RE: FLASH: Flash 4 bible review-lengthy

[GDavies]

I'd agree 100% with you...


I skimmed last night and its looks great, I also have the F/X book (which

I've also skimmed!) and I'll probably get the Hamlin book.  The bible reads

really well, I can tell the guys are trying to teach us something without

re-gurgitating the manual or putting us in a coma.  I tried the visual quick

start one when I first got flash and I just slipped in and out of

concienceness in all chapters...


I love the fact the bible has dedicated many pages to 3d, and really get

into actionscript instead of telling you how to do it, they also tell you

why.


This is a definate buy IMHO


Cheers

Grant.




> So does it look any good?

> 

> Since it said look... I'll try to help with the caveat that I haven't

> started through it yet.

> 

> It's the size of the standard Bible's so it's more extensive. 

> It is rated

> Beginner to Advanced so it has a sizable amount of information for the

> beginner. (The first 192 pages are what should have been in 

> the Flash manual

> but we've been over that before.) One of the things they focus on are

> keyboard shortcuts in the text which is good. On page 120, 

> there's a nice

> section on OnLine resources and I was amazed to find there 

> were a few which

> I had not previously bookmared.

> 

> One of the first nice tutorials is on making square outlines 

> by our own

> Dorian Nisinson. (Dorian has had a sex change to get into the 

> book) She'll

> know what I mean.

> 

> Part III of the book goes into Sound Planning. Some great 

> information there

> for those without a sound background. This is followed by a 

> nice section on

> Actions and then Tell Targets with a nice tutorial by Colin. 

> Chapter 15 is

> on Action Script. As with Flash 4 Magic and Creative Web 

> Animation this is

> probably where most of us will want to delve into and it 

> looks quite good.

> Next is a section on Generator which I haven't had the luxury 

> of toying with

> yet.

> 

> The book then goes into using Flash with other programs. 

> There appears to be

> numerous helpful areas to check out here including: 

> Photoshop, Freehand,

> Streamline.

> 

> The following chapter deals with external audio applications 

> then 3D (which

> appears fairly thorough)

> 

> Next is a section on Quicktime again it appears fairly 

> thorough. This is

> followed by Creating Full Motion Video with Flash which again 

> appears to

> cover all the bases.

> 

> Next chapter is on Broadcast Quality cartoons. Again looks 

> good. Includes an

> illustration of the basic phonemes (mouth shapes for various letters)

> 

> Final section is on displaying and publishing and is again 

> what the manual

> should have been.

> 

> Excellent book. All three of these are.

> 

> Kevin Jackson

> Triskelian Design

>

kjacksontriskelian [dot] com

> 

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