- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: New Riders Press; 3 edition (April 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0735711607
- ISBN-13: 978-0735711600
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 24.6 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 785 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,045,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Just when you thought you’d got this Flash thing figured out Macromedia pulls a new version out of the hat with Flash MX Magic. The MX moniker tells you that the new stuff is sufficiently radical to justify more than a mere version increment from 5 to 6.
Don’t panic, the 15 projects in Flash MX Magic cover the new MX features from every angle. The book is organised into four sections covering fundamentals, scripting tools, site management and advanced projects. If you went through it from cover to cover there’s not much you wouldn’t know about how to make MX fly.
Each chapter introduction includes a difficulty rating and an indication of the time taken to develop the project, which not only helps you assess its suitability for your own skills level, but also provides useful feedback--if a two-hour project is taking you all day you’ve probably bitten off more than you can chew. This is no place for those without at least intermediate ActionScript skills.
The projects themselves are mouth-watering. John Dalziel’s interactive time zone map, Mark Baltzegar’s immersive panorama; Aria Danika’s sliding tray menu, Jim Caldwel’s MP3 player and Jason Krogh’s movie maker application are merely the cream on a very rich cake (John Dalziel’s layer has nuts).
The New Riders Magic format is perfect for Flash, each author brings not just their own specialised skillset, but a unique creative approach. Flash MX Magic is without doubt the most captivating route to MX mastery in print.--Ken McMahon
From Library Journal
Older patrons are attracted to audiovisual material on the web, but this video unfortunately misses the mark. It only covers usage of AOL which the narrator consistently conflates with the Internet. Shots of computer screens are blurry, nearly unreadable, and often cut off at the edges. Explanations are incomplete and, in some cases, incorrect (a modem, for example, is defined as "a piece of software"). Not recommended.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Looks good...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Flash MX Magic (Paperback)
on the outside and when you browse through it looks to be pretty concise, the problem lies in the fact the book and cd don't match, I've seen other reviews that say they received no .fla files I have the .fla files but the work files are actually the same as the finished files except for the small fact that they don't work (code is exactly the same from what I can tell actionscripting wise but the examples never work and I spend more time deciphering the mistakes to double check my work than I do learning the ideas. Maybe they should have made this a bug testing book at least you would have a chance to learn something.
2.0 out of 5 stars
I could't see the point of the book,
By "mong-technical" (Vientiane, Laos) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flash MX Magic (Paperback)
i had tryied this book for about 2 weeks, i do agree that a lot of codes are not really working, poorly explain the reason why should we du that, and the code itself is very hard to follow even just trying to copy it from the book to the action window bcoz there is no line indecator there.i am not really sure if this book is for begenner, intermidate, or advance flash user, since some workshop are just as simple as the tutorials that come with the software, but some are very long and hard to understand this book is not to teach readers how to use the shoftware(or it just fails to teach), and also is not a book of creative idea that will help us out when we run out of idea while designing that's why i said " i couldin't really see the point of the book"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad investment...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Flash MX Magic (Paperback)
Throughout the years I have read many goob and bad technical books. What I can say about Flash MX Magic is simple, do not purchase this book if you realy want to learn or master Flash. I'm still looking for a book that teaches in an easy and clear way. I have wasted my money on this book.In overall don't fall in the trap by purchasing Macromedia Flash MX Magic.
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