
• Streaming versus Progressive Download
• Dynamic Playlists
• Meta data
• Cue Points and more...

ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers

Chapter 11: "Programmatic Animation"
Chapter 13.6: "Validating User Input"
Chapter 15.1: "Creating a Sound Object and Loading Sound"
Chapter16.6: "Scaling Video"
Chapter 17.3: "Sharing Data Between Flash Applications"
Chapter 20.1: "Loading XML"
Chapter 21.1: "Calling Web Services Method"

Flash CS3: The Missing Manual

Learn ...

• Animation Basics
• Clickable Hotspots
• Frames and Layers
• and more