Flash Catalyst Workshop: Rich Internet Applications for Designers

Master Web and interactive design with the powerful new Flash Catalyst toolset. Tutorial exercises demonstrate how you can use artwork and assets from your tool of choice, Illustrator or Photoshop for example, and transform them into complex, data driven applications. Yes, now you can design Interactivity without coding! You get step-by-step instruction on how to build projects from a simple button component to a searchable video application. Topical articles address issues critical to your new workflow, whether you want to publish projects to the web or collaborate with developers using a single project file. Detailed projects reveal multiple workflow alternatives including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks. Design/development processes are detailed to improve workflow. The companion Web site features Catalyst-based interfaces that are deconstructed within the book.