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Summary: impressive but not that useful
Review: like so many books of this ilk, Flash MX Magic prommises to show you how to create dazzling Flash effects.It does, but a lot of them are style over substance - if you're looking for inspiration then maybe this book is what you need, but don't expect it to teach you useful techniques.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: Ok, this book is awesome. I have already bought Flash 4 Magic and Flash 5 Magic and so Flash MX Magic. Excellent way of learning Flash , with a friendly design! This book is a must!
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Summary: Looks good...
Review: 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.
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Summary: Should be called Flash Mx Voodooo
Review: Only reason I gave it a 1 star they had nothing lower, This book Ill agree should not have been published, If they published wrong code on purpose they should tell you from jump, I didnt mind taking the time to try and fix the code, but when hours turn into days thats when I draw the line, Things you'll find
1, code incorrect
2, cd missing files
3, Typos Im finished, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK, I will learn to read these reviews before I buy any other book on flash.
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Summary: Nice showcase for some of MX's new features
Review: The book is definitely more for the intermediate & up Flash veteran. The choice of topics focuses nicely on some of Flash MX's new features, building on (and requiring) some prior experience by the reader in order to build some of the demos. It's nice to have a book that dives right into the new features, without having to wade through a lot of "intro to Flash" content.
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Summary: Errors in codes
Review: The book looks good but can be frustrated to work with. I bought it last week and was working up to chapter 3 when I realized that the ActionScript codes supplied from the book did not work at all. I've had good experirence with New Riders with great books such as 'Flash Web Design, The Art of Motion Graphic' by Hillman Curtis. But this time, I'm very disappointed with this Flash MX Magic. ...
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Summary: flash mx magic
Review: The CD that comes with the book did not have the supporting files for the lessons. Opps!
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Summary: Flash Fraud MX
Review: The only thing magical about this book is how quickly it made my hard-earned money disappear! Before I delve into the many, many problems with this book I want to make one thing perfectly clear: anyone who has given this a positive review either works for the company or has not yet tried to follow the projects. As others have pointed out, the only merit in these 300 pages is the style with which they are presented. A week after getting this in the mail and I am still scratching my head. How on Earth could any publishing company, let alone one as well-known in this field as New Riders, allow something this incomplete to go to print?! The code in the book is either incomplete or downright incorrect. A third of the "completed" project files on the accompanying CD do not even load, and a good number of the others do not function properly! It takes a few days for a competent team of proofreaders and beta testers to ensure there are no printed or scripting errors, but it takes less than 60 seconds to launch the 15 .swf project files to make sure they actually work! Mistakes happen, right? Perhaps, but when you don't even back up the work with corrected files and a complete errata on the homepage, what can be said about that?! ... The New Riders site is no better. I don't know what everyone else paid for this, but it cost me "alot of" Canadian "dollars", plus 15% taxes. Never again...
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Summary: Dysfunctional
Review: The only thing more disappointing than swf than won't open, or won't play, and the lack of scripts and/or the number of incorrect scripts was the amount of money it cost.
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Summary: Useless
Review: There are no Source-Code Files added on the CD. Without that Files it is very difficult to complete the lessons, especially because there are isn't everything correct in the book. Additional to that the SWF Files added on the unkind designed CD are completely useless, because they don't work and some files are missing that are important for the SWF's to work. I looked at [the web site] and the Project Files downloadable from there are useless as the ones on the CD provided with the book. To the book: The book itself is written in a clearly and easily style. If you are new to flash but almost have written one or two lines of code in java or any other language it will be no problem to get through the book, if there was not the file-issue i described. The design of the book is very undkind and there are too many white blank spaces. This spaces would have better been filled with a good reference. But there's no refernce at all. In my opinion the book was published for A) money making B) something cool to show-off with for the editors on their webpage as 2advanced did for example. Don't get me wrong, i appreciate the style and high skill from 2advanced but i do not appreciate with the style and the spare knowledge imparted to the reader. Summary: bought, opened, closed, sold again. Thank god for the amazon marketplace. This book is no longer my property. I'll will spend the money wiser next time, "friends of ed" - books.
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