This would only require one flash file. It is an SWF that sits on the upper
right edge of the website, in an absolutely positioned <div> that overlays that
part of the site (flash movies can be made to be transparent by using the
wmode="transparent" parameter). So, you'll need to get familiar with both
Flash and CSS, in addition to html.
All of the effects can be animation... the dropshadow is simply a movieclip or
graphic element that has partial alpha (is halfway transparent). If you use
Wmode=transparent in your <object> and <embed> parameters, within the HTML that
causes the SWF to display on the web page, your entire SWF can have
transparency in any area you wish.
There are really a lot of ways to do the page effect. This one just looks
like simple tweened animation, not hardcoded via Actionscript. Though it does
involve a lot of interaction (rollover on the main movieclip to have the page
"pulse" when the mouse is over it, and then to animate "closed" when the user
clicks the close button). Might be difficult for a beginner. I can't think of
any tutorials that show exactly how to do THIS particular effect, but try
flashkit.com and other flash tutorial sites, some have examples of "page turn"
effects that aren't exactly the same, but might steer you in the right
direction.
