1. The Art of Motion Graphics. Welcome from Hillman Curtis. How the Book Works. How I Learned to Love Designing for the Web: Strangelove. The Motion Is the Message. Motion: The Universal Language. Moving Toward a Global Visual Language. Process: Global Visual Language Working Toward a Global Visual Language. Respecting the Technical Environment. Addressing Multitasking Attention Deficit. Identifying the Emotional Center. Roger Black's Interactive Bureau/Circle.com: Targeting the Emotional Center. Technical Environment: Identifying the Essentials. Razorfish: Working the Global Visual Language.Conclusion.
2. Macromedia Shockzone Deconstruction. Preparing the Stage. Layers Setup. Establishing a Background Symbol. Establishing the Guide Layer. Creating and Positioning the Guides. Creating the Vertical Guides. Creating the Text. Animating the Text, Part 1. Adding Frames and Tweens. Animating the Text, Part 2. Setting Up the Frames. Creating Circles. Combining Circles and Letters. Bringing It all Together. Creating Split Fade Transitions. Adding the Film Grain Texture. Conclusion.
3. 20K Advertisement Deconstruction. File Setup. Working with Backgrounds. Designing the Grid Element in FreeHand 8. Importing the Grid into Flash. Adjusting the Grid. Designing with Gradients. Fleshing Out the Speaker Using Gradients. Animating the Speaker. Adding Text and Making Use of Contrasting Rhythm. Using Client Art. Adding Sound. Optimizing Sound for the Web. Conclusion.
4. Hillmancurtis.com Navigation Deconstruction. Movie Clips. File Setup. Preparing the Video. Importing Sequential Bitmaps into Flash-Creating Movieclip 1. Importing Sequential Bitmaps into Flash-Creating Movieclip 2. Adding a Button Area. Naming Movie Clip Instances. Adding Flash Text to the Movie. Conclusion.
5. 3D Wireframe Deconstruction. An Overview of Our Process. Storyboarding 3D. The 3D Modeling Program. Building the Object: The CPU. Bringing the Object to Life. Conclusion.
6. Video into Vector Deconstruction. Pre-Production Planning. Motion Capture and Bitmap Reduction. Video to Vectors: Converting a Bitmap to a Vector Graphic in Flash. Activating Your Vector Video. Creating Reverse Movement. Conclusion.
7. Christina Manning Poem Deconstruction. Streaming MP3 Voiceovers with Flash Movies. Sky by Christina Manning. Recording and Processing Sound. Firewire Video Capture. One-Stop Capture. Optimizing Audio-Normalizing. Encoding MP3 Audio in Flash. Integrating Visuals and Streaming Audio. Working the Text. Smart Preloads and Testing the Stream. Conclusion.
8. Manifestival Deconstruction. Flash Object-Oriented Programming. ManiFestival In Depth. The Script. Object: Initialize Script. ManiFestival Movie Behavior. Conclusion.
9. JUXT Interactive Deconstruction. Print Works. The Pitfalls of Screen Presentation. Making an Impact and Delivering a Tangible. How FreeHand Makes This All Happen. Process Overview. Deconstructing LundstromARCH. Sketching the Intro Animation. The Concept Design Board. Moving from FreeHand to Flash. Executing the Animation. Importing the Next Moment in Time. Legacy. Conclusion.
10. Flash Resources. Index. 