Book description
Want to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad, and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You’ve come to the right book. Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics with Adobe visual tools. No programming experience? No problem. Adobe Edge Animate writes all of the code for you. With this book, you’ll be designing great-looking web elements in no time. (Note: This book does not cover Adobe Edge Animate CC and later versions.)
The important stuff you need to know:
- Jump into animation. Master Animate’s elements, properties, and timeline panels.
- Create and import graphics. Make drawings with Animate’s tools, or use art you’ve created in other programs.
- Work with text. Build menus, label buttons, provide instructions, and perform other tasks.
- Make it interactive. Use triggers and actions to give users control over their web experience.
- Dig into JavaScript. Customize your projects by tweaking your code.
- Look great at any size. Publish responsive web pages that adjust to any display, tablet, or smartphone.
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Table of contents
- Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual
- SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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1. Working with the Stage
- 1. Introducing Adobe Edge Animate
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2. Creating and Animating Art
- Setting the Stage
- Viewing the Stage
- Creating Art in Animate
- Aligning, Distributing, and Arranging Elements
- A Rectangular Animation
- Rounded Rectangles: More than Meets the Eye
- Adding Drop Shadows to Graphics
- Clipping the Bits That Need Trimming
- Importing Art
- On/Off: Another Way to Show and Hide Elements
- 3. Adding and Formatting Text
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2. Animation with Edge Animate
- 4. Learning Timeline and Transition Techniques
- 5. Triggering Actions
- 6. Working Smart with Symbols
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3. Edge Animate with HTML5 and JavaScript
- 7. Working with Basic HTML and CSS
- 8. Controlling Your Animations with JavaScript and jQuery
- 9. Helpful JavaScript Tricks
- 4. Publishing Your Composition
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5. Appendixes
- A. Installation and Help
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B. Menu by Menu
- File
- Edit
- View
- Modify
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Timeline
- Play/Stop
- Return
- Go to Start
- Go to End
- Go to Previous Keyframe
- Go to Next Keyframe
- Auto-Keyframe Mode
- Auto-Transition Mode
- Add Keyframe
- Insert Label
- Insert Trigger
- Create Transitions
- Remove Transitions
- Invert Transition
- Insert Time
- Toggle Pin
- Flip Playhead and Pin
- Snapping
- Snap To
- Show Grid
- Grid
- Zoom In
- Zoom Out
- Zoom to Fit
- Expand/Collapse Selected
- Expand/Collapse All
- Window
- Help
- Index
- About the Author
- SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449357238
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