FLASH: RE: Flash 4 magic (counterpoint)

[sahlan cherpitel]

check & double-check & mate


you've said it, & made me respond here even though i promised not to take

time to do more than "lurk" for awhile


i bought the book then got rid of it


it had come so strongly recommended that i didn't take time to go over it a

borders along with the other 5 flash books i went through & rejected

(finding the same stuff but more wordy than the peachpit press book i

already had, which is wordy enough)


as a heavy designer head, but a real newbie to flash & finding programming

the most exhausting frustrating part of the parcel, i want something that

does exactly what you guys say Flash 4 Magic doesn't:  i want to know WHY. i

want to UNDERSTAND the process so that i'm really learning something.

Because if i don't, then i won't be able to figure out why when it doesn't

work.


Right now i don't think there are any good advanced books on Flash, for

someone like me---even the ulrich peachpit is a walk through on

variables---if you can recommend one, clue me in, i'd like to check it out.


TIA


sahlan


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From: Tom Green <

tgreen17home [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 4 magic (counterpoint)


rampatadesign wrote:


>

on 4/20/00 9:29 PM, CarltheFishaol [dot] com at CarltheFishaol [dot] com wrote:

>

> carl

>

> this book is swimming with a ton of valuable information. Anyone serious

> about furthering their knowledge of Flash 4 Action Script cannot go

without

> this one. I personally think it is a great resource to have. I am sure

> everyone else here will back this up. Be careful you might get hooked!

>

> >


Almostt, but I managed to spit the hook out.


Careful on that one, Brett, I had somewhat the  opposite reaction. It really

is a

good book but I was seriously disappointed in the underlying assumption

which is

you already know what is going on.




Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:56:30 PDT

From: "John Cocktosten" <

jcocktostenhotmail [dot] com

>

Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash 4 magic (counterpoint)


<snip>

>2. There is no explaination of why you are doing it. Using the >calculator

>as an example, there is a ton of AS from the precoded >number keys that

>contain a ton of variables in the "lesson" and there >is no explanation of

>where they are and what they do. So you blindly >input the AS as given in

>the book and that's about it. No explanation >of how this variable relates

>to that variable which can be found >attached to  a number key.

<snip>



I must agree with Tom here. It's like painting by numbers. If you give me

the paint and tell me where to put it I can make a pretty picture, but that

doesn't make me an artist. I still don't know why certain colors look good

together, I still won't understand all of the theory that is involved in

art. Ok, well maybe that is not the best analogy, but you get the picture.

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