Peachpit Releases Adobe Flash CS3 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

October 26, 2007; 08:18 AM
Peachpit announced Adobe Flash CS3 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques by Mark Schaeffer (ISBN 0-321-50898-X), a guide to the most useful techniques of Adobe Flash CS3.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques presents just the information readers need to get started with Adobe Flash CS3. Each stand-alone technique is complete with illustrations and practical tips taken from Schaeffer's experience using and teaching Flash. These techniques let readers explore the program at their own pace and learn just what they need, when they need it. Readers will learn how to use "tweens" to move or transform objects, use symbols to minimize file size, and more.

Author Mark Schaeffer directs the digital media program at Chabot College in Hayward, California, where he teaches courses in Flash, ActionScript, and related topics. He also spent 25 years as a writer, designer, and producer of educational training materials in print, video, and computer-based media. His projects have included interactive demos for Apple and Compaq, Web pages for Levi Strauss and Kaiser Permanente, and video animation for educational publishers such as Houghton Mifflin and McGraw-Hill.

About Peachpit
Berkeley-based Peachpit has been publishing the industry's best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web design and development, digital video and general Macintosh computing since 1986. Its award-winning books feature step-by-step explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. It is the home of the internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide series, the design imprint New Riders and its highly popular Voices That Matter series, and is the publishing partner for Adobe Press, lynda.com, NAPP, Apple Certified, AIGA Design Press and others. Peachpit is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson's primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Learn more at www.peachpit.com and www.pearson.com.