A media teacher and a multimedia programmer explain the fundamentals of Flash Professional CS3 and the syntax of ActionScript 3.0. Step-by-step instructions walk through applying layers and masks, manipulating text, styling a Flash movie with Cascading Style Sheets, adding dynamic data to a movie with XML, tweening shapes and motion, streaming audio and video, and optimizing Flash movies. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)