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Summary: darned good
Comment: well I am half way through the book, I havent actually tried the lessons, but I feel like I can use the program easily. I am fairly knowledgable with photoshop and dreamweaver. I had used a "Missing Manual" book for dreamweaver, which was an awkward,backward and jackleg way to learn dreamweaver, so this tutorial is making a lot of sense.
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Summary: Richard Galvan and Adobe should be ashamed
Comment: I can't believe I spent so much money (and time) on this book. I'm just about to complete it and I feel like I've learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! There are so many errors in this book and half the lessons are a game of "Simon Says." I can't believe Adobe Creative Team released such garbage. I'm really disgusted with all the errors and the sloppy writing. Galvan attempts to explain ActionScript in Lesson 7... my friends who are Flash experts just laughed their *sses off when they read parts of it. They agreed I'd never learn with such horrible instruction. What really makes me upset is I will now have to go back and find a better book and invest the time and energy to learn a program that the "experts" at Adobe can't even teach. I would love to contact Galvan and Adobe personally to let them know that most of the people on here are very upset. The ones that support this book are sponsors.
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Summary: Horrible exercises take too long
Comment: I feel like I've been spinning my wheels and going nowhere. After spending all day trying to work through the first part I gave up and figured I needed a fresh start. Today the lessons still didnt work and I even had a friend try to help me. Didn't anyone try these before they printed it? I feel like a guinea pig.
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Summary: Getting help only if you pay by body parts...
Comment: I know a thing or two about tutorials/manuals for I often test them as a beta-tester. The following comments are for all five of the CIBs. Yes, I have worked though each one.
As a bare start its ok but its just too much of a skimpy overview for the high price its requesting. This book should have been a PDF, unlocked, with the software. If you want a good intro at a reasonable price, don't buy this book. As for its content, I have found errors that should have been found long before it got to print. If you really want it, than wait a few more months for an updated edition. As for the pdf version, stay away from that too. Its DRM settings are overly restrictive, i.e., only 30 text selections over 30 days. There are much better books coming soon at the price with respect to its in-depth coverage. So buy them. :-)
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Summary: Best place to start if you are new to Flash
Comment: I was told a couple of months ago at work that we were expanding our custom graphic work for clients to include Flash and that I was the one that was going to have to learn it. I started trying to learn Flash from a couple of the other books that were out there and while they appeared to have a ton of information, it just did not lay the knowledge out in a way that was easy for me to grasp and make my own. At best I made it through a couple of chapters before putting the book down and giving up.
A few years ago I easily learned both PhotoShop and Illustrator from the classroom in a book series. So, I thought I would give this one a try. I loved it. I did not run into any errors like the other reviewers are claiming and since I did not know Flash to begin with I can assure you that I was not filling in any blanks with previous knowledge.
I found this book to be very well written and easy to follow and would highly recommend it to anyone starting out to learn Flash. The projects are great. Since finishing the book a week ago I have been given two Flash projects to do at work. Both line up exactly with projects that are given in the book. Someone clearly spent time thinking about the real world applications of the content.
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