Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional How-Tos
100 Essential Techniques
Mark Schaeffer
Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional How-Tos
100 Essential Techniques
Mark Schaeffer
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Copyright © 2009 by Mark Schaeffer
Editor: Jill Marts Lodwig
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Dedication
In memory of Brook, my devoted feline companion for nearly 19 years—writing all night is a much lonelier experience without her.