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Summary: Brace Yourself...
Review: Aside from maybe a couple of neat tricks, the auther(s) assumes that you are already an intermediate or advanced stage user of the program. The instructions were very abrubt and non-detailed and the action scripts were barely explained. Basically you were shown an example and inside of what can be considered 4-5 pages (with the graphics) it took you through the whole chapter. The chapters followed no real continuity and the cd "add-on" software was all shareware so if you want to use them more than 30 days you better be prepared to spend an additional $100-$150 to register them. In short, if your not at least an intermediate to advanced user, you may want to look elsewhere. You won't make it past the first chapter.
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Summary: No me gusto... esperaba mas
Review: esperaba mas de este libro. Si bien trae buenos ejemplos esta demasiado enfocado en ellos, lo cual para mi por lo menos hizo practicamente inaplicables la mayoria de los Scripts que tenia cada ejemplo pues no explicaba el porque la utlizacion de cada uno; eso me llevo a perder demasiado tiempo tratando de entender cada uno.En definitiva malo si no sabes manipular bien Flash Script
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Summary: Incomplete blaaa blaaa blaaaa
Review: I found the book very incomplete, alot of the examples were not explained very well and you had to guess as to what they wanted you to do next. I don't need a step by step approach, but I didn't want to have to guess how to do what they did in their examples. The layout of the book and projects were good. I just didn't like the way it was written with holes in steps. It would be great for someone to gain idea's as to how to start a project. But as a beginner book (which I never did see what level it was written for anyway)IMHO it bit! The companion cd had shareware programs which are so so. Certainly not worth the 42.00 I spent for it! I'm still looking for a good flash book. This was my first purchase of one. So I don't have a lot to compare it too. I have read enough of other books to be able to tell when something is not written completely. David Emberton and Scott Hamlin (authors of the book) Should have tried giving the example projects to a group of people and see how they would do by the book only! I bet they would be as frustrated as I was. I did manage to get most of the examples working but I needed help on things that weren't covered very well.
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Summary: Don't expect to understand exactly what you're doing
Review: If you are a flash user, and know all the basics about desing in these excelent software, then you must have these book, you can learn a lot of scripting with scripting you can get a more advanced desing, and more complex stuff
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Summary: A good book on ActionScripting
Review: If you are looking for your first book in Flash, steer clear of this book (get Flash Web Design by Hillman Curtis). This book will leave you confused and frustrated. Which is unfortunately how most Flash designers end up (I was frustrated when I first tried to learn Flash 3). If you are comfortable with all of the basic functions of Flash and now want to get into more challenging project using ActionScripts, try this book. While I am not interested in producing the games they use in the tutorials, I have been able to pull pieces out of the lessons and use them in business applications I create (like dynamic organization charts). This is a great book for the intermediate Flash designer who likes a challenge
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Summary: Not perfect but very good nonetheless
Review: The authors are very respected in the flash development world and I find it nice to work with quality graphics as opposed to plain old circle, squares, and triangles. You could do a lot worse and I recommend this book if you haven't already upgraded to flash 5.
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Summary: Offers a Broad Assortment of Flash Uses
Review: This book is a series of tutorials, or "how-to's", on various Flash implementations. For those wishing to learn Flash, this is one of the books you should have on your bookshelf. However, I would strongly recommend you get other books related to this topic. Flash 4 Magic takes you step-by-step through 12 different Flash movies. These tutorials show you how to create certain effects in Flash but do not go very far in explaining the various options in the program.
For those of you who like to "learn by doing" this is a good book.
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: This book is basically a compilation of fancy projects, most of which are useful, but with instructions that aren't very comprehensive. The introduction says that both advanced and new users can get a lot out of this book, but that's not true if you're latter. Beginners will find themselves following the book's VERY lean instructions without a clue as to why or what they are doing. Sure it gives you an idea of what is possible in Flash, but so can just browsing the internet for Flash oriented sites... and that won't cost you 45 dollars.
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: This book is really a set of examples of what can be done with flash and imagination. Once you look through the book you'll first be amazed by what can be done and then inspired to realize that you can do almost anything you can imagine using flash as a tool. The instructions are very terse, but don't read this book for instructions on how to build the examples shown, read this book to see what can be done. Building the examples is of little value because they've already been done. Building your own dreams with ideas from the book is the point. The book is expensive,... for the size. The explanation is that every page contains color graphics showing what the project looks like and demonstrating the results. This is an expensive printing process, it looks good but price is the significant negative for this book. In the twenty dollar range this would have been a 5 star book; if you are particularly price conscious you might want to reduce it to 3 stars. A sample of amazing, great looking, flash projects to ignite your imagination.
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Summary: Examples of what's possible with imagination: anything
Review: This book is really a set of examples of what can be done with flash and imagination. Once you look through the book you'll first be amazed by what can be done and then inspired to realize that you can do almost anything you can imagine using flash as a tool. The instructions are very terse, but don't read this book for instructions on how to build the examples shown, read this book to see what can be done. Building the examples is of little value because they've already been done. Building your own dreams with ideas from the book is the point. The book is expensive,... for the size. The explanation is that every page contains color graphics showing what the project looks like and demonstrating the results. This is an expensive printing process, it looks good but price is the significant negative for this book. In the twenty dollar range this would have been a 5 star book; if you are particularly price conscious you might want to reduce it to 3 stars. A sample of amazing, great looking, flash projects to ignite your imagination.
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