Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move

Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move!

by Keith Peters  

Friends of Ed 2006 (400 pages)

ISBN:1590595181

Providing principles of animation, basics of ActionScript, trigonometry, and Flash rendering methods, this exciting book will teach you how to use Flash ActionScript to move objects in your movies, rather than letting Flash s tween engine do it for you.

Table of Contents
	Foundation ActionScript Animation ”Making Things Move!
	Foreword
	Introduction
Part One - ActionScripted Animation Basics
	Chapter 1	-	Basic Animation Concepts
	Chapter 2	-	Basics of ActionScript for Animation
	Chapter 3	-	Trigonometry for Animation
	Chapter 4	-	Rendering Techniques
Part Two - Basic Motion
	Chapter 5	-	Velocity and Acceleration
	Chapter 6	-	Boundaries and Friction
	Chapter 7	-	User Interaction ”Moving Objects Around
Part Three - Advanced Motion
	Chapter 8	-	Easing and Springing
	Chapter 9	-	Collision Detection
	Chapter 10	-	Coordinate Rotation and Bouncing Off Angles
	Chapter 11	-	Billiard Ball Physics
	Chapter 12	-	Particle Attraction and Gravity
	Chapter 13	-	Forward Kinematics ”Making Things Walk
	Chapter 14	-	Inverse Kinematics ”Dragging and Reaching
Part Four - 3D Animation
	Chapter 15	-	3D Basics
	Chapter 16	-	3D Lines and Fills
	Chapter 17	-	Backface Culling and 3D Lighting
Part Five - Additional Techniques
	Chapter 18	-	Matrix Math
	Chapter 19	-	Tips and Tricks
	List of Figures
	List of Tables