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Name: Animation Fundamentals
ID: m34485
Language: English (en)
Summary: Learn something about how the Flash Player behaves, and learn to use that behavior to write animation projects. Also learn about two different time bases that you can use to control the timing of your ActionScript animation projects.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: actionscript, addEventListener, alpha, animation, base class, Bitmap, BitmapData, chromakey, chroma key, class, custom effects, derived class, drag, drag and drop, drop, dynamic binding, effect, encapsulation, ENTER_FRAME event, event, event handler, extends, flash, flex mxml, inheritance, late binding, method, object, overload, override, polymorphism, programming, run-time, subclass, superclass, time base, timer event, transparency, trigger
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Copyright Holders: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Maintainers: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: May 27, 2010 1:43 pm -0500
Last revision to module: May 28, 2010 12:35 pm -0500

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Version: 1.1 May 28, 2010 12:35 pm -0500 by Richard Baldwin
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