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Title: Flash 5 Magic: With ActionScript by Scott Hamlin, David J. Emberton, J. Scott Hamlin ISBN: 0-7357-1023-6 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 10 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.39 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Flash 5 Magic pays for itself
Comment: I've worked through the majority of the chapters in the book. Since working through the book I've been able to utilize techniques I learned in the book on several jobs. I'm grateful I took the time because this book has paid for itself 10 times over for me.
Don't listen to the people who claim the book is full of errors. Oh, there's an error or two, but everything I found was inconsequential. I made it through every chapter I tried without in any real problem (aside from my occassional typo or misreading the directions). This book isn't perfect, but it's WAY ahead of the competition.
Rating: 4
Summary: Does what its predecessor didn't
Comment: After finding Flash 4 Magic to be one of my more disappointing purchases of the previous year, I was hesitant to pick up this book. Fortunately, this one delivers. Flash 5 Magic not just a book on how to do basic graphics and making simple timeline based movies. This version gets in depth with Flash 5's Action Script and XML capabilities.
If you already code, don't really want another graphics how-to book, and want some good ideas, this is the book for you. On the other hand, If you are a beginner at Flash, or conversely, want some real in-depth and comprehensive info (like a Wrox or O'Rielly publication), you may have to wait a little longer. Don't wait too long though; those types of publications have been few and far between in the Flash world.
Rating: 4
Summary: good cookbook FOR EXPERIENCEDS USERS
Comment: My title spells it out. I read these other reviews and don't know whether to laugh or pity. I think this is a great book for general practice. Specifically analyzed.. the contents are of pointless bells and whistles - not very practical.
As if you haven't noticed already, all these people that give bad reviews(regardless whether it's this book or another INTERMEDIATE Level book) are either newbies to flash or kinda dumb. They're impatient dummies who try to walk and run without having learned how to crawl. It explicitly states that this is a intermediate level book. Even if you are intelligent, I seriously doubt that you can learn Flash without the foundational info... especially if you don't have design background.
And let me spell it out for the blind. Of course, you're going to have trouble with Flash 5 Magic Content, you haven't even studied the basics.
New Rider books are usually on the mark! and rather exciting compared to other books of this nature.
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Title: Advanced Flash 5, ActionScript in Action by Dan Livingston ISBN: 0130931276 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Flash 5! Creative Web Animation (With CD-ROM) by Derek Franklin, Brooks Patton ISBN: 020171969X Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 22 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: ActionScript : The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock ISBN: 1565928520 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Flash 5 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickPro Guide (With CD-ROM) by Russell Chun ISBN: 0201726246 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 29 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash 5 ActionScript for Fun and Games by Gary Rosenzweig ISBN: 078972524X Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 13 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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