Macromedia Flash 8: A Tutorial Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides) |
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Jay Armstrong, Jen deHaan
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Pages: 304 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0321394143
Pub: Macromedia Press
Pub date: 2005-10-20
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 113403
Reader Reviews:
Beginners, avoid this complete tat (1/1 people found this helpful)
I am a complete Flash newbie, so bought this book as I like the tutorial approach to learning, and I thought that is must be good as it was published by the developers of the software. How wrong I was. When I unpacked the book, I was struck by what a slim volume it is. It was down hill rapidly from thereon in. For the person completely new to flash, avoid this volume. If you really really need these tutorials, use the Flash help system and save your money for something that will really help you, eg Teach Yourself Flash 8 by Mac Bride or Teach Yourself Flash 8 in 24 Hours by Phillip Kerman.
Macromedia Flash 8 - A Tutorial Guide (19/21 people found this helpful)
I'm probably an intermediate level Flash user - I'm moderately happy writing ActionScript, using components and generating streaming video from Flash. I bought this book to fill in gaps in my understanding of the subject and I wasn't disappointed. Although a raw beginner would probably need a little more than this book it's still very good.
My main criticism is that, as you get deeper into Flash, you learn (sometimes painfully) that declaring variables at the start of a document, using strict typing and adopting a standardised way of naming both variables and instance is more than simply a good idea.
Unfortunately this book tends to ignore these conventions - conventions that are drilled into you time and time again in the other volumes of the Macromedia manuals.
Very clearly written tutorial and perfect for the new user (33/35 people found this helpful)
This book really has beaten my expectations.
I'm new to Flash and having just gotten my Mac and Macromedia Studio 8 (mainly for Fireworks 8) i was keen to give Flash 8 a go too.
The book is expertly written and reads perfectly, taking the 'student' through each step of learning how and why to use Flash 8 and provides them with clear instructions to accompany the tutorials that are included in the software package. Within 25 pages, i had created my first .swf incorporating video and graphics and learnt a little about ActionScript.
The book is perfect. A great step by step guide, clear and concise and each chapter explains the goals of the tasks ahead. It is clearly laid out and easy to read and includes full instructions that even a new Mac user would find simple. It also covers Windows users too.
Superb! I'm really glad that I bought this.
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