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Macromedia Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source
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by Tom Green and Jordan L. Chilcott
Sales Rank: 200647
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Discount: 40 %
List Price: $49.99
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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Macromedia Press; Pap/Cdr edition November 26, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321384032
ISBN-13: 978-0321384034
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Book Description
Offering breakthrough video capabilities and powerful run-time effects, Macromedia Flash Professional 8 is poised to upend the Web video market, posing a serious challenge to Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Apple’s efforts in the process. Here to make sure you’re ready for it–and can start taking advantage of its creative tools, authoring power, flexibility, and rich video capabilities immediately–is the official Macromedia training for the program. Through 20-plus hours of project-based instruction, you’ll learn how to program for the enhanced Flash Player; use ActionScript to create dynamic interactivity; take advantage of new Flash 8 features like the improved script editor (which includes a visual interface), revamped library interface, and new Undo feature; and more. Simple step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of visual aids and a CD that includes lesson files and a trial version of Flash Professional 8 leave you with a solid understanding of Flash development and the techniques required to tap your creative potential by producing dynamic, interactive content.
About The Author
Tom Green is a professor of interactive media at Humber College in Canada, the author of Macromedia Captivate for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press/Macromedia Press) and the co-author of Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (New Riders).
Jordan L. Chilcott develops eCommerce, Multimedia and Intra/Extranet solutions for various corporations. He's the co-author of Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (New Riders). As well, he moderates the Dreamweaver Talk List, sharing his knowledge, tips/tricks and experiences.
Customer Reviews & Comments
It's because of too many books like this one that it's been taking me years to learn this already complex program. Apparently I'm not the only person who feels this way. I was going to wait until at least halfway through the book, to be fair, before panning it, but the effort of trying to learn Flash combined with the effort of trying to determine what these authors meant to write has gotten me quite angry at this point. I'm no Flash expert (again, thanks to Macromedia Press), but I've retained enough to know that you don't use the F5 key to create a keyframe, as the author claims on page 109. And this is a mere paragraph after you were told to use that very key to create a blank frame. The bad news began in Chapter One, page 17, step 1, where it tells you to open a file that you already created. Never happened. You are instructed to add files to the library; unfortunately all the files (which were provided on the accompanying CD) are grayed out and you can't do diddly with them. You are asked several times to reference files located in the chapter folder you are working on; these files are in fact located in a totally separate folder called "Media". Page 105; you are shown a screen shot of the grid editing window ..... author describes how to open the guide editor, but oops, there's another (the same) screen shot of the grid editor! Oh my, how did THAT get there? These guys are gonna teach me Actionscript?? I don't think so. It's pretty sad when you're trying to learn from a book, and by the fourth chapter you can't believe half of what you're reading. I had a Training from the Source book on Studio 8 pre-ordered, but now I have canceled it, and will surely never buy another title in this series in the future. A lesson hard-learned.
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