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'This book works on two levels; as a step by step learning process for beginners or an excellent reference guide for experts. Highly recommended! If you work with Flash, you need this book!' - online reviewer, amazon.co.uk
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If you need to get to grips fast with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash - then look no further! Whether you are a new user or a professional, this highly visual book is all you need to get up and running with the latest powerful upgrade - Macromedia Flash 8.
Birgitta Hosea breaks down the software into its main components and offers simple, visual step-by-step instructions to explain the fundamental practical techniques you need to create finished projects. The accessible style and structure lets you dip in and out when working on a project, or work straight through to explore more of the program's capabilities and develop your skills.
Written by a designer for designers The Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8 offers a thorough coverage of the basic features of Flash, without going into in-depth coding with ActionScript.
Birgitta Hosea is a motion graphics artist and Course Director of the London Animation Studio at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Her experience ranges from designing moving branding to art directing pop promos and short films.
A Volume in The Focal Easy Guide Series.
The Focal Easy Guide series:
. Starting working with new software immediately regardless of your level
. Achieve professional results, learn practical skills from industry experts
. Focused, user-friendly coverage of the key tools you need to know
*If you need to get up and running fast with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash - then look no further!
*Offers a thorough coverage of the basic features of Flash, without going into in-depth coding with ActionScript
*Dip in and out of the book when working on a project, or work straight through to explore more of the program's capabilities
Birgitta Hosea breaks down the software into its main components and offers simple, visual step-by-step instructions to explain the fundamental practical techniques you need to create finished projects. The accessible style and structure lets you dip in and out when working on a project, or work straight through to explore more of the program's capabilities and develop your skills.
Written by a designer for designers The Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8 offers a thorough coverage of the basic features of Flash, without going into in-depth coding with ActionScript.
Birgitta Hosea is a motion graphics artist and Course Director of the London Animation Studio at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Her experience ranges from designing moving branding to art directing pop promos and short films.
A Volume in The Focal Easy Guide Series.
The Focal Easy Guide series:
. Starting working with new software immediately regardless of your level
. Achieve professional results, learn practical skills from industry experts
. Focused, user-friendly coverage of the key tools you need to know
*If you need to get up and running fast with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash - then look no further!
*Offers a thorough coverage of the basic features of Flash, without going into in-depth coding with ActionScript
*Dip in and out of the book when working on a project, or work straight through to explore more of the program's capabilities
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SmartSketch was a drawing application originally developed in the early 1990s by Jonathan Gay and his company Future Splash, which developed into an animation program for the Internet - FutureSplash Animator. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
SmartSketch was a drawing application originally developed in the early 1990s by Jonathan Gay and his company Future Splash, which developed into an animation program for the Internet - FutureSplash Animator. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
FINALLY - a guide that makes sense,
This review is from: Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8: For new users and professionals (The Focal Easy Guide) (Paperback)
With big, juicy, colour pictures and simple, no-nonsense instructions, this is easily the best software guide book I've had the pleasure of using. So many other guides weigh you down with heavy explanations and confusing descriptions. This particular beauty was written with the creative reader in mind. I found dipping in and out to get the information I needed a complete doddle. It gives you the info you need without being patronising and over-explaining to the point of tedium. It assumes you're an intellignet individual who can make sense of simple explanations. I'm hanging out for these folks to produce guides for Illustrator and Dreamweaver... trying to make sense of any of the other stuff out there after reading this book is a bit of a nightmare. Absolutely and completely recommended for anyone using, or wanting to use, Flash. Cheap too!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not THAT brillliant,
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This review is from: Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8: For new users and professionals (The Focal Easy Guide) (Paperback)
I bought this book based upon the reviews it was given here however I was somewhat disappointed. Like somany books of thi stype it does not flow. I bleive the only way that Flash can be taught in this form is by teaching flash with a spcific project at the same time.This book attempts to teach flash but there are no meaty examples - a beginner would read from start to finish but would have problems putting it all together. I's therfore recommend this as a reference book for people who are fairly new to flash rather than for beginners who wish to learn from scratch.
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This review is from: Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8: For new users and professionals (The Focal Easy Guide) (Paperback)
I borrowed this book from the library prior to purchase. It is in my opinion, the best and easiest book on Flash 8 for someone like me with limited knowledge. Unfortunately its has not been updated to the latest release of Flash.
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