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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I bought this book after playing around with Flash MX on my own. I was looking for a book to answer some of the questions I had. The back of the book indicates that it is intended for "intermediate" level users. After reading the entire book (it doesn't take long, LOTS of pictures), I'd say it's more for the beginner. It covers the very basics of creating Flash movies, but leaves out a lot of the technical information, which I was looking for.The examples were somewhat helpful, but the amount of repetition soon got old. If there are two different ways to do something, it described in full gory details, BOTH ways, even though only a single step may be different. One other thing about the example was the author's lack of following her own "tips" and rules. One tip informs the reader to use descriptive names for layers, symbols, etc. Yet the majority of the examples in the book use names such as "Layer1", "Layer2", etc. The editors of the book missed a lot of grammar errors, misspellings, and typos. Not a major issue, but annoying nonetheless. The only other thing that bothered me was the half attempt at covering the differences between Mac and Windows versions of the software. In some places, the alternative key commands for Mac/Windows were given. In others, just the Windows versions were given. Again, not a big deal, but annoying. Overall, the book was marginal as an "intermediate" book, but probably acceptable as a "beginner" book.
Rating:
Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I bought this book after playing around with Flash MX on my own. I was looking for a book to answer some of the questions I had. The back of the book indicates that it is intended for "intermediate" level users. After reading the entire book (it doesn't take long, LOTS of pictures), I'd say it's more for the beginner. It covers the very basics of creating Flash movies, but leaves out a lot of the technical information, which I was looking for. The examples were somewhat helpful, but the amount of repetition soon got old. If there are two different ways to do something, it described in full gory details, BOTH ways, even though only a single step may be different. One other thing about the example was the author's lack of following her own "tips" and rules. One tip informs the reader to use descriptive names for layers, symbols, etc. Yet the majority of the examples in the book use names such as "Layer1", "Layer2", etc. The editors of the book missed a lot of grammar errors, misspellings, and typos. Not a major issue, but annoying nonetheless. The only other thing that bothered me was the half attempt at covering the differences between Mac and Windows versions of the software. In some places, the alternative key commands for Mac/Windows were given. In others, just the Windows versions were given. Again, not a big deal, but annoying. Overall, the book was marginal as an "intermediate" book, but probably acceptable as a "beginner" book.
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