Bonnie Blake (Oakland, NJ), MFA, is an award-winning designer specializing in Web design and multimedia, who has been an avid Flash user since its first release. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of Digital Media at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. Bonnie is the author of the first edition of How to Do Everything with Flash, as well as the author of Flash 5 ActionScript (a best-selling online course at ehandson.com), Flash Deconstruction (NRP; due in October 2001), and Adobe Premiere Virtual Classroom (Osborne).

PART I. Create Flash Movies Ch. 1: Plan Your Flash Project Ch. 2: Learn to Use the Flash Interface Ch. 3: Build a New Flash X Movie Ch. 4: Create Graphic Objects and Scenes for Your Flash Movies PART II: Add Multimedia to Your Flash Movies Ch. 5: Create Exciting Text Effects Ch. 6: Apply Transformations to Text and Graphics Ch. 7: Apply Color and Line Styles to Text and Graphics Ch. 8: Use Graphic Symbols, Instances, and Libraries Ch. 9: Add Pictures and Sound to Your Flash Movies PART III: Flash Animation Techniques Ch. 10: Learn the Basics of Flash Animation Ch. 11: Use Motion Tweening to Animate Your Flash Movie Ch. 12: Use Shape Tweening to Animate a Movie Ch. 13: Make Buttons and Movie Clips in Flash PART IV: Building Interactive Movies Ch. 14: Assign ActionScript to Movie Clips, Buttons, and Frames Ch. 15: Learn the Full Power of ActionScript Ch. 16: Test and Publish Your Flash Movies APPENDICES Appendix A: Flash Shortcut Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix B: Flash Web Resource Guide