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ActionScript 3.0 Flash CS3 by Todd Perkins star
As Flash gets more robust, the challenge of teaching Flash gets more complicated. However, ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional by Todd Perkins will not disappoint you.

Adobe eLearning Suite Software Programs star
The new Adobe eLearning Suite software has all the tools you need for courseware authoring. Adobe has taken their turnkey simplicity to a new level with this suite.

Adobe Flash Catalyst Classroom In A Book star
Adobe Flash Catalyst Classroom In A Book will get you up and running with the new Flash Catalyst software.

Adobe Flash CS3 On Demand star
This book by Andy Anderson and Steve Johnson is a quick reference guide that covers the new Flash CS3. The format makes it a great how-to source.

Adobe Flash CS3 Prof Classroom in a Book star
The first thing you will notice about this book is that it is project-based. Each chapter contains a lesson that covers certain Flash techniques, concepts or features and, along the way, introduces you to what is new in Flash CS3.

Adobe Flash CS3 Prof Classroom in a Book - 2 star
The first thing you will notice about this book is that it is project-based. Each chapter contains a lesson that covers certain Flash techniques, concepts or features and, along the way, introduces you to what is new in Flash CS3.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional by Rich Shupe star
The video tutorials and reference guide does not cover Flash basics as thoroughly as most books. However, it is a great way for the beginner to become familiar with Flash via a visual presentation before tackling the Flash manual.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional What's New Review star
Flash is the most popular software for drawing, animation and creating interactive content. We have all waited with anticipation for this latest release of Flash CS3 Professional. Let´s take a look at some of what´s new.

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Learn by Video star
This video training course has one major advantage over other Adobe Flash video training courses. It teaches all the skills needed to become a Rich Media Communication Adobe Certified Associate.

Adobe Flash CS4 Step by Step Training star
This training course, Adobe Flash CS4 Step by Step Training from Noble Desktop, is a good way start learning the basics of Flash.

Adobe InDesign CS5 Interactive Documents star
Review of Create Interactive Documents Using Adobe InDesign CS5 by Chris Converse

Adobe Product Reviews star
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Adobe TV - Great Flash Resource star
Have you checked out tv.adobe.com lately. It's an ever growing YouTube-type website from Adobe. There you will find great videos from how-tos and interviews to user profiles, featuring Adobe experts and evangelists. You will also see some freebies from online learning sites such as Lynda.com.

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns star
This book by Joey Lott and Danny Patterson will take you through the steps for building flexible and adaptive applications.

Captivate 4 Upgrade Review star
What's new in the Captivate 4 upgrade.

Catalyst Pages/States and Interactions Panels star
Flash Catalyst uses the Pages / States and Interactions panels to organize and navigate your interactive application.

Code Snippets in Flash CS5 star
It's much easier to write ActionScript in Flash CS5 due to the new Code Snippets feature.

Copy/Paste and Share Assets in Flash CS5.5 star
Save hours of time with these new features in Flash CS5.5.

CreateJS Extension for Flash CS6 star
CreateJS Extension for Flash CS6 is a new way to export your Flash animation as HTML5 assets.

Creating a Web Site with Flash star
This book will not teach you everything about Flash, but it will take you step-by-step through the process of making a web site with Flash. You will become familiar with most of the basic Flash tools and the Flash workspace.

Creating A Web Site With Flash 8 star
This book won't teach you everything about Adobe(R) Macromedia(R) Flash but it does teach you the basic techniques needed to create a website with Flash 8. David Morris uses easy instructions with large supporting screen shots.

Creating a Web Site with Flash CS4 star
Morris has done a great job keeping up with the new Flash features and choosing which of the new features and techniques will be most useful to his audience.

Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and AS3 star
I recommend a working knowledge of ActionScript 3 in order to get the most from this book which will demonstrate the most important tasks for creating an interactive widget in Flash CS4 and publishing that widget to Widgetbox.

CSS3 Transitions in Dreamweaver CS6 star
With Dreamweaver CS6 and the new CSS Transitions panel, you can create your own interactive effects without the need to write any code.

Dreamweaver and jQuery Mobile Integration star
This new upgrade to Dreamweaver CS6 has an improved workflow with jQuery Mobile features.

Dreamweaver PhoneGap and Business Catalyst star
Dreamweaver CS6 has been integrated with two popular online services - PhoneGap Build and Business Catalyst.

Easier Publishing and Testing Flash Pro CS5.5 star
New features in Flash CS5.5 make testing and publishing your projects easier.

Enhancements in Flash Professional CS5 star
Some features in Flash Professional CS5 are not new but they have been enhanced to make working in Flash easier and to give better animation results.

Facebook Graph API Development with Flash star
Book review of Facebook Graph API Development with Flash by Michael James Williams.

Flash 5.5 Project Options and Scaling Content star
What's new in Flash Pro CS5.5 - New project options

Flash and InDesign CS4 Integration star
With this new upgrade to Creative Suite 4, you can design your project in InDesign and then move it into Flash to add the complex interactivity that only Flash can handle.

Flash Builder 4.5 What's New star
Great new features in Flash Builder 4.5 let you move easily between Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder.

Flash Catalyst - Components star
The most important element in Flash Catalyst is the component. It is these components that make adding interactivity into your design possible.

Flash Catalyst and Artwork star
You can import your artwork into Flash Catalyst CS5 and convert it to interactive components.

Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder Workflow star
Flash Catalyst for designers works well with Flash Builder for developers.

Flash Catalyst CS5 Timeline star
The Flash Catalyst CS5 Timeline is a visual guide of the relationship between the Pages/States of our application.

Flash Catalyst CS5 Video and Design-Time Data star
Flash Catalyst can import FLV and F4V video files as well as sound effects, images, .ai, .psd and .swf files and other dynamic media

Flash Catalyst CS5.5 What's New star
What's new in Flash Catalyst CS5.5.

Flash Catalyst Familiar Tools and Editing Features star
Roundtrip editing between Flash Catalyst and other Adobe products is a time saver.

Flash Catalyst Smooth Transitions star
Creating tweens and easing is somewhat a complicated task in Flash but Flash Catalyst CS5 does all the work for us.

Flash CS3 Advanced Visual QuickPro Guide star
Once you start writing your own ActionScript code, you can move up to creating more complex animation, dynamic interaction and server-side programming. This book by Russel Chun will give you the foundation you need to master advance Flash design and development.

Flash CS4 and AIR Developement - Marco Casorio star
With the newest release of Adobe Flash and AIR, we now have a much easier way to build desktop applications. This book by Marco Casorio is a good way to learn the basics of working with Flash CS4, ActionScript 3 and AIR together.

Flash CS4 Object-based Animation star
With the new upgrade of Flash CS4, we have a new way to create motion tween animation. It is so much easier to design an animation with the new object-based animation model.

Flash CS4 Workspace star
You will notice that much more of the Flash CS4 workspace is dedicated to the Stage than ever before. With the new object-based animation and other new features, so much of the work is done by dragging directly on the Stage.

Flash CS4, Adobe AIR and Adobe Media Encoder star
Flash CS4 has some new features that will increase your productivity and allow you to publish for several media including web, print, mobile devices and desktop.

Flash CS5 SWF Preloader Sample File star
Find out how to customize the sample preloader in Flash CS5.

Flash CS5 XFL Doc Files and Deco Tool star
Work faster and easier with the new Deco tool brushes and live editing in Flash CS5.

Flash CS6 Desktop Testing star
With Flash CS6 we can test mobile app features on the desktop version of the mobile preview with the new Simulator Controller.

Flash CS6 Performance Enhancements star
The new Flash Professional CS6 has many enhancements to performance in both the development and testing of applications and in application performance.

Flash CS6 Sprite Sheet Generator star
The best new feature in Flash Professional CS6 is the sprite sheet generator. It takes only a few clicks to convert a movie clip to a sprite sheet.

Flash Mobile Application Development For Dummies star
Jodie O'Rourke's Flash Mobile Application Development For Dummies is the first book to supply needed information about developing apps for Android and iOS not easily found on the web or in books.

Flash Motion Editor and Presets star
Flash CS4 has some new ways to create animation that will take less time and give you better results. Let´s check out the Motion Editor and Presets.

Flash Pro and Flash Builder Mobile App Development star
How to use Flash Professional and Flash Builder to make your iOS and Android apps video training.

Flash Pro CS5.5 Code Snippets and Bitmaps star
Flash CS5.5 review of code snippets and bitmap graphics.

Flash Pro CS6 PNG Sequence Export star
With the new Flash Professional CS6, we have an easy way to export a Flash animation as a png sequence.

Flash Procedural Modeling and Inverse Kinematics star
This newest version of Flash CS4 has some very nice new animation tools that help you to create complex, realistic-looking animations. Procedural modeling, Inverse Kinematics and the Bone, Bind, Deco and Spray Brush tools are the secret weapons behind new ways to create animation.

Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics star
The author, Shane Rebenschied, takes a modular approach to Flash and ActionScript. When you have finished the book, you will have mastered some of the intermediate level Flash features.

Foundation ActionScript 3 with Flash CS3 and Flex star
In this book, Steve Webster, Todd Yard and Sean McSharry go one step further and help the readers to extend their ActionScript skills for both Flash and Flex.

Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers – Book Review star
The approach taken by Tom Green and David Stiller in this book is to teach Flash CS3 from a designer's point of view. The authors have made a great effort to use fun and interesting examples for each topic-based chapter to make learning Flash almost painless for the designer and artist.

How to Wow with Flash by Colin Smith star
This book by Colin Smith shares with you his Flash secrets in sixty of the best examples of Flash effects. But do not panic if you are not familiar with Flash ActionScript. Believe it or not, Smith keeps the ActionScript to a minimum.

Macromedia Studio and Flash MX 2004 star
For many years, Macromedia Flash has been the industry standard for creating motion graphics, interactive web content and desktop applications. When most people think of Flash they think of the motion graphics character animation that you find in ecards and digital games. But there is no limit

Mastering Celtx by Terry Borst star
Mastering Celtx by Terry Borst - how to use Celtx for storyboarding.

New Fluid Grid Layout Dreamweaver CS6 star
Dreamweaver CS6 has new features that make creating adaptive websites easy.

New Quick Start Options in Flash Pro CS5 star
What new quick start options will you find on the Flash Pro CS5 Welcome screen.

New Text Layout Framework in Flash CS5 star
Print quality text layout and formatting is now possible in Flash CS5 because of the new Text Layout Framework in Flash Player 10.

Professional Flash Mobile Development star
Review of Professional Flash Mobile Development: Creating Android and iPhone Applications by Richard Wagner.

Ready-Made Flash Particle Systems star
We have many packaged particle systems that range from free open source to commercial.

Record Mobile Devices With Reflection star
Many indie iOS developers are looking for an easy way to record a demo of their iOS apps. Now we have an app for that called Reflection.

Review of How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4 star
How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4 by Chris Georgenes is a fun way to learn Flash.

Review - SEO for Flash by Todd Perkins star
This book by Todd Perkins will teach you what to do to get your Flash website noticed and indexed by search engines.

Review Flash CS4 Pro Digital Classroom star
This book by Fred Gerantabee and the AGI Creative Team is great if you are learning Flash or want to learn the new features in Flash CS4 Pro. This book is sectioned into 15 lessons beginning with an introduction to Flash, a touch of ActionScript and ending with advanced animation techniques.

Review Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation - 2 star
One of the biggest questions that is answered in Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation is when to use Flash and how to use it most efficiently. The next question is what tasks are beyond Flash´s capabilities and when to turn to another software such as After Effects.

Review of Flash Animation with Scripting star
Book review of Animation with Scripting for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Studio Techniques

Review of Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation star
One of the biggest questions that is answered in Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation is when to use Flash and how to use it most efficiently. The next question is what tasks are beyond Flash´s capabilities and when to turn to another software such as After Effects.

Review – ActionScript 3.0 Visual QuickStart Guide star
This book by Derrick Ypenburg is a great reference manual for the seasoned Flash and ActionScript programmer and a good starter book for the novice.

Team Communication and Publishing eLearning Suite star
Adobe eLearning Suite has built-in features for communication and collaboration between team members and Standard-based publishing of courseware.

video2brain Flash Mobile App Video Training star
Review of Learn by Video Mobile Development with Flash and Flash Builder.

What Do You Get With Adobe Creative Cloud star
Adobe's Creative Cloud has much to offer for a monthly subscription.

What's in Adobe Creative Suite 5 star
A comparison chart of the software that comes packaged in the four Creative Suite 5.

What's New Flash CS5.5 Video Series star
These group of videos from PeachPit will introduce you to the new features in Flash Professional CS5.5.

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