Mastering Macromedia Director 5 (Macromedia Shockwave)

Totally confusing. The chapters are disjointed with no continuity. The topics covered are at times advanced topics but the descriptions are so unclear you come away thinking you do not understand things that you already know backwards and have used for years...I feel the author needs to redress the balance, he can not be that bad, and update the book in a clear and relavent way.

it was not very good (0/0 people found this helpful)

The author should be ashamed (0/0 people found this helpful)

I found the examples given on the CD to be irrelevant, flakey, very badly designed and confusing. Henderson may be a wizard, but a communicator he is not. He comes across as an arrogant geek who can't remember what it is like not to understand, and as a consequence his manner and method do nothing to enthuse the reader. This book needs to be completely overhauled and re-written, as it is unbelievably difficult to follow. My first project was to produce a CD rom with some interactive buttons which had no more than the usual light-up-if-the-mouse-passes-over-it kind of action. If this was detailed in the book, I couldn't find it, or anything like it, so I had to go to a bookshop and read other books, as I paid £40 for this one and couldn't afford another. I can honestly say that I learnt nothing from this book of any value to me, and I feel thoroughly ripped off. The author is obsessed with listing Xtras and apparently not particularly interested in orgainising basic information in an attractive and coherent manner. An awful book, and an awful shame.

Alot of fluff, no meat. (0/0 people found this helpful)

I cannot recommend this book. The examples (and CD-ROM) are totally useless, and the book goes in no apparent order. The largest chapter is on third-party Xtras, which have nothing to do with learning Director. Anyone trying to learn Lingo will be totally confused by the Indexes and References, and should probably get a Lingo Refernece Manual instead.

A very good, in-depth look at Macromedia's Director 6.0 (0/0 people found this helpful)

Henderson does a great job of showing not only the power of Director 6, but detailed descriptions of general multimedia issues (color palettes, digital video, etc.). The only downside to this book is that it seems to be a little dated. For example, there are times when Henderson tells how to perform a particular Director function, but the function has changed from Director 5 to Director 6. This is a minor inconvenience, however, and is more than outweighed by the in-depth coverage of Lingo and Xtras.

Mastering Macromedia Director 5 (Macromedia Shockwave)

Chuck Henderson

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Forget it (0/0 people found this helpful)

it was not very good (0/0 people found this helpful)

The author should be ashamed (0/0 people found this helpful)

Alot of fluff, no meat. (0/0 people found this helpful)

A very good, in-depth look at Macromedia's Director 6.0 (0/0 people found this helpful)

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