Computer Animation, Web Site Design, Web Graphics

Create Web Animations in a Weekend

Name: Create Web Animations in a Weekend
Author: Steven E. Callihan
ISBN: 9780761518228

by Steven E. Callihan

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Overview

In just one weekend, you will gain the basic knowledge and practical skills to create interactive 3-D Web animations using MicrosoftÆs Liquid Motion. The graduated, fast-track approach makes Web animation accessible to the average user without requiring previous programming knowledge or experience. The informal style of the book allows you to progress at your own pace and experiment along the way. The five main sessions are composed of several tutorial exercises that take you from basic to more sophisticated animations, and show you how to publish them effectively on the Web. The companion CD-ROM includes all sample graphics and files from the book, a Web art library and collection of True Type fonts, a selection of templates that utilize Liquid Motion animations, an assortment of software tools for creating HTML files, and much more.

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Library Journal

Creating web animation is actually pretty easy. You sit down and sketch out a storyboard of the screens you want. You create the screens in programs such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro and save them as gifs. Then, you import and arrange them with programs such as Microsoft Gif Animator, GifBuilder, or Liquid Motion and upload them to your web account. Callihan provides a very simple, clear walk-through of all these steps to create web animations quickly. The book primarily focuses on Liquid Motion and MS Frontpage, but the steps generalize to the many other free and shareware programs for web animation. A 45-day save-enabled version of Liquid Motion is included on the CD.

Booknews

A step-by-step instructional guide designed for the average computer user who is familiar with the basic Windows program and file operations and wants guidance in the use of Liquid Motion, Microsoft's Web animation program. Arrangement is in five tutorial sessions which show the basics of designing and publishing 3-D animations. The included CD-ROM contains shareware and trial versions of numerous related programs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.