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Free Flash Templates From Adobe
On the Adobe site there's a Free Flash Template Page that offers you a nice collection of excellent looking Flash templates for both MAC and PC. From the site:
"The Flash Video templates are sample Flash files with tutorials and sample video clips that you can download and explore to learn about the video authoring capabilities of Flash. Each project combines video with graphics, custom branding and navigation, and interactivity. They represent some of the popular ways you can use Flash Video on the web. Download and modify the following templates as a starting point for your own custom Flash Video projects" Here are some of the free Flash templates:
Flash Ad with Streaming Video
(For online advertising developers)
Integrate Flash media components and link to streaming video to serve a rich media ad on DART Motif.
Presenting Video with the Flash Video Component in Dreamweaver 8
(For Flash beginners using Dreamweaver 8)
[Updated for Flash 8] New to FLV? Use Dreamweaver 8 to easily import Flash Video and post it to your site.
Spokesperson Presentation with Synchronized Graphics
(For marketing communications developers)
[Updated for Flash 8] Build a presentation using video of a live presenter, synchronizing graphics to the presenter's points.
Live Video Broadcaster and Switcher
(For hosters of live web video)
Broadcast live video and audio, and switch between feeds on the fly using Flash
Communication Server.
Flash Video Template: Video Presentation with Navigation
(For developers building navigation for a single video)
[Updated for Flash 8] Integrate a video clip with a custom background graphic and a series of navigation buttons for easy cuing.
Visit the Free Flash Template Page at the Adobe site.
Adobe Flash Pro CS3 Upgrades And Bundles From The Adobe Store
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for digital, web, and mobile platforms. Create interactive websites, media rich advertisements, instructional media, engaging presentations, games, and more. Get the full version for US $699, or upgrade for US $199.
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium ($1,599/$340) — which offers a complete solution for creating interactive websites, applications, user interfaces, presentations, and mobile device content. Web Premium combines all-new CS3 versions of Dreamweaver, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Fireworks, Acrobat 8 Pro, Contribute, Bridge, Version Cue, and Device Central. International options are available at Adobe's UK Store, Europe Store, and Australia Store.
Commercial Flash & Dreamweaver Templates From Template Monster
Template Monster offers a large collection of Flash and Dreamweaver templates. All of their Dreamweaver templates can be easily edited and customized within Dreamweaver.
There is a note on their site that states that all their Flash templates are developed with Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004, or with previous versions of this software. It does not matter what version of Flash you use, as they guarantee that their Flash templates can be customized with any version of the technology. All of their Flash templates go with .fla and .swf files.
Template Monster also features some useful articles and tutorials that can help with the editing and customization of Flash and Dreamweaver templates. Visit their Web Design Library to read about editing Flash and Dreamweaver templates.
Also note that when you buy a Flash or Dreamweaver template you'll have full 24/7 premium support services. So if you've already purchased a Flash template and need any assistance, just visit their Support Page.
On the front page of Template Monster you'll find a pulldown menu where you can select options and then carry out a search for a template.
The templates are reasonably priced and, as we've already noted, are pretty easy to manage in GoLive or Dreamweaver. In the past we've purchased a template solely for the color scheme and the images. On certain projects we found this was less expensive than buying stock photos.
Buy Flash Templates at Template Monster - Ready-Made Templates.
Macromedia Flash 8 Bible
Squeeze every last ounce of power from the very latest edition of Macromedia Flash with this enhanced and revised edition of the bestseller. Written by two Flash experts, this user-friendly, in-depth guide is packed with tips, expert tutorials, and hidden tricks you won't find elsewhere.
Animate, script, manipulate data, send customer data to a server, create robust apps — Flash 8 does it all. Now you can too, with this Flash reference at your side.
- Transform your Movie clips with new blend modes, filters, and gradients
- Scale your artwork to perfection with a new nine-slice scaler
- Get better looking text with crystal-clear FlashType font renderer
- Create characters with lip-synching, walk cycles, and atmosphere
- Understand the nuts and bolts of ActionScript code
- Integrate and control video directly in Flash
- Attach and bind data to components for a dynamic Web site
- Work with Dreamweaver®, Fireworks®, ColdFusion®, Director®, and more
- Create a game in a Flash and win
- Make Flash movies for mobile devices
- Bonus CD is loaded with sample files, custom components, and finished examples!
This is a user-friendly, yet in-depth book that appeals to both Web novices and experts , and contains everything you need to know to master the latest version of Flash.
Macromedia Flash 8 Bible - available at Amazon.com (34% off).
