* Provides everything Web designers need to build cutting-edge applications with Macromedia's new tool suite, which includes Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, ColdFusion MX, Fireworks MX, and Freehand * Covers building data-enabled sites with Dreamweaver MX, creating Flash MX animations, working with ActionScript, creating Web graphics and animations with Fireworks MX, building interactive ColdFusion MX applications, integrating Flash and ColdFusion, and drawing vector art with Freehand * Major changes in the Macromedia MX tool suite mean even veteran developers and programmers are looking for the updates this book provides * CD-ROM includes trial versions of the software, extensions, sample databases, images and applications

Annotation Leverage the power of Macromedia Studio MX 2004 to design and build attention grabbing, data-driven web sites on-time and under-budget. This common-sense guide uses a creative approach to demonstrate how to use Studio MX 2004 components (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, ColdFusion, Freehand, and Director) to create data-driven sites. Written for professionals who understand how to use the individual software applications and need to learn how to use them in concert. Includes bonus coverage on utilizing Contribute, Flash Remoting, and Flash Communication Server in dynamic sites.

* Macromedia Flash MX is the world's hottest Web development tool, with more than 500 million users and one million designer/developers * Covers essential information for Flash developers who are developing games, marketing materials, training materials, and more * Shows how to create 3D Flash applications using Flash's built-in tools, plug-ins, Swift 3D, Plazma 3D, Discrete 3D, and other leading products that export to the Flash format * CD-ROM includes scores of examples from the book, plus tryouts of Flash and leading Flash 3D applications

Macromedia Studio MX 2004 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies provides a one-stop reference for users looking to harness the power of this Web building suite. The book covers each of the core applications in Studio MX including Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Fireworks, ColdFusion and, newly added to this edition, Contribute. Macromedia Studio MX 2004 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies also contains coverage on using all the applications together in a single Web building project as well as an overview of the basics of good Web design. This book, like the product itself, should appeal to both professional and hobbyist Web builders who want a single product that can do the work of six or seven separate products.

Whether readers are novices or experienced users, the step-by-step tutorials and reference resources in this book will help them get the most out of Director.

The totally revised, enhanced and expanded update to the smash bestseller. * Covers the very latest release of Macromedia Flash. * Includes enhanced coverage of using Flash with other powerful Web applications and exclusive expert tutorials from the world's top Flash gurus. * The most comprehensive Flash book on the market. * Documents Flash's integration and implementation of new technologies ABOUT THE CD-ROM The accompanying CD-ROM is packed with trial software, add-ons, plug-ins, shareware, templates, and scores of exclusive sample files from the book