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Title: LiveMotion 2: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide) by Simon Dabkowski ISBN: 0-07-219520-7 Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 26 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.18 (17 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: LiveMotion 2: A Beginner's Guide
Comment: Knowing Live Motion 1 very well, I bought this book specifically to learn more about Live Motion 2's new scripting capabilities. I therefore only read the last 5 chapters (11 thru 15) on scripting.
My most relevent comment regards typos. That is misspellings of both text and javascript code. So much so that I couldn't beleive it. This publisher ought to be ashamed of themselves. Is there not such a thing as an editor or proof reader anymore?
I found these typos on practically every page (chapters 11 thru 15) and especially in the example code, a most frustrating way to learn (the code printed on page was incorrect and therefore the example files did not work).
Although there were some well thought out ideas conveyed, because of so many mistakes, I would not recommend this book for beginners.
Rating: 1
Summary: How did this get published?
Comment: From reading earlier reviews of this book, I really thought that it would be helpful. Upon buying it and getting into it, however, I was stunned that McGraw Hill agreed to sign a contract to publish this book. The author obviously has English as a second language (this is not a joke), and as a result cannot explain his ideas coherently. One of the examples of this is on pg. 318, where a sentence that should read, "You should familiarize yourself with the interface..." instead reads "You like to familiarize yourself with the interface..."
The other totally inexcusable problem is that there are so many careless typographical errors in the scripting examples as to make them totally useless. They don't work, and if you don't know JavaScript (which is the purpose of the chapter on teaching you JavaScript), you have no clue as to how to correct the mistakes. Whole paragraphs or diagrams seem to be missing from the other step by step examples throughout the book.
The author is a genuinely talented web designer whose work demonstrates that he knows the programme inside out. He just should not have written this book without an enormous amount of editing. It's almost entirely unreadable.
Rating: 1
Summary: Two Thumbs Down
Comment: I've never written a book review prior to this one. After getting half way through this book I felt I needed voice my opinion on one. However, I am concerned that maybe I expected too much after reading some of the positive reviews?
This book contains too many errors to be considered a valuable resource. Many examples do not pertain to LM2, many of the downloadable files are not compatible with LM2, text refers to examples that are non existent, references are made to non-existent features, and the list continues. Having purchased over 30 software books over the past few years I can say with confidence this is the worst computer software related book I've ever purchased.
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe LiveMotion 2 in 24 Hours by Molly Holzschlag ISBN: 0672323125 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 13 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Adobe LiveMotion 2.0 Classroom in a Book with CD-Rom by Adobe Creative Team ISBN: 0201756234 Publisher: Adobe Publishing Company Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Adobe GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book (With CD-ROM) by Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Creative Team ISBN: 0201787199 Publisher: Adobe Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: LiveMotion for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas ISBN: 0201704730 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 09 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Adobe GoLive 6 by Brian Dunning, Allyson Knox, Lori Becker ISBN: 0789727277 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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