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Foundation Macromedia Flash MX
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by Sham Bhangal, Kristian Besley, and Amanda Farr
Sales Rank: 1330156
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Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: friends of ED July 11, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590592298
ISBN-13: 978-1590592298
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Product Description
If you've never used Flash before, this is the book for you. It uses a series of structured exercises to give you the broad, solid foundation knowledge you need to start your exploration of Flash from scratch. Foundation Flash MX uses a proven sequential, detailed, and accessible tutorial style to ensure that you'll retain your learning and be able to draw on it throughout your Flash career. Macromedia Flash MX is an exciting product, providing rich creative opportunities for Flash designers and developers at all levels of ability and experience. No single book can hope to provide adequate coverage of all aspects of Flash MX, which is why this book focuses relentlessly on the core skills that you need to get you started: understanding the interface; familiarizing yourself with the creative tools and their capabilities; grasping the relationships between the different components that make up a Flash movie; getting insight into how to put all the pieces together and hook them up with ActionScript. All these aspects (and much more) are covered in detailed tutorials and exercises, reinforced with a case study that runs throughout the book to apply everything in a real-world context. If you're looking for a book that'll give you a rock solid grounding in Flash MX, then this is the title for you. Table of Contents 1. Flash Movie Essentials 2. The Flash MX Tools Panel 3. Flash Symbols and Libraries 4. Managing Content 5. Enhancing Your Appearance 6. Motion Tweening 7. Shape Tweening 8. Masks and Masking 9. Actions and Interactions 10. Intelligent Actions 11. Multimedia: Sound and Video 12. Optimizing 13. Publishing 14. Intermediate ActionScript, Part 1 15. Intermediate ActionScript, Part 2 16. High-Level Site Design
Book Info
Centers on a linear tutorial that covers the core features of Flash MX. Each chapter blends theory and practice, with plentiful practical examples, and a case study that runs throughout the whole book to reinforce the learning in an integrated, real-world context. Softcover.
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Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Foundation Macromedia Flash MX (Paperback)
I've started ordering Friends of Ed books right and left. They know what they're talking about and know how to teach it. Overall this is a great book if you are new to Flash. Each time I read a chapter, I went out and looked at other flash sites. Each time I said, "Oh THAT'S how they did it." Now on to the critique! There are a few points to keep in mind. This book is full of wonderful, clear tutorials that take nothing for granted. Every time my project didn't work, I went back and sure enough, I had skipped a line!. Now when I say full of tutorials, I mean, FULL. If you like to sit and read a while, you're out of luck. You won't go more than 2 pages without typing or clicking along with the examples. This is actually a good thing. =P By the end of this book you will be able to make stunning Flash movies. Be aware however, that it only has a baby guide to ActionScript. If you're interested in the coding side of Flash, you should get a book specificly for that. Also note, because there arn't a lot of people with Flash 6 Plugin(MX) installed on their browsers yet, the Flash 5 ActionScript guides are still applicable. Anything cutting edge probably wont play in 60% of browsers anyway (per usual).
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