Foundation Flash 5 gives you all the skills you need to get started in the latest version of Flash. It takes you from your first drawing and animation project in Chapter 1 through to a strong foundation in the sophisticated ActionScripting capabilities now built into Flash 5. It is a thorough and practical, tutorial led book, where each chapter builds into a complete design example - reinforcing what you've learnt in that section and how it can be applied in real design projects. By the end of the book you'll have an expert-level, Flash-rich website, and the skills to develop and modify your own Flash 5 effects. Professional-level design with Flash has taken a quantum step up with Flash 5. Foundation Flash 5 provides you with all the climbing gear you need for the steeper learning curve. You'll break a sweat. But when you get there the view from the top is really worth the effort! Written by the renowned team of Flash experts who bring you the great tutorials on Virtual-FX.net, this book will teach you what you need for designing cutting edge Flash 5 effects.
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This new addition to the growing library of Flash instruction books gives readers a solid base in this popular and increasingly necessary Web development application. The book promises a foundation that is accessible, meaning you won't be daunted by ActionScripting or any of the other topics, and extensible, meaning you will find it easy to add to your knowledge after you've finished the book.
Foundation Flash 5 successfully avoids the trap, so common in other instruction books, of an all-encompassing but shallow overview. It successfully does an in-depth treatment of the most essential aspects of using Flash. At the end, you may not know every menu option, but you'll be able to construct your own Flash Web site. The book uses one case study project: a Web site interface with animated buttons, soundtrack and Flash -enabled content. Small-scale lessons within chapters and applying these lessons to the larger scale project help reinforce the material. (Support files for the case study can be downloaded from www.friendsofed.com)
The writing follows a narrative style (longer paragraphs both before and within the numbered steps), managing to be casual and friendly in just the right amounts. Personal anecdotes, when they occur, actually enhance the lessons. Although this style makes hopping around the book and troubleshooting specific problems more difficult, the payoff for reading in a linear, cumulative fashion is a better handle on the pros and cons of Flash's core features. Another plus is that readers can follow along even if they are not sitting at the computer. (Learn Flash on the bus! Why not?) Throughout the book, the authors often point out alternative methods and uses for features, which encourages creative thinking on how to apply the lessons to your own projects. First-time users of Flash as well as experienced users who have put off trying scripting will find this book a good place to start. --Angelynn Grant
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Patrick Rey is a Technical Support advisor for Boston College. In his spare time you will find him learning, documenting and developing the ins and outs of Macromedia's Flash. He is also the webmaster for Flash Addict. In June of 1999 he joined forces with Amanda Farr and Virtual-FX, realising that writing tutorials for a site that gets 1,000,000 hits a day is far better than one which only gets 100 hits a day. Amanda Farr is the owner and webmaster of Virtual-FX.net Flash Resources. She has been involved in Flash development for many years and is a regular presenter at Flashforward in New York City. Sham Bhangal originally began his career as an Engineer, specializing in industrial computer based display and control systems. In the mid 90s he established Future Media Organisation to promote Flash development and particularly the deeper secrets of ActionScripting and interactive design.
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By J. Barlow
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...I could go on. This book contains everything that the Flash 5.0 beginner could wish to know, including detailed chapters on basic ActionScript. The style is easy to read, often witty and always informative - the 'case study' exercises at the end of each chapter are a great way to practice what you learn as you go along. I read all 606 pages in just over 2 days - if you want to learn Flash 5.0 then buy this book.
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this book is excellent by far better than previous books at explaining the overall layout of flash and its capabilities.Amanda Farr(author) has taken her time to really talk through every little aspect no matter how trivial, so you get a real feel of the whole interface.I bought several books in the past for Flash 4 and felt they left me off in limboland after introducing me to flash they do not take the effort to progress forward and further my skills. this book however,is a godsend Actionscript,is broken down and explained properly and gives you a good platform to lift off from. past books dealt with this in a bout five pages, but here they have put aside 2 chapters for you ,this book is for anyone who wants to grasp actionscript, progress(with the help of next book)further and be really creative in their work. i highly recommend it.
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By Jamber
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This is the book to get you started in flash action scripting, clearly worded for the novice to understand, good use of examples with sample .fla files to download at your convenience as you work through the book.
I'll be buying all the books in this series.
Buy it, highly recommended !!
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