If you’ve ever needed a guide on how to integrate video on the
web, and have wanted all of the information in a book on your coffee
table, then the following could be a perfect buy.
Lisa Larson and Renee Costantini have written a new book
titled ‘Flash Video for Professionals: Expert Techniques for
Integrating
Video on the Web’.
The book provides a framework and the professional solutions
to make
custom Flash video more accessible to those with intermediate
programming skills.
A Step By Step Guide
But it’s not just a programming guide.
This book
provides a step-by-step workflow and guides the reader through:
• understanding client needs and setting expectations
• obtaining source video and optimizing for web-based
playback
• creating a site or web application that
incorporates video
• creating and skinning a player with Flash
• publishing a site (including a discussion of
hosting requirements)
• exploring serving options (streaming vs.
progressive download)
• enabling the client to update their site with
automated tools.
The book takes the developer through the process of gathering
and
preparing content, asking the right questions, determining the scope of
the project and writing the project proposal.
Authors Professional Experience
Authors Lisa Larson and
Renee Costantini cull from their professional experience of running
their own digital media company to explain in detail the special
considerations in deploying Flash video applications, with ideas for
solutions as well as avoiding the most common pitfalls.
Readers will explore real-world requirements and
torture-tested
methods needed to deploy the finished application to the web, as well
as the intricacies of setting up a work environment, best practices and
application design, and ActionScript. Detailed code examples are
provided to drive home concepts.
The book covers the most recent
ActionScript language, with special attention given to bridging between
versions. Flash Media Server 2 is discussed, along with filter effects,
webcams and data sharing.
This book is a must-have for the professional
Flash developer or designer who needs to expand their skill set to
include interactive video delivery.
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