Customer Review: This is a great guide that will give you step by step instructions on how to use Adobe Flash CS3 professional. You'll learn how to make Flash animations to add great multimedia to your websites or just games for local use.
Customer Review: If you are a web developer with some code experience this book is for you, the samples here are easy to follow and can give you a great start up with flash. This is a good book if you are planning to dept into flash
Customer Review: The condition of this book was much poorer than I had expected. I have ordered books in the past that were listed in "good" condition, and when they arrived, they were nothing less than new. That's what I expected. The cover was cut with a matte knife (I assume in unboxing) and it was torn as well.... more info
Customer Review: These guys obviously have a lot of technical knowledge, but when it comes to actual explanation of the concepts, they fail. Hierarchically speaking, their instruction is gibberish. They jump from vocabulary to examples to anecdotes without giving an overall coherent paradigm for understanding of... more info
Customer Review: Positives:
- Simple examples, "baby's first Adobe app" type of stuff.
- Plenty of focus on the Flash UI; you'll know what all the important knobs and dials are for.
- Interesting sidebars explaining complex topics like registration vs. transformation points. Cons:
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Customer Review: The concepts in this book are great for any Actionscript developer and they thoroughly explain solutions via design patterns. I'd recommend this book to any aspiring AS3 developer. HOWEVER, there is so many horrible mistakes in this book. While the content is awesome, it seems like the editor... more info
Customer Review: This is my first introduction to programing. The first few chapters of this book were brain busters. Chapter 4 gets a little nicer. The authors rhythm and sense of humor make it a little easier to get through the tedium of information.
Customer Review: Love this book! I was excited about this book ever since Chris Jackson informed me he was going to write it. I have had it for quite some time and refer to it often. I have several books about animation software but only 2-3 remain next to me on my desk. This book is one of them.
Customer Review: I borrowed Flash CS3 The Missing Manual from the LA Flash club hoping that it would teach me Flash in a new and more effective way than I was used to. I have read several other Missing Manual tutorial books and have never been disappointed, so I was excited to see if the Flash Missing Manual would... more info