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Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training [Paperback]

Rosanna Yeung (Author)

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Paperback: 984 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (Dec 26 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321202988
ISBN-13: 978-0321202987
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.5 x 4.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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You¿ve seen its potential¿its new extensible architecture, its faster run-time performance, its redesigned interface. Now it¿s time to tap it! When you¿re ready to sit down with a trusted instructor and learn the ins and outs of Macromedia¿s extensive upgrade to its popular interactive tool Flash MX 2004, this is the place to turn. Using lessons based on real-life projects, this friendly guide takes you by the hand and leads you through the world of Flash MX 2004, covering its new interface, its drawing and color tools, animation basics, symbols and instances, motion, bitmaps, buttons, movie clips, ActionScript, sound, components and forms, video, and more. You can follow the book¿s clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace and view the techniques in action on the accompanying CD¿s QuickTime tutorials. (The CD also includes project and sample files.) In next to no time, you¿ll be integrating video, text, audio, and graphics into immersive, rich experiences with Flash MX 2004.

About the Author

Rosanna Yeung

Whoever told Rosanna that teaching was "work" sure hasn't witnessed her professorial multimedia magic at the Art Institute of California, where she teaches Web Design and Development classes. She's got this innate love for the creative freedom of the Web, and you can see the transference of her passion in the eyes of her students.

Rosanna's creative energy doesn't only exist in the classroom or on the Web. Don't be surprised if you see her donning Rasta braids with a flock of friends on boards, surfing the sea or the snow. She's done her time in the business world as well-starting her creative adventures behind the camera and microphone in radio, TV, and film and then transitioning to multimedia and Web design in the corporate sector before heading off to the teaching world. Her work at Ingram Micro is actually where her love for teaching began-by no one's fault but her own, Rosanna found herself working with other departments and their Web content almost daily. Her knowledge of the Web and patience and passion for teaching made her the integral link from a print medium to a dynamic Web resource.

When she's not writing on the chalkboard or surfing the Web, sea, or snow, you'll find her with her trusty companions-her husband, Alan, and her black Labrador, Forever-as they restore their new Eichler home in California.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Its not just for animations any more!, Jan 23 2004

Courtland J. Carpenter (Fort Wayne, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training (Paperback)

Once upon a time in the world of computers, there was just a scant few languages, mostly just text displays, and the Internet the sole domain of universities. Things became complicated fast, and today it seems like you need a specific tool to do anything. Unless you spend a lot of time reading computer magazines, and just keeping up, it's hard to know what tools are useful. Flash, was a nice product to spruce up, and enhance a boring website a few years ago. It had a few extra features beyond that, but it was still just more of a niche product. How things have changed in a few years.

Today you can build many websites from the ground up with flash. It has many of the programming features of JAVA, and even subscribes to the object-oriented programming model. The animation features are now easier than ever to implement, making even the less creative among us, seem a little more artistic. It is still lacking in the world of database connectivity, but that is rumored to be coming.

This book does a nice job with Flash MX basics, expanding later to the more detailed features. As a programmer, when I first learned Windows-based programming, I had to search through hundreds of books, to find one that covered the basics. It seemed like every book assumed you already knew how to program Windows! I had programmed Macintosh, and the Windows method was much different. Here I'm thankful to get a book, which just doesn't assume I'm already a Flash Guru.

Hey, I know most of us are a bit turned off by the prospect of another, nearly 1000-page book. Still, the interactive CD ROM lessons get you up, and running quickly. The detail of the book is not just another printed reference. It's a real explanation on how to use features, step by step, and to create something. The smaller books, either only do high-level features, or cut parts they think will be seldom used. It always seems like the features they cut down on, are the ones I need to use in a project. Kudos here to the author, on writing a book that's useful, despite its massive girth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great intro, April 30 2004

Robert T. Nicholson (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a professional software developer, and I have little patience for most programming books and classes. I recently decided to learn Flash, and decided to try this book based on the "hands on" exercises. I'm completely satisfied! The descriptions and overviews are clear and well written, and the step by step exercises walk you through the important tools and techniques. I skipped a few exercises that seemed redundant, but others may want the additional reinforcement.

There's a LOT to Flash, and an intro book can't possibly cover it all. I'm already forgetting a few things from the first exercises. But based on this book, I now feel comfortable and competent to develop basic Flash animations and interactive files, and to explore further on my own.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn Flash.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but... too fun?, Mar 1 2006

Alexina P. (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews

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I bought Rosanna's Dreamweaver book for one of my college classes last year, and was impressed, but not too much. She tries to be fun while teaching interesting stuff, but in the end you tend to tune out and/or zone out because her little perky comments become a monotone.

As a result, this year for my Flash class I was a bit annoyed we had to buy a book from her again. As I said, here she still shows she knows what she's talking about, but the funness doesn't become fun anymore.

Perhaps it's just me, but authors of hands-on books don't need to be perky to be fun to read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars almost too basic
I bought this book having some knowledge of Flash. This book is almost too basic. If you have some knowledge of Flash and are comfortable with making basic pages, then this book... Read more

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so far I am glas i did not spend the money on an other class, save you mony use the book, all you need is some motivation. Read more