A new version of LiveMotion is expected to be released in the 1st quarter of 2002. It includes powerful new scripting capabilities, using the industry standard, JavaScript. And it has greatly improved integration with other Adobe products like GoLive, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe LiveMotion X in 24 Hours offers a clearly written, approachable tutorial that carefully steps the reader through the basics of creating Web graphics and animations with LiveMotion. The book has been thoroughly reorganized and revised to better cover all the most important features of LiveMotion.

About the Author

Coined "one of the greatest digerati" and deemed one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web, Molly E. Holzschlag leaves little doubt that in the world of Web design and development, she is one of the most vibrant and influential people around. With more than 20 Web development book titles to her credit, Molly is also a popular columnist and feature writer for such diverse publications as Macworld, PCMagazine, IBM developerWorks, WebReview.com, and Builder.com. She is an engaging speaker and teacher, appearing regularly at such conferences as Comdex, Internet World, CMP's WEB shows, and Web Builder.

As a steering committee member for the Web Standards Project (WaSP), Molly works along with a group of other dedicated Web developers and designers to promote W3C recommendations. Currently, she is serving as the Associate Editor for Digital Web Magazine. Molly also acts as an advisory board committee member to numerouse organizations, including World Organization of Webmasters.

In more academic arenas, Molly teaches Webmaster courses at the University of Arizona, University of Phoenix, and Pima Community College. She wrote the very popular column "Integrated Design" for Web Techniques Magazine for the last three years of its publication, and she spent a year as Executive Editor for WebReview.com.