Glenn Thomas, co-founder of Smashing Ideas, Inc., in association with Hungry Minds Publishing (formerly IDG Books Worldwide), has published Flash Studio Secrets, a readable, comprehensive, instructional book about Macromedia Flash, the leading tool for the creation of vector-based digital media. The book is the latest installment of the popular Studio Secrets series and offers the reader insights into the world of creating award-winning, rich media websites, animation, games and advertising using Flash.

Flash Studio Secrets includes chapter contributions from various Smashing Ideas' studio experts on animation, programming and motion graphics, as well as notable guest authors such as Phillip Torrone on Generator, Heather Perkins on sound for Flash, and Manuel Clement on 3D in Flash. The book offers the reader an all-inclusive look at the ins and outs of developing real projects in Flash, and includes inspirational interviews with such renowned web professionals as: Todd Purgason, Natalie Zee, Jason Snyder, Josh Ulm and Shannon Rankin.