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Summary: It's a good introduction to Flash
Comment: What can I say, I like my books to be short and sweet instead of 1300 pages of blabbing. They must have updated the book since most of these other reviews because I had very few problems. When I did, it was usually because I skipped a line accidently.
My complaints:
- this amount of material should be included with the program like Adobe used to do with tutorials
- the price is steep for what you get content-wise (It could have easily been printed in black and white, had a small blurb on each process, and been priced around $20)
- the inclusion of small blurbs would cut down on the accidental skipping of steps
...but it is a great intro for people like me who are moving to Flash from Director MX. Besides, I love tutorials, as they get my creative juices flowing.
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Summary: Wait for the revised version
Comment: I spent hours struggling with this book because it was an assigned text book at my school.
I am pretty sure that they are missing critical steps in this book.There is no way I can repeat their lessons this many times and still not get the expected result.
This book will probably work if you need a bit of a brush up, but if you are a complete newbie like me - and can't deal with errors and problems wait for the revised version.
As far as I'm concerned the book is very poorly edited and probably hasn't been beta tested on novice users.
I've used the Classroom in a Book series for Photoshop & Illustrator and they were great so I was expecting to be a fan of this one as well.
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Summary: How to enhance your knowledge
Comment: If you are looking for a way to master your skills in flash, first of all you need to conquer the basis.
There is definetely no better way of starting with this amazing software than reading a book that guides you so easilly. You won't find any excuses any more. The courses I teach in Mexico are based on the information I acquired by reading this book and everyone has been extremely happy with everything they have learned.
You won't find a better teacher if you are starting with Flash CS3, and you won't find a better way to structure your knowledge and upgrade yourself if you already know your ways in the software.
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Summary: OUCH. I'm STILL lost!
Comment: Man, these examples take forever and the examples just don't give clarity in WHY you're doing what you're doing. After finishing a lesson I feel like I can't retain much of the information. I need a book that gives me more bang for the buck!!!
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Summary: A quick way to re-learn flash with actionScript 3.0
Comment: I went from being reasonably good at using complex actions in actionScript 2.0 then going to CS3 and not knowing how to make a simple button work.
I started this book at chapter 6 and found it was a really quick and easy way to re-learn all the basics again with the new language.(all chapters before 6 looked to be for real beginers)
the projects ussually take about 20-30 minutes and are pretty borring, however they are very effective at the same time,they also explain all the steps clearly.
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