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Books : Flash 8 EssentialsIn association with Amazon.comby: Glen Rhodes, Todd Yard, Tink (aka Stephen Downs), Craig Swann, Matt Voerman, Paul Barnes-Hoggett  List Price: $39.99 Amazon.com's Price: $29.19 You Save: $10.80 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 006 EAN: 9781590595329 ISBN: 1590595327 Label: friends of ED Manufacturer: friends of ED Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 424 Publication Date: December 19, 2005 Publisher: friends of ED Studio: friends of ED Sales Rank: 490465 Accessories:
Editorial Review: Product Description: As a creative professional or interactive developer, you'll be amazed at the exciting possibilities presented to you by the new features available in Flash 8; but as a busy designer, we know you wont have as much time as you'd like to explore these new additions. Never fearthis book wastes no time looking at timeline basics, tweens, or movie-publishing optionsit focuses exclusively on the new Flash 8 features, getting you quickly up to speed with a combination of illustrative tutorials, handy references, and inspirational examples. In this book, you'll learn how to
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 Rating:  - Very Good.. Get up to speed on Flash 8This book is good for experienced flashers who want to play around with all of Flash 8 cool new features. Shows you how to use the new filters and blends in both the IDE and actionscript. Full color examples and useful sample code. Definetly pick this one up if you want to exploit the power of Flash 8. Rating: - Essential for Flash 8 usersI just got into Flash and after reading Phillip Kerman's Flash 8 in 24 Hrs, i really wanted to get even more into it. This book is for me like the title reads "Essential". The explanations and lessons are fantastic and eye opening. This book will be on my desk at all times as i journey though the fantastic world of Flash 8 Pro! Rating:  - The Missing Upgrade Manual for Flash 8With Flash 8, Macromedia (now Adobe) gave veteran Flash Developers a wealth of new creative options to explore. Many of the features, while clearly powerful, are not intuitive to use. This fact is primarily due to the inherent complexity of the new tools. Filters and gradient focal points are not as easy to figure out as the basic timeline and drawing tools. And trial and error is simply not going to lead you to a solid of understanding of how to use External Interface to communicate with JavaScript, ... Read More Rating: - Why reviews for this book are so longNotice how long the reviews for this book are? Why? Because this book is fabulous, not just good, and it is filled with an impressive array of really useful material. As one who is self taught in flash, books are my instructors and this one is great. It gets right to the point with exactly the stuff you wanna know, which is, what is new in Flash 8. This book clearly and methodically explains it all, chapter by chapter. It is NOT a sequential build-a-project step by step ... Read More Rating: - Comprehensive OverviewI recently finished reading Flash 8 Essentials, and have found it to be an excellent resource for anyone looking to jump with both feet into the complex world of Flash design. The contributing authors are some of the biggest names in Flash design today. There is so much packed into this book that I am only going to be able to touch briefly on most of the highlights. Of the many new features available in Flash 8, here are the ones I found most exciting: * Search Engine Compatibility * Graphics ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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