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Macromedia Flash MX Unleashed
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by Matthew Pizzi
Sales Rank: 1200843
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List Price: $49.99
$36.49
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Paperback: 1024 pages
Publisher: Sams; 1 edition July 17, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672324016
ISBN-13: 978-0672324017
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 2.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
Product Description
Macromedia Flash MXis the premier software for creating rich content for the Web and other media. Whether you're interested in developing complex Web applications, learning ActionScript, or mastering the new video capabilities in Flash MX, this book is filled with real-world insights and tutorials on every major Flash concept.
Flash MX Unleashedis the ultimate resource for anyone trying to take their Flash skills to the next level. It combines the knowledge and experience of some of the top Web developers in the market, providing countless examples and explanations of the powerful tools and topics within Flash such as XML integration, components, and ColdFusion integration.
Back Cover Copy
Macromedia Flash MXis the premier software for creating rich content for the Web and other media. Whether you're interested in developing complex Web applications, learning ActionScript, or mastering the new video capabilities in Flash MX, this book is filled with real-world insights and tutorials on every major Flash concept.
Flash MX Unleashedis the ultimate resource for anyone trying to take their Flash skills to the next level. It combines the knowledge and experience of some of the top Web developers in the market, providing countless examples and explanations of the powerful tools and topics within Flash such as XML integration, components, and ColdFusion integration.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I am a web developer with some experience in Flash 5. I bought this book on the strength of its reviews here. At first it seemed like what I needed--a review of techniques and lots of scripting to get me jump-started in MX. As I was browsing the first few chapters I started to notice some crucial omissions in the exercises. Key steps like creating symbols and adding keyframes without which the exercise would fail. I figured them out and moved on. I downloaded the tutorial files from the site and decided to try an exercise in Ch 7 (starting on page 167). It instructs you to create a 500x300 movie to match the one you're working in--ok except that the one you're working in is 425x325! You then are asked to place a bitmap graphic into that file. Diagram 7.17 on pg 171 shows that it's supposed to measure 450x285 so it can fit nicely into the rest of the layout--it actually measures 450x303 which causes it to overlap the navigation! So I resized it and forged on. Next you're supposed to add an action to the "About Us" button--there is no such button. OK moving along. The hit state of the next button is the text itself--very hard to click on and exactly what the author warns against on pg 109. The next exercise (pg 174) asks you to select a movieclip called slide-show from the provided unleashed.fla library--the movie clip isn't there. I could go on but I think I've made my point. Those reviewers who gave this book a high rating obviously did not try this exercise and are willing to excuse other myriad errors. Perhaps things improve in the later chapters but the authors have been extremely careless and I am going to return this book before it wastes any more of my time.
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Macromedia Flash MX Unleashed
List Price: $49.99
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