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Summary: Solid and Fun
Comment: Overall this is five-star survey of Flash CS3, written for people with slight knowledge of earlier versions of Flash and some more familiarity with basic graphic programs (primarily Photoshop and Illustrator) and web design. The treatment of CSS covers most of what any designer or developer will need to know in the course of any average Flash project. The introduction to ActionScript 3.0 is itself worth the price of the book and serves as a beginner's course to more thorough AS3 books, of which there are plenty.
I doubt many people read a book like this cover-to-cover. Typically, the reader will head for a particular subject heading, read part of the chapter and try out the exercises. And this is where the text really shines--the exercises are extensive and presented in an accessible, friendly fashion.
People who are just starting Flash now are very lucky. Although there have been voluminous Flash manuals for years, most were aimed either at the complete novice who wanted to learn the basics of timeline animation, or emphasized some abstruse new features, particularly in programming, image filters or video development. Now at last we have some well-written books aimed at the vast middle market of designers.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Comment: Overall I think this book is pretty good. I bought it to brush up on my flash skills, which had been sitting unused for about 5 years, and this book was perfect for getting me up to speed.
A few bad points:
-If you had little or no knowledge of adobe programs this book might be a little confusing for you. As another reviewer pointed out in the first exercise they say to click on certain objects, but they never indicate you need to use the selection tool or what that tool even is.
-The book asks you to use exercise files, but does not provide a CD with the files or any instructions on where to get them. I finally went to the publishers website and found the files in their download section.
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: I had no previous experince with Flash. I am about to finish this book and this is a great book.Authors and the design of the book are top quality.Source files are well designed with two folders every chapter Completed and Exercise,this is a convenience for readers.Also inside the book there are many great links to websites of good Flash designers.If you need a flash book from the beginning this is the book to go..
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Summary: Great book for those trying to learn Flash
Comment: If you are interested in learning Flash, this is definitely a great place to start. I started with no knowledge of Flash, little artistic talent and a desire to create something cool. After going through this book, I now have a good understanding of how Flash works and I have a lot of cool animations and apps that I can show off to my friends.
The book is very well written and has a nice learning curve. Difficult concepts are explained thoroughly, and the authors give plenty of tips that help a lot when you start to move on to doing your own things. The tutorials are very thorough and come with plenty of files to download, which is very helpful if you're like me and aren't very much of an artist. This allowed me to not have to really worry about drawing anything and focus more on learning how to use Flash.
All in all, this is a great buy for anyone wanting to learn Flash, which can definitely be a daunting challenge to most without some sort of guidance, which this book provides plenty.
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Summary: Awesome book!
Comment: I bought this book for a Flash course and it helped me out a lot. The book is easy to read, but is full of useful tutorials and tips. It is an awesome book for beginners trying to learn flash.
The thing I liked the most about this book are the pictures and diagrams. The fact that it has a picture/diagram on every single page makes the book more interesting and easier to read. The book is also separated into different sections so you can just flip to the section you want to learn or need help with. The book also had an informative section on Action-Script. I had no problem reading through the tutorials and understanding it.
This is the kind of book that you'll keep on your shelf and keep referring to whenever you're having difficulties with Flash. I would recommend this book to beginners and intermediates.
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