Flash MX Design for TV and Video - Softcover

Macromedia Flash is now the standard for Web animation. But as more and more animators are discovering, you can also use Flash to produce animations for television-efficiently, inexpensively, and without compromising quality. Cowritten by the Flash animator who helped to create the FishBar series that appeared on MTV, this unique guide shows you step by step how to get broadcast-quality results with Flash, whether you're a Flash veteran who wants to move into TV or a traditional animator who wants to explore the possibilities of Flash. From broadcast production basics to sound, applied animation techniques, video exporting, and postproduction effects, this book delivers all the know-how you need to get your Flash animations on TV-including behind-the-scenes interviews with creative professionals working at today's hottest

animation studios.

Your Guide to Broadcast-Quality Flash Animations
* Learn all about Flash capabilities and limitations for producing broadcast animation
* Work with television display, composition, cinematography, and sound
* Incorporate techniques such as digital puppets, a movable camera, and mixing 2D with 3D graphics
* Export video from Flash and polish it for delivery
* Create titles, fades, credits, and special effects
* Produce cross-purposed animations for Web, TV, and DVD

JANET GALORE pioneered the photosurrealistic style of Honkworm International's FishBar series that became the first Flash animation ever to appear on TV when it ran on MTV's Cartoon Sushi in 1998. Her animation has won numerous awards and has been featured at the Sundance Online Film Festival, ResFEST, and FMX2K.

TODD KELSEY is a Flash animator, recording artist, and DVD developer. He cowrote Macworld DVD Studio Pro Bible.