Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
ISBN: 1590597915
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 137
Pages: 137
Authors: Keith Peters
- Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move
- Back Cover
- About
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part One: ActionScripted Animation Basics
- Chapter 1: Basic Animation Concepts
- What is Animation?
- Frames and Motion
- Dynamic vs. Static Animation
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Basics of ActionScript for Animation
- Basic Animation
- Movie Clips
- Classes and OOP
- User Interaction
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Trigonometry for Animation
- What is Trigonometry?
- Angles
- Trig Functions
- Rotation
- Waves
- Circles and Ellipses
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Distance Between Two Points
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Rendering Techniques
- Colors in Flash
- The Drawing API
- Color Transforms
- Filters
- Bitmap Control
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Part Two: Basic Motion
- Chapter 5: Velocity and Acceleration
- Velocity
- Acceleration
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Boundaries and Friction
- Environmental Boundaries
- Friction
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 7: User Interaction--Moving Objects Around
- Pressing and Releasing a Movie Clip
- Dragging a Movie Clip
- Throwing
- Summary
- Part Three: Advanced Motion
- Chapter 8: Easing and Springing
- Proportional Motion
- Easing
- Springing
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Collision Detection
- Collision Detection Methods
- Built-in hitTest
- Distance-Based Collision Detection
- Multiple-Object Collision Detection Strategies
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Coordinate Rotation and Bouncing Off Angles
- Simple Coordinate Rotation
- Advanced Coordinate Rotation
- Bouncing Off an Angle
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Billiard Ball Physics
- Mass
- Momentum
- Conservation of Momentum
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Particle Attraction and Gravity
- Particles
- Gravity
- Springs
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Forward Kinematics--Making Things Walk
- Introducing Forward and Inverse Kinematics
- Getting Started Programming Forward Kinematics
- Automating the Process
- Making It Really Walk
- Summary
- Chapter 14: Inverse Kinematics--Dragging and Reaching
- Reaching and Dragging Single Segments
- Dragging Multiple Segments
- Reaching with Multiple Segments
- Using the Standard Inverse Kinematics Method
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Part Four: 3D Animation
- Chapter 15: 3D Basics
- The Third Dimension and Perspective
- Velocity and Acceleration
- Bouncing
- Gravity
- Wrapping
- Easing and Springing
- Coordinate Rotation
- Collision Detection
- Important Formulas in This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 16: 3D Lines and Fills
- Creating Points and Lines
- Making Shapes
- Creating 3D Fills
- Modeling 3D Solids
- Moving 3D Solids
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Backface Culling and 3D Lighting
- Backface Culling
- Depth Sorting
- 3D Lighting
- Summary
- Part Five: Additional Techniques
- Chapter 18: Matrix Math
- Matrix Basics
- Matrix Operations
- The Matrix Class in Flash 8
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Tips and Tricks
- Brownian (Random) Motion
- Random Distribution
- Interval- and Timer-based Animation
- Collisions Between Same-Mass Objects
- Integrating Sound
- Useful Formulas
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
ISBN: 1590597915
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 137
Pages: 137
Authors: Keith Peters