Flash CS5 Professional Advanced Visual QuickPro Guide Resources
Source Files
Download the FLA source files for the tasks in the book, along with sample movies, images, and audio files. Study how they were put together, explore the ActionScript code, and use them as launching off points for your own experiments.
Companion site with source file downloads
Adobe Home
Adobe’s corporate site features software updates, documentation, tutorials, a searchable database of tech notes, profiles of Flash work, and a dedicated Developer center. Learn more about the product, purchase it, and find related software.
General Resource Sites
You can find just about anything and everything related to Flash on the Web, but you can start your search with these sites. Most offer tutorials, FLA source files, news, links to even more Flash sites, resources such as music clips and fonts, and message boards organized by topic and experience level, where you can post questions. Connect with the international community of Flash fans through these portals.
Flash Blogs
Read what’s on the minds of many designers and developers doing Flash and enjoy their random musings, opinions, tips, current work, rants, and raves. These bloggers have their eyes constantly on the web, scouring it for all the latest developments so you don’t have to.
Adobe Weblogs, the launching point for many blogs.
Emmy Huang, Product Manager for Flash Player
Tinic Uro (blog.Kaourantin.net)
Paul Robertson , contributing author for the previous version of this Visual Quick Pro book
Design, Commercial, and Experimental Sites
See what other designers, animators, and programmers are doing to push the limits of Flash. Many of these folks have been with Flash for long time and are early creative pioneers. Although you’ll find a mix of commercial and free content, they are still noteworthy for their originality and aesthetics.
Flash Collections
Explore the many more excellent Flash sites showcased and collected in these galleries.
Smashing Magazine, 50 Most Beautiful Flash Sites
