- Paperback: 648 pages
- Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (24 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0321213416
- ISBN-13: 978-0321213419
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 19.3 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,067,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As a professional Flash developer, nobody knows more about Flash MX 2004 than you or at least they better not! To make sure they don't, you need this task-based guide. By applying the popular Visual QuickStart format--easy, step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids--to more complex topics, this guide offers the quickest, easiest way to get up to speed on the advanced Flash features that can make or break a project. You'll find straight-ahead, concise explanations of all the animation, navigation, and interactivity techniques you'll need to master to create dynamic Web sites with Flash. You'll also find complete coverage of all that's new in Flash MX 2004: essential ActionScript 2.0 commands and standards, expanded support for rich media, a streamlined user interface, and more. By emphasizing methodology and problem solving over features inventories and long, techie discussions, this guide teaches Flash the way you use it--dynamically, interactively, and to get a job done!
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As a professional Flash developer, nobody knows more about Flash MX 2004 than you or at least they better not! To make sure they don't, you need this task-based guide. By applying the popular Visual QuickStart format--easy, step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids--to more complex topics, this guide offers the quickest, easiest way to get up to speed on the advanced Flash features that can make or break a project. You'll find straight-ahead, concise explanations of all the animation, navigation, and interactivity techniques you'll need to master to create dynamic Web sites with Flash. You'll also find complete coverage of all that's new in Flash MX 2004: essential ActionScript 2.0 commands and standards, expanded support for rich media, a streamlined user interface, and more. By emphasizing methodology and problem solving over features inventories and long, techie discussions, this guide teaches Flash the way you use it--dynamically, interactively, and to get a job done!
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you want professional looking animations buy this book!,
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This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickProject Guides) (Paperback)
This is one of those books that markets itself well (by its contents, its promises, and the inclusion of a CD). I have about a dozen books on FLASH and this is the only one that motivates me to post a review here. Good technical, how-to books in any programming language must be hard to write as many of them are difficult to read. This is an exception. It is masterfully written. This person clearly has mnay years teaching experience and knows exactly what the learner wants from a text like this. The examples are explained very clearly, there are screen shots for dummies like me, and if that aint enough you've got the code on the CD! The description of each animation you are trying to create is kept succinct but with sufficient detail that you can follow what is going on. Though the word 'advanced' is used in the title, don't let this put you off. The best way to learn is by following an example and then by trying to modify the example. This book lets you do this, and so you don't need to be that adavanced. Well done DR. Chun. What is also superb about this book is the accompanying CD-ROM. It opens with an html file allowing you instant access to the flash swf files, so that you can see the fully working animation before you dive in to emulate it. Having identified the animation you want you can easily locate the chapter in the book and the flash file on the CD. This book is excellent value for money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
flash mx 2004 advanced,
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This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickProject Guides) (Paperback)
This book is well done what concerns the organization and the visual aids, but I would put bigger graphics in some cases. Moreover I wouldn't go into depth of subjects like Javascript. At the beginning of chapter 3 it starts explaining the basics of Javascript and how Javascript is a "popular object-oriented programming language" while it's a scripting language instead, because it's not based on classes but on prototypes. Except from this, the book is really good. Good value for the price too.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Thorough but to the point,
By Edward P. Trimnell "edwardtrimnell.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickProject Guides) (Paperback)
Absolute beginners to the world of Flash MX 2004 have many choices, but the selection thins out once you advance beyond the basics. Doorstop-sized reference books for ActionScript are often of limited help, because they tell you what a particular line of code will do, but they don't reveal the situations in which the code is useful. Authors Chun and Garraffo have extracted the elements of ActionScript that are most important to the intermediate Flash developer, and explained them in the context of specific objectives.This book covers the essentials of interactivity, nested timelines, and advanced animation that are probably on your to-do list if you are a advanced beginner-intermediate Flash developer. Many of these principles are less than intuitive at first, and the authors have done a superb job of breaking down each task into a series of repeatable steps. The examples given in the book are detailed enough to illustrate each point, but short enough to digest within a few minutes. (I am often exasperated by computer books that require the reader to wade through a lengthy tutorial in order to locate a single technique.) At more than 600 pages, this book will also satisfy those readers who believe that a computer book MUST be a doorstop in order to be worth buying. There is a lot of content here, and the instruction assembled by Chun and Garraffo is well worth the price of the book. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for the price!,
By Rick "Flash" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickProject Guides) (Paperback)
We used this book as a textbook for a second flash course in our multimedia program and overall I would have to say that this book is an excellent introduction to some more advanced techniques in flash mx 2004. I especially like the short tutorial approach that these books use - quick and handy. My only beef is that there isn't anything solid on components or xml, so that is why I say it is an introduction to more advanced topics. Topics like creating your own pull-down menus using tweening and actionscript (not components), attaching sounds, and stuff that requires using export for actionscript. If you are not sure what I am talking about then this is probably the book for you! Otherwise maybe consider something like "Flash MX 2004 actionscript" by Macromedia press.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful and balanced,
By M. Smit "amasmit" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickProject Guides) (Paperback)
Out of 4 books that I purchased to learn Flash, this is certainly the one with the most attractive format -- the formatting of screen shots and text in the "Visual QuickPro" range is superb. I wish all books were as readable as this one. These books read well chapter-by-chapter, but are also very useful as a reference. The balance and quality of Windows and Mac screen shots is also very good.My minor criticisms are: Overall, this book offers excellent value for money. |
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